Barbary (Unknown) Alfrey (abt. 1770 - abt. 1858)

Born about 2 Oct 1770 in Loudoun, Virginia

Wife of John Alfrey — married 1788 in Virginia

Descendants

Died about 4 Nov 1858 at about age 88 in Fleming, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Research Notes

The LDS Ancestral File lists her surname as Green. There are problems with this attribution, though, as outlined in the following email message:

From: "Tina Borrus"
To: alfreyfamily
Subject: [Alfrey Genealogy] John Alfrey's Wife, Barbara Ann ____
Date: Wed, Jan 26, 2000, 1:21 AM

"I've seen several posts, plus the information on the LDS site, that postulate that the wife of John Alfrey was Barbara or Barbara Ann Green, the daughter of James and Frances (Frankey) Green of Loudoun County, VA. I don't think this could be correct. While James and Frankey had a daughter named Ann, she was married to Elihu Harding and died before 1823, before Elihu's death in 1831. None of the other daughters' names even comes close to Barbara or Ann.

In addition, John and Barbara Ann's daughter Mary/Polly Alfrey married Fielding Green in 1812. Fielding was the son of James and Frankey and would have been Polly Alfrey's uncle if Barbara Ann was his sister.

What other surnames have been proposed for Barbara Ann, wife of John Alfrey, and what evidence have they been based on?"

James Green’s Will, written in 1788, mentioned all his living children, including the two he disinherited. It did not mention anyone named Barbary Ann. For this reason, she has been detached from her previous parents James Green and Lucy Martin.

No sources found list a middle name of Ann or otherwise.

Sources

• http://tpettit.verio.com/rowan/families/fg16/fg16_415.htm

Rowan County death records on LDS microfilm #216,839 show Barbary Ann Alfrey, died 4 Nov 1858, age 88 years 1 month 2 days, born Virginia, parents unknown, widowed, cause of death old age, notated “has been helpless for many years.” (The age at death, if correct, would imply a birthdate of 2 Oct 1770.)

Listed in the 1850 Fleming County, KY Census living with her son Fielding Alfrey.

Fielding Alfrey 35 farmer KY

Patsy 35

Isaac 17

Samuel 13

Franklin 11

Amanda Jane 6

Anderson 4

Lydia 3

Allen 7/12

Barbara Alfrey 83 VA

• "Find a Grave," database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101402064/barbary-alfrey, memorial page for Barbary Alfrey (1767–4 Nov 1858), Find a Grave Memorial ID 101402064, citing Alfrey Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Jen Shaffer (contributor 48755245).

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M659-YGP : 12 April 2016), BARBARY ALFREY in the household of FIELDING ALFREY, Fleming county, Fleming, Kentucky, United States; citing family 24, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).