Edward Barnes Jr (abt. 1595 - abt. 1650)

Born about 1595 in England

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Died about 1650 at about age 55 in Isle of Wight, Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

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Biography

Edward Barnes Jr was a Jamestown colonist.

Edward Barnes, son of Edward Barnes and Joyce Adell Weldon, was born about 1595 in England. He reportedly died about 1650 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia.^[1]

"Edward Barnes, mercer," was a subscriber to the Second Virginia Charter 1609 of the Virginia Company of London, the founders of the Jamestown Colony, Jamestown, Virginia. He paid in £50 and received 6 shares in the Company.^[2]

Confirmation that Edward Barnes actually traveled to and settled in Virginia has not been found. He is not the Edward Barnes on the List of the Living in 1623/24 (see Research Notes ). It is possible, but unlikely, that he was the Edward Barnes transported by Edward Drew prior to October 1639.

• Edward Drew, 200 acs., Accomack Co., Oct. 10, 1639, page 685. W. upon land of Thomas Powell. Due for trans. of 4 pers: Edward Barnes, Georg Waterman, Jone Bayly, Edward Jones.^[3] This record does not include a wife or children and no further information has been found for this Edward Barnes.

Research Notes

The birth date/place used here, 8 June 1595 at Allhallows Honey Lane, London, England,^[4] belongs to Edward Barne, son of Edward Barne and Katherine Wright. This child died on 4 October 1599, aged 4 years, and was buried at Mercers Chapel. ^[5]

Edward may have been born about 1595, but the source used for his birth is not his and has been changed to "about 1595" in England. (Strutton-11 15:45, 7 August 2022 (UTC))

Note: Middle names were not commonly used at this time and no record has been found using "William" as Edward's middle name. It is being removed but can be replaced if documentation for it is provided. (Strutton-11 15:45, 7 August 2022 (UTC))

The Edward Barnes who was signatory to the 2nd Virginia Charter could not be the Edward Barnes on the List of the Living in Virginia at Elizabeth City County on 16 February 1623/24.^[6] The Elizabeth City Edward was an indentured servant, the unmarried son of Alice, widow of Dr. Lawrence Bohunne (apparently 2nd husband). She had asked the Virginia Company to free her son from his seven years' service. The request was denied as it was determined that Edward Barnes was a Virginia Company servant, not one of the late Dr. Bohunne's men.^{[7] [8]} A signatory to the Virginia Charter would not be an indentured servant. (Strutton-11 16:17, 7 August 2022 (UTC))

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1. ↑ Citation needed for death date/location.
2. ↑ Second Virginia Charter 1609
3. ↑ Nugent, Nell Marion, Abstracted and Indexed by. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800. In Five Volumes. Richmond, VA.: Press of the Dietz Printing Co., 1935. Page 117
4. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQ1D-Y8Y : 20 March 2020), Edward Barne, 1595.
5. ↑ Church records and registers; The registers of St. Mary le Bowe, Cheapside, All Hallows, Honey Lane, and of St. Pancras, Soper lane, London. London: Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1914. Page 264
6. ↑ Hotten, John Camden, Editor. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants' Religious Exiles; … and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. John Camden Hotten: London, 1874. Reprinted Empire State Book Co., New York. Page 182
7. ↑ McCartney, Martha W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers; 1607-1638: A Biographical Dictionary. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Second Printing, 2007. Page 113
8. ↑ Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Company. Pages 88-89

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Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of Holmes.ged on 20 May 2011.