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NameFrancis Barrington 
[56, Essex of 1558, pub Harleian 1878, Parker p. 87], [56, Essex of 1634, pub Harleian 1878, Barrington p. 343]
[56, Essex of 1558, pub Harleian 1878, Parker p. 87], [56, Essex of 1634, pub Harleian 1878, Barrington p. 343]GeneralA levant merchant. A son of his lived at Aleppo. [107, Vol 2, p.25]
FatherSir Francis Barrington Bart (ca1560-1628)
MotherJoan Cromwell (ca1558-<1641)
Notes for Francis Barrington
From Mark Noble's "Memoirs of the persons and families who by females are allied to or descended from the protectorate-House of Cromwell" pub in 1784:
"Francis Barrington, esq. who first settled at London ; but in the civil war took up arms and was a field officer in Jamaica, after it was taken by the protector Oliver; he settled there and took vast pains to cultivate the plantations: he was so much beloved, that colonel d'Oyley, the governor, recommended him in 1657, to succeed him in that employment, as he wished to decline it; because, says he to the protector 'he is allied to your highness ; is a mand of known integrity, competent abilities, and sufficient experience in the place'. He married the daughter of Richard Dowser, by whom he had a son of both his names."
"Francis Barrington, esq. who first settled at London ; but in the civil war took up arms and was a field officer in Jamaica, after it was taken by the protector Oliver; he settled there and took vast pains to cultivate the plantations: he was so much beloved, that colonel d'Oyley, the governor, recommended him in 1657, to succeed him in that employment, as he wished to decline it; because, says he to the protector 'he is allied to your highness ; is a mand of known integrity, competent abilities, and sufficient experience in the place'. He married the daughter of Richard Dowser, by whom he had a son of both his names."