Joseph Barnes

Children of Edward Barnes and Sarah Pope are:

vi. Joseph Barnes, born Abt. 1717 in Chowan County, North Carolina; died 1751 in Northampton County, North Carolina; married Elizabeth Whitley Abt. 1739.

Joseph Barnes was not named in the 1762 will of Edward Barnes, of Edgecombe County, but he named grandsons, Jacob Barnes and Michael Barnes.

Joseph Barnes
Location Northampton County
Will Date 07 Apr 1751
Probate Date - Aug 1751
Will Sons: Jacob, Mycah, Demsey, Jethro, James. Wife: Elizabeth. No executor named. Witnesses: Joseph Carissur, Henry Gay, Charles Skinner, Julion Whitley. Clerk of the Court: I. Edwards.

I’m Thinking by an Old Reporter 1-18-1956. Evening Telegram

James Barnes made no name for himself but at least managed to acquire two plantations that he willed in 1720 to his sons Edward and Thomas. The maiden name of his wife Sarah has not yet been determined. [Referring to James Barnes, of Isle of Wight County, Sarah Barnes, and his sons Edward Barnes, of Southampton County & Thomas Barnes, of Southampton County - who was NOT this Edward Barnes, of Edgecombe County].

Edward [Barnes, of Edgecombe County] was the ancestor of most of the Barneses in this area. He was in North Carolina by 1722 and had patented over 2000 acres of land within six years. He might be described as a pretty substantial planter. He was in Northampton County in 1742 but had moved to Edgecombe County by 1747, where he patented 479 acres north of Tosneot Swamp and adjoining John Thomas, Sr., in 1752 and 1753. Edward died early in 1762 leaving a will, wife Sarah (by birth a Pope, it is said), and children Nathan, William, Jacob, Abraham, Mourning Fiveash, Charity Simms (married James Simms), Mary Simms (married Robert Simms of Wayne County) Elizabeth Leigh, Sarah Amson, and Patience. A son named Joseph had already died testate in Northampton County in 1751, leaving wife Elizabeth (Whitley by birth) and children Jacob, Michael, Dempsey, Jethro and James.
Jethro Barnes died near Whiteoak Swamp in 1815, in what is now Wilson Countyh, leaving 1,125 acres of land and seven children: Sally Parish, Eliza Marchman, Jesse, Enos, William, Jethro, Jr. and Michael. Dempsey Barnes settled by 1771 south of Tosneot Swamp and near the present Nash County line and accumulated about 1, 000 acres of land and four slaves. His will probated in 1807 indicates that he was a rather prosperous planter and mentioned wife Sarah (said to have been a Dew) and children Joseph, Jesse, Thomas, James, John, Susannah Daniel, Polly, Elizabeth Applewhite and Sarah Blackburn.

References

• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/w/h/i/Howard-M-Whitley/GENE1-0019.htm...
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 25 2019, 0:14:55 UTC
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LF95-M19
• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/b/a/r/Cindy-L-Barnes/WEBSITE-0001/UHP...