Bildad Barber (1745 - 1816)

Born 1745 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1816 at about age 71 in Onondaga, Onondaga County, New York

Biography

Private Bildad Barber served with 18th Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

Bildad Barber is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A005821.

Bildad Barber was born in 1745 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. He was the son of Jonathan Barber and Jemima Cornish. Around 17766, Bildad married Lois (Humphrey) Barber (1748-1810) per his DAR record.

Bildad served in the American Revolution with Captain John Brown under Colonel Jonathan Pettibone in the Connecticut Militia, 18th regiment.

In 1790 and 1800, Bildad lived in Simsbury, Connecticut. In 1810 he lived in Onondaga, New York. Bildad died there in 1816.

Sources

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 8 Jan 2022), "Record of Bildad Barber", Ancestor # A005821.
• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/MR54-95X/bildad-barber-1745-1816
• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKK-2SD : accessed 19 July 2017), Bildad Barber, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 465, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 568,141.
• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RZZ-JCH?cc=1804228&wc=3V1X-M2D%3A1585149203%2C1585149202%2C1585148564 : 10 June 2015), Connecticut > Hartford > Simsbury > image 9 of 14; citing NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2Z-9M3 : accessed 19 July 2017), Bildad Barber, Onondaga, New York, United States; citing p. 13, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 34; FHL microfilm 181,388.
• Find A Grave Index, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53017554 :accessed 18 July 2017), memorial 53017554, Bildad Barber (1745-1816), Old Marcellus Village Cemetery, Marcellus, Onondaga Co., New York; gravestone photograph by BArnold.

Acknowledgements

• Biography entered by Tom Bredehoft, May 31, 2012