Frances (Stockley) Barnes (abt. 1640 - aft. 1677)

Born about 1640 in Accomack County, Virginia Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Sacker — married about 1660 (to 1671) in Accomack County, Virginia Colony

Wife of John Barnes I — married after 3 May 1672 in Accomack, Virginia

Descendants

Died after 1677 after about age 37 in Accomack County, Virginia Colony

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Frances (Stockley) Barnes was a Virginia colonist.

Frances (Stockley) Barnes lived in Virginia.

Biography

Frances Stockley was born about 1640 in Accomack County, Virginia Colony. She is the daughter of Francis Stockley and Joan Hall. She married Edward Sacker about 1660. She married John Barnes in 1672.

From "Miles Files":
Frances was named in her father's will on 12 December 1655 at Northampton Co, VA. She was shown as a daughter Frances Shockley in the will of Francis Shockley..(1)

She married Edward Sacker circa 1660.(2)

Frances was named as administrator of an estate on 6 March 1671 at Accomack County, Virginia. It was on this date that Frances Sacker, widow of said Edward, was named to settle the estate of Edward Sacker. There were no securities shown..(3)

Widow Frances Sacker married John Barnes I after 3 May 1672 at Accomack, Virginia.

"Upon the consideration of a marriage to be solomized between us the subscribers, we do hereby oblige ourselves and heirs and executors to pay or deliver unto Bridget Sacker one feather bed and boulster when she shall attain the age of sixteen years and to deliver unto William Sacker his father's gun, and in consideration of a pistoll and cutlass to pay Francis Sacker such another as his father's gun is when they attain the age of eighteen years to all the premises we have hereunto set our hands this 3 May 1672."

Signed: John Barnes & Frances Sacker.

Acknowledged in open court 16 Apr 1678, by John Barnes..(4)(5)

Sources

• Miles Files - birth, death, marriage, children & parents
  1. James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 40 (will of Francis Stockley).
  2. Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 875.
  3. Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 4 (adm. of Edward Sacker).
  4. Mark C. Lewis, Mark C. Lewis Genealogy Research Files.
  5. Accomack County, VA, Wills & Deeds, 1676-1690 (vi), p. 102.

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