Anna (Unknown) Barnes (abt. 1620 - abt. 1691)

Born about 1620 in England [uncertain]

Wife of Thomas Barnes — married before 1643 in Hingham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 1 Apr 1691 at about age 71 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Anna was named as the wife of Thomas Barnes in his 1671 will.^[1]

If she was the mother of all, their children were:^[1]

1. Thomas bap. 21 My 1643
2. John bap. 21 May 1643 m. Elizabeth Eaton
3. Elizabeth bap. 8 Dec 1644 m. Thomas Mulford^[2]
4. Anna bap. June 1647 m. (1) Benjamin Breame; m (2) Robert Bronsdon
5. James bap. 8 Apr 1649
6. Sarah bap. 23 Feb 1650/1
7. Peter bap. 6 Jun 1652.

Anna Barnes died 1 April 1691 in Hingham.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Smith, Dean Crawford. The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell 1844-1910. Edited by Melinde Lutz Sanborn (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992).
2. ↑ Barclay, Rachel E., “The two wives of Thomas Mulford of Eastham, Mass.,” The American Genealogist, vol. 40, no. 4 (Oct 1964): pp. 193-8.
3. ↑ Hingham, MA: Vital Records, 1637-1845. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016. Vital Records of Hingham, Massachusetts, ca. 1639-1844. Hersey, Reuben. Mass 901. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections Department, New England Historic Genealogical Society.)

• Barnes, Trescott C., (comp.), The Barnes family year book; an annual publication issued under the authority of the Barnes family association; New York, The Grafton press, 1907. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2709/i/43968/31/1212626103
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51474180/anna-barnes: accessed March 7, 2024), memorial page for Mrs Anna Barnes (1615–5 Apr 1691), Find A Grave: Memorial #51474180, citing Hingham Cemetery, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Kevin Avery (contributor 47024642).