Joseph Barnard

Joseph Barnard's grave is the oldest (1695) in the Deerfield cemetery. On a trip there this month I personally located it for the first time.

For future reference:

The cemetery is at the end of what is called the Albany Road (before its bend to the left) in Deerfield, which passes the Headmaster's house, the dining hall, and the gymnasium. It is just past the last dormitory on the left, overlooked by the room on the third floor of the Bruce Barton dormitory which I occupied during my senior year at Deerfield, 1962-63.

As you stand at the entrance, you will see a large mound at the far end, a little to the left. This is the common grave of 48 Deerfield residents killed in the Indian massacre raid of February 29, 1704.

Go to the right inside the fence and continue about 90 degrees around the circumference of the cemetery grounds. You will pass several old Barnard stones which are hard to see because they face the fence and are very close to it. The Joseph Barnard grave is NOT among this first Barnard group (which is the mistake I had made in the past and why I was never able to locate the correct stone until this year).

As you continue along the fence, look to your left at two trees in the center of the cemetery. When you can see the very last first-floor window of the adjacent dormitory beyond the cemetery exactly centered between the two trees, stop and face the trees and this centered window.

You will see the Joseph Barnard grave directly in front of you about 10 paces away. It is medium sized and has a rounded top with scrolls at the side. You can probably read most of the writing even at 10 paces.

It reads "HERE LYES BURED (sic) YE BODY OF JOSEPH BERNARD (sic) AGED 45 YEARS DEC SEPTEMBER YE 6, 1695." DEC means Deceased, and YE is written both times as a upper case Y with a lower case e above it, and this of course is the definite article The.

As indicated in family genealogical lore, Joseph Barnard, the 7th great grandfather of DWMJr, CRM, and JAM, was the town clerk of Deerfield and was killed by Indians. This is the oldest grave in the cemetery. Nearby are Burts and Childses, who married early Barnards. As indicated above, there are descendants and relatives of Joseph elsewhere in the cemetery, but these Barnard stones are very hard to read because of (1) fading, (2) being too close to the fence, and (3), being in the dark under tree branches.

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One of the founders of Deerfield. Generation #2 of this Barnard Line. He was shot and mortally wounded by Indians near his home. A marker was placed by a descendant (James Barnard) at the location where he was shot.

He was the first husband of Sarah Strong Barnard, married at Northampton 13 Jan 1675. She later married Jonathan Wells.

Son of Francis Barnard and Hannah Merrill Barnard.

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Joseph Barnard

Born 1 Jan 1652 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Son of Francis Barnard and Hannah (Merrill) Barnard

Brother of Hannah (Barnard) Beaman, Deborah (Barnard) Bartlett, John Barnard, Samuel Barnard, Christopher Barnard, Thomas Barnard and Sarah Barnard

Husband of Sarah (Strong) Wells — married 19 Dec 1675 [location unknown]

Father of John Barnard, Sarah (Barnard) Wells, Joseph Barnard, Thomas Barnard, Hannah (Barnard) Childs, Samuel Barnard, Rebecca (Barnard) Wells, Abigail (Barnard) Wells, Thankful (Barnard) Sheldon and Ebenezer Barnard

Died 6 Sep 1695 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Joseph was born before his father's marriage to his second wife Frances Foote in 1677....so Joseph is the son of Hannah Merrill (sometimes referred to as Marvin).

JOSEPH BARNARD (HANNAH3 MARVIN, EDWARD2, REINOLD1) was born Abt. 1650, and died 1695. He married SARAH STRONG, daughter of JOHN STRONG and ABIGAIL FORD. She was born 1656 in Windsor, and died 10 Feb 1733.

Children of JOSEPH BARNARD and SARAH STRONG are:

TOTAL ELEVEN CHILDREN5 BARNARD. JOHN BARNARD, b. 19 Nov 1676; d. 06 Mar 1726. He married BRIDGET COOKE 13 Jun 1701, daughter of AARON COOKE and SARAH WESTWOOD. JOSEPH BARNARD, b. 20 Jun 1681; m. ABIGAIL GRISWOLD; b. 03 Aug 1685; d. 1747. EBENEZER BARNARD, b. 13 Mar 1696; d. 1764. He married ELIZABETH FOSTER. She was born Abt. 1694, and died 1753. Notes for JOSEPH BARNARD: --of Hadley, Mass.;--died from wounds he received from the Indians in the Deerfield massacre;-

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Name

Joseph Barnard[1] Joseph (b. Hart­ford, abt. 1648-d. Deer­field, Sept. 6 or 18, 1695), set­tled at Northamp­ton, Mass.;

removed to Deerfield; mor­tally wounded by Indi­ans, Aug. 18, 1695; m. (Sav­age says July 13 or Dec. 13, 1675 or Jan. 13, 1675/76), Sarah (b. 1656-d. Deer­field, Feb. 10, 1734), dau. of Elder John Strong, of Northamp­ton (she m. 2d, 1698, Capt. Jonathan Wells); 6 sons, 5 daus.;

Evans (1975) lists an early wife for Francis Barnard, Mary Wat­son (died ca. 1642), and names her the mother of Joseph (“1641”-1695); how­ever Joseph’s death at age 45 years, inscribed on his tomb­stone (see here­after), implies a birth year for Joseph as 1650, when he would most prob­a­bly have been born to Han­nah, as were the other five chil­dren. (The date of Joseph’s birth, how­ever, does not rule out this pos­si­ble early mar­riage.) Other Inter­net web­sites repeat with­out any evi­dence the early mar­riage to a Mary Watson.

Sources

↑ Source: #S271 Page: "Elder John Strong and His Descendants," vol. 23, p. 296 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5854035/joseph-barnard Williams, Stephen. What Befell Stephen Williams In His Captivity (Deerfield, Mass., 1889) Page 14 & Page 32: Footnote 25 http://strongfamilyofamerica.org/2012/04/the-early-barnard-settlers... U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MW1H-FJH : accessed 2016-06-17), entry for Joseph BERNARD. Leach, Josiah Granville. Memoranda Relating to the Ancestry and Family of Hon. Levi Parsons Morton (Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1894) Page 139-40

Joseph was born before his father's marriage to his second wife Frances Foote in 1677....so Joseph is the son of Hannah Merrill (sometimes referred to as Marvin).

JOSEPH BARNARD (HANNAH3 MARVIN, EDWARD2, REINOLD1) was born Abt. 1650, and died 1695. He married SARAH STRONG, daughter of JOHN STRONG and ABIGAIL FORD. She was born 1656 in Windsor, and died 10 Feb 1733.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Barnard-48

Joseph Barnard

Born 1 Jan 1652 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Son of Francis Barnard and Hannah (Merrill) Barnard

Brother of Hannah (Barnard) Beaman, Deborah (Barnard) Bartlett, John Barnard, Samuel Barnard, Christopher Barnard, Thomas Barnard and Sarah Barnard

Husband of Sarah (Strong) Wells — married 19 Dec 1675 [location unknown]

Father of John Barnard, Sarah (Barnard) Wells, Joseph Barnard, Thomas Barnard, Hannah (Barnard) Childs, Samuel Barnard, Rebecca (Barnard) Wells, Abigail (Barnard) Wells, Thankful (Barnard) Sheldon and Ebenezer Barnard

Died 6 Sep 1695 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 25 Jan 2020 | Created 13 Sep 2010

Biography

Joseph was born before his father's marriage to his second wife Frances Foote in 1677....so Joseph is the son of Hannah Merrill (sometimes referred to as Marvin).

JOSEPH BARNARD (HANNAH3 MARVIN, EDWARD2, REINOLD1) was born Abt. 1650, and died 1695. He married SARAH STRONG, daughter of JOHN STRONG and ABIGAIL FORD. She was born 1656 in Windsor, and died 10 Feb 1733.

Children of JOSEPH BARNARD and SARAH STRONG are:

TOTAL ELEVEN CHILDREN5 BARNARD. JOHN BARNARD, b. 19 Nov 1676; d. 06 Mar 1726. He married BRIDGET COOKE 13 Jun 1701, daughter of AARON COOKE and SARAH WESTWOOD. JOSEPH BARNARD, b. 20 Jun 1681; m. ABIGAIL GRISWOLD; b. 03 Aug 1685; d. 1747. EBENEZER BARNARD, b. 13 Mar 1696; d. 1764. He married ELIZABETH FOSTER. She was born Abt. 1694, and died 1753. Notes for JOSEPH BARNARD: --of Hadley, Mass.;--died from wounds he received from the Indians in the Deerfield massacre;-

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/o/p/Sandra-Popiel/FILE...

Name

Joseph Barnard[1] Joseph (b. Hart­ford, abt. 1648-d. Deer­field, Sept. 6 or 18, 1695), set­tled at Northamp­ton, Mass.;

removed to Deerfield; mor­tally wounded by Indi­ans, Aug. 18, 1695; m. (Sav­age says July 13 or Dec. 13, 1675 or Jan. 13, 1675/76), Sarah (b. 1656-d. Deer­field, Feb. 10, 1734), dau. of Elder John Strong, of Northamp­ton (she m. 2d, 1698, Capt. Jonathan Wells); 6 sons, 5 daus.;

Evans (1975) lists an early wife for Francis Barnard, Mary Wat­son (died ca. 1642), and names her the mother of Joseph (“1641”-1695); how­ever Joseph’s death at age 45 years, inscribed on his tomb­stone (see here­after), implies a birth year for Joseph as 1650, when he would most prob­a­bly have been born to Han­nah, as were the other five chil­dren. (The date of Joseph’s birth, how­ever, does not rule out this pos­si­ble early mar­riage.) Other Inter­net web­sites repeat with­out any evi­dence the early mar­riage to a Mary Watson.

Sources

↑ Source: #S271 Page: "Elder John Strong and His Descendants," vol. 23, p. 296 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5854035/joseph-barnard Williams, Stephen. What Befell Stephen Williams In His Captivity (Deerfield, Mass., 1889) Page 14 & Page 32: Footnote 25 http://strongfamilyofamerica.org/2012/04/the-early-barnard-settlers... U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MW1H-FJH : accessed 2016-06-17), entry for Joseph BERNARD. Leach, Josiah Granville. Memoranda Relating to the Ancestry and Family of Hon. Levi Parsons Morton (Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1894) Page 139-40

Comment: Unclear why in display this is spelled Barnard when the gravestone clearly states Bernard as the family name?