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John Barnard, of Watertown

Also Known As: "Bernard", "John Barnard"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: England (United Kingdom)
Death: June 23, 1646 (34-43)
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Husband of Phebe Barnard
Father of John Barnard; Samuel Barnard; Hannah ‘Anna’ Goffe; James Barnard; Mary Barrett and 4 others

Occupation: Carpenter
Immigration: left Ipswich, England on April 10, 1634 aboard the ship Elizabeth, bound for New England.
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About John Barnard, of Watertown

John Barnard was born about 1607 in England and was buried on 27 June 1646 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. His parents are not known.

"John Barnard, aged 30, and wife Phoebe, aged 27, son John, age 3, and son Samuel, age 1, Embarked from Ipswich England, April 10, 1634, on the "Elizabeth", William Andrews, Master. He was admitted freeman 3-4-1635, was proprietor of Watertown 1636/7, and a selectman 1644." [ from History of Watertown, Bond, 1860.]

He married about 1632 in England to Phebe Whiting, daughter of Anthony Whiting and Anne Sherman. She survived him to die on 1 August 1685 in Watertown.

Their children:

  • + 1. John Barnard, b. about 1632,
  • 2. Samuel Barnard, b. about 1633, England d. 8 September 1673, Watertown, MA (Age ~ 40 years)
  • + 3. Hannah Barnard, b. about 1635, Watertown, MA d. 16 April 1679, Cambridge, MA (Age ~ 44 years)
  • + 4. Mary Barnard, b. 7 November 1639, Watertown, MA d. 28 March 1673, Cambridge, MA (Age 33 years)
  • 5. Joseph Barnard, b. 12 November 1642, Watertown, MA d. before 1708 (Age < 65 years)
  • 6. James Barnard, b. about 1644, Watertown, MA, d. 1720, Sudbury, MA (Age ~ 76 years)
  • + 7. Elizabeth Barnard, b. 1 January 1640/1, Watertown, MA d. after 1714 (Age > 74 years)
  • + 8. Benjamin Barnard, d. 12 September 1694, Watertown, MA

notes

Another source says he was made freeman 9-3-1634.

There was a John Barnard on the Ancient and Honorable Artillery company list in 1643



John and Phoebe, with sons John and Samuel, left Ipswich, England on April 10, 1634 aboard the ship Elizabeth, bound for New England. Settled in Watertown, MA.


Or born 1596.

Birth date and place seen as 10/24/1604 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England with no supporting citation.

His wife, Sarah Barnard, came from English ancestry. She was born at Watertown, January 25, 1694, and died at Spencer, September 30, 1755, preceding him twenty years. Her father, grandfather and great grandfather Barnard were named John. John Barnard Senior, born in 1602, came to America from Ipswich, England, in the ship Elizabeth, William Andrews master, in 1634 with his wife Phebe and their son John, aged three, and settled at Ipswich in this State. Her father was a housewright and lived at Watertown, and his surname, Barnard, has to some extent been used in Spencer as a given name in the Bemis and other families. ["Historical Sketches Relating To Spencer, Mass.", by Henry M. Tower]

Find a Grave Memorial: 38516315 Born by about 1607, based on estimated date of marriage. Came to Massachusetts Bay in 1634 on the "Elizabeth." & settled in Watertown MA. Buried at Watertown 23 Jun 1646. Married by about 1632, Phebe Whiting, daughter of Anthony & Anne (Sherman) Whiting of Dedham, Essex. She died at Watertown, 1 Aug 1685. Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project He was a carpenter.

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John Barnard, of Watertown's Timeline

1607
1607
England (United Kingdom)
1629
1629
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
1632
1632
England
1633
1633
England
1634
1634
Age 27
Massachusetts
1635
1635
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial Amrica
1637
1637
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1639
November 7, 1639
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1641
January 1, 1641
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts