Ebenezer Barnes (abt. 1675 - 1756)

Born about 1675 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Deborah (Orvis) Barnes — married 8 Apr 1699 in Farmington, Hartford, CT

Husband of Mehitable (Hancock) Barnes — married about 1726 in Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1756 at about age 81 in Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America

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Biography

Deacon Ebenezer Barnes was born in 1675 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut.

Changing Names and Borders

Areas now called Farmington, Southington and Bristol started as one town. Farmington is not only the oldest inland settlement west of the Connecticut River and 12th oldest community in the state, it became the largest settlement too. It was known as the “mother of towns”, giving birth to Southington (set apart in 1779), Berlin, Bristol (set apart in 1785, first known as New Cambridge), Wolcott, Burlington, Avon, New Britain and Plainville. The Bristol Historic Marker, erected at Bristol City Hall gives us the history. We read on the front;

“Bristol was originally a part of Farmington. In 1663 an easterly portion called “Poland” was granted to Thomas Barnes and three others. The area which later became Bristol was allotted in 1721 to Farmington settlers. In 1727 Daniel Brownson built a house on the Pequabuck river near West Street but did not remain long. The first permanent settler was Ebenezer Barnes, son of Thomas, whose home was built in 1728 at the foot of King Street.^{[1] [2]}He was followed soon by Nehemiah Manross. the new locality became known as New Cambridge and its Chippins Hill section was a stronghold of Loyalists during the Revolution.”

The back of the marker reads;

”New Cambridge was Incorporated as the town of Bristol in 1785, including land that was set off in 1806 as the town of Burlington. In 1911 it was incorporated as the city of Bristol., This region was the cradle of American clockmaking. An industry which once dominated all others and led to the birth of other local industries. The city is know for its American clock and Watch Museum and for the creation of the new varieties of chrysanthemums.”

From Find a Grave,

Ebenezer Barns was the son of Thomas Barns of Hartford and Farmington. Ebenezer was the first permanent settler to inhabit land in "Poland" which was the southwestern corner of Farmington in the earlier 1700's. Barns moved there in 1728 and established the area as New Cambridge, later named Bristol Connecticut in 1785. Barns built a spacious house on King Street, which was later dismantled by his descendant Fuller F. Barnes in the 1930's. The remnants of the Barns house are currently reconstructed to form an addition on the American Clock and Watch Museum.

A cemetery in New Cambridge was not yet founded at the time of Barns' death and it is very probable that his body was returned to Farmington. His childhood home stood directly south of Memento Mori Cemetery and burned in the early 2000's

Mehitable Mabel Hancock married Ebenezer Barnes of Farmington, Connecticut, as his second wife. Ebenezer Barnes c.1675-1745 married:

On 8 Apr 1699 Ebenezer married Deborah Orvis In Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut. ^[4]

They had the following children all born in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America.

Ebenezer Barnes Jr. born 7 Feb 1699 ^[5]

Thomas Barnes born 21 Jun 1703 ^[6]

Anna (Barnes) Neal born 7 Jun 1706 ^[7]

Jedediah Barnes born 27 Aug 1708 ^[8]

Gideon Barnes Sr. born 1 Aug 1711 ^[9]

Stephen Barnes born May 1714 ^[10]

Deborah (Barnes) Buck born 13 Jul 1717 ^[11]

Mary Barnes born 1 Oct 1721 ^[12]

Esther Barnes born 30 Jul 1723 ^[13]

William Barnes born

He married secondly Mehitable Mabel Hancock Barnes, daughter of Thomas Hadley Hancock and Rachel Leonard. Some claim the 2nd marriage took place following the death of Deborah Orvis c. 1726. They had the following children,

Abigail Barnes born 1727

Abijah Barnes born 31 Jan 1727 ^[14]

David Barnes born 17 Apr 1729 ^[15]

Amos Barnes born 8 Nov 1730 ^[16]

John Barnes born 5 Nov 1732 ^[17]

Lucy Barnes born 4 Mar 1734 ^[18]

In 1756 at the age of 80 Ebenezer passed away in Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut. He was laid to rest at the Memento Mori Cemetery In Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut.^[19]

"For fifteen years, through summer heat and winter snows, he had taken his family to the meeting house nine miles distant, when he headed the memorial which obtained for himself and neighbors the privileges of a winter parish. He was approaching his seventies when he urged, with others, the establishment of a minister. In 1746, one year previous to the settlement of a pastor, his name appears for the last time when Ebenezer Barnes is appointed to lead in divine service."^[20]

Notes from Find a Grave

A different Ebenezer Barnes c.1697-1798 of Middletown, CT, son of Maibee Maybe Barnes and Elizabeth Stowe married Mehitable Miller Barnes c.1707-1776 on Dec. 22, 1727. Findagrave #137857652. The two Ebenezer Barnes are often confused.

Sources

1. ↑ Google Map
2. ↑ Beals, Carleton, 1893-1979, Our Yankee heritage: the making of Bristol, 1954 Bristol Public Library Association, Bristol, CT. Pgs 1, 2, 3, 8, 10, 13, 14, 17, 18, 21, 23, 25, 26, 37, 39, 45, 59, 62, 65, 72, 77, and more.
3. ↑ Historical Marker Database: Bristol
4. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/rd/21174/91/426875940
5. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74V-VQ2 : 7 January 2020), Ebenezer Barnes in entry for Ebenezer Barnes, 1699.
6. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74V-VMB : 7 January 2020), Ebenezer Barnes in entry for Thomas Barnes, 1703.
7. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W6-L79 : 7 January 2020), Ebenezer Barnes in entry for Anna Barnes, 1706.
8. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74V-V3D : 7 January 2020), Ebenezer Barnes in entry for Jedediah Barnes, 1708.
9. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74V-VMH : 7 January 2020), Ebenezer Barnes in entry for Gideon Barnes, 1711.
10. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2SQ-FWY : 7 January 2020), Ebenezer Barnes in entry for Stephen Barnes, 1714.
11. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W6-2GS : 7 January 2020), Ebenezer Barnes in entry for Deborah Barnes, 1717.
12. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W6-2LC : 7 January 2020), Ebenezer Barnes in entry for Mary Barnes, 1721.
13. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W6-L6T : 7 January 2020), Ebenezer Barnes in entry for Esther Barnes, 1723.
14. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74V-JR3 : 7 January 2020), Ebenezer Barnes in entry for Abijah Barnes, 1727.
15. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74V-VMD : 7 January 2020), Ebenezer Barnes in entry for Daniel or David Barnes, 1729.
16. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74V-J5V : 7 January 2020), Ebenezer Barnes in entry for Amase Barnes, 1730.
17. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74V-JRD : 7 January 2020), Ebenezer Barnes in entry for John Barnes, 1732.
18. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W6-LQZ : 7 January 2020), Ebenezer Barnes in entry for Lucy Barnes, 1734.
19. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 July 2020), memorial page for Ebenezer Barnes (1675–1756), Find a Grave Memorial no. 195144017, citing Memento Mori Cemetery, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Tom Vaughn (contributor 48485082) .
20. ↑ Bristol, Connecticut, in the olden time "New Cambridge" which includes Forestville 1907, Hartford, City printing co. Pg 200.

• Barnes, Fuller Forbes, 1887-, Ten generations of the Barnes family in Bristol, Connecticut. Privately printed and distributed by Fuller F. Barnes, nineth generation from Thomas Barns. 1946 Worcester, Mass., The Davis Press, Inc. Pgs 12-30