Mary (Plummer) Barnes (abt. 1614 - 1651)

Born about 1614 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England

Wife of John Barnes — married 12 Sep 1633 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 2 Jun 1651 at about age 37 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

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Mary (Plummer) Barnes migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See Great Migration Begins, by R. C. Anderson, Vol. 3, p. 1482) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Mary Plummer was christened (15 August 1614) Sawbridgeworth, Hertford, England^{[citation needed]}

She married John Barnes on September 12, 1633 at Plymouth.^[1][2] Anne Plummer married Henry Samson on February 6, 1635/6. Anderson says, "There is no Plummer family in Plymouth Colony this early, so Mary and Anne may have come on their own or, more likely, as part of some family of a different surname." .^[3]

Children of John Barnes and Mary (Plummer) Barnes:^[3]

1. Mary was born about 1640; She married Robert Marshall at Plymouth in 1660.
2. Jonathan was born about 1642; he married Elizabeth Hedges at Plymouth on January 4, 1665.
3. Hannah was born about 1644; she received deeds of gift from her father on August 24, 1651 and October 14, 1651.
4. John was born about 1646; died at Plymouth on December 25, 1648.
5. Lydia was born at Plymouth on April 24, 1648; in his will, John Barnes instructed Jonathan that he was not to demand "any part of that estate that formerly I gave to my daughter Lyddyah now deceased." There is no source that says she married or had children.

Mary Plummer died at Plymouth on June 2, 1651.^[3]

Since John Barnes refers to my "cousin the wife of Henery Samso[n]" in his will, Mary and Anne Plummer may have been cousins or possibly aunt and niece, or another more distant relationship.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ The Great Migration Begins: Mary Plumer, p 1482.
2. ↑ “Plymouth Colony records, court orders, 1633-1690”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3S3-4QXL-J  : 3 April 2023), , FHL microfilm 008492483, image 25, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Vol 1-3, 166-1640, Page 27.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., p. 97 1995). Featured Name: John Barnes.

• Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 vol 3, p 1482. featured name: Mary Plumer. subscription site
• The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., p. 97 1995). Featured Name: John Barnes.subscription site
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 23 November 2017, 04:02), entry for Mary Plummer(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L298-P6S); contributed by various users.