Jonathan Barnard

A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor # A206787

Captains Grantham, Eliphalet, Newell; Colonels Whitcomb, Henry Knox.

Prisoner of War.

Pension Number: S*W392

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GEDCOM Note

!SOURCES: 1) Pemble File on WorldConnect.Rootsweb.com; 2) Pension claim filed in 1844 by Obedience Barnard as a widow under the act of July 7, 1838.

!"She employed James K. McAnally to attend to her pension application. She stated that she and Jonathan were married in Goochland Co., VA, Nov 1784. Their first child George was born 29 Dec 1785; second child Elizabeth born 20 Feb 1788; third child John born 14 Oct 1791. A paper from the clerk of the court of Goochland Co., VA, in 1846, states that they have found no record of the marriage of Obedience, also called Biddy or Bridget Barnett. George Barnard, age 58 in 1844, testifies that his parents were known to be married." Obedience was 76 in 1844. (From GenForum.com)

!Also from GenForum: [Regarding the "Seven Barnard Brothers":] "They came from England to Worcester, Mass, through Pennsylvania and all met at Bristol, VA [some people think at the home of their father] after the war was over. Their names were John, Jonathan, Zadock, Ruben, Samuel, Joseph, and either Jacob or Benjamin. Jonathan Barnard enlisted in the Rev. War at Amesbury, Mass, May 1775. Re-enlisted at Cambridge, Mass, in 1776, met his brothers at Bristol, VA, then went to KY. [After marriage,] Jonathan and family went to Hawkins Co., TN, in 1798 to be near his brother John, who preceded him there in 1782. He followed his profession as a school teacher until he went blind. He was still in Hawkins Co. in 1818 and in Claiborne Co. in 1820. In 1835, Jonathan had his [Revolutionary War] pension moved to Mercer Co., KY, giving as reasons, 'that family and friends had moved off to the west and he could live cheaper in KY.' Jonathan died 16 Oct 1835 in Mercer Co., KY. His wife was living in Claiborne Co., TN, in 1846."

Sources:

https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/barnett/670/

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Barnard-943