Thomas Barnes

On 14 Apr 1685 when Mary was 20, she married Thomas Barnes, son of Thomas Barnes & Abigail Goodenow, in Marlboro, MA. Born on 23 Mar 1661/2 in Marlboro, MA. Thomas died in Brookfield, MA, on 23 Apr 1734; he was 72.

Thomas BARNES was born in 1662/63 in Concord, MA or Marlboro, MA. He died in 1734 in Brookfield, MA. Nellie Palmer George Genealogy: Thomas's Marlboro house and goods were destroyed by the Indians in Philip's war, and because of same he was awarded a home lot of 40 acres in Brookfield for the second settlement effort in 1691.. Prior Brookfield had also been destroyed by the Indians at great loss of life. He ultimately attained eleven hundred acres of land and was a strong community leader. In July 1710, six men were murdered by the Indians and apparently enough damage was sustained that Thomas and others petitioned the general court for relief.

His wife predeceased him, and he was fatally gored by a bull in 1734.

Elizabeth the Daughter of Thomas Barnes was borne was borne* the 14 of february 1674 Parents: Thomas BARNES and Abigail GOODENOW.

He was married to Mary HOWE on 14 Apr 1685 in Marlborough, MA.(179) She married first George Farrar of Lincoln, according to Temple's History of Framingham. Children were: Samuel BARNES, Martha BARNES.

THOMAS2 BARNES (THOMAS1)39,40,41,42,43,44,45 was born 23 Mar 1662 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA46,47,48,49,50, and died 23 Apr 1734 in Brookfield, Worcester, MA51,52,53,54. He married MARY HOW55,56,57,58,59,60,60,61 14 Apr 1685 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA62,63,64,65,66, daughter of SAMUEL HOW and MARTHA BENT. She was born 02 Mar 1665 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA67,68,69,69, and died 04 Feb 1719 in Brookfield, Worcester, MA70,71,72.

Notes for THOMAS BARNES:

Thomas was married in Marlborough, but later moved to Brookfield, Massachusetts during its second settlement, circa 1695. He inherited part of the Indian Plantation lands of Marlborough from his father in 1697 and was involved in a title dispute to his land (as were his neighbors) until 1719 when the courts finally recognized the validity of the deed of purchase of these Indian lands obtained by the residents of the plantation area. Like his father, he was active in community affairs and he was a leading resident of Brookfield. Thomas and his son, Samuel, were chosen town assessors in 1718. Thomas acquired considerable land through grants and later, purchases, and ultimately owned 1100 acres in all. Assessed property valuation, circa 1717, was second only to that of the famed Col. John Pynchon. Thomas Barnes' tax rate was 4 pounds 8 pence, and John Pynchon's tax rate was 5 pounds, 5 shillings. The next highest assessment, just below that of Thomas Barnes, was that of John Hamilton, Sr., who had an assessment of 3 pounds, 17 shillings, and 8 pence. Thomas was one of eight men commissioned to build a sawmill in the town of Brookfield--the first in the town. For this, each of the eight men received a grant of 40 acres of land. House and goods destroyed in King Philip's War by the Indians March 20, 1676. In 1691 received a grant of 40 acres in Brookfield, Mass. where he built. Bought other lands and held in all 1100 acres. He was a leading citizen of Brookfield. His house was the stopping point of the Committee when on duty at Brookfield and expenses were granted to his wife. Late in life he lived with his son Comfort north of Ditch Meadow Swamp. Gored to death by a bull.

More About THOMAS BARNES and MARY HOW: Marriage: 14 Apr 1685, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA73,74,75,76,77

Children of THOMAS BARNES and MARY HOW are:

• 8. i. MARTHA3 BARNES, b. 24 Nov 1686, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA; d. 18 Nov 1746, Brookfield, Worcester, MA.
• 9. ii. SAMUEL BARNES, b. 1687, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA; d. 07 Oct 1773, Brookfield, Worcester, MA.
• 10. iii. PRUDENCE BARNES, b. 1689, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA; d. 25 Feb 1770, New Braintree, Worcester, MA.
• 11. iv. LIDIAH BARNES, b. 09 Oct 1692, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA; d. 23 Apr 1778.
• 12. v. THANKFUL BARNES, b. 01 May 1695, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA; d. 20 Mar 1745, Brookfield, Worcester, MA.
• 13. vi. NOAH BARNES, b. Oct 1700, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA; d. 03 Sep 1783, Brookfield, Worcester, MA.
• 14. vii. DEACON COMFORT BARNES, b. Oct 1706, Brookfield, Worcester, MA; d. 17 Jan 1747, Brookfield, Worcester, MA.

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Thomas Barnes (1663 - 1734)

Thomas Barnes aka Barns

Born 25 Mar 1663 in Marlborough, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Son of Thomas Barnes and Abigail (Goodenow) Barnes

Brother of Dorothy Barnes, John Barnes Sr., William James Barnes, Abigail (Barnes) Jones, Theophilus Barnes and Susanna (Barnes) Weeks

Husband of Mary (Howe) Barnes — married 14 Apr 1685 in Sudbury, Massachusetts

Father of Martha (Barnes) Gilbert, Samuel Barnes, Prudence (Barnes) Warner, Lydia (Barnes) Gilbert, Thankful (Barnes) Olmstead, Noah Barnes and Comfort Barnes

Died 23 Apr 1734 at age 71 in Brookfield (N), Province of Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 19 Aug 2021 | Created 25 Sep 2010

This biography is a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Thomas was married in Marlborough, but later moved to Brookfield, Massachusetts during its second settlement, circa 1695.

He inherited part of the Indian Plantation lands of Marlborough from his father in 1697 and was involved in a title dispute to his land (as were his neighbors) until 1719 when the courts finally recognized the validity of the deed of purchase of these Indian lands obtained by the residents of the plantation area.

Like his father, he was active in community affairs and he was a leading resident of Brookfield. Thomas and his son, Samuel, were chosen town assessors in 1718. Thomas acquired considerable land through grants and later, purchases, and ultimately owned 1100 acres in all. Assessed property valuation, circa 1717, was second only to that of the famed Col. John Pynchon. Thomas Barnes' tax rate was 4 pounds 8 pence, and John Pynchon's tax rate was 5 pounds, 5 shillings. The next highest assessment, just below that of Thomas Barnes, was that of John Hamilton, Sr., who had an assessment of 3 pounds, 17 shillings, and 8 pence.

Thomas was one of eight men commissioned to build a sawmill in the town of Brookfield--the first in the town. For this, each of the eight men received a grant of 40 acres of land. House and goods destroyed in King Philip's War by the Indians March 20, 1676. In 1691 received a grant of 40 acres in Brookfield, Mass. where he built. Bought other lands and held in all 1100 acres. He was a leading citizen of Brookfield. His house was the stopping point of the Committee when on duty at Brookfield and expenses were granted to his wife. Late in life he lived with his son Comfort north of Ditch Meadow Swamp. Gored to death by a bull.

His land grants in Brookfield began as early as 27 Aug 1693 and continued through 12 Aug 1714. [1]

Name

Thomas Barnes[2]
Title

III, Cpl.
Marriage

Thomas Barnes married Mary How on April 14, 1685, in Marlborough[3] According to Abbott, Thomas Barnes married Mary (Howe, daughter of Samuel and Mary Howe of Sudbury) and had a son Comfort.[4]

Death

[Barns] "Mary, w. Thomas, [died [Feb 4, 1718-19" at Brookfield, Massachusetts. "Thomas, April 23, 1734" at Brookfield.[5]

Burial

1734
FSFTID

FSFTID KN8B-Y8B
Sources

WikiTree profile Barnes-1514 created through the import of Shurtliff Family.ged on Jun 20, 2011 by Mark Shurtliff.
Source: S142Marlborough (Mass.). Vital records of Marlborough, Massachusetts. Worcester, Mass: F.P. Rice, trustee of the fund, 1908. [1]
Source: S143 Brookfield (Mass. Town). Vital records of Brookfield, Massachusetts. Worcester, Mass: F. P. Rice, 1909. Open Library
Massachusetts: Legislators of the General Court, 1691-1780 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), (Orig. Pub. by Northeastern University Press , Boston, MA. John A. Schutz, Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court 1691–1780 A Biographical Dictionary, 1997.) [2]
Thomas BARNES,
Death: 1734; Location: Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Original Text: Brookfield HR 1724; assessor 1718; M Mary Howe (1665-1719) in 1685, 7 ch; farmer. Sawmill, considerable land. Moved to Brookfield about 1695. He was present in the HR during his term, but he did not serve on any committees.
Bibliography 1967 Barnes g 1-2; Page 1438
Source S-2103781860 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Repository: #R-18 Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=18112781&pid...
Source: S7 Title: Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass. : of his joint descendants with George Abbott, sr., of Andover, Mass., of the descendants of Daniel Abbott, of Providence, R.I., of some of the descendants of Capt. Thomas Abbott, of Andover, Mass., of George Abbott, of Norwalk Ct., of Robert Abbott, of Branford Ct., with brief notes of many others of the name, original settlers in the United States Author: Lemuel Abijah Abbott Publication: Ancestry.com. Boston: Abbott, 1906. Repository: #R-18
Record Book of the Proprietors of Brookfield (Mass.), 1701-1772. Holding at Specials Collections, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Also available on archive.org [3]
Repository: R-18 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com
↑ Record Book of Proprietors of Brookfield, pg 48-49
↑ Source: #S7
↑ #S-142 Page 217
↑ #S-7 Vol. 1, Page 52
↑ #S-143 Page 460

Thomas, was married on April 14, 1685, to Mary, the daughter of Samuel and Martha (BENT) HOWE, of Sudbury. Mary was born on March 2, 1665, and died February 4, 1718/19.

Thomas and Mary had five children born in Marlborough: Martha, born about 1685; Samuel, born about 1686; Prudence, date of birth not recorded; Lydia, born October 9, 1692; and Thankful, born May 1, 1695. Two sons were born in Brookfield; Noah, about 1697; and Comfort, about 1706.

Thomas and Mary, with Thomas's brother William, moved to Brookfield in 1691, where Thomas became a leading citizen, and was granted considerable land. His first recorded grant was on August 27, 1691, for eleven acres at the junction of Five and Seven Mile Rivers, in what is now East Brookfield. He later sold this to John HAMILTON, great grandfather of Nathan HAMILTON, husband of Abagail OLMSTED, daughter of Capt. Jabez.

In 1692, he was one of the signers of a petition to the Great and General Court (the Massachusetts Colonial Legislature) requesting that the Committee for Brookfield (governing body of the as-yet-non-incorporated town) be granted authority to confirm or deny present or former grants so that those who owned land could be made to bear their share of the tax burden and the cost of supporting or acquiring a minister. This was granted.

In 1695, William BARNES, the uncle of Thankful, became the father of the first child born in Brookfield after the town was resettled. (The town was originally settled in 1665, but was destroyed by the Indians in 1675 during King Phillips's War.) He was judged by the court to be the father of Captivity JENNING's child, Stephen. The settlement was 2s 3p a week child support.

In 1699, Thomas BARNES purchased the land of Richard COY, west of Foot's Hill. He received a land grant in 1701. In 1703, he and Samuel OWENS purchased the land of Thomas PARSONS, from the first settlement of Brookfield, on the Hill. Also, in that year, he purchased the rights of John SCOTT of Suffield to the land of John AYRES.

He was one of eight men commissioned to build the first sawmill in Brookfield in 1709, on Sucker Brook, at what was later called the Malt Mill Bridge. The nine men received a grant of 40 acres, to be divided among them, for their encouragement to build a new mill, and they had liberty to cut all sorts of lumber in any part of the town for the use of the mill.

In 1710, BARNES and four others petitioned the Great and General Court for a grant to repair the gristmill dam, stating that Indian troubles made it impossible to travel 30 miles to the nearest gristmill, and furthermore, winter was coming. In 1713, BARNES and two others reported to the town that the owner of the gristmill was not living up to the terms of his contract, and had forfeited his grant of land and mill rights.

On September 18, 1714, the Committee for Brookfield appointed Thomas BARNES and two others as members of a special commission to settle a dispute between the minister and his neighbors over a plot of land. There was some controversy over the report of the commission. Finally, the minister left town.

In 1715, Thomas BARNES and eight others were appointed to a commission to oversee the construction of a Meeting House.

In 1717, another mill grant, on Mill Brook, was made to Thomas BARNES, and one to his son Samuel (no location specified).

In 1717, he was the largest resident landowner in Brookfield, owning over 1100 acres. The property tax on his land that year was 4£, 8p, (the second highest in the town, out of 121 tax payers) out of the total tax raised of 200 £. (In the same year, Capt. Jabez's tax was 1£ 5s 4 p, the 18th highest.)

His house was the meeting place of the Committee when they met in Brookfield.

In 1718, he was elected an assessor of the town, and in 1719, after the incorporation of the Town, he and his son Samuel were both elected to the first Board of Selectmen and also to the first Board of Assessors. (The five members of both Boards were the same!) In December of that year, he and the other selectman petitioned the Great and General Court for confirmation of a plot of eight square miles denoting the boundary of the town and granting of township privileges, which was granted.

He also owned land in Hardwick, as well as a sawmill in New Braintree, for which he received a grant of 40 acres.

Later in his life, he lived with his youngest son, Comfort. Thomas died in Brookfield on April 23, 1734, after been gored by a bull!

Descendants of Thomas and Mary still live in Brookfield.

From a distant cousin: Thomas Barnes came to Boston from England on the "Speedwell" in May, 1636.

Thomas Barnes BIRTH 23 Mar 1661 Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA DEATH 23 Apr 1734 (aged 73) Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA BURIAL Evergreen Cemetery East Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA MEMORIAL ID 99498998 ·

. THOMAS2 BARNES (THOMAS1) was born March 23, 1661/62 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA, and died April 23, 1734 in Brookfield, Worcester, MA. He married MARY HOW April 14, 1685 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA. She was born March 02, 1664/65 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA, and died February 04, 1718/19 in Brookfield, Worcester, MA.

Notes for THOMAS BARNES: Thomas was married in Marlborough, but later moved to Brookfield, Massachusetts during its second settlement, circa 1695. He inherited part of the Indian Plantation lands of Marlborough from his father in 1697 and was involved in a title dispute to his land (as were his neighbors) until 1719 when the courts finally recognized the validity of the deed of purchase of these Indian lands obtained by the residents of the plantation area. Like his father, he was active in community affairs and he was a leading resident of Brookfield. Thomas and his son, Samuel, were chosen town assessors in 1718. Thomas acquired considerable land through grants and later, purchases, and ultimately owned 1100 acres in all. Assessed property valuation, circa 1717, was second only to that of the famed Col. John Pynchon. Thomas Barnes' tax rate was 4 pounds 8 pence, and John Pynchon's tax rate was 5 pounds, 5 shillings. The next highest assessment, just below that of Thomas Barnes, was that of John Hamilton, Sr., who had an assessment of 3 pounds, 17 shillings, and 8 pence. Thomas was one of eight men commissioned to build a sawmill in the town of Brookfield--the first in the town. For this, each of the eight men received a grant of 40 acres of land. House and goods destroyed in King Philip's War by the Indians March 20, 1676. In 1691 received a grant of 40 acres in Brookfield, Mass. where he built. Bought other lands and held in all 1100 acres. He was a leading citizen of Brookfield. His house was the stopping point of the Committee when on duty at Brookfield and expenses were granted to his wife. Late in life he lived with his son Comfort north of Ditch Meadow Swamp. Gored to death by a bull.

Burial notes: On 5 Oct 2014 findagrave volunteer, Pauline Merrick #47600334 advised: The first burial in Evergreen cemetery occurred in 1740, so I believe you have the wrong location. Most likely in West Brookfield, perhaps North Brookfield. I know for certain there is no stone for him in Brookfield cemetery, and most of "Brookfield" in that time period is now known as West Brookfield.

Family Members

Parents Abigail Goodenow Barnes 1642–1679

Spouse Mary Howe Barnes 1664–1719

Children Martha Barnes Gilbert 1686–1746

Samuel (Barns) Barnes 1687–1733

Prudence Barnes Warner 1689–1770

Lydia Barnes Gilbert 1692–1778

Thankful Barnes Olmstead 1695–1744

Noah Barnes 1700–1783

Comfort Barns 1706–1748