Thomas Barnes (1663 - 1734)

Born 25 Mar 1663 in Marlborough, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Howe) Barnes — married 14 Apr 1685 in Sudbury, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 23 Apr 1734 at age 71 in Brookfield (N), Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

This biography is a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Thomas was married in Marlborough, but later moved to Brookfield, Massachusetts during its second settlement, circa 1695.

He inherited part of the Indian Plantation lands of Marlborough from his father in 1697 and was involved in a title dispute to his land (as were his neighbors) until 1719 when the courts finally recognized the validity of the deed of purchase of these Indian lands obtained by the residents of the plantation area.

Like his father, he was active in community affairs and he was a leading resident of Brookfield. Thomas and his son, Samuel, were chosen town assessors in 1718. Thomas acquired considerable land through grants and later, purchases, and ultimately owned 1100 acres in all. Assessed property valuation, circa 1717, was second only to that of the famed Col. John Pynchon. Thomas Barnes' tax rate was 4 pounds 8 pence, and John Pynchon's tax rate was 5 pounds, 5 shillings. The next highest assessment, just below that of Thomas Barnes, was that of John Hamilton, Sr., who had an assessment of 3 pounds, 17 shillings, and 8 pence.

Thomas was one of eight men commissioned to build a sawmill in the town of Brookfield--the first in the town. For this, each of the eight men received a grant of 40 acres of land. House and goods destroyed in King Philip's War by the Indians March 20, 1676. In 1691 received a grant of 40 acres in Brookfield, Mass. where he built. Bought other lands and held in all 1100 acres. He was a leading citizen of Brookfield. His house was the stopping point of the Committee when on duty at Brookfield and expenses were granted to his wife. Late in life he lived with his son Comfort north of Ditch Meadow Swamp. Gored to death by a bull.

His land grants in Brookfield began as early as 27 Aug 1693 and continued through 12 Aug 1714. ^[1]

Name

Thomas Barnes^[2]

Title

III, Cpl.

Marriage

Thomas Barnes married Mary How on April 14, 1685, in Marlborough^[3] According to Abbott, Thomas Barnes married Mary (Howe, daughter of Samuel and Mary Howe of Sudbury) and had a son Comfort.^[4]

Death

[Barns] "Mary, w. Thomas, [died [Feb 4, 1718-19" at Brookfield, Massachusetts. "Thomas, April 23, 1734" at Brookfield.^[5]

Burial

1734

FSFTID

FSFTID KN8B-Y8B

Sources

• WikiTree profile Barnes-1514 created through the import of Shurtliff Family.ged on Jun 20, 2011 by Mark Shurtliff.

• Source: S142Marlborough (Mass.). Vital records of Marlborough, Massachusetts. Worcester, Mass: F.P. Rice, trustee of the fund, 1908. [1]

• Source: S143 Brookfield (Mass. Town). Vital records of Brookfield, Massachusetts. Worcester, Mass: F. P. Rice, 1909. Open Library

• Massachusetts: Legislators of the General Court, 1691-1780 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), (Orig. Pub. by Northeastern University Press , Boston, MA. John A. Schutz, Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court 1691–1780 A Biographical Dictionary, 1997.) [2]

Thomas BARNES,

Death: 1734; Location: Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Original Text: Brookfield HR 1724; assessor 1718; M Mary Howe (1665-1719) in 1685, 7 ch; farmer. Sawmill, considerable land. Moved to Brookfield about 1695. He was present in the HR during his term, but he did not serve on any committees.

Bibliography 1967 Barnes g 1-2; Page 1438

• Source S-2103781860 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Repository: #R-18 Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=18112781&pid=845613236

• Source: S7 Title: Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass. : of his joint descendants with George Abbott, sr., of Andover, Mass., of the descendants of Daniel Abbott, of Providence, R.I., of some of the descendants of Capt. Thomas Abbott, of Andover, Mass., of George Abbott, of Norwalk Ct., of Robert Abbott, of Branford Ct., with brief notes of many others of the name, original settlers in the United States Author: Lemuel Abijah Abbott Publication: Ancestry.com. Boston: Abbott, 1906. Repository: #R-18
• Record Book of the Proprietors of Brookfield (Mass.), 1701-1772. Holding at Specials Collections, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Also available on archive.org [3]

• Repository: R-18 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com

1. ↑ Record Book of Proprietors of Brookfield, pg 48-49
2. ↑ Source: #S7
3. ↑ #S-142 Page 217
4. ↑ #S-7 Vol. 1, Page 52
5. ↑ #S-143 Page 460