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Mary Barnes (Howe)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: February 04, 1719 (53)
Brookfield, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Lt. Samuel How, of Sudbury and Martha Howe
Wife of Thomas Barnes
Mother of Martha Gilbert; Samuel D. Barnes; Prudence Warner; Lydia Gilbert; Thankful Olmstead and 2 others
Sister of Samuel Howe; Martha Walker/Whitney (Howe); David Howe; Hannah Barnes; Sarah Howe and 2 others
Half sister of Daniel Howe; Elisha Howe; Nehemiah Howe; Moses Wood Howe; Ebenezer Howe and 1 other

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About Mary Barnes


Mary Howe

  • BIRTH 2 Mar 1665/6 Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
  • DEATH 4 Feb 1719 (aged 54) Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
  • BURIAL Unknown MEMORIAL ID 114960642 ·

Mary was the daughter of Samuel How/Howe and his wife, Martha, of Sudbury, Massachusetts. Mary married Thomas Barnes on 14 Apr 1685 in Marlborough, Massachusetts. They had 7 children:

  1. Martha (Barnes) Gilbert (1686 - 1746)
  2. Samuel Barnes (~1687 - 1733)
  3. Prudence (Barnes) Warner (1689 - 1770)
  4. Lydia (Barnes) Gilbert (1692 - 1778)
  5. Thankful (Barnes) Olmstead (1695 - 1745)
  6. Noah Barnes (~1697 - 1783)
  7. Deacon Comfort Barnes (1706 - 1747).

She received a land grant in her own right in Brookfield. "Novem-- 17th 1714. Laid out to Mary Barns the Wife of Thomas Barns By vertue of a Grant made Septem-- the 17th 1714: Bound westerly upon her Husband's Land Thomas Barnes: the rest all Round upon the Commons being Seventy Rods west(?) of the south End and fifty at the north End and one Hundred and Sixty Rods in Length. having four stone(?) markers one att each Corner with E: Being Sixty Acres, viz. thirty acres of upland the lei? (Lieu?) of fifteen of Meadow."[3]

Mary died on 4 Feb 1719 in Brookfield, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay aged 53.[4]


References

  1. WikiTree contributors, "Mary (Howe) Barnes (1665-1719)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Howe-96 : accessed 19 April 2024). Cites
    1. Birth: Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Ancestry Record 2495 #81354079 (ambiguity on birth year, Julian / Gregorian calendar changes)
    2. Marriage: Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850. With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and may be available through Family History Centers throughout the United States. See table below for information listed. Ancestry Record 7853 #379773
    3. Record Book of the Proprietors of Brookfield, page 51
    4. Death: Note: Find a Grave is not a primary source unless they provide primary documents. This one does not. Making it a secondary source. Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114960642/mary-barnes : accessed 08 April 2022), memorial page for Mary Howe Barnes (2 Mar 1666–4 Feb 1719), Find A Grave: Memorial #114960642, ; Maintained by Pam Johnson (contributor 47987977) Burial Details Unknown.
  2. Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jun 4 2019, 1:21:43 UTC
  3. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Howe-96
  4. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/LZK8-LN1
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Mary Barnes's Timeline

1665
March 2, 1665
Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686
November 24, 1686
Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1687
1687
Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1691
1691
Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692
October 9, 1692
Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
1695
May 1, 1695
Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1700
October 1, 1700
Brookfield, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay
1702
October 1702
Brookfield, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts