GENEALOGY OF THE BARNES FAMILY,

FROM THOMAS TO THANKFUL

1636-1712

 

 

On page 1 we published a story on the family of Thomas BARNES. Here is his exact genealogy.

 

Thomas BARNES (BARENCE); b. 1636, Barkling, Essex, England (HEB); d 1697, in Marlborough, MA (HEB); married, February 2, 1661/2 (HEB), July 21, 1662 (GOSM), Abigail GOODENOW, dau. of Thomas and Jane (RUDDICK) GOODENOW, in Sudbury, MA; b. March 11, 1641/2,  in Sudbury, MA;  d. 1679, in Marlborough, MA (HTM), 1697 (HEB).

 

Children:

        Thomas II; b. Mar 23, 1662/63, in Marlborough, MA (HTM, MVR, HEB); d. April 23, 1734, in Brookfield, MA (BVR, HEB) April 14, 1685 (MVR); married Mary HOWE, dau. of Samuel and Martha (BENT)HOWE (HOW), April 23, 1685, in Marlborough, MA, April 14, 1685 (MVR, HEB) . Mary, b. March 2, 1665 (HEB) d. February 4, 1718/19 (BVR, HEB)

 

      Dorothy; b. February 6, 1664, in Marlborough, MA (HTM, MVR, HEB); married, James WOODS, March 19, 1717/19 (GOSM).

 

      John; b. December 25, 1666, in Marlborough, MA (HTM, MVR, HEB), d. April 5, 1753 (HTM), married Hannah HOWE (HTM).

 

      William; b. April 3, 1669, in Marlborough, MA (HTM, MVR, HEB)

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      Abigail; b. June 14, 1671, in Marlborough, MA (HTM, MVR, HEB); d. Novenber 4, 1749, in Stockbridge, MA (GOSM); married (1) Josiah JONES, 1692 (GOSM), (2) Peter BENT, February 27, 1704/5 (GOSM).

 

      Theophillus; b. February 2, 1773/4, in Marlborough, MA (MVR, HEB); d. February, 1674/75, in Marlborough, MA (MVR, HEB).

 

      Susanna; b. February 2, 1676, in Concord, MA.(HEB), married Supply WEEKS, June 4, 1699 (HTM).

 

Children of Thomas BARNES II:

      Martha; b. ~1685, in Marlborough, MA (HEB); married Thomas GILBERT (HEB).

 

      Samuel;  b. ~1686, in Marlborough, MA (HEB); d. September 7, 1733, in Brookfield, MA; married Mercy GILBERT, 1710.

      Prudence;  b. before 1692, in Marlborough, MA (HEB); married Eleazer WARNER, December 4, 1722, in Brookfield, MA (HEB).

                 

      Lydia; b. October 9, 1692, in Marlborough, MA (MVR, HTM, HEB); d. before 1778, in Brookfield, MA (GOSM); married Samuel Gilbert (HEB) Mar. 24, 1710 in Brookfield, MA (GOSM).

 

      Thankful;  b. May 1, 1695, in Marlborough, MA (HTM, MVR, HEB); d. March 20, 1744/45, in Ware River, MA; married Jabez OLMSTED, 1712 (GOFA, HEB).

 

      Noah;  b. 1697, in Brookfield, MA (HEB); d. September 3, 1783, in Brookfield, MA (HEB); married Joanna GETCHELL, May 5, 1723 (GOSM).

 

      Comfort;  b. 1706, in Brookfield, MA (HEB); d. Jan. 17, 1746/7 (GOSM),  d. Jan. 1, 1747/48, in Brookfield, MA (HEB); maried Sarah ABBOTT, September 6, 1728, in Andover, MA (HEB).

 

Children of Thankful BARNES and Jabez OLMSTED/OMSTED

Thankful; b. February 15, 1712/13, in Brookfield, MA (BVR, WVR); d. October 6, 1743; married Timothy BROWN (GOFA).

 

Jeremiah; b. January 6, 1714/15, in Brookfield, MA (BVR, WVR);  married December 11, 1734, Elizabeth LITTEN (BVR, WVR).

 

Israel; b. March 25, 1715/16, in Brookfield, MA, March 24, 1715/16 (BVR, WVR); d. 1806, in Lymon (Monroe), NH (GOFA); m. (1) Sarah BANISTER, May 12, 1737 (BVR, WVR); (2) Anna SAFFORD, November 25, 1756 (HVR).

 

Hannah; b. April 22, 1718, in Brookfield, MA (BVR, WVR); d. October 20, 1793, in Ware River, MA; married Judah MARSH, November 4, 1736, in Brookfield, MA (BVR, WVR).

 

Martha; b. September 16, 1721, in Brookfield, MA (GOFA), September 16, 1721[?] (BVR) WVR); d. January 3, 1743/4, in Swanzey, NH (GOFA); married Thomas HAMMOND, August 21, 1744, August 21, 1741? (BVR), August 21, 1741 (GOFA, WVR).

 

Darcus (Dorcas); b. April 15, 1724, in Brookfield, MA (BVR, WVR); married Benoni WOLCOT, October 13, 1741[?] (BVR), October 13, 1741 (WVR).

 

Sarah; b. May 24, 1726, in Brookfield, MA (BVR, WVR); married Ephram MARSH, October 8, 1741 (BVR, WVR).

 

Silance; b. November 30, 1728, in Brookfield, MA (BVR, WVR); married Ephram BROWN

 

Abigail, b. March 24, 1732/33, in Ware River, MA, March 24, 1731 (BVR, WVR); married Benoni SMITH, before 1752. (WILL).

 

        Prudence; b. October 28, 1733 (BVR, WVR), in Ware River, MA.

 

Moses; b. January 29, 1735/36 (BVR), in Ware River, MA (WVR); married Abigail ELWELL, June 4, 1759 (WVR).

 

 

REFERENCES (All personally verified).

                                                                       

BVR                Brookfield Vital Records

 

GOFA             “Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America”, by H. K. Olmsted and G. K. Ward, A. T. De La Mare Printing and Publishing Co., LTD, New York, 1912.

GOSM            “Gooddenows Who Originated in Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1638 AD”, by Thomas Banvard, Goodenow Family Association, Gateway Press, Baltimore, 1994. Banvard has more genealogical information on the BARNES family that I did not cite.

 

HVR                Harwick Vital Records

 

HTM               “History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from 1657 to 1861", by Charles Hudson, T. R. Morris & Sons, Boston, 1862. Hudson has more genealogical information on the BARNES family that I did not cite.

                                                                       

MVR               Maryborough Vital Records.

 

HEB                “History of East Brookfield, Massachusetts, 1686-1970", by Louis E. Roy, The Heffernan Press, Inc., Worcester, MA 1970. Roy has more genealogical information on the BARNES family that I did not cite.

 

SVR                 Sudbury Vital Records.

 

WILL               Will of Capt. Jabez Olmsted, 1752.

 

WVR               Ware Vital Records, in Corbin Collection.