Background
Barret was the son of John Barret, a nonconformist minister at Nottingham, and was born at Sandivere, Derbyshire, 2 August 1665.
Barret was the son of John Barret, a nonconformist minister at Nottingham, and was born at Sandivere, Derbyshire, 2 August 1665.
He was educated at Nottingham, where, from the sobriety of his ways, the boys called him "good man".
He appears to have prospered in business, and to have been remarkable from childhood for his consistent piety. He died 28 August 1699.