John Barnard

John and Bethia (Folger) Barnard were both drowned when their canoe overturned on a trip from Martha's Vineyard to Nantucket on June 6, 1669. There were no children.

Both lived on Nantucket Island

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Biography

John was born 2 MAR 1642 Nantucket, Nantucket Co., MA. He is the son of Robert Barnard and Joanna Harvey. He passed away in 1669.

He drowned while returning from the Vineyard, where he had been in pursuit of furniture, in company with Eleazer Folger Sr., Isaac Coleman, and an Indian, when the canoe upset and all perished except Eleazer Folger.

Sources

• (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDZ-JXY : 4 December 2014), Robert Barnard in entry for John Barnard, 02 Mar 1642; citing NANTUCKET,NANTUCKET,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0823703 IT 1-2.].
• Nantucket County, Island and Town, by Alexander Starbuck. Publ. 1924, reissued 1998.
• Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 Publication: FamilySearch LDS Note: #N282 15 JAN 2017 Time: 12:07:48