Bartholomew Barnard, of Boston

Bartholomew Barnard

• Gender: Male
• Also known as Bartholomew Barnett
• Birth: say 1602 in [perhaps London area] England; estimate based on Marriage in 1626
• Death: between circa 1676 and 1679 (68-87) Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America. 2nd wife is a widow in 1679.
• Parents: unknown
• Husband of 1) Alice Weeden 2) Jane (unknown), widow Laxton
• Not the same as Bartholomew Barnard

Family

From http://www.heatonbrown.com/p14.htm

Parents unknown

Married

1. Alice Weedon b. 2 Jun 1605, d. 29 Jun 1663
2. Jane Laxton, widow, d. 31 May 1698

Children with 1st wife

• 1. Bartholomew Barnard14 b. 27 Mar 1627 died young
• 2. Ralph Barnard15 b. 27 Mar 1627 died young
• 3. Matthew Barnard+1,4,16 b. 7 Sep 1628 died 1663 married 1) Sarah 2) Mary
• 4. Ann Barnard17 b. 1 Nov 1630 living in 1647
• 5. Richard Barnard+1,18,6 b. c 1637 married Elizabeth Negus

Brief Biography

From http://www.heatonbrown.com/p14.htm

Bartholomew, a carpenter, first appeared of record in York, York County, Maine, in 1636 and was probably one of the artisans sent over from England to assist in setting up mills in the town by Sir Ferdinando Gorges, "knight, lord proprietor of the Province of Maine". Prior to their emigration from England, Bartholomew and Alice had had four children, three sons and a daughter. They arrived in York with their two surviving children, Matthew and Ann. Their son, Richard, was born after their arrival in York. Bartholomew was named as one of the aldermen of Agamenticus, as York was called until 1641, in the town's first charter.

In 1 August 1657 he and Thomas Joy were contracted to construct the first Town-House in Boston. It was to be "a very substantiall and comely Building...sixty six foot .. ...

In 1670/71 Jane, wife of Bartholomew Barnard, was licensed in Boston to keep a house of public entertainment, and to sell coffee and chocolate. Her licensed was renewed every year until 1680. In 1679, however, she was described as a widow.

Supporting data

From New England Marriages Prior to 1700 By Clarence Almon Torrey Page 42 link

From Maine Pioneers 1623-1660 Page 13

• Name: Bartholomew Barnard
• Comment: Agamenticus, witness to deeds in 1636 and 1643; chosen a deputy to attend court at Saco June 25, 1640. Sold land near Henry Lynn's house 26 Nov. 1646.
• See also: Davis Page 54 Nicholas Davis will 1677, bequest to cousin Matthew Barnard, son of Bartholomew B of Boston

Notes

From https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/bartlett/5248/

Bartholomew of Boston

In Suffolk County, Massachusetts Deeds, Liber IV, 78, there is record of a 1656 deed from Bartholomew Barnard, carpenter of Boston, to a Thomas Dickerman, and dower interests were released by consent by Bartholomew’s wife, Alice.Similarly, in Suffolk County Deeds, Vol. 5, at pp. 539-541, there is a deed of 1668 by Bartholomew Barnard and Jane his wife to John Richards as agent for Robert Thompson, a London merchant.Thus, there is evidence from primary historical records that Bartholomew of Boston was married at least twice, with the earlier wife (as of 1656) being Alice.There is no evidence that Bartholomew had a different wife before Alice, but it is possible that he did.There is some disagreement about the date of his death, but it must have been after 1668 and one seemingly reasonable estimate is 1676.

Some believe that this Bartholomew of Boston had at least two sons, Matthew and Richard, and perhaps other children.At least one researcher states that Richard (who owned land adjacent to Bartholomew’s as of 1668) married Elizabeth Negus in Boston on March 2, 1659 and died there in 1706.They estimate his birth at ca. 1634.The wife of a Matthew Barnard of Boston was mentioned as a “cousin” (which could also mean niece or other relation at that time) in the Will of Nicholas Davis, of York (now in Maine) on April 27, 1667, thus permitting an estimate that Matthew was born before 1647.Researchers report he died on or about May 9, 1679 in Boston.Some researchers equate this Matthew with the Mathew Barnard, son of Bartholomew, baptized on September 7, 1628 at the church of St. Margaret's, in Westminster (now a suburb of London), Middlesex County, England.See the Latter Day Saints’ International Genealogical Index, Batch Number: P00160-1 (British Isles) at www.familysearch.org.Some researchers then cite three more baptismal records from St. Margaret’s, for Bartholomew and Ralph Barnett in March 1627, and Anne Barnett on November 1, 1630, all children of a Bartholomew Barnett, as records for children of Bartholomew Barnard, apparently claiming either a mis-transcription of the original handwritten record (i.e., misreading “Barnard” as “Barnett”) or clerical error in the 1600s.

Researchers note that Bartholomew Barnard of Boston had first settled near York (now in Maine) circa 1634, and that he sold his lands there to Robert Knight by a deed dated November 26, 1646 (Agamenticus (or York)).This would logically mark the date of Bartholomew’s move to Boston.

IF Deborah Barnard was a daughter of this Bartholomew of Boston, then she would likely have been born at Agamenticus (modern-day York County, Maine, on the York River), sometime between 1641 and 1646.Her mother MIGHT have been the Alice who was Bartholomew’s wife as of 1656.Some claim this Alice was an Alice Weedon, and there is a baptismal record for an Alice Weeden at St. Margaret’s, Westminster, in June 1605, daughter of Jeromie Weeden.IF this is indeed the Alice who was Bartholomew’s wife as of 1656, then she might have had children (i.e., a daughter Deborah) between 1641 and 1646 (when Alice Weeden would have been between 36 and 41).Alice died sometime between 1656 and 1668 (by which time Bartholomew had remarried, to a Jane).Perhaps it was Alice’s death, and the advent of a step-mother Jane that caused Deborah to go visit/live with her possible brother/relative, Bartholomew Barnard of Hartford????

Citations

• 1636 Place: Maine Source Publication Code: 1262 Primary Immigrant: Barnard, Bartholomew Annotation: Date and place of settlement or date and place of arrival. Names not restricted to the Order of Founders and Patriots of America. Source Bibliography: COLKET, MEREDITH B., JR. Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657. Cleveland: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975. 366p. Page: 18
• Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Record Name: Bartholomew Barnard Year: 1651 Place: Boston Source Bibliography: VIRKUS, FREDERICK A., editor. Immigrants to America before 1750. An Alphabetical List of Immigrants to the Colonies, before 1750, Compiled from Official and Other Records. Surnames 'A through Battles.' Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. 220p. Page: 169 Source Publication Code: 9450 Annotation: Published extracts from "The Magazine of American Genealogy", section 4, nos. 1-27 (1929) - [1932].
• 1. Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), online at www.americanancestors.org, Reference Code 4411, pages 2346-2348. Hereinafter cited as Boston Inhabitants and Estates (Thwing).
• 6. Charles Edward Banks, History of York, Maine, Volume II, page 43.
• 7. Charles Edward Banks, History of York, Maine, Volume I, page 82.

Links

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40646170/bartholomew-barnard
• http://www.heatonbrown.com/p14.htm