Obed Barlow, Capt, Rev War 1751 – 1839

Capt Obed Barlow Headstone

Ancestry:  Thomas Barlow;  Peleg Barlow;  Nathan Barlow; George Barlow, Marshall

Born: July 13, 1751 in Sandwich Ma.

  • Father: Thomas Barlow; (1718 – 1768) (Peleg Barlow & Elizabeth Perry)
  • Mother: Mehitable Wing; (Abt.1728 – Abt.1794) (Ebenezer Wing & Elizabeth/Jane Blackmer)

Died: July 17, 1839 at 88 yrs.

  • Buried: Pocasset Cemetery; area A (next to his wife Elizabeth)

Married: September 10, 1772 in Sandwich Ma.

Children: 10 (all born in Maine)

  • 1. Nathan Barlow; (January 29, 1776 – December 26, 1816); Married Fanny Wiggin (1778 – 1829) (Nathaniel Wiggin & Ruth Thurston) in Vassalboro Me. & had 9 children; Nathan was a leader in local protests against the system of land proprietorship in the Freedom Me. area; He was convicted for assault & again for larceny & died at the State Prison in Charlestown Ma.; Nathan & Fanny are buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Freedom Me..
  • 2. Elisha Barlow; (June 13, 1778 – ?)
  • 3. Anna Barlow Barlow; (September 29, 1780 – May 1864); Married Solomon Nye Barlow, Capt. (Abt.1780 – 1866) (Levi Barlow & Rachel Nye) on Abt. 1800; They had 9 children born in Sandwich Ma..
  • 4. Matilda Barlow King; (May 30, 1783 – December 22, 1836); Married Eliab King, Jr., War of 1812 (1779 – 1850) (Eliab King & Silence Shaw) in Maine Abt.1804; Eliab, Jr. married (2) Sarah (Briggs) Weaver (1782 – 1860) in Newport R.I. on April 17, 1841; Matilda & Eliab, Jr. died in Newport R.I..
  • 5. Lydia Barlow King; (April 27, 1786 – December 27, 1862); Married Nicholas King (1787 – 1851) (Eliab King & Silence Shaw) in Maine Abt.1811 & had 5 children; Lydia & Nicholas are buried in Common Burying Ground in Newport R.I..
  • 6. Obed Barlow; (May 1, 1789 – ?)
  • 7. Samuel Barlow; (September 12, 1791 – November 2, 1874); Married Sylvina Bennett (1799 – 1869) (Stephen Bennett, Jr. & Lydia Tobey) in int. August 28, 1819; Samuel was Keeper at Wings Neck Lighthouse in Pocasset Ma. Abt.1854; He died in Sandwich Ma. “at the Almshouse” & he & Sylvina are buried in South Monument Cemetery in Monument Beach Ma..
  • 8. Thomas Barlow; (October 12, 1794 – July 2, 1889); Married Rebecca A. Carr (1798 – 1865) in Freedom Maine on December 4, 1817; They had 12 children; Thomas & Rebecca are buried in East Knox (aka Union) Cemetery in Waldo County Me..
  • 9. Levi Barlow; (July 7, 1797 – December 30, 1869); Married Maria Rogers (1796 – 1879) (Henry Rogers & Rhoda Cahoon) in Nantucket Ma. on April 17, 1821; They had 4 children; Levi & Maria died in Sandwich Ma. “at the Almshouse”.
  • 10. Warren Bacon Barlow; (October 4, 1799 – June 18, 1841); Married Thankful Weeks (1799 – 1879) in int. September 12, 1818; Thankful married (2) George W. Gibbs (Abt.1793 – 1864) in int. July 2, 1842; Warren died in Providence R.I..

Note: Much of the information about Obed’s family was taken from Wing Genealogy by Raymond T. Wing.

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