Rebecca (Cone) Barnes (1704 - abt. 1801)

Born 6 May 1704 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Barnes — married 14 Mar 1729 (to 1756) in Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died about 1801 at about age 96 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

• Rebecca, was born May 6, 1704^[1], the daughter of Stephen Cone and Mary Hungerford of East Haddam Connecticut^[2]
• On March 14, 1729, she married Thomas Barnes, son of William Barnes, who was born Mar. 20, 1706, at East Haddam, and always lived there. Their children included:

1. Eleanor, b. Feb. 10. 1730
2. Thomas, b. May 12, 1732.
3. Daniel, b. Jan. 23. 1735,
4. Rebecca, b, Dec, 16, 1737
5. Susannah, b. Aug. 14, 1739
6. Jonah, b. July 11. 1741
7. Dorcas, b. Nov, 6. 1743

• Thomas died in 1759, but Rebecca lived until about 1801

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WT-HTR : 3 December 2014), Stephen Cone in entry for Rebeckah Cone, 06 Mar 1704; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/someaccountofcon01cone Some Account of the Cone Family in America: Principally the Descendants of Daniel Cone who settled in Haddam, Conn. in 1662] by William Whitney Cone, published by Crane in1903, page 276, person #3598

• Records of the First Congregational Church, East Haddam, CT, 1704-1802 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, 2018) Page 2: "May 21, 1704... One of Stephen Cone's called Rebecca."