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Grove m. Mary Ann Ensign, d. March, 1837, aged 73 ; left issue. Chauncey m. first, Betsey Andrews, and second, Eliza Seymour. Clarissa. m. Dorus Clark, of Hartford.
Hannah m. Thomas Sloan, of Hartford, and both d. at Hartford, left children.
Lois m. Moses Burr, and both d. at Hartford ; left children.
John m. Sally Robbins, daughter of Levi, of Hartford ; left issue.
Second James m. Betsey Goodrich, of Wethersfield, daughter of Joshua, and had issue.
The wife of Capt. John Barnard, d. March 15, 1800, aged 61 years. John d. Dec. 28, 1812, aged 91; b. 1722.
DORUS, son of John and Hannah Barnard, m. Abigail Dodd, of Hartford, and had children, viz.,
William m. Polly Shepard, and had a son William.
Capt. Harry m. Eunice Clark, of Hartford, and had issue.
George m. first, Jerusha Clapp, she d. May, 1830, aged 42, and second, Mary Smith, of East Haddam ; left issue.
Tabitha m. Lemuel Steele, of Albany, N. Y.
Horace m. Harriet Thwing, of Charleston, South Carolina ; he d. in Charleston, and Chauncey Barnard, of Hartford, m. his widow.
Charles d. single, on his way home from South Carolina, Aug. 5, 1827, off Sandy Hook, aged 30.
Harvey m. Phebe Brodwell, of Utica, N. Y., where he resides.
GROVE, son of John Barnard, Jr., and Hannah, m. Mary Ann Ensign ; he d. Feb. 8, 1832, aged 69 or 72 years ; he had chil- dren, viz.,
Rufus m. first, Mary -; second, Mary Chapman ; third, Aurelia ~.
Jonathan, son of Grove, had two wives, and several children.
Mary m. Seymour Watrous, and had children.
Edwin m. in N. Y., and has a son in Hartford, and Charles in N. Y.
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Charles, son of Grove, m. - , and resides in Granville, Mass., and has children. Mary Ann, wife of Grove, d. March, 1837, aged 73.
CHAUNCEY, son of John, Jr., and Hannah, m. first, Eliza An- drews, and second wife, Eliza Seymour; the last d. in Feb., 1831, aged 60 ; his children were,
Betsey m. Allen C. Boardman, of Hartford ; he d. 1851.
Chauncey m. the widow of Horace Barnard.
John m. Mary Boardman, daughter of Benjamin.
Hon. Henry m. a lady at Detroit, Michigan, and has children. This Hon. Henry is the Commissioner of Common Schools in Con- necticut. Chauncey, the father, d. March 5, 1837, aged 72 : he was b. Nov. 16, 1761.
JOHN, son of John, Jr., m. Sally Robbins, and had issue.
Cecelia, unmarried.
Levi R., d. young.
Elisha W., of New York, m. Frances Dodd, of Hartford.
Sophia m. Marinus Lord, lives in Hartford.
Cornelia m. Mason Gross, Esq., of Hartford, and has children.
Lavinia, single.
Delia m. Sylvanus Cone, of W. Hartford, in 1851, and has a child. Sarah, single.
JAMES, son of John, Jr., m. Elizabeth Goodrich ; children :
Edward Raymond, m. Sarah Davis, of New York, both d. and left a son Raymond.
Elizabeth m. Epaphras Roberts, of East Hartford, and has issue. Mary m. Edward Griswold, of Simsbury.
Martha, unmarried.
Horace m. Harriet Miller of Simsbury, and has children.
Julia m. Julius H. Sharpe, of Hartford.
Jane, unmarried.
James G., d. Feb., 1836, aged 28.
Thomas, son of James, m. Miss Shepard, of Hartford.
ASHBELL, son of John, settled at New Hartford, Oneida County, N. Y., and had three daughters and some sons.
WILLIAM, son of John, m. and had children, all d. except one ; that survivor m. Ezra Corning, and had one son and three daughters. The foregoing families, after John the blacksmith, are his descend- ants.
BARNARD, SAMUEL, came to Hartford, soon after 1700. No positive evidence is found of his parentage, or from what place he came, to Hartford. He m. Sarah, daughter of Caleb Williamson,
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of Barnstable, Mass., Aug. 12, 1714, who, afterwards settled at Hartford, as a merchant. The children of Samuel and Sarah, were,
Sarah, b. May 15, 1715. (Goodwin says bap. May 22, 1714.) Samuel, b. Aug. 9, 1717. (Goodwin says bap. Aug. 18, 1717.) Timothy, bap. Jan. 3, 1720.
Rebecca, bap. May 22, 1722.
Ebenezer, bap. Jan. 9, 1726.
Ebenezer, bap. Jan., 1726-7, d. April 19, 1799, aged 73 years. Samuel, the father, d. -
BARNARD, EBENEZER, SEN., son of Samuel and Sarah, was a gentleman of good standing in the colony. He m. for his first wife, Thankful Nichols, daughter of Cyprian, of Hartford, in 1747, by her, he had four children :
Ebenezer, Jr., b. Feb., 1748-9.
Thankful, b. 1751.
Cyprian, b. 1753.
Timothy, b, 1756.
His wife Thankful d. and he m. a second wife, (name unknown.) By her he had two daughters, viz., Betsey and Sally. His second wife d. and he m. a Steele for his third wife, by whom he had no children. His will proved Sept 27, 1799, and dated Jan. 2, 1799 : son Timothy, Executor. He left a widow, whose thirds, or dower, was set out to her.
BARNARD, EBENEZER, JR., b. 1748, son of Ebenezer, m. Elizabeth Lane : she had no children. His will was proved in Court, May 10, 1827. Estate over $60,000. Nathaniel Goodwin, Esq., one of his executors and legatees under the will. He devised to his sister Thankful S. Townsend, two-fifths. To his brother Cyprian, one-fifth, and his brother Timothy, two-fifths of his estate. He also gave his half-sister Elizabeth, the wife of John Ripley, $900, and the three children of his deceased sister Sally McCartee, $900. His friend N. Goodwin, $300; Jonathan Law, Esq., and George W. Perkins, smaller sums, as a token of his esteem. Will dated Feb. 15, 1825. Inventory appraised at $62,412.98. Few men in Hartford, sustained a better reputation than Mr. Barn- ard. He and his wife both d. in Hartford. Ebenezer, Jr., d. May 8, 1827, aged 78.
BARNARD, THANKFUL, daughter of Ebenezer, Sen., b. 1751, m. Rev. Mr. Mather, a congregational minister, then of New Haven, Conn., at the commencement of the war of the revolution. By whom she had three children, viz., Increase, Allyn and So- 12*
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phia : the first d. in infancy ; Allyn, lost at sea, unmarried, and So. phia perhaps resides at New Haven, also single. After the death of Mr. Mather, his relict m. Ebenezer Townsend, of New Haven, and had two children, Elihu and Grace. Elihu m. Miss Nevins, and now resides in New York, a gentleman of large estate. His sister, Grace, m. Nathan Starr, of Middletown, and had a large family.
CYPRIAN, son of Ebenezer, Sen., b. 1753, m. first, a lady in Bermuda,, and had no children. She d. and he m. for his second wife, Miss Wilson, of Stamford. By her he had seven children ; two daughters d. young ; his daughter Elizabeth, m. Elihu Olmsted, of West Hartford, deceased, the former Post Master there, until his death : his widow yet resides there with her only son. The eldest son of Cyprian, m. Miss Bacon of New Haven, where they both lived and died, and left an only son John, who is yet living in New Ha- ven, unmarried. William, the next son of Cyprian, d. at sea and left a wife and two children in Philadelphia, Penn. Charles, Cyp- rian's next son, d. at his sister Olmsted's in West Hartford, and left no children. Edwin, his youngest and only surviving son, is a merchant in Wisconsin : he m. Henrietta Ripley, daughter of John, before named, and by her has a son and daughter, Edwin and Hen- rietta, who are with their parents. Cyprian Barnard d. Nov., 1832, aged 80.
BARNARD, HON. TIMOTHY, b. 1756, youngest son of Ebene- zer, Sen., of Hartford : removed and settled in Mendon, N. York, where he became a Judge of the County Court ; he m. Phebe, daughter of Daniel Dewey, of Sheffield, Mass., and had ten chil- dren, five of whom d. in infancy and youth, the other five lived un- til after the death of their father, in 1847, aged 91. His eldest daughter, Harriet, d. single, in 1847.
TIMOTHY, EsQ., his eldest son, now resides in Mendon, N. Y., he m. Julia Hills, daughter of Ashbell, of Lenox, Mass., and has had nine children, three d. in infancy, and six are now living ; his el- dest daughter m. William L. Reynolds, son of William, formerly of Enfield, Conn., (a descendant of Rev. Mr. Reynolds, of Enfield, de- ceased,) and had three daughters : Francis, the eldest, in N. York, Margaret and Julia, with their mother at Mendon.
JULIA H., the next daughter of Timothy, m. Rev. Ephraim Strong, who d. in Joliett, Ill., and left three children : Helen H., re- sides at Hudson, Ohio; Clara and Sophia, reside with their mother at Dundee, Ill., who now lives with her second husband, Alfred Edwards.
BARNARD, ALGERNON S., the eldest son, m. Elizabeth Rey-
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nolds, daughter of William, before named, and resides in Illinois." They have three children, viz., Julia B., Timothy and Robert R., all young.
ALLYN M., the next son, is in California, and unmarried.
FRANCIS H., the youngest son, m. Teressa C. Sterling, daught- er of Lord Sterling, (formerly of Lyme, Conn.,) now of Lima, N. Y. Francis resides in Mendon, and has no children.
PHEBE ANN, the youngest daughter, is unmarried and resides with her parents.
BARNARD, HON. DANIEL D., son of Hon. Timothy, deceased, has by his talents, perseverance and industry, rendered himself the most prominent man of the name in this country, as a lawyer, schol- ar and statesman : he has been several years a member of Congress from the state of New York, and is now on a mission to Prussia, as Minister Plenipotentiary at Berlin. He m. for his first wife, Sarah Livingston, daughter of Henry, of the city of New York, by whom he had a daughter Cora. He at this time, resided at Rochester, N. Y. ; his wife d. at Washington, D. C., at the time he was in Con- gress. After her decease, he removed to Albany, where he m. Catharine Walsh ; by her he had a daughter Sarah : his children are unmarried. His family mansion is yet in Albany, though he is at Berlin, with his family.
ELIZA L., daughter of Timothy, m. Alexander Voorhees, son of John H., of Florida, N. York, and had four children, one of whom re- cently died. Eliza and James A., are yet living with their widowed mother, unmarried, at Pittsford, N. Y. Mr. A. Voorhees is deceased.
EBENEZER H., youngest son of Timothy, m. Sophia Griswold, daughter of Shubel, Esq., of East Hartford, Conn., by whom he had five children ; two d. young ; Elizabeth P., Frederick G. and Henry, are young and unmarried, and reside with their parents, at Mendon, New York.
Betsey or Elizabeth, daughter of Ebenezer, Sen., by his second wife, m. John Ripley, then of Hartford, and had a large family of children, who now reside in Massachusetts. Sally, daughter of Ebe- nezer, Sen., by his second wife, m. Wm. J. McCartee, and had three daughters. He removed his family to Schenectady, N. Y., where he was a book merchant, and where he and his wife died. His daugh- ters m. and removed to the West : he left no sons.
The above descendants of Samuel Barnard, and Sarah William- son, his wife, have proved, by their industry, and talents, as worthy as any of their name in New England.
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BARNARD, THOMAS, b. in Bristol, England, d. at Hartford, Nov., 1724, aged 42 years. ( Tombstone.) His will dated Sept. 2, 1724, at Hartford, alias Simsbury. He gave all his property to Je- mima Smith, the wife of Benjamin, of Hartford, and made her sole ex- ecutrix of his will ; he appears to have been a merchant at Sims- bury, probably unmarried.
BARNARD, CAPT. EDWARD, of Windsor, who d. at Windsor, about 1783 ; his will dated Feb. 5, 1783. The Executor refused to act, and the Probate Court at Hartford, appointed Elihu Griswold and Lemuel Barnard, Administrators, with the will annexed, June 24, 1783 ; his wife was Mabel -. He noticed in his will, the children of his son Edward, then deceased ; and his own children, viz., Lemuel, (Moses Barnard, his son-in-law,) Edward, deceased, and his daughters Mabel, Abigail, Hannah, Miriam and Roxana.
BARNARD, EDWARD, JR., son of Edward and Mabel, of Windsor, d. before his father ; his widow Ruth. Moses Barnard, of Simsbury, and Timothy Burr, of Windsor, were administrators ; children left by him when he d. in 1775 or '6, viz., Ruth, aged 10, Edward 8, Sarah 6, Selah 5, and Lucretia, 3 years old, and Capt. Edward, their grandfather, appointed guardian for them.
There were also Dea. Joseph, of Windsor, who d. there, in 1788, Samuel and Moses of Simsbury, all of whom probably originated at Hadley, and not found to be relatives of the Barnards of Hartford.
BARNARD, WIDOW ABIGAIL, of Windsor, deceased. Joseph, her son, Executor. Inventory over £200, in 1747, children: Jo- seph, Edward, Francis, Abigail, Sarah, Ann and Rebecca.
JOHN BERNARD, of Watertown, Mass., an early settler there, wife Phebe, interred at Watertown, 28th of 4th month, in 1646 ; he held eleven lots of land there. (Wat. Rec.)
Fifteen persons by the name of Barnard, had graduated at Har- vard College, in 1832, and two by the name of Bernard. Nine by the name of Barnard, at Yale College, 1850.
BURNARD, JOHN, free at Boston, Oct. 19, 1630, took the free. man's oath, May, 1631.
BERNARD, FRANCIS, of Hadley, freeman, 1666. Jno. Bar. nard, of Watertown, freeman in Massachusetts, 1671.
BARNARD has eighteen coats of arms. BERNARD has six coats of arms.
BARNARD, SAMUEL, Joseph and Francis of Hadley, took the oath of allegiance, in Massachusetts, in 1678.
BARNARD, JOHN, of Amesbury, Mass., free 1690. Thomas
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Barnard, Sen., of do., free 1690. William Bernard was transported to Virginia, in the ship America, 1635.
BERNARD or BARNARD, an early name at Watertown, Mass. An old name at Weymouth and Hadley.
BARNARD was a familiar name at Salem, Mass., after 1700, if not before.
BARNARD, HANNAH, m. John Stevens, of Andover, Mass., June 13, 1662 ; also Stephen Barnard m. Rebecca How, in 1671, of Andover ; also Mr. Thomas Barnard of Andover, 1686. John Bernard, freeman in Massachusetts, 1634.
BARNARD, MATHEW, of Boston, freeman 1673.
There have been many families by the name of Barnard at Hart- ford, and yet no evidence is found, that any affinity by blood existed be- tween the heads of each or any of the different branches. John and Francis Barnard, were at Hartford, first settlers : they both removed to Hadley, about 1659. John had no children. It is supposed the Barnards of Windsor, were the descendants of Francis Barnard. Bartholomew Barnard appeared in Hartford, about 1646 or '7, and - m, and had children, grand-children and great grand-children : now none of his descendants, by the name of Barnard, are left in Hart- ford. The next Barnard at Hartford, was Samuel, about 1713, the ancestor of Hon. Daniel D. Barnard, of Albany. The next Barn- ard at Hartford, was probably Thomas, who was b. in Bristol, Eng- land, d. at Hartford, Nov., 1724, aged 42 years, and left no family. The next was John, the blacksmith, so called on the record to distin- guish him from John Barnard, the son of Bartholomew Barnard. All the Barnards now left in Hartford, are descendants of John, the blacksmith. It is not known where the last John was from, when he came to Hartford.
BARNES, THOMAS, resided quite in the north-west part of the village, in Hartford, in 1640, on land bounded north-east by the road to the cow pasture, easterly on the road to Hon. Matthew Allyn's land, westerly by Thomas Upson. He was one of the brave sol- diers in the Pequot battle in 1637. He settled first in Hartford, and removed to Farmington in its early settlement, where he died in 1689 or '91. He was an original proprietor in Hartford, and had six acres of land allotted to him, in the land division of Hartford, in 1639-had land distributed to him east of the river in 1663. His wife Mary -. He disposed of his estate by deeds in 1688 : children, Thomas, Ebenezer, and he had older children he had previously pro- vided for ; Thomas, Jr., who settled and died at Middletown, had
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children, John, Daniel, Thomas, Mercy Jacobs, Martha, Elizabeth, son Maibe, and Abigail. He died June 10, 1691; wife, Elizabeth, died 1694.
BARNES, MAYBEE, of Middletown, son of Thomas, Jr., m. Eliz- abeth Stow, Nov. 19, 1691, and had children, Nathaniel, b. Dec. 31, 1691, m. Hannah Ginnings, of Windham, Oct. 29, 1712 ; Elizabeth, b. April 16, 1693 ; Samuel, b. July 8, 1695 ; Ebenezer, b. Sept. 19, 1697 ; Thomas, b. May 21, 1700; Joseph, b. Aug. 15, 1702; Ger- shom, b. Sept. 13, 1705; Maybee Barnes d. March 6, 1748-9 ; Elizabeth, his wife, d. Feb. 21, 1737-8.
NATHANIEL, son of Maybee and Elizabeth Barnes, of Middle- town, m. Hannah Ginnings, of Windham, Oct. 29, 1712 : had chil- dren, Nathaniel, Jr., b. March 10, 1713-14 ; Jonathan, b. Jan. 27, 1715, d. Feb., 1715-16 ; Susannah, b. Feb. 22, 1716-17 ; David, b. Dec. 8, 1718, d. 1718 ; Jerusha, b. Feb. 17, 1719-20 ; Jemima, b. Feb. 17, 1719-20; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 5, 1722. His son Nathaniel was born at Windham.
BARNES, THOMAS, son of Thomas, Jr., and Mary Barnes, of Middletown, were m. June 16, 1727, and had issue : Simeon, b. Aug. 22, 1728 ; Thankful, b. June 14, 1730 ; Solomon, b. July 6, 1732 ; Jonathan, b. June 16, 1734, d. 1758 ; Abigail, b. March 26, 1736, d. 1758 ; Daniel, b. Aug. 21, 1738 ; Nathaniel, b. Feb. 12, 1740-1; Thomas, b. Feb. 17, 1743, and Mary, b. Jan. 21, 1745-6.
BARNES, JOHN, son of Thomas, Jr., of Middletown, m. Eunice Tryon, Aug. 18, 1726 ; children, John, b. Nov. 22, 1726 ; Eliza- beth, b. April 23, 1728; Eunice, b. July 23, 1730, d. young ; Charles, b. Sept. 12, 1732 ; Jabez, b. Jan. 15, 1734-5 ; Abiah, b. July 2, 1742, d. 1762 ; Abel, b. Aug. 18, 1744.
BARNES, EBENEZER, of Middletown, son of m. Mehitabel Miller, Dec. 28, 1727, and had children, Isaac, b. Oct. 9, 1728 ; Ebenezer, Jr., b. Jan. 23, 1729-30 ; Amos, b. March 25, 1732 ; Rhoda, b. March 20, 1733-4; Elijah, b. June 4, 1736.
BARNES, JOSHUA, Deputy to the General Court, May 1663; probably the same Joshua who was at East Hampton, L. I., in 1653.
BARNES, MATTHEW, of Wethersfield, probably an older son of Thomas, wife Abigail, m. Jan. 12, 1692 ; had a son, Matthew, b. August, 1694 ; his wife died and he married for his second wife, Ex- perience, Jan. 12, 1698.
BARNES, JOHN, of Wethersfield, m. Esther Blin, Feb. 23, 1764, and had Aziel, b. Aug. 21, 1767 ; Melvin, b. May 8, 1772 ; Anson, b. March 4, 1775 ; Edmond, b. Dec. 2, 1779; John Hessil- ton, b. Aug. 7, 1782.
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BARNES, WILLIAM, of Haddam, (Mary, his relict.) She died Feb., 1715-16 ; estate &229, 2s. 7d. Barnes, Mary, early at Pequot.
BARNES, MARY, of Pequot, had a warrant issued against her to be brought before the particular court in 1649. Thomas Barnes, of Farmington, was confirmed a sergeant of the company at Far- mington, in 1651 ; Daniel, of New Haven, in 1644.
Farmer mentions Matthew, of Braintree, in 1640, Boston, 1653; Thomas, of Hingham, 1637, freeman, 1645; William, freeman, 1641, was one of the proprietors of Salisbury, Mass., in 1640. Dodd mentions Thomas, brother of Daniel, of New Haven ; had sons, Thomas, b. 1653, Daniel and Maybce. Twelve of this name had graduated at Yale College before 1850; and seven by the name of Barnes, and one by the name of Barns, at Harvard College, before 1840.
BARNES, RICHARD, Jo. Buttler, Hundgate Baker, Lawrence Barker, Jo. Bowes, Elizabeth Bateman, Thomas Burd, Henry Butler, Jo. Budd, Richard Ball, James Brooks and wife Alice, Elizabeth Ba- ker, and others, were embarked in Assurance de Lo: Isaac Bromwell and George Pewsie, masters, for Virginia ; they were examined by the minister of the town of Gravesend, of their "conformitie in o' religion," and took the oath of allegiance and supremacy. (H. G. Somerby.)
BARNES, JOHN, William Baker, Mr. Bradford, John Bradford, Robert Bartlett, of Plymouth, are in the list of those able to bear arms in 1643, in the colony of New Plymouth.
BARNES, THOMAS was a passenger on board the Speedwell, of London, bound for New England, registered at Gravesend, search- er's office, May 30, 1656.
BARNES, MATTHEW, at Braintree, in 1641. William Barnes, freeman, Mass., 1641.
BARNES, WILLIAM, of Salisbury, Mass., an original settler about 1650.
BARNES, NATHANIEL, of Boston, made free 1677.
BARNES, THOMAS, of Marlb., freeman, 1673. James Barnes, of Boston, freeman, 1681.
BARNS, RICHARD, and John of Marlborough, Mass., free 1690. Barnes has seventeen coats of arms.
There was a John Barnes at Hartford, 1639. There was a Gid- eon Barnes, and Mehitable, his wife, at Hampton, and a daughter Deborah, baptized there June 10, 1739; Joanna, baptized May 10, 1741, and Elizabeth baptized there March 13, 1743, and joined the
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church ; Joanna also joined the church at Hampton, when she was baptized ; also Deborah. Gideon and Mehitable Barnes admitted to the church in Hampton, Jan. 15, 1740.
BARNET, JAMES, in 1683, was a signer with other inhabitants of Roxbury, Mass., to settle the town of Woodstock. About 1700 there were several other families moved into Woodstock, viz., Rice, Carpenter, Joseph Bacon, Philip Eastman, Ebenezer Truesdell, and Rachel, his wife, and had a son Thomas, b. there Nov. 1, 1711; Benjamin Griggs, Robert Mason, Ebenezer Eastman, who m. Sarah Peasley, of Haverhill, Mass., June 3, 1713, and settled at Woodstock. Philip Eastman, Sen., d. there Oct. 20, 1714, Millers ; Edmond Ainsworth d. there March 5, 1740-1, aged about 89 years. Hon. John Chandler, Esq., also d. Aug. 10, 1743, in his 79th year.
BARNUM,* (Barnam,) THOMAS, of Fairfield, purchased land at Norwalk, f as early as 1662. He received an appointment at Nor. walk, as late as 1676. His children born at Norwalk, were Thomas, b. July 9, 1663 ; John, b. Feb. 24, 1676-7; Hannah, b. Oct. 4, 1680 ; Ebbinezer, b. May 29, 1682. Mr. Barnam removed to Dan. bury in the early settlement of the town, and perhaps had other chil- dren after his removal. He was the ancestor of those of the name now at Danbury, at Bridgeport, New York, Baltimore, &c., and of P. T. Barnum, of Bridgeport, a man as extraordinary in his way, as was Napoleon in his, or Julius Cæsar in his. He had only learned when young, that the world loved humbugs more than realities, and he has feasted them upon fictions until he has satiated their appe- tites, and filled his own coffers, in which he has shown his tact over his fellow-men in procuring a fortune ; he may be well noted as an extra of the age, possessing talents, in his way, that few men have.
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BARNUM, THOMAS, in 1681, was appointed by the town to keep decorum during the exercise on the Sabbath, and at other public meetings, and to keep a small stick to moderately correct the disorderly. In 1671, he was put down in the list of estates at £40 of commonage.
Barnham has three coats of arms.
* In the early records, the name is usually spelled Barnam, though it has changed to Bar- num. It is supposed by many that it was originally the same as Burnham, Burnam, or Bur .: num, as the name is spelt on the different records in Connecticut. I am inclined to believe the name is Barnham. If the family have their coat of arms, they may settle the question.
t Master Roger Ludlowe, of Fairfield, purchased of the Norwalke Indians (deed) lands east of Norwalke river, Feb. 26, 1640, viz., "all the lands, meadows, pasturinge, trees, whatsoever their
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BARRINGHAM, PATRICK, of Hartford, d. in 1753, and left a widow, Abigail, with a good estate.
BARRETT, SAMUEL, of Wethersfield, was ordered by the Par- ticular Court, Dec. 5, 1645, to serve Arthur Smith, one year, for £8.
BARRETT, JAMES, of Wethersfield, m. Anne Carrington, Dec. 3, 1761, and had Selah, b. Dec. 24, 1762 ; Anne, b. Sept. 4, 1764 ; Martha, b. Jan. 27, 1766 ; Mary, b. Feb. 9, 1768, d. ; second Mary, b. Sept. 7, 1769; Sarah, b. Aug. 8, 1771 ; Ruth, b. April 17, 1775 ; James, b. May 7, 1777.
This name was also at Hartford before 1700, and was a respecta- ble and wealthy family.
Barrett, Jewett, Squires and Spalding, were some of the first set- tlers of Cornwall, Conn.
BARRET, JOHN, JR., of Welles, in 1653.
BARRATT, HUMPHRY, in Mass., 1658, and at Concord, a freeman in 1682. It has been an early name at Concord, Mass., and Charlestown.
BARRETT, BENJAMIN, of Hadley, took the oath of allegiance in Mass., 1678.
BARRETT, MR. EZEKIEL, of Norwich, known as a separatist, was imprisoned for refusing to pay his parish tax to Dr. Lord, for which his cow was sold.
Four of this name had graduated at Yale College, before 1845, and eight at Harvard.
BARRET, JONATHAN, of Hartford, m. Rebecca Whaples, Nov. 12, 1712.
Baret has two coats of arms ; Barett, four; Barrett, twenty-eight ;
is, and grounds betweene the two rivers, the one called Norwalke, the other Soakatuck, to the middle of sayed rivers, froin the sea a day's walke into the country."
On the 20th of April, 1640, Capt. Daniel Patrick purchased of Norwake Indians the ground called in the deed, " Sacunyte napucke ; also Mecanworth ; thirdly, Asumsowis; fourthly, all the land adjoyninge to the aforementioned, as farr up in the cuntry as an Indian can goe in a day, from sun risinge to sun settinge ; and twoe islands neere adjoining to the sayed Carante- nayruck, all bounded on the west side with Noewanton, on the east side to the middle of the river of Norwake, and all trees, meadows, waters and naturell adjuncts thereunto belonginge, for him and his forever." The meadows, &.c., west part of Norwake. Mr. Ludlow, of Fairfield, entered into articles of agreement with Nathaniel Eli, of Hartford, " in the river of Connecticut, Rithard Olmsted, of the same, in behalfe of themselves and Rithard Webb, Nathaniel Rithards, Mathew Marvin, Rithard Seamer, Thomas Spencer, Thomas Hales, Nathaniel Ruskoe, Isaacke Graves, Ralph Keeler, John Holloway, Edward Church, John Ruskoe," &c., about planting Nor- walke, over the 19th day of June, 1650. The precise time the first families located at Nor- walke, as settlers, is not fully certain, probably as early as 1651, as Rev. Mr. Hanford, (Dr. Trumbuli says,) began to preach there in 1652.
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