Anna (Barnes) Maples (abt. 1767 - 1849)

Born about 1767 in Groton, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Dewey Brumley — married 28 Oct 1784 in Preston, New London, Connecticut, USA

Wife of Joshua Maples — married 11 Jun 1828 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA

Descendants

Died 15 May 1849 at about age 82 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Anna Barnes was born about 1767 to Jesse and Elizabeth Barnes in Groton, Connecticut.^[1]

Anna married Dewey Bromley (or Brumley) of Norwich,^[2] son of Christopher and Margery (Davison) Bromley,^[3] on 28 October 1784 in Preston.^[4]

Children of Dewey and Anna (Barnes) Bromley:^[5][6]

• Avery Bromley, b. 8 November 1785, d. 1 May 1787
• Dewey Bromley, b. 17 April 1787^[4]
• Avery Bromley, b. 23 November 1788
• Isaac Bromley, b. 10 December 1790
• Erastus Bromley, b. 8 November 1792
• William Bromley Bromley, b. 15 April 1795, d. 15 October 1812
• Nancy Bromley, b. 16 March 1798
• Reuben Leeds Bromley, b. 9 March 1800
• James Billings Bromley, b. 11 July 1803

Dewey's will, dated 12 August 1807 left certain legacies to wife Anne and sons Dewey and Avery, and instructions that the rest of his estate, real and personal, be equally divided between all his children, naming Anne and son Dewey as executors.^[5] He died 18 August 1807,^[7] and the will was proved 24 August 1807.^[5]

Anna married, second, James Rogers,^[1] son of Samuel and Zilpha (Hyde) Rogers^[8] and a widower with seven surviving children of his own, some time after 11 March 1814.^[9] James died 28 September 1820.^[10]

Anna married, third, Joshua Maples (Sr.) of Bozrah, a widower and son of John and Sarah (Baker) Maples,^[11] at her son Dewey Bromley's on 11 June 1828 in Norwich.^[12] Joshua died 25 February 1838.^[13]

Anna died 15 May 1849, age 82, probably in Bozrah, and her remains were interred with her first husband, Dewey, in Norwich.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Probate record, estate of Jesse Barnes, 1819. Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts. Hartford Probate Packets, Barber, J-Boardman, 1766-1875, images 209-248. Anna Rogers is named in Jesse's will, and Anna and James Rogers gave receipt to the executor of his estate for legacy received.
2. ↑ Bromley, pp. xi-xii. Spellings of Brumley and Brumbly are supposed to be errors of phonetics.
3. ↑ Bromley, p. 18.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Preston Vital Records Part I 1687-1850, p. 46, citing Preston 2:210.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Probate record, estate of Dewey Brumbly. Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts. Hartford Probate Packets, Brewster, P-Brown, F, 1748-1880, images 773-836. Records of the estate's distribution set out land to eight surviving children of Dewey Bromley.
6. ↑ Bromley, p. 33, giving dates for all children, except son Dewey, who is the sole child found in vital records of Preston.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Hale Collection. "Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions," 39:658, citing City Cemetery, Norwich, Connecticut.
8. ↑ Bromley, p. 31.
9. ↑ Rogers, James Swift. James Rogers of New London, Ct.: And His Descendants. Boston: The compiler, 1902, pp. 78-79, 115.
10. ↑ Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut, 84:308, citing First Congregational Church of Norwich 8:80; Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920. Provo, UT, USA: 2013.
11. ↑ Bromley, p. 31.
12. ↑ Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. Hartford: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, 1913, 2:702.
13. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 11 June 2018), memorial page for Joshua Maples (Jun 1753–25 Feb 1838), Find A Grave Memorial no. 40248381, citing Parker Cemetery, Bozrah, New London County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Northern Neighbors (contributor 47033135).

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• Charles R. Hale Collection. "Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions." Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library; Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
• Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999. Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, citing Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts.
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