Jehiel Barnum (1718 - 1758)

Born 1718 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Marah (Berry) Barnum — married 30 Apr 1741 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 2 Feb 1758 at about age 40 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

This profile is part of the Barnum Name Study.

Jehiel was admitted as a member of the Kent Congregational Church in 1742. On one occasion he appeared before Kent Justice of the Peace John Ransom (appointed in 1752). It was charged that he, with "clubs, fists and swords," assaulted the body of Abner Kelsey, and "made him incapable of business for a long time."

He was a 2nd Lieutenant during the Indian Wars of the 1750s. From the Connecticut Historical Society Collections, Volumes VIII-IX, XI, XIII, XV-XVII, and XIX; Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society Vol 9, Campaign of 1755, Fourth Regiment - Col Elihu Chauncey "Jehiel Barnum [of Kent], Second Lieutenant."

Jehiel was included in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh land divisions in Kent: May 1740, May 1748, 1750 and 1752.

Baptism

Baptism:

Date: 16 MAY 1742

Place: Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony

Note: Jehiel was baptized in the First Congregational Church, by special ordinance.

Marriage

Husband: Jehiel Barnum

Wife: Mariah Berry

Marriage:

Date: 30 APR 1741

Place: Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony

Sources

• Information provided by Barbara Mohler, 13160 Louise Street, Salinas, California 93901; 1979
• S181 Barnum, Eben Lewis and Fr. Francis Barnum, SJ, Genealogical Record of the Barnum Family, Presenting a Conspectus of the Male Descendants of Thomas Barnum 1625-1695 (Gardner, MA: Meals Printing Co., 1912)
• S222 White, Lorraine Cook. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, Md: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1994
• S34 Information provided by Thomas Harold Barnum, Oklahoma City, OK; 1979
• S35 Vital Records of Kent, Connecticut
• S389 Information provided by Hal Bradley <hwbradley@bigfoot.com>