| BIRTH & DEATH | Based on his estimated date of marriage, William was probably born circa 1620. He was still alive in 1650, when he was on the list of original settlers of Salisbury, Essex co., MA. |
| RESIDENCE |
We currently know very little about William Barnes, other than the fact that he was one
of the original settlers of Salisbury, Essex co., MA. William was #29 on a list of
68 men who were "The first or Original list of ye townsmen of Salisbury in ye booke of
Records" as recorded by Thomas Bradbury at a town meeting of
3d:12m(February):1650[1]. At the same meeting virtually the
same list (minus three men who were crossed out) were allowed to "be accompted
townsmen and comoners" of the new town[2].
On 25 December 1650, "Willi: Barnes" was assessed 12d. 6s. in taxes in Salisbury, Essex co., MA[2]. He was not on the list for the 18d:5m(July) 1652 tax assessment[3]. |
| MARRIAGE #1 | Before 1643 William married Rachell [FITTS?]/[LORD?], in Salisbury, Essex co., MA[4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12]. Her identity is based upon the marriage of Robert FITT and Grace [LORD] circa 1629-1632. One school of thought is that Rachel is the child of Grace & her first husband [not known] LORD. Another belief is that she is a child of this couple. A likelier scenario -- given ages -- is that Rachel is a sister of Robert FITTS, who called her husband William Barnes "my brother" in his will. |
| CHILDREN | 2. | i. | Hannah BARNES | Hannah was born on 25d:11m(January):1643 in Salisbury, Essex co., MA[13] and is listed under "Barns, Hannah". |
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3. | ii. | Deborah BARNES | Doborah was born on 1d:2m(April):1646 in Salisbury, Essex co., MA[13] and is listed under "Barnes, Debora". On 19d:10m(December):1663 when Deborah was 17, she married Samuel DAVIS, in Salisbury, Essex co., MA[14]. |
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4. | iii. | William BARNES, JR. | William died on 11d:4m(June):1648 in Salisbury, Essex co., MA[15] as "Barnes, William, s. W[illia]m, 11:4m:1648". There is no birth record for this child in Salisbury; however, it cannot be William, Sr. since the latter was alive in 1650 when he was listed as one of the original settlers of Salisbury, Essex co., MA. |
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5. | iv. | Jonathan BARNES | Jonathan was born on 1d:2m(April):1648 in Salisbury, Essex co., MA[13], and is listed under "Barnes". |
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6. | v. | Rachel BARNES | Please see her own page. |
| GENERATION | Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G9) Grandfather |
| FAMILY NUMBER | 4078 |
| SOURCES |
1. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+,
(Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+),
[NEHGR], 3:55. 2. Ibid. 3:56. 3. Ibid. 3:57. 4. Torrey, Charles, New England Marriages Prior to 1700., (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society). [Torrey]. 5. Hoyt, Daniel Webster, The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Mass., with Some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton, and of York County, Maine, 3 vols., (Providence: [Snow & Farnham], 1897-1917), [Salisbury Fam], 157,875. 6. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vols. 1+, (New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1870+), [NYGBR], 37:141. 7. Savage, James A., A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1860-1862., (Boston 1860-1862; rpt Baltimore 1955), [Savage], 1:123 8. The Essex Antiquarian, (13 vols.)(n.p., 1897-1909), [EssexAnt], 7:40. 9. Pillsbury, D.B. & F.H. Getche, The Pillsbury Family: Being a History of William and Dorothy Pillsbury (or Pilsbery) of Newbury in New England, and Their Descendants to the Eleventh Generation, (Everett, Mass.: Massachusetts Publ. Co., 1890), [Pillsbury], 161,581,633,676. 10. Treat, John Harvey, The Treat Family: a Genealogy of Trott, Tratt, and Treat for Fifteen Generations, and Four Hundred and Fifty Years in England and America, Containing More than Fifteen Hundred Families in America, (Salem, Mass.: The Salem Press, 1893), [Treat], 12. 11. Clement, Percival Wood, Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements, ([Philadelphia: Patterson & White Co., 1927]), [Clement], 46,80. 12. Fitts, James Hill, Genealogy of the Fitts or Fitz Family in America, (Clinton: W. J. Coulter, 1869), [Fitts], 1. 13. Salisbury, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [SalisburyVR], 19. 14. Ibid. 272. 15. Ibid. 57. 16. [NEHGR], 10:184. 17. Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623 to 1660, (Boston: C.H. Pope, 1908), [PopesPioneersofMEandNH], 34. 18. Paine, Ruth Felton (Ward), Paine Genealogy and Allied Lines: ancestors of William Alfred Paine, (Rutland, Vt.: The Tuttle Pub. Co. Inc., 1936), [Paine Anc. (1936)], 37,40. 19. [Pillsbury], 122,162,633. 20. Sargent, Edwin Everett, Sargent Record. William Sargent, of Ipswich, Newbury, Hampton, Salisbury and Amesbury, New England, U.S., with his Descendants and Their Intermarriages, and other Sargent Branches, (St. Johnsbury, Vt.: The Caledonian Co., 1899), [Sargent (#1)], 21. 21. [EssexAnt], 4:13; 7:40. 22. Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 1+, (Salem, Mass., 1859+), [EIHC], 79:258. 23. Amesbury Vital Records, [AmesburyVR], 475. 24. Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633., (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), [GreatMig.], III:1632. 25. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686, 9 volumes, (Salem 1911-1975), [EQC], 4:64.
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