John Barnard (1607 - bef. 1646)

Born 1607 in England

Descendants

Died before 23 Jun 1646 before age 39 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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John Barnard migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 1, p. 158) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Disputed Origins

Parents detached. Francis Bernard and Alice Haselwood are NOT the parents of this John Barnard. See comment on Francis Bernard from Magna Carta where it says that the son of Francis Bernard probably remained in England; as well as sketch in Great Migration^[1] where Francis is noted as closely related, but no mention made of parental relationship.

Disambiguation Notice

John Barnard was born about 1604 in Dedham, Essex, England, and married Phoebe Whiting. They probably sailed from Ipswich to Boston in 1634 on the ship Elizabeth. He was a proprietor of Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1636, and had several children. He died in June, 1646, at Watertown.

John Barnard, was born about 1586 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England and married Elizabeth Bushnell-9. They probably sailed from Ipswich to Boston in 1634 on the ship Francis. He was an original proprietor of Hartford and in 1659 removed to found Hadley, where he died in 1664, and left no children.

Biography

John Barnard, immigrant BARNARD ancestor, was born in England in 1607 (based on the estimated date of marriage), and came to New England at the age of thirty, with his wife Phebe, aged twenty-seven, and children Thomas King, aged fifteen, John Bernard, aged two, and Samuel Bernard, aged one year.

The name was spelled either Bernard, or Barnard. They sailed in the ship "Elizabeth," from Ipswich, England, April 30, 1634. The wife Phebe and her sons John and Samuel were legatees of her mother Anne, widow successively of Anthony Whiting, of Dedham, Essex, England, clothier, and of Thomas Weison, of Dedham, in will proved December 13, 1638.

Barnard settled in Watertown, and was a proprietor in 1636, admitted a freeman September 3. 1634, and was selectman 1644. He died in June, 1646, and was buried June 23^[2] at Watertown. His widow Phebe died August 1, 1685, leaving considerable property.

Marriage

Marriage by 1631 in England to Phebe Whiting (bp 3 Sep 1608, in Dedham, Essex, England)^[3]

Death

Burial: 23 JUN 1646, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, A-B
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Watertown Records Comprising the First and Second Books of Town Proceedings with the Land Grants and Possessions also the Proprietors' Book also the First Book and Supplement of Births Deaths and Marriage (Prepared for Publication by the Historical Society)(Watertown Mass Press of Fred G Barker 1894)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrcords.org) p. 12
3. ↑ NEGHR Vol 167 Apr 2013; Whole Number 666, page 153 The Earliest Shermans of Dedham, Essex and their Wives; Michael Johnson Wood. subscribers$ link.

• Great Migration 1634-1635, A-B. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B, pp 161 - 166; by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999.Featured Sketch of John Barnard.subscribers$

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