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- Matthew, son of Edward. He returned to his father's farm at Cape Porpus, Maine, with his son Samuel. Samuel was born about 1664. Matthew was a sailor, shipbuilder and farmer. His children are: Samuel, above mentioned. By wife Sarah had Susana, b. May 10, 1680. Matthew, b. Sept 6, 1682. Sarah, b. April 1, 1685. Elizabeth, b. April 20, 1687. The following is from the Essex Antiquarian: "'June 1679. Thomas Clarke deposed that one night being upon the watch in company with Matthew Barton when the privateer lay within Baker's Island, as they were walking the rounds they heard a loud noise at or near the door of John Williams, the cooper, and it was John Chaplin drunk, Jonathan Barton testified that he saw the man but being a stranger did not know his name until Clarke told him it was Chaplin. The further said that Chaplin swore and said, 'now is the time to get money, the privateer wants horses,' etc. Sworn 7:11:1678
- Barton, Edward S., Genealogy of the Barton Family: of the town of Marshall, Oneida County, New York. Waterville, NY: unknown. 1920.
"Matthew Barton, of Salem, Portsmouth, N.H., and Cape Porpoise, Me., shipwright, mariner, born about 1640, was living in 1729. He married first Martha -----, who was living in 1675; secondly Sarah -----; and thirdly, at Salem, 20 Dec 1694, Elizabeth (Tapley) Dickinson, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Pride) Tapley. For many years he probably divided his time between Salem and Cape Porpoise. In 1668 Matthew Barton and Martha, his wife, of Salem, sold to William Dicer of the same their dwelling house and one-fourth acre of land, by the South Harbor, Salem. In the same year he was one of the Salem petitioner against imposts. There are indications that his family lived at Cape Porpoise for some years. On 29 April 1671 Matthew Barton of Salem, mariner, deposed, aged about thirty-two years, his deposition being recorded 30 June 1671. In 1675 Martha Barton is mentioned as a temporary resident of Salem on account of the Indian troubles. In 1683 Matthew Barton bought from Hannah Simmons, administratrix of the estate of Richard Simmons, all of Salem, a house and one-sixth acre of land at Salem, for L35. In 1686 he bought from Edmond Woolland, Sr., a small piece of land adjoining, for L 6.5s. Evidently he possessed other property in Salem. In 1721 he sold to Ezekial Goltwigth a common wright in Salem, in the southeast division of common lands, granted by the last meeting of the proprietors. In 1729, being then of Salem, he sold the farm of three hundred acres, of Cape Porpoise, which was formerly the home of his father. " - Barton Family of Oxford, Mass, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1930, Vol 84, pp. 400-421.p 403-4
Matthew Barton was born to Edward Barton and his wife, Elizabeth, about 1640, most likely in Salem, Massachusetts. He moved with his family to Marblehead and then to a farm near Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Matthew grew up on the farm near the Piscataqua River. Around 1662, Matthew married a girl named Martha, whose last name is unknown. Matthew and Martha must have moved to Salem and had several children. Their oldest was a son, Samuel, born in 1663. Around 1666, Matthew's father's family moved again, up the coast to Cape Porpoise, Maine, near the present site of Kennebunkport. He purchased a farm on Montague's Neck, between the Montague and Cape Porpoise Rivers. In 1668, Matthew was living in Salem, and he took part in a protest against taxes. During this time, Matthew was a shipbuilder and sailor. later in 1668 Matthew and wife Martha sold their dwelling house and one-fourth acre of land by the south harbor in Salem to William Dicer. they must have moved to Cape Porpoise at that time. When his father died in 1671, Matthew was named as executor of his estate, and inherited the farm at Cape Porpoise. In July of 1673 in Portsmouth, Matthew had a brush with the law, when he was accused of travelling on Sunday, a serious charge in Puritan New England. Matthew and Martha lived on the farm in Cape Porpoise for the next twelve years, but were given temporary residence in Salem in 1675, apparently driven from their home by hostile Indians. Martha died, and in 1679, Matthew married again, to Sarah, a woman whose last name is unknown. Matthew and Sarah had four children. In 1683 Matthew purchased a house and one sixth acre of land in Salem for £35, his hopes of moving back to Cape Porpoise dashed by the continuing Indian troubles. He purchased adjoining land several years later. Sarah died, and Matthew married again, in 1694, widow Elizabeth Dickenson, daughter of John Tapley and Elizabeth Pride, with whom he had six more children. In 1729, he finally sold the farm on Cape Porpoise, which had lain abandoned for over forty years. Matthew died sometime after 1729. - Smith, Ken, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=112224336&ref=ac om
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1640 - Abt 1729 (89 years)
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