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  • Name: William BARNES
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1610 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England b
  • Death: 14 Mar 1697/8 in Amesbury, Massachusetts d


  • Parents:

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary BARNES Birth: 1639 in Salisbury, Massachusetts Death: After 1704
  2. William BARNES Birth: 1641 in Salisbury, Massachusetts Death: 11 Jun 1648 in Salisbury, Massachusetts
  3. Hannah BARNES Birth: 25 Jan 1643/4 in Salisbury, Massachusetts Death: 27 May 1688
  4. Deborah BARNES Birth: 1 Apr 1646 in Salisbury, Massachusetts Death: 14 Jan 1718/9 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
  5. Jonathan BARNES Birth: 1 Apr 1648 in Salisbury, Massachusetts Death: 1649
  6. Rachel BARNES Birth: 30 Apr 1649 in Salisbury, Massachusetts Death: 1717
  7. Sarah BARNES Birth: Abt 1651 in Amesbury, Massachusetts Death: 17 Apr 1720
  8. Rebecca BARNES Birth: 1653 in Amesbury, Massachusetts Death: 3 Apr 1727

Bibliography
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  6. Holman, Mary Lovering, Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury, Concord, NH: Rumsford Press, 1938. NEHGS CS71/P643/1938. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/29865. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p[0-9]*].
  7. Hoyt, David W, The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts. Baltimore: Gen Pub Co, 1982. Available at http://archive.org/details/oldfamiliesofsal01hoyt, http://archive.org/details/oldfamiliesofsal02hoyt, and http://archive.org/details/oldfamiliesofsal03hoyt. Volume 1 also available at http://archive.org/details/cu31924025963772. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hoyt S&A p[0-9]*].
  8. Hoyt, David W, A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families, Providence, RI:Providence Press Co, 1871. UMI #G2468. Available at http://books.google.com/?id=JzxVAAAAMAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HoytDW HOYT p[0-9]*].
  9. Moran, Harold Butler, Barnes families - lineage records: covering many early Barnes (Barns) and collateral families, vol. 1. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1971. Film#0824394. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/009008937 images 6-140+. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Moran BARNES v1p[0-9]*].
  10. New Hampshire Historical Society, Barnes ca1620-1698. Concord, NH. Film#0015498#12. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007836012 images 291-2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: NHHistSoc BARNES p[0-9]*].
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Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
1620 [Ref: Moran BARNES v1p75]
abt 1610 [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p161, Threlfall 50GMCol p9]
abt 1620 [Ref: NHHistSoc BARNES p1],
place:
England [Ref: Moran BARNES v1p75]
immigrated from Gloucester [Ref: Banks Topo p57]
prob England [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p161, Threlfall 50GMCol p9]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: AmesburyMA vitals p522, Holman PILLSBURY p161, Hoyt S&A p54, NHHistSoc BARNES p1]
14 Mar 1698 [Ref: Moran BARNES v1p75],
place:
[Ref: AmesburyMA vitals p0, Holman PILLSBURY p161, Hoyt S&A p54, Moran BARNES v1p75, NHHistSoc BARNES p1]
Sources with Information about marriage to Rachel LORD
date:
[Ref: Moran BARNES v1p75]
abt 1638 [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p161]
abt time he came to America [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p9]
before 1643 [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p44],
place:
England or New England [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p9]
prob England [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p161],
names:
William BARNES & Rachel ___ (FITTS/LORD?) [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p44]
William BARNES & Rachel ___ [Ref: Cutter NE p54, Delorey DAVIS p13, Holman PILLSBURY p161, Holman PILLSBURY p162, Hoyt S&A p54, HoytDW HOYT p20, NHHistSoc BARNES p1, SalisburyMA vitals p19, Sav-age BARNES William, Threlfall 50GMCol p12, Threlfall 50GMCol p9],
child:
[Ref: Cutter NE p54, Delorey DAVIS p13, Holman PILLSBURY p162, Hoyt S&A p54, HoytDW HOYT p20, Moran BARNES v1p75, NHHistSoc BARNES p1, SalisburyMA vitals p19, Sav-age BARNES William, Threlfall 50GMCol p12]
Research Notes:
immigrated from Gloucester, Gloucestershire, to Gloucester, MA [Ref: Banks Topo p57]

called "brother" by William FITTS [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p44]

came in the "Globe" from England, Jeremy Blackman, master [Ref: NHHistSoc BARNES p1]

It has been thought that he is the man in the list of passengers by the Globe from London for Virginia, 1635, and the names of William Brown and Richard Wells in the same list are seen, both, also, found at Salisbury. But those surnames are so frequent on both sides of the ocean that the argument must not be pressed too far. Some persons might, at that time, think it easy to go from one part of America to another; but most of those for Virginia were not puritans, and all who would come to New England, especially from London, easily gained direct, instead of circuitous passage [Ref: Sav-age BARNES William]

1610[sic]: of Salisbury [Ref: Sav-age BARNES William]

1639: proprietor of Salisbury [Ref: NHHistSoc BARNES p2]

settled first in Salisbury, where he received land in the first division in 1640 [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p161, Threlfall 50GMCol p9]

1640: received land in Salisbury in first division [Ref: Hoyt S&A p54, NHHistSoc BARNES p1, Sav-age BARNES William]

2 Jun 1641: freeman [Ref: Sav-age BARNES William, Threlfall 50GMCol p9]

1641: freeman [Ref: Hoyt S&A p54, NHHistSoc BARNES p1]

"house-carpenter" of Salisbury and Amesbury [Ref: Hoyt S&A p54, NHHistSoc BARNES p1]

Dec 15 1642: presented at Court for holding that the baptism of infants was not an ordinance of God [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p161, Threlfall 50GMCol p9]

1643: received additional land in Salisbury [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p161, Threlfall 50GMCol p9]

soon after 1643: moved to Amesbury, receiving land there at various times [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p161]

1648, 50, 51, 52, 63, 66: served on "Tryal Jury" [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p161, Threlfall 50GMCol p9]

1650-69: frequently bought and sold land; at least 16 conveyances of land on record [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p10]

1652: put into operation a sawmill. William Barnes owned a one fourth share on the Powwow River in Salisbury, and ran for 10 to 15 years without interruption. It had the capacity, when there was a suficient flow of water, of about 1000 feet of boards in a 24 hour run [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p9]

1653, 69, 72, 76, 77, 78: served on Grand Jury [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p161, Threlfall 50GMCol p9]

abt 1654: one of first settlers in Amesbury [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p9]

1654: with others, he sued Richard Currier and William Osgood for felling and carrying away lumber [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p9]

Nov 4 1658: agreement between William Osgood, Phillip Challis, William Barnes, co-partners, who owned the mill in Salisbury. Filed in Court in 1682 [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p161]

1659: received "children's land" for a daughter [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p161, Hoyt S&A p54, NHHistSoc BARNES p1, Threlfall 50GMCol p9]

1664: with others, sued Richard Currier and William Osgood for felling and carrying away lumber [50GMCol: 1654] [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p161, Threlfall 50GMCol p9]

1668: sold to son-in-law John Hoyt 4 acres of marsh in Salisbury [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p10]

1669: made a "commissioner to end small causes", that is, a Justice of the Peace [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p161, Threlfall 50GMCol p9]

Apr 1669: approved and sworn as commissioner to end small cases in Amesbury [Ref: NHHistSoc BARNES p1]

Oct 22 1669: sold to son-in-law Thomas Sargent, meadow in Salisbury [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p10]

Apr 1670: Richard Currier and William Barnes were approved and sworn commissioners to end small cases in Amesbury for the ensuing year [Ref: NHHistSoc BARNES p1]

1673: served as Constable of Amesbury [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p161, Threlfall 50GMCol p9]

1680: deposed in Court, aged seventy years [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p161, Threlfall 50GMCol p10]

1680: deposed, age about 60 years [Ref: NHHistSoc BARNES p2]

1682: selectman of the town of Amesbury [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p161, Threlfall 50GMCol p9]

will dated Apr 7 1696, proved Sep 28 1698 [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p161, Hoyt S&A p54, Moran BARNES v1p75, NHHistSoc BARNES p2]

left no son to carry the Barnes name. Daughter Rebecca (m. Moses MORRILL) had a son they names William Barnes MORRILL, an early instance of a middle name, probably so named to carry on the name of her father [Ref: Moran BARNES v1p75]

will gives bequests to daughters Mary Hoyt, Deborah Davis, Rachel Sargent, Sarah Harvey, Rebecca Morrill and her son William Barnes Morrill; to son-in-law John Prowse; Abigail Diamond; grand child Sarah Hoyt; and to James George, senior [Ref: NHHistSoc BARNES p2]

inventory amounted to 516 pounds [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p162]

----- Partnership agreement regarding sawmill:
4 November 1658 - whereas there is a saw mill in possession of Wm Osgood, Phil Challis, Wm Barnes, Anthony Colby and Samuel Worcester, copartners with said Colby in one-fourth part of the mill in Salisbury upon Pawwaws river near the corn mill, they should keep it in good working order, and agreed to make good to Wm Osgood the grant of the town; the timber to be equally divided among them and each partner to have the privilege of using the mill for sawing his own timber into boards or planks to be used only on the land where said Osgood now dwells for building or repairing, provided they bring the timber to the mill already cut; if any one of them makes a new way to any parcel of timber, the others were to pay part of the cost if they used said way; if any one of them cleared the river for floating down logs to the saw mill, the others should bear part of the charge if they used the river for this purpose, etc; each partner was to be allowed 3s per day for what time he gave to repairs on the mill, if he be a good workman, and 4s per day for making the head block and 3s per day for a hinder head block and 2s6d for a wallower or sweep; each partner was to provide saws for himself and the saws now at the mill to be equally divided, except those for oak; each partner was to take the mill to run for a week and so in order through the year, Willi Osgood beginning, followed by Colby, Worcester, Barnes and Challis in order; each was to lay his boards and logs at the mill where they had formerly. Witnesses: Tho Bradbury, Humphrey Verney, Rodger Easman and Jno Hoyt [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p10]

Old Norfolk Co Deed 2:288, partially quoted in Pillsbury Ancestry:
William Barnes of ... Salisbury ... house carpenter ... sendeth Greeting ... I ye said William Barnes ... in consideration of of (sic) ye Naturall love and affeccon wch I have & doe bare unto my wellbeloved sone in law John Hoyt Junr of ye same town Planter ... give ... unto ye said John Hoyt a meadow or marsh lott wch I formerly bought of mr Samll Hal ... in ... Salisbury, 1668 [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p582]

Deed of 1668:
William Barnes of Salisbury, house-carpenter, for love, conveyed to his son-in-law John Hoyt Jr of Salisbury, planter, 4 acres of marsh in Salisbury which I bought of Mr Samuell Hall, bounded by George Martyn, Samuel Felloes, John Eaton, John Ilsley and Tho Barnars. Witnesses: Tho Bradbury and William Screven. Ack 25 March 1672 before Samuel Dalton, commissioner. [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p10]

Deed of 22 Oct 1669:
William Barnes of Amesbury, house carpenter, for love, conveyed to my son in law Thomas Sargent of Amesbury, planter, meadow in Salisbury near Barnes Island, being parts of two lots, one of which I bought of Luke Heard, and the other of Josiah Cobbam, bounded by a little creek, Roger Eastman, Barnes' Island, the main creek and Tho Bradbury. Witnesses: Rebecka Maverick, Jean True and Tho Bradbury, scr. Ack by grantor, his wife Rachell yielding up her dower, 11 November 1669 before Robert Pike, commissioner [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p10]

Will of William Barnes, Esq, dated 7 Apr 1696, proved 28 Sep 1698:
I William Barnes of ye town of Almsbury in ye County of Essex in their Majeste province of ye Mattashusetts Bay in new Engld; Being weake & informe in body but through ye goodness of God of perfect memory & understanding Do make this my last will & testament...
Imprimis I do Ratifie ye agreement about a drift way through my great Lott or farme adjoyning to ye Country pond in Almsbury unto Mr Thomas Wells now minister of Almsbury according to ... ye Agreement made ... betwixt my Son in law John Hoyt Senr & sd Wells about ye same as it is now extant in a Script under both their hands Datd may ye twenty third day, An Dom one thousand six hundred eighty & eight
It: I Give & Bequeath unto my daughter Mary Hoyt .. to keep or dispose of without controlle at her own pleasure after the death of her now husband John Hoyt of Almsbury all ye rest of my sd Great farme ... and yt ye sd John Hoyt her husband shall have ye use ... of it during ye terme of his naturall life onely.
It: I Give ... unto my son-in-law John Prowse ... forever ye one half of my great swamp lott in Almsbury And one fourth part of my salt marsh ... wanting one third part thereof which I give to Abigail Diamond her heirs or assigns forever
It: I Give ... unto my Daughter Deborah wife to Samuel Davis of Almsbury ... all my land at a place ... called ye peek in Almsbury ... And also one half of my lott of land in Almsbury called ye childrens Land ...
It: I Give ... unto my Daughter Rachel wife unto Thomas Sargent of Almsbury ... my sixty acre lott ... at a place ... called ye Champion Green in Almsbury ... & one half ... my lot ... in Almsbury ... ye childrens land ...
It: I Give ... unto my daughter Sarah wife to John Harvee of Almsbury my fourty acre lott of upland ... to be disposed of by her ... to ye children wch she hath had or may have by her former or now present husband ...
It: I give ... unto my Daughter Rebecca wife unto Moses Morrel of Almsbury ... my dwelling house & homestead ... one half my great swamp lott ... etc
It: I give unto my Grandson William barns Morrel son to sd Moses & Rebecca orrel my Lott of Land in Almsbury which I purchased of Will Huntington deceased ...
It: I give ... unto my Grand Daughter Sarah, Daughter to John & Mary Hoyt abovesd now wife to ffaun Clements of Newbury my Lott of Land in Almsbury at a place commonly called Briggsmore ...
It: I give unto James George Senr of Almsbury ... A piece of land near his now dwelling house in Almsbury which he now hath in possession ...
It: my will is yt my other Estate ... Be equally divided amongst all my Daughters ...
Finally I make ... my Sonns-in-law Thomas Sargent & Moses Morrel of Almsbury Joynt executors unto this my last will and testament; April ye seventy day .. one thousand six hundrd ninety & six. William Barnes by mark
Witnesses, Thomas Wells, Thomas Currier, hephzibah Dibbs.
Proved 28 Sept 1698. [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p161, Threlfall 50GMCol p11]



Pedigree of William BARNES
William BARNES



Descendants of William BARNES
1. William BARNES m. Rachel LORD
m. Rachel LORD

2nd generation

2. Mary BARNES m. John HOYT
m. John HOYT father: John HOYT mother: Frances TUXBERRY
5. Deborah BARNES m. Samuel DAVIS
m. Samuel DAVIS father: James DAVIS mother: Cicely THAYER
9. Rebecca BARNES m. Moses MORRILL
m. Moses MORRILL father: Abraham MORRILL

3rd generation

10. William HOYT m. Dorothy COLBY
m. Dorothy COLBY father: Samuel COLBY mother: Elizabeth SARGENT
12. John HOYT m. Elizabeth CHALLIS
m. Elizabeth CHALLIS
14. Joseph HOYT m. Dorothy WORTHERN
m. Dorothy WORTHERN father: Ezekiel WORTHERN
15. Sarah HOYT m. Fawne CLEMENTS
m. Fawne CLEMENTS
20. Robert HOYT m1. Martha STEVENS m2. Mary CURRIER
m. Martha STEVENS father: Thomas STEVENS
m. Mary CURRIER
21. Bershabah HOYTE m. John HOWLETT
m. John HOWLETT father: Samuel HOWLETT mother: Sara CLARK
25. Samuel DAVIS m. Katherine HASTINGS
m. Katherine HASTINGS father: Robert HASTINGS mother: Elizabeth DAVIS
28. William DAVIS m. Mary KELLY
m. Mary KELLY father: John KELLY mother: Sarah KNIGHT

4th generation

49. Ezekiel HOYT m. Rebecca BROWN
m. Rebecca BROWN
54. Jonathan CLEMENTS m. Mary GREENLEAF
m. Mary GREENLEAF
67. Thomas HOWLETT m. Lydia POTTER
m. Lydia POTTER father: Samuel POTTER mother: Sarah CHILSON
69. Abigail DAVIS m. Samuel SARGENT
m. Samuel SARGENT father: Charles SARGENT mother: Hannah FOOTE
70. Judith DAVIS m. Ezra CHASE
m. Ezra CHASE father: Jacob CHASE mother: Joanna DAVIS

5th generation

77. Joseph HOYT m. Betsy FOLSOM
m. Betsy FOLSOM father: Daniel FOLSOM mother: Huldah EASTMAN
78. Prudence CLEMENT m. Joseph GREELEY
m. Joseph GREELEY father: Benjamin GREELE mother: Ruth WHITTIER
84. Alice HOWLET m. Jedediah PEABODY
m. Jedediah PEABODY father: John PEABODY mother: Mary CHADWICK
85. Samuel SARGENT m. Sarah KENDRICK
m. Sarah KENDRICK
86. Nehemiah SARGENT m. Mary HOYT
m. Mary HOYT
87. William CHASE m. Abigail GOVE
m. Abigail GOVE father: Nathaniel GOVE mother: Susanna STICKNEY