GEN 7: Anson BARTON and Nancy ALLINGTON
Emeline BARTON (wife of Robert Alexander BOYD) is the child of…
Anson BARTON
- parents unknown
- born 17 September 1796 in New Jersey or New York, USA
- married (1) 26 February 1823 to Sarah (Sally) ALLENTON
- married (2) between 10 April 1824 and 1827 to Nancy ALLINGTON
- was active in the Snufftown Methodist Episcopal Church in Hardyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey USA
- lived in Jefferson Township, Morris County, New Jersey and then in neighboring Newfoundland, West Milford Township, Passaic County, New Jersey
- died 20 June 1864 without a will and in debt. The County of Passaic auctioned off his land to pay his debts.
- buried in Willistine Cemetery, Hardyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Nancy ALLINGTON
- father: Benjamin ALLENTON; mother: Nancy GARDNER
- born circa 1797 in New Jersey, USA
- married between 10 April 1824 and 1827 to Anson BARTON
- died after 1860
- buried in Willistine Cemetery, Hardyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
children of Anson BARTON and Nancy ALLINGTON:
- Sarah Maria BARTON (born 1827, married Abner BEACH, died 02 February 1897)
- Emeline BARTON (born 03 October 1829, married Robert Alexander BOYD on 13 February 1849, died 21 January 1899)
- Hester A. BARTON (born 1832)
- Elvira S. BARTON (born 1834)
- James Monroe BARTON (born 1836, died 12 June 1890)
- Harriet BARTON (born 1840, married (1) George DOUGHERTY; (2) Lewis KIMBLE)
- Frances or Hannah Frances BARTON (born 1842, married William WRIGHT, died 12 July 1894)
- Henry or Harry BARTON (born 1836)
some extras…
I don’t have documents proving it, but Anson’s first wife Sarah ALLENTON and second wife Nancy ALLINGTON were probably sisters, and probably daughters of Benjamin ALLENTON and Nancy GARDNER. Sarah ALLENTON died 10 April 1824, when she was only 22 and only a year after she and Anson were married. Willistine Cemetery records from the Genealogical Magazine of NJ show that she is buried next to Anson BARTON, and Warren P. Coon’s records at the Rutgers University Genealogical Society of NJ say that Nancy ALLINGTON is also buried there.
Willistine Cemetery was also called Woods, Walker or Lyons cemetery. It’s in Stockholm, Hardyston Township, Sussex County. It is located on Newark Watershed property off of a dirt path off of the southbound lane of Rt 23. It was cleared in 2007.
The Snufftown Methodist Episcopal Church exists today as the Stockholm United Methodist Church. It was dedicated on 01 January 1827. It’s congregation existed before the church building was erected. Anson Barton is listed as a member of it’s first “class” (congregation?) of 1825. He’s also in the 1827 and 1829 classes with some other Bartons.
According to Passaic County, NJ Orphan Court records, Anson BARTON died endebted to a doctor and local store owner. His land that was auctioned off included the dwelling house where he and his wife lived. His debts were paid and his unnamed widow was left with $129.85.
