Barrett The Barrett clan of Mariposa and Merced counties originates with Hugh Massey Barrett (b. 1791) and Carolina Butler (b. 1794). Their son, Joseph Barrett was born 13 Jan 1824 in Clonmel, Waterford, Tipperary, Ireland. Joseph moved to the New World and married Henrietta MacInnes of Scotland in Ontario, Canada. Joseph and Henrietta moved to California by 1857 and started a family in Hornitos, Mariposa County. Later they moved to Maxwell Creek (modern day Coulterville) in Mariposa County, and eventually to Merced County. Joseph's grandson, Frank Harry Barrett (1898-1977) married Ila Anna Goss (1905-2006) in Modesto, Stanislaus County, California in 1924. Having grown up in Coulterville, they returned to their family origin and became historians for the small gold mining town. Their historical and genealogical work was key in sparking my interest in history and genealogy.
Greeley The Greeley clan descends from Andrew Greele of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England who sailed to the New World from Londonderry, Ireland. He married Mary Moyse and began a line in New England. Andrew's great-great grandson, Stephen Greeley (b. 1772 in Newcastle, Lincoln Co., Maine) and his wife, Hannah Nelson had as many as 11 children. Among the children were Burnham T. Greeley (b. 1806) and Orchard Cook Greeley (b. 1806) who both followed the Gold Rush to California. They settled in what is now known as Greeley Hill, near Coulterville, Mariposa County, California. Horace Austin “Doc” Greeley, a grandson of Orchard's, married Elizabeth Ann Converse in 1902.