Thomas Barnes, Sr.

Thomas Barnes

• Birth: 1615 / 1623 - of Barking, Essex, England
• Death: June 10 1691 - Middletown, Connecticut
• Wife: Mary, Elizabeth

THOMAS BARNES, referred to as " Thomas of New Haven and Middletown," was in New Haven in 1644. He married 1st to Mary _____. She died Apr 1676, and Thomas married 2nd to Elizabeth _____

Will

The Last Will and Testament of Thomas barnes Senior dwelling in Midleton, in the County of Hartford and Colony of Connecticut Will dated 25 Feb 1683/4 mentions "my wife, my sons John, Thomas, Daniel, Maibe ... daug Mercy Jacobs, Martha, Elizabeth, Abigail, witness validated 6 Oct 1692, accepted and recorded 7 Sept 1693 [17] digital image

Disambiguation

From Barnes Genealogies

There were three Thomas Barnes that came from England to America previous to 1638 known as Thomas Barnes of Hartford, Thomas Barnes of New Haven, and Thomas Barnes of Hingham; who were ancestors of three large branches of Barnes Families in America.

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Biography

From http://www.bellavistaranch.net/genealogy/barnes.html

Thomas Barnes (c.1623-1691/93) was born in England and as a boy sailed to America, where the first mention of him is in the New Haven Colony of Connecticut in 1643 or 1644 when he came of age and was admitted to the colony. If he was 21-years old when the colony accepted him, he would have been born about 1623. Then in June 1649 he received a parcel of land - "The meddow and second devission of upland is granted to John Brocket and Thomas Barnes."
Many genealogies freely confuse this Thomas Barnes (of New Haven County) with a different Thomas Barnes, of Farmington township in adjacent Hartford County, whose wife Mary was hanged as a witch in 1663. Because both men immigrated from England, probably in the 1630s, and lived in colonial Connecticut in adjacent counties, it is quite difficult to keep the facts concerning them separate, but they are indeed unrelated individuals. To add to this confusion, there were two other Thomas Barnes in the nearby Massachusetts Colony who were alive at about the same time (Trescott, 1907, p. 4-5).
Thomas Barnes of New Haven married a woman named Elizabeth [SIC Mary; Elizabeth was 2nd wife] about 1647 and lived with her there until about 1660 or 1665, afterwhich they moved to North Haven, then later to that part of Middletown known as Middlefield, where he died in either 1691 or 1693. He left a will, dated Feb. 25, 1683, in which he names his children. Various online genealogies give his birthplace as Barking, Essex, name his parents, and give the surname of his wife, but as none provide any documentation, these claims are suspect.

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Sources

1. Barnes Family Yr Bk, Vol I, 1907, pp 4, 5, and 9.

2. Early Puritan Settlers, p 141.

3. Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America - 1967- Henry Whittemore, p 27.

4. The Memorial History of Hartford County, CT p 229.

5. Ten Generations of the Barnes Family in Bristol, CT by Fuller F. Barnes, 1946, Chap. 1.

6. Passengers to America, Michael Tepper, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1978, p 68.

7. McArthur-Barnes Ancestral Lines, Selim Walker McArthur, M.D., the Antholensen Press, 1964.

8. Will dated 9 June 1688.

9. The Westward Migration of one Line of the Descendants of the Thomas Barnes of Hartford and Farmington, CT, Clair Elmer Barnes, 1966.

10. Ancestry of Fanny Barnes and her Husband Thomas Knight, Chap. 3.

11. Farmington Town Clerks and Their Times.

12. Genealogy Record, E. McInnes, 1996.

13. American Ancestry, Vol IV, 1889.

14. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Vol. I, 1635-1700, pp 401 and 402.

15. Soldiers of King Philip's War, G.M. Bodge, A.B., p 466.

16. Genealogical and Family History of Northern New York, 1910, p 735.

Find a Grave

• ftDNA Barnes Group 16, haplogroup I-M253

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THOMAS BARNES, referred to as " Thomas of New Haven and Middletown," was in New Haven in 1644. He married 1st to Mary _____. She died Apr 1676, and Thomas married 2nd to Elizabeth _____

Will

The Last Will and Testament of Thomas barnes Senior dwelling in Midleton, in the County of Hartford and Colony of Connecticut Will dated 25 Feb 1683/4 mentions "my wife, my sons John, Thomas, Daniel, Maibe ... daug Mercy Jacobs, Martha, Elizabeth, Abigail, witness validated 6 Oct 1692, accepted and recorded 7 Sept 1693 [17] digital image: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000076894931997&

Disambiguation

From Barnes Genealogies

There were three Thomas Barnes that came from England to America previous to 1638 known as Thomas Barnes of Hartford, Thomas Barnes of New Haven, and Thomas Barnes of Hingham; who were ancestors of three large branches of Barnes Families in America.

Biography

From http://www.bellavistaranch.net/genealogy/barnes.html

Thomas Barnes (c.1623-1691/93) was born in England and as a boy sailed to America, where the first mention of him is in the New Haven Colony of Connecticut in 1643 or 1644 when he came of age and was admitted to the colony. If he was 21-years old when the colony accepted him, he would have been born about 1623. Then in June 1649 he received a parcel of land - "The meddow and second devission of upland is granted to John Brocket and Thomas Barnes."

Many genealogies freely confuse this Thomas Barnes (of New Haven County) with a different Thomas Barnes, of Farmington township in adjacent Hartford County, whose wife Mary was hanged as a witch in 1663. Because both men immigrated from England, probably in the 1630s, and lived in colonial Connecticut in adjacent counties, it is quite difficult to keep the facts concerning them separate, but they are indeed unrelated individuals. To add to this confusion, there were two other Thomas Barnes in the nearby Massachusetts Colony who were alive at about the same time (Trescott, 1907, p. 4-5).

Thomas Barnes of New Haven married a woman named Elizabeth [SIC Mary; Elizabeth was 2nd wife] about 1647 and lived with her there until about 1660 or 1665, afterwhich they moved to North Haven, then later to that part of Middletown known as Middlefield, where he died in either 1691 or 1693. He left a will, dated Feb. 25, 1683, in which he names his children. Various online genealogies give his birthplace as Barking, Essex, name his parents, and give the surname of his wife. (These notes are all taken from Erica Howton's study of one part of the Barnes family. Not merged. Please do not merge all these Connecticut Barnes family lines into one. )
Please see the Overview/About for the father of this profile, Thomas Barnes b1593 for the current story of how this Barnes line developed and for how the sister b1592 married a Presbyterian Stewart. See Thomas Barnes
CF Url: Thomas Barnes, Sr.

These findings in this line of Barnes from New Haven, Connecticut then separates them clearly from the other Thomas Barnes families of Connecticut. Also this line's YDNA has been discovered to be I-M253 which came from the Normans when they invaded England in 1066.

Sources

1. Barnes Family Yr Bk, Vol I, 1907, pp 4, 5, and 9.

2. Early Puritan Settlers, p 141.

3. Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America - 1967- Henry Whittemore, p 27.

4. The Memorial History of Hartford County, CT p 229.

5. Ten Generations of the Barnes Family in Bristol, CT by Fuller F. Barnes, 1946, Chap. 1.

6. Passengers to America, Michael Tepper, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1978, p 68.

7. McArthur-Barnes Ancestral Lines, Selim Walker McArthur, M.D., the Antholensen Press, 1964.

8. Will dated 9 June 1688.

9. The Westward Migration of one Line of the Descendants of the Thomas Barnes of Hartford and Farmington, CT, Clair Elmer Barnes, 1966.

10. Ancestry of Fanny Barnes and her Husband Thomas Knight, Chap. 3.

11. Farmington Town Clerks and Their Times.

12. Genealogy Record, E. McInnes, 1996.

13. American Ancestry, Vol IV, 1889.

14. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Vol. I, 1635-1700, pp 401 and 402.

15. Soldiers of King Philip's War, G.M. Bodge, A.B., p 466.

16. Genealogical and Family History of Northern New York, 1910, p 735.

GEDCOM Note

The Founders of Hartford

Thomas Barnes, Hartford, 1639, a "proprietor by the town's courtesy," Feb., 1639-40, having six acres allotted to him. He lived on the corner of the highways now Albany Avenue and High St. He served in the Pequot War, 1637 ; granted fifty acres for his services, 1671. He removed to Farmington; sergeant of the trainband there, 1651; joined Farmington church about Jan. 30, 1652-3. His wife, Mary, was the dau. of Thomas Andrus, or Andrews, of Farmington. He d. about 1689 ; will dated June 9, 1688.