John Barton

(1754-1789)

LBT ID: JoBarto1789	B/BAP: 1754-09-17 DIED: 1789-04-04
SOURCES: DNB ["Bernard Barton"]; bartonhistory.wikispaces
The eldest son of Bernard Barton (d. 1773) and father of the Quaker poet Bernard Barton. He operated a bleaching business in Carlisle and London. William Roscoe was a friend.
REFERENCES TO John Barton: John Barton to William Roscoe, [July 1788] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) Found 1: ¶ 3 Henry Roscoe, The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) Chapter I. 1753-1781 Found 1: ¶ 31 Chapter II. 1781-1787 Found 2: ¶ 32 ¶ 34 Chapter III. 1787-1792 Found 5: ¶ 3 ¶ 8 ¶ 10 ¶ 11 ¶ 15