Josiah
Barnes
Born in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Caleb Barnes
and Martha (Smith) Barnes
Husband of
Sarah (Wakelee) Barnes
— married
20 Nov 1777 in Wolcott, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Hannah (Barnes) Scarritt, Elizabeth (Barnes) Johnson, Sarah Barnes, David Barnes, Josiah Barnes Jr. and Job Barnes
Died
at age 66
in Wolcott, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Jun 2014
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Born 3 Feb 1745/6. New Haven, Connecticut. [1]
Died
1 APR 1812.
Wolcott, Connecticut. [2]
Note: He was one of the original members of the Wolcott Church on 18 Nov 1773. In Wolcott Cong Ch Rec 1:19 there are 4 entries in a row in 1796 in the death column that say "a child of Josiah Barnes".
Probate:
Note: The children listed in his distribution were Hannah Scarritt, oldest daughter, Elizabeth Johnson wife of Amos, Sarah Barns the third daughter, and Job Barns, who, "being a minor son of the deceased" got an extra $13.37 to pay for his education. The estate was otherwise divided equally between the four. The administrators, David Scarritt and Solomon Plumb, sold several pieces of his land to settle his estate. (Wolcott LR 4:68, 69, 73).
Marriage
Husband Josiah Barnes.
Wife Sarah Wakelee.
20 NOV 1777.
Wolcott, Connecticut. [3]
Sources
- ↑ Source: #S21
- ↑ Source: #S9 Wolcott Cong Ch Rec 1:34 "Josiah Barns & his wife the parents of 1 young man, died, both of them in 1 morning of Wednesday the 1st of April - he, between the hours of 12 & 1 - she about 7 oclock. They were both interred in one grave. Their disorder was considered to be peripneumony. He was 67 years of age she 56."
- ↑ Source: #S9 Wolcott Cong Ch Rec 1:21
- Source: S21 birth record
- Source: S9 church record
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Josiah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Josiah:
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~0.78%
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It just means they may share a connection about 7 generations back.
Chr B37 Start Pos'n B37 End Pos'n Centimorgans (cM) SNPs 6 85,995,936 93,728,200 7.7 1,580 22 21,429,196 23,817,486 5.8 331
Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 7.0