The name BARLOW, having been adopted by a family living in Barlow Moor, near Manchester, England, or in the parish known as Barlow, County, Darby. The name is found in the form of BARLOWE, and BARLEIE. The Barlows ancestors are believed to have been of the ancient Norman family who were powerful and prolific, and connected by blood ties with the family of William the Conqueror, who followed their mighty relatives to England, and received large land estates. Of this ancient family, many enjoyed the honor of Knighthood, and others inter-married in great English families. There is mentioned in Doomesday Book of one Barleie, a Sir Simon de Barley who received as his service to William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings (1066), the Manor of Enflete in Darby Shire, England. Sir Robert de Barlow was the owner of Barlow Hall, an estate five miles from Manchester, during the reign of Edward I. Before 1550, a John Barlow married the daughter of Edward Barley, and had issue by her of Thomas, John, William, Roger, Elizabeth. Of the children, Thomas became a Priest; Roger was employed by Charles V of Spain to explore Peru; Elizabeth became the maid-of-honor to Mary, Queen of Scots, and married Lord Elphington; William became one of the first Protestant Bishops of England and had several sons and five daughters, all whom married bishops. It is not known definitely from which line in England the first emigrants to America were descended, but it is generally believed they were from the Manchester branch of Barlows. One of the families in New England was George Barlow, who some authorities believe, was the son of William Barlow referred to above. "I am personally acquainted with the Wing family of Dublin, Ohio, who are direct descendants of the WING family of New England, who were among the founders of the Plymouth Rock Colony in 1620." I find the following: that, AARON, son of the emigrant George, married Beulah Wing and had four children, Elizabeth, Shubael, Mary, and Nathan. It is recorded in the Massachusetts annuals he was a Representative in the Legislature about 1690. The next of the family who came to America was EDWARD BARLOW of Malden,who married Mary Pemberton about 1660, and had children whose names have not been preserved. There is also another branch of Barlow in the Colony of Virginia. Unfortunately many of their records have been destroyed, so they cannot be traced as other branches of the family. The Barlows in America became a very large prolific family and took their share in the early settlement of the Country, especially of New England by 1640. At the time of the Revolutionary War, a great many bearers of this name served in the war, the most prominent were: Ensign John and Lieutenant Edmond, both of Massachusetts. Members of this fine family have aided as much in the growth of the United States as did their ancestors in laying the founding of the Nation. Among the many Barlows who have achieved distinction, one deserves special mention. He is Joel Barlow, a great-great-grand-son of emigrant George, born in 1794, who won renown in the field of Poetry, Politics, and Diplomacy. He was agraduate of Dartmouth and Yale, and at an early age wrote "Hasty Pudding", and "Columbiad", practiced law for some time, became a Congregational Minister, and served in the Revolutionary War in that capacity. As a great friend of Thomas Payne, he became interested in world politics, and was appointed by President Washington to the Consulate of Algiers, later he became Ambassador of the United States and Minister Plenipotentiary to France. He died in 1812. This family has been noted for their courage, energy, uprightness, and patriotism. There are several Coat-of-Arms of the Barlows, but the most important is the one of Barlow Hall. It is described as follows: TO WIT. ARMS! - "Sable, an eagle displayed argent, membered or standing on the limb of a tree, reguled and trunked of the Second." The above data was compiled from the following: - BURKE, "Encyclopaedia of Heraldry", 1851. SAVAGES, "Genealogical Dictionary of First New England Settlers", 1860. "HILL GENEALOGY", 1879. HEITMAN, "Officers of the Continental Army", 1893. "MASSACHUSETTS Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War", 1896. BARLOW, "Published Matter and Records relating to the families of the name of Barlow", 1911. BRADLEY, "Dictionary of English and Welch surnames."

He was a soldier in the War of 1812, served as a Major of a Regiment of Militia, was ordered to New Orleans, fought there under General Jackson in the battle of New Orleans, which .broke the British hold on Louisiana, and gave us the right to purchase this vast Territory from France, stretching from the Gulf of Mexico, west of the Mississippi River, north to Canada, and west to the Pacific Ocean