Middlesex County, Massachusetts was created on May 10, 1643. The county originally included Charlestown, Cambridge, Watertown, Sudbury, Concord, Woburn, Medford, Wayland, and Reading.
Rebecca Barrett (1673, married Walter Powers, Jr.),
Martha Barrett (1674, married Josiah Whitney),
Sarah Barrett (1677, married George Glazier),
Hannah Barrett (1679, married James Bennet),
Margaret Barrett (1683, married Ebenezer Robbins son of Robert Robbins),
Miriam Barrett (1686),
Josiah Barrett (1688, married Mary Dill),
Joseph Barrett (1689/90, married Mary Taylor), and
Abigail Barrett (1697).
They made their home in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
Joseph's second wife was Mary Proctor. Mary was born in 1654.
Joseph died on December 17, 1711.
Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts was incorporated in May, 1655