Description:
Family Register of the Barrett family of Northfield, Massachusetts, done in silk embroidery on a plain linen ground "wrought by Elizabeth E. Barrett." Elizabeth E. Barrett (1792-1814) was the daughter of John Barrett (1786-1816) and Martha Dickinson Barrett (b.1761) of Northfield, Massachusetts, who married in 1790. The register lists: "*John Barrett Born Aug 16th 1756 / + Marth Dickinson Born Oct 18th 1761 / and were Married Oct 29th 1790 / Mary Barrett Born July 19th 1791 / II Elizabeth E. Barrett Born Dec 18th 1792 / *Martha D. Barrett Born Sept 12th 1794 / Died July 18th 1804 / Charlotte C. Barrett Born Feb 27th 1796 / Sarah W Barrett Born Jany 5th 1798 / *Louisa W Barrett Born Dec 3rd 1799 / Died May 24th 1804 / John Barrett Junr Born Feby 21st 1802 / Charles Barrett Born Jany 6th 1804 / Wrought by Elizabeth E. Barrett.. / *----Died Dec 2 1816 / +---Died May / II ---Died June 19th 181." This family register came with an embroidered sampler (HD 95.030.1) done by Martha's younger sister, Martha E. Barrett (1794-1804). Both this register and one done by Elizabeth's and Martha's sister, Charlotte Collins Barrett (b.1796), in 1805 and who married Franklin Ripley (1789-1860) of Greenfield, Massachusetts, in 1814, are listed in "American Samplers." The typed text of Charlotte's family register was attached to the back of the frame of Elizabeth's family register (now in data file). The current whereabouts of Charlotte's family register is unknown, but was mentioned by a Bill Lashmit in a web posting in 1999. PVMA's Memorial Hall Museum has Barrett family silhouettes done in 1806.
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