Susanna (Barron) Randall (bef. 1632 - bef. 1698)

Born before 8 Aug 1632 in Winfarthing, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Wife of Stephen Randall — married 14 Dec 1653 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died before 13 Jan 1698 at about age 65 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

Susanna (Barron) Randall immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Birth & Baptism

Susanna was baptized 8 August 1632 in Winfarthing, Norfolk, England, the daughter of Ellis & Grace (Unknown) Barron.

Emigration

The family immigrated to Watertown by 1640 per Anderson's "Great Migration Directory"^[1]

Marriage

She married Stephen Randall (born in Ireland), on 14 Dec 1653 at Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[2]

Children

1. Elizabeth Randall, oldest daughter, married — Codman;^[3]
2. Mary Randall, born on 23 June 1662 at Watertown,^[4] married Abraham Chamberlain of Brookline on 28 February 1698;^[5]
3. Steven Randall, born 20 August 1665 at Watertown,^{[6] [7]} may have died before 1698 as he is not mentioned in his father's will.
4. Susanna Randall,^[5] who married William Shattuck, son of William and Susanna Shattuck;^[8]

Death

The final fate of Susanna is unknown; she is assumed to have died by 13 Jan 1697/98 when her husband Stephen Randall wrote her will and did not name her.^[3] The Susan Randall who died at Watertown in 1673 was a different woman; Susan Kemball wife of John Randall. The only marriage at Watertown listed for Stephen Randall is 1653 to Susanna Barron so there is no indication that she died and he remarried before his own death.

Sources

1. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles, F.A.S.G., The Great Migration Directory, (Boston, Massachusetts, NEHGS, 2015), "Concise entries for all immigrant families for the entirety of the Great Migration, from 1620 to 1640." Page 20 entry for Barron, Ellis
2. ↑ Vital Records of Watertown, MA to the end of the year 1849 1653 marriage Susan Barron, Stephen Randall
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston; to which is Appended the Early History of the Town. With Illustrations, Maps and Notes. 2nd Ed, 2 Volumes in 1, (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1860), p. 409
4. ↑ "Records of Births Deaths and Marriages, First Book and Supplement", Watertown Records' p. 24
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Lemuel Shattuck, Beatrix Marie Larson, Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck : the Progenitor of the Families in America that have Borne his Name; Including an Introduction, and an Appendix Containing Collateral Information, (Boston: Printed by Dutton and Wentworth for the family, 1855) pp. 74-76
6. ↑ "Records of Births Deaths and Marriages, First Book and Supplement", Watertown Records P. 26
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMB-V4Z : 13 July 2016), Steeven Randall in entry for Steven Randall, 20 August 1665; citing Birth, Watertowne, Middlesex, MassachusettsBay Colony , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 892,249.
8. ↑ James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register, 4 Volumes, (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1862), IV:62-3 PP. 62-63

• Robert Battle, "The English Ancestry of Ellis1 Barron of Watertown, Massachusetts, Part I: Winfarthing Registers and Manorial Court Records" The Genealogist 38 (2024): 96-139 (to be continued)
• Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume 2 (Google eBook)