Ezra Barrett

Ezra Barrett. Born in Ashby, Mass., settled after his marriage in Warner, NH. He was for many years a deacon in the Congregational church. He was greatly esteemed for his thorough Christian and business integrity, dignified and gentlemanly deportment. He was extensively engaged in the manufacture of various farming implements for the New England market, in use at the time, he having invented the concord scythe snaith, and also a lathe for turning wood by a pattern. He was much interested in common schools, and in improving the construction of their houses. He published a singing book for Sunday-school use. His wife was Rhoda Johnson, daughter of Col. Reuben and Rhoda Johnson. He died in 1843.

Genealogies of Some Old Families of Concord, Massachusetts by C. E. Potter, 1887 (accessed 11/4/2017 from http://barrettmpls.blogspot.com/2011/05/ezra-barrett-of-warner-new-hampshire.html