{"id":10862,"date":"2026-02-15T14:04:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T14:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/?p=10862"},"modified":"2026-02-15T14:04:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T14:04:02","slug":"obed-barlow-capt-rev-war-1751-1839","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/?p=10862","title":{"rendered":"Obed Barlow, Capt, Rev War 1751 \u2013 1839"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Barlow-Capt-Obed-Headstone-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Barlow-Capt-Obed-Headstone-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Barlow-Capt-Obed-Headstone-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Barlow-Capt-Obed-Headstone-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Barlow-Capt-Obed-Headstone-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Barlow, Obed, Capt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ancestry:<\/strong>&nbsp; Thomas Barlow;&nbsp; Peleg Barlow;&nbsp; Nathan Barlow; George Barlow, Marshall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Born:<\/strong>&nbsp;July 13, 1751 in Sandwich Ma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Father:<\/strong>\u00a0Thomas Barlow; (1718 \u2013 1768) (Peleg Barlow &amp; Elizabeth Perry)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mother:<\/strong>\u00a0Mehitable Wing; (Abt.1728 \u2013 Abt.1794) (Ebenezer Wing &amp; Elizabeth\/Jane Blackmer)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Died:<\/strong>&nbsp;July 17, 1839 at 88 yrs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Buried:<\/strong>\u00a0Pocasset Cemetery; area A\u00a0(next to his wife Elizabeth)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Married:&nbsp;<\/strong>September 10, 1772 in Sandwich Ma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>To:\u00a0<\/strong>Elizabeth Barlow; (1756 \u2013 1842) (Samuel Barlow, Jr. &amp; Mary Handy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Children:<\/strong>&nbsp;10 (all born in Maine)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1.<\/strong>\u00a0Nathan Barlow; (January 29, 1776 \u2013 December 26, 1816); Married Fanny Wiggin (1778 \u2013 1829) (Nathaniel Wiggin &amp; Ruth Thurston) in Vassalboro Me. &amp; 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 &amp; again for larceny &amp; died at the State Prison in Charlestown Ma.;\u00a0Nathan &amp; Fanny are buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Freedom Me..<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2.<\/strong>\u00a0Elisha Barlow; (June 13, 1778 \u2013 ?)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>3.\u00a0<\/strong>Anna Barlow Barlow; (September 29, 1780 \u2013 May 1864); Married Solomon Nye Barlow, Capt. (Abt.1780 \u2013 1866) (Levi Barlow &amp; Rachel Nye) on Abt. 1800; They had 9 children born in Sandwich Ma..<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>4.<\/strong>\u00a0Matilda Barlow King; (May 30, 1783 \u2013 December 22, 1836); Married Eliab King, Jr., War of 1812 (1779 \u2013 1850) (Eliab King &amp; Silence Shaw) in Maine Abt.1804; Eliab, Jr. married (2) Sarah (Briggs) Weaver (1782 \u2013 1860) in Newport R.I. on April 17, 1841; Matilda &amp; Eliab, Jr. died in Newport R.I..<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>5.<\/strong>\u00a0Lydia Barlow King; (April 27, 1786 \u2013 December 27, 1862); Married Nicholas King (1787 \u2013 1851) (Eliab King &amp; Silence Shaw) in Maine Abt.1811 &amp; had 5 children; Lydia &amp; Nicholas are buried in Common Burying Ground in Newport R.I..<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>6.<\/strong>\u00a0Obed Barlow; (May 1, 1789 \u2013 ?)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>7.<\/strong>\u00a0Samuel Barlow; (September 12, 1791 \u2013 November 2, 1874); Married Sylvina Bennett (1799 \u2013 1869) (Stephen Bennett, Jr. &amp; Lydia Tobey) in int. August 28, 1819;\u00a0Samuel was Keeper at Wings Neck Lighthouse in Pocasset Ma.\u00a0Abt.1854; He died in Sandwich Ma. \u201cat the Almshouse\u201d &amp; he &amp; Sylvina are buried in South Monument Cemetery in Monument Beach Ma..<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>8.<\/strong>\u00a0Thomas Barlow; (October 12, 1794 \u2013 July 2, 1889); Married Rebecca A. Carr (1798 \u2013 1865) in Freedom\u00a0Maine\u00a0on December 4,\u00a01817; They had 12 children; Thomas &amp; Rebecca are buried in East Knox (aka Union) Cemetery in Waldo County Me..<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>9.<\/strong>\u00a0Levi Barlow; (July 7, 1797 \u2013 December 30, 1869); Married Maria Rogers (1796 \u2013 1879) (Henry Rogers &amp; Rhoda Cahoon) in Nantucket Ma. on April 17, 1821; They had 4 children; Levi &amp; Maria died in Sandwich Ma. \u201cat the Almshouse\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>10.<\/strong>\u00a0Warren Bacon Barlow; (October 4, 1799 \u2013 June 18, 1841); Married Thankful Weeks (1799 \u2013 1879) in int. September 12, 1818; Thankful married (2) George W. Gibbs (Abt.1793 \u2013 1864) in int. July 2, 1842; Warren died in Providence R.I..<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note:&nbsp;<\/strong>Much of the information about Obed\u2019s family was taken from<em>&nbsp;Wing Genealogy by Raymond T. Wing.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ancestry:&nbsp; Thomas Barlow;&nbsp; Peleg Barlow;&nbsp; Nathan Barlow; George Barlow, Marshall Born:&nbsp;July 13, 1751 in Sandwich Ma. Died:&nbsp;July 17, 1839 at 88 yrs. Married:&nbsp;September 10, 1772 in Sandwich Ma. Children:&nbsp;10 (all born in Maine) Note:&nbsp;Much of the information about Obed\u2019s family was taken from&nbsp;Wing Genealogy by Raymond T. 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