Barnabas Stetson

Brief Life History of Barnabas

When Barnabas Stetson was born in July 1688, in Scituate, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, his father, John Stetson, was 40 and his mother, Abigail Hudson, was 29. He died on 27 December 1742, in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 54.

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Family Time Line

John Stetson
1648–1690
Abigail Hudson
1660–1727
Abigail Stetson
1677–1759
John Stetson
1679–1730
Honour Stetson
1684–1739
Barnabas Stetson
1688–1742
Anne Stetson
1690–

Sources (2)

  • Barnabas Stetson, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Barnabus Stetson, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): variant of Stitson, a habitational name from Stidston in South Brent (Devon), from an Old English personal name Stīthweard (genitive Stīthweardes) + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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