Sarah Barnes

Evidence needed to support as daughter of John Dew, III & Elizabeth ‘Eleanor’ Dew

Sarah F was born ABT 1744 in NC and died ABT 1780.

Family

Married

1. Dempsey BARNES b: 1744 in Northampton County, NC

Children

1. Jesse BARNES b: 10 NOV 1764 in Edgecombe County, NC Formed 1741 From Bertie County
2. James William BARNES b: ABT 1767 in Edgecombe County, NC Formed 1741 From Bertie County
3. John BARNES b: ABT 1769 in Edgecombe County, NC Formed 1741 From Bertie County
4. Joseph BARNES b: ABT 1771 in Edgecombe County, NC Formed 1741 From Bertie County
5. Polly BARNES b: ABT 1773 in Edgecombe County, NC Formed 1741 From Bertie County
6. Sarah BARNES b: ABT 1775 in Edgecombe County, NC Formed 1741 From Bertie County
7. Susannah BARNES b: ABT 1777 in Edgecombe County, NC Formed 1741 From Bertie County
8. Thomas BARNES b: ABT 1779 in Edgecombe County, NC Formed 1741 From Bertie County

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1807 Will of Dempsey Barnes

Disputed origins

Seen with parents: Father: John DEW b: 1698 in Isle Of Wight County, Virginia & Elizabeth BRYANT b: 1701 in Isle Of Wight County, Virginia

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/collaborate/L8QP-MXJ

Mrs. Dempsey Barnes may not be Sarah Dew

The assumption that Sarah Barnes, wife of Dempsey Barnes, was the daughter of John Dew, III and Elizabeth ‘Eleanor’ Dew evidently rests on John having a daughter named Sarah at his will in 1749 and Dempsey Barnes purchased land from John Dew Jr. in 1771.

Mrs. Sarah Barnes is the right age to be Sarah Dew and her father lived near Dempsey's in present-day Hertford County, North Carolina.

However, Dempsey's children share few names with the Dews (only John and Sarah) and have few interactions outside the purchase of land in 1771. Moreover, John Dew left for old Edgecombe County before his will was probated in 1759, while Dempsey and Sarah may have married as late as 1761/2 (depending on when their eldest son Joseph was born) and they didn't come to Edgecombe County until about 1771. It's possible they married before they left or even in Edgecombe, but it could very well be that Dempsey Barnes did not marry Sarah Dew daughter of John Dew.

References

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2661614&...

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• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 25 2019, 0:09:34 UTC
• http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full... calls her Sarah X.
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8QP-MXJ