Born ‎ 1614 at Of Windsor, Hartford, Conn, baptized ‎ at England, died ‎ Sep 11, 1662 at Simsbury, Connecticut‎, 47 or 48 years. Occupation: ‎ at carpenter;
[20;1754.FTW]

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 20, Ed. 1, Tree 3242, Date of Import: Dec 1, 1998]

Thomas Barber:
Sources:
The Connecticut Barbers
Barber Genealogy
The Ancestors & Descendents of William Manley
Genealogies & Boigraphies of Ancient Windsor

First of the Barber name came to Windsor in 1635 with the Saltonstall party under Francis Stiles. At age 21 Mr. Stiles was to teach him carpentry. Thomas was made a freeman in 1645, was a soldier (sergeant) in the Pequot War 1648 and came to Simsbury, Connecticut. Thomas' wife, June Coggins, was the daughter of a Dutch settler. She was the first white woman to land in Connecticut. Barbers are of Norman origins - many throughout England. In the Pequot War, Thomas took the fort that the Indians considered impregnable. Before coming to New England, Thomas was apprenticed under Francis Stiles, a master carpenter from Millbrook, Bedford, England. Stiles was contracted by Sir Richard Saltonstall to build houses for emmigrees to New England. Thomas sailed with Stiles and 19 other apprentices on the "Christian" embarking 16 Mar 1634 from London, arriving in Boston June 1635. After 10 days in Boston the Christian sailed to Windsor arriving 1 Jul 1635. Thomas received land grant in 1635 near Warwick Mill on Mill Brook. A mill building built by his son, Thomas, still stands, now housing the Hop Brook Restaurant.