| A genealogy of the Barry family is published, recounting of tailor John Barry of Boston: "In 1775, when the British troops occupied the City, he moved his family to Milton Lower Mills where they occupied 'the first house beyond the bridge', then owned by the Vose Family, relatives of his wife. It was in this house that the 'Suffolk Resolves' (a precursor of The Declaration of Independence) had been voted by representatives of the Towns of Suffolk County. (A good picture of this house, which has a tablet commemorating this event, is on page 425 of Teele's 'History of Milton'). The Barrys continued to reside there until 1782 or '83, and it was there that the youngest of their eleven children, William, was born in September, 1776." |
