Biography

John Barnard immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

John Barnard was born about 1632 in England; the son ofJohn Barnard andPhebe Whiting.^[1]

At the age of 2 years, John migrated to New England on the vesselElizabeth with his parents and brother, Samuel.^[2]He took the oath of fidelity in 1652 and became a freeman on May 31, 1671.^[3]

He was married in Watertown, Middlesex County, on November 15, 1654 to Sarah Fleming, daughter of John Fleming,^[4][1][5]born September 1, 1639 at Watertown. John and Sarah sold 300 acres in Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony to James Barnard on July 30, 1668.^[3]

In Watertown, a John Barnard was chosen as surveyor in 1661 and 1671.^[6]

Sarah (Fleming) Barnard died in Watertown on March 29, 1716/17. In her death record her husband is called Mr. John Barnard, indicating that he was still living. It is sensible to assume that John Barnard died sometime after his wife's death.^[7]

• Children:^[8]

1. John b. 24 August 1656 d. 8 November 1656
2. John b. 30 October 1657 m1. Sarah Cutting m2. Elizabeth Stone^[9][10]
3. Sarah b. 19 Sep 1659, d. January 26, at 4 months old.^[6]
4. Samuel b. 25 March 1664 m. 4 April 1700, Mercy Sherman^[6]
5. Sarah b. February 1665/6 d. March 1665/6, 1 month old
6. James b. 14 January 1666/7^[6]
7. Ann b. September 1670 m. 16 Dec 1692 Nathaniel Bowman^[6]
8. Phebe b. 8 Aug 1673^[6]
9. Jane b. 17 March or May 1678 m. 15 January 1712 John Smith

Sources

1. ↑^1.01.1 Anderson, Robert C, George F. Sanborn, and Melinde L. Sanborn.The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635 Vol.1: A-B (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Great Migration Study Project, Boston, 1999)Page 163.
2. ↑ Hotten, John Camden,The Original Lists Of Persons Of Quality (John Camden Hotten, 1874).Page 282.
3. ↑^3.03.1 Bond, Henry.Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts (Boston: N.E. Historic-genealogical Society, for the benefit of the "Bond fund", 1860)Pages 14-15
4. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Vol. 1, p. 89.subscription
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZT-QNRS : 31 October 2019), John Barnad and Sary Flemin, 15 Nov 1654; citing Marriage, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011107. see at familsearch.org
6. ↑^{6.06.16.26.36.46.5} Historical Society of Watertown (Mass.) "Watertown Records" Watertown, Mass. (1894) Vol. 1, p. 74, 109, 17, 22, 26, 28, 33, 37, 45,.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-WQX?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D4-2JZ%3A353350601%2C353885401%2C1006224102 : 22 October 2020), Middlesex > Watertown > Births, marriages, deaths 1630-1851 > image 217 of 336; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston. see at familysearch.org]
8. ↑ Savage, James: "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England"; Volume 1, page 119 (Barnard).see at archive.org
9. ↑ Bartlett, J G.Simon Stone Genealogy: Ancestry and Descendants of Deacon Simon Stone Watertown, Mass., 1320-1926. Boston: Stone family Association, 1926.Page 58.
10. ↑ J. Gardner Bartlett."Ancestry and Descendants of Deacon Simon Stone of Watertown, Mass. 1320-1926" pub for The Stone Family Association, Boston, 1926." p. 58.see at hathitrust.org

See also:

• Stowell, William Henry Harrison."The Stowell Genealogy: A Record of the Descendants of Samuel Stowell of Hingham, Mass." Tuttle Co., Rutland, VT (1922) Vol. 1, p. 43.see at archive.org
• Blanche Brown Bryant."The Progenitors and Descendants of Thomas Page Brown and Sarah (sally) Parker" Published by the author at Springfield Bt, (1938). p. 14.see at arcive.org

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