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Excerpt from Memoir of the Rev. Samuel Barrett, D.D: With a Selected Series of His Discourses
Samuel barrett was born at Royalston, in the county of Worcester, Mass., Aug. 16, 1795. He was descended, we are told, from an excellent yeoman stock. His ancestor, on the paternal side, was Humphrey Barrett, who came from England, and settled in Concord, Mass., about 1640 and, on the maternal, of David Fiske, who lived in Lexington, and was born 1675.
His grandfather was Oliver Barrett, who, after his marriage, settled in Chelmsford, and removed to Westford about the year 1770. Subsequently, he entered the army, and died at Albany, in the service of his country, leaving seven children. He married Anna Fiske, a daughter of Ebenezer Fiske, of Lexington, who was the ancestor of the many respected families of that name; among others, of Benjamin Fiske, the well-known mer chant of Boston, recently deceased at Lexing ton.
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