Thank you for your reply and the more we learn about the Barry family in Tallow, the easier it should be to connecting the dots. The name Edmund Barry caught my eye as we had an Edmund Barry who came to PEI (Prince Edward Island) by way of Newfoundland, as did John Richard Barry. I will check out Robert and Edmund Barry further to see if there may be a connection.
According to the letter below, written by Thomas Barry of Tallow in 1851 to his brother, John Richard Barry of Egmont Bay, PEI, it seems to me that his family were weavers. Thomas refers to his daughter, Elizabeth Barry, in his letter. Her husband was James Noonan and they had a little boy named John Noonan, born Oct 13, 1844 in Tallow, so I am presuming that James Noonan lived there as well. We don't know if the child was adopted after the sudden death of both parents on the same day, or if the Noonans had relatives living in Boston who took him in.
Below is the information on Edmund Barry born in Ireland, who emigrated to Newfoundland and then moved over to PEI. There are several similar connections in that he was a big man and his descendants have red hair and freckles, like our Barry descendants. He also lived to be in his 90's as did John Richard Barry. He was a farmer here in PEI but there was also a John Barry who was a blacksmith and a Robert Barry, who was a teacher.
Death Record
Name Robert Barry
Date of Burial 30 January 1878
Source pre-1906 Death Index. St. Dunstan's R.C. Church, Charlottetown, Book 3.
Notes Charlottetown Roman Catholic Cemetery
Contact Us to inquire about getting a copy of this record. Please be advised that copies of originals are not available in all cases.
Robert Barry
Feb. 7, 1838 (?) "I bapize Mary, born yesterday of the lawfull marriage of John Dunphy and Anne Power. sp. Robert Barry and Anastasia Butler Jare Norris ?" St. Dunstan's CS88 P73 C3 Reel 11 NEHGS
http://members.tripod.com/al_beagan/power.htm July 18, 1836 "I bapt. James, born the 17th of July of John Dunphy and Ann Power. sp. Thomas Dunphy and Bridget Bary ?" St. Dunstan's CS88 P73 C3 Reel 11 N
We estimate Robert Barry's birth to be about 1807.
Note: The info in the Source below that John Barry came to PEI in 1823 is not correct for John Richard Barry. According to his son's obit, John came to Newfoundland in 1812 and moved to PEI in 1815.
4Charlottetown Herald, Charlottetown, PEI, 26 Aug 1896. "!OBITUARY: Suddenly at Egmont Bay, on the
12th inst, of heart failure, Francis Barry, aged 66 years, leaving a wife, three sons and three daughters. His funeral
was at St. James Church, Egmont Bay and his mortal remains were laid to rest in the adjoining cemetery. The deceased, who had been preventative officer of Egmont Bay for the last 25 years, was a son of John Barry, who emigrated to Newfoundland in 1812 from Tallow County, Waterford, Ireland. Three years later he came to Malpeque and settled at Egmont Bay, where the deceased was born 9 Feb 1830."
Source: "Along the North Shore" Pages 226 & 227
A Letter From Ireland:
On February 26, 1851, Thomas Barry of County Waterford, Ireland wrote the following letter to his brother, John who lived at Egmont Bay, Lot 15. John Barry had left County Tipperary via Waterford in 1823 and landed at Malpeque before settling at Lot 11. He moved from Lot 11 to Egmont Bay and several descendants still live in Wellington area today. The original document in the possession of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bulger, Foxely River. Joseph's grandmother was Catherine Barry (1825-1889), very likely a daughter of John. The letter is a realistic portrayal of the problems and concerns of Irish tenants during the mid-nineteenth century. One can almost feel the sorrow in the writer's heart as he corresponds with a brother he has not seen for nearly thirty years.
I will post the letter in another message as this one exceeds the quota