Ebenezer Barnum (1749 - 1830)

Born 16 Nov 1749 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mabel (Booth) Barnum — married 5 Dec 1772 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 1 Jan 1830 at age 80 in Barnumtown, Monkton, Addison, Vermont, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Barnum Name Study.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 16 NOV 1749

Place: Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony^[1]

Military Service

Corporal Ebenezer Barnum served with 7th Connecticut Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Ebenezer Barnum is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A006570.

Ebenezer was a corporal in Captain Bostwick's 7th Company, Colonel Charles Webb's 7th Connecticut Regiment during the Revolutionary War.^[2] From the Town Records of Monkton, 6 April 1786, "Ebenezer Barnum's mark is a half crop of the upper side of the left ear." From the History of Monkton Vermont, "The first justice was Samuel Barnum, in 1787; the first representative Ebenezer Barnum, in 1787." The US Census of 1790 shows Ebenezer with 6 of his children living with him.

He was included in the ninth land division in Kent; 1761.

Several of Ebenezer's sons and sons-in-law and two of his cousins appear in the 1828-1832 ledger of James Barton, Blacksmith, Ferrisburg Hollow, Addison County, Vermont. The ledger was kept by Blacksmith Barton and taken by him to Crawford County, Pennsylvania about 1843, when he and his family settled in Beaver Township.

Marriage

Marriage:

Date: 5 DEC 1772

Place: Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony^[3][4]

Husband: Ebenezer Barnum

Wife: Mabel Booth

Child: Tamer Barnum

Child: Fannie Barnum

Child: Lucy Barnum

Child: Betsy Barnum

Child: John A. Barnum

Child: Isaac Barnum

Child: Russell A. Barnum

Child: Job Vassell Barnum

Child: Isaac Barnum

Child: Harriet Barnum

Child: Lewis Barnum

Child: Cyrus Ebenezer Barnum

Death

Death:

Date: 1 JAN 1830

Place: Barnumtown, Addison, Vermont

Note: Terry L. Martin, a descendant, gives the date 1 Jun 1830.^[5]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Monkton, Addison, Vermont

Note: He was buried in the Barnumtown Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S389
2. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-R533 : 1 March 2021), Ebenezer Barnum, 12 Jul 1775; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711093.
3. ↑ Source: [[#S259]
4. ↑ Source: #S389
5. ↑ Source: #S389

• Information provided by Barbara Mohler, 13160 Louise Street, Salinas, California 93901; 1979
• Barnum, Eben Lewis and Fr. Francis Barnum, SJ, Genealogical Record of the Barnum Family Presenting a Conspectus of the Male Descendants of Thomas Barnum, 1625-1695 (Gardner, MA: Meals Printing Co., 1912)
• Information provided by Hal Bradley
• Find A Grave: Memorial #130502275