| Name |
John Barnes |
| Birth |
BY Abt 1608 [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Emigration |
1632 [1] |
| Freeman |
1633 |
Plymouth, British America  [1] |
| Property |
25 Mar 1633 [3] |
| "Tymothy Hatherly, mercht, of London, hath sold unto Joh Barnes, of this place, one heyfer, for thirteen pounds sterling, to be paid in money or mercht beaver, at or before the last of June next ensuing, the laid Tymothy being to winter the said heyfer fo r the said Joh at this prop costs & charges, the said John standing to the adventure of the beast" |
| Property |
19 Apr 1633 |
| "John Barnes hath sold unto Thomas Lille one shallop, in consideration of one pownd of beaver rd in hand, & three ewe goats to be deliverd in June ensuing, whereof one to be a yeare old, & the other two between the age of two & three yeares, all giving milke at the same time" |
| Property |
10 Jan 1633/4 [1] |
| "Edw. Holman hath sold unto John Barnes one shallop, wth all things thereunto belonging. Also, one dwelling howse & twenty acres of land wth the fence and boards thereunto belonging, for & in consideration of twenty pownds to be pd as followeth, vizt, 20l bs of merct beaver in May ensuing at xss pl; and in Novbr following twenty bushels of corne; and other ten pownds of beaver in March following. The said paymts to be well & truly made to Edw. Wynslow, for & in the behalfe of the said Edw: Holman, his heir es, &c. Also the said Joh. Barnes shall make good & possesse the siad Edw. Holman of 20 acres of land in some convenient place at Scituate to be the sd Edw: and his heires for ever" |
| Property |
13 Jan 1633/4 [1] |
| "John Barnes hath sold unto Rich. Higgens & his heires forever one dwelling howse & 20 acres of land, being lately in the possession of Edw: Holman, wth all the fence, boards, timber, (squared & unsquared,) belonging to the same, in consideration of ten p ownds starling to be paid in currant English money, or beaver at the rate it shall passe at the day of paymt, wch is the 20th of March, in the yeare of our Lord 1634. And also the said Richard shall possess the said John & his heires of 20 acres of land a t Scituate, in some convenient place" |
| Event |
26 Aug 1634 [1] |
| entered into an agreement to exchange two servants. John Rouse, currently working for Prence wished to transfer his services to Barnes, and Barnes' servant Richard Willis desired to work for Prence. All parties bei ng in agreement, all that remained was for John Barnes to pay Thomas Prence "the sum of fower pound sterlinge" |
| Gov. Thomas Prence |
| Office |
5 Jan 1635/6 |
Plymouth, British America [1] |
| committee to regulate wages |
| Property |
4 Dec 1637 [1] |
| was granted seven acres of land by the Court, "lying on the north side, next to the lands formerly granted to James Davis, to lye to his house at Plymouth, & not to be sould from it, but when the house shall not be habitable to returne to the towne again" |
| Office |
5 Mar 1638/9 |
Plymouth, British America [1] |
| representative to the colony committee to repair highways |
| Property |
23 Jun 1639 [1] |
| for £8 "foure acrees of meddow land . . . at the Heigh Pynes lying to the south east side of the meddow ground" which borders Barnes 's property |
| John Winslow, seller |
| Property |
7 Nov 1639 [1] |
| for forty shillings for "two acrees of meaddow. . .at the Turkey poynt" |
| Office |
3 Mar 1639/40 |
Plymouth, British America [1] |
| committee on construction of the prison |
| Office |
10 May 1640 |
Plymouth, British America [1] |
| committee to survey meadows |
| Property |
1 Jun 1640 [1] |
| was granted 100 acres of upland and 10 acres of meadow "next beyond the Six Mile Brooke, in the way to Namascutte, two acres of meddow lying at the said brooke to be pt of the said tenn acres of meddow" |
| Property |
5 Aug 1640 [1] |
| for £3 two acres which they had of "Godbert Godbertson in marriage with their wives" |
| Phineas Pratt, seller |
| Property |
5 Oct 1640 [1] |
| for £52 "to be discounted & discharged for cattell bought of Richard Sparrow and a pcell of cloth to the value of eight pounds to him deliue d. . ." for Winslowes "house Messuage out houses and garden place wth the vpland belonging to the said hous in Plymouth. . .and two acrees of Marsh meddow lying at the Wood Iland. . ." |
| Hon. Josiah Winslow, seller |
| Property |
27 Nov 1640 [1] |
| for £12 "his house and land lying at the fishing poynt vpon the Eele Riuer wth the fence about the land and the board & poles about the house. . ." |
| Property |
15 Jan 1640/1 [1] |
| for £20 "all that his house & garden and lands thereunto belonging lying on the northside of Wellingsly Brook" |
| Property |
10 Feb 1640/1 [1] |
| for £18 the land previously purchased from Mark Mendlove |
- This sale apparently fell through.
|
| Property |
30 Dec 1642 [1] |
| for £16 the two parcels of land he had previously purchased from Coombs and Pratt and Thomas Hill |
| Office |
7 Mar 1642/3 |
Plymouth, Plymouth, British America [1] |
| surveyor of highways |
| Member |
Aug 1643 |
Plymouth, Plymouth, British America [4, 5] |
| the List of Those Able to Bear Arms |
|
| Court |
2 May 1648 |
Plymouth, Plymouth, British America [1] |
| is allowed by the Court to brew and sell beer unto comers and goers until the Court shall see reason to the contrary in regard of his intent to bake biscake, and for that otherwise it would be prejudicial unto him |
| Court |
5 Jun 1650 [1] |
| for being drunk |
- He was cleared by paying a fine.
|
| Court |
1 Mar 1652/3 [1] |
| accused of drunkeness and then having come to court drunk was fined £10 and ordered to post an additional £40 bond for his good behavior |
| Property |
28 Dec 1653 [1] |
| for 5s "a small parcel of upland ground being about two pole and an half in length ... and I do hereby also acknowledge that I sold the said parcel of land unto John Barnes in the year one thousand six hundred and forty two, although not until now acknowledged and confirmed" |
| Property |
26 Feb 1654/5 [1] |
| for £15 "an hundred acres of upland and twenty acres of meadow" |
| Event |
6 Oct 1659 [1] |
| disenfranchised for "frequent and abominable drunkenness" |
| Court |
10 Jun 1661 [1] |
| the "ordinary keepers of the town of Plymouth are hereby prohibited to let John Barnes have any liquors, wine, or strong drink at any time," under penalty of 50s. fine |
| Property |
10 Nov 1661 [1] |
| the quarter share in Dartmouth he had previously purchased from Stephen Bryant |
| Property |
26 Nov 1661 [1] |
| "one half of his farm land at the place or village commonly called and known by the name of Lakenham near the town of Plymouth ... the whole said farm ... containing one hundred acres of upland and ten acres of meadow ..." |
| Property |
24 Mar 1661/2 [1] |
| for £15 "all that his home lot lying and being at Accushenah aforesaid containing twenty-five acres of upland with all the house, housing and fences thereon with three acres of meadow as yet unlaid out" but not including the right of commonage |
| Property |
7 Aug 1666 [1] |
| for a valuable consideration "all that my share of land lying and being at Taunton or Teticutt River being the twenty-sixth part of all the uplands and meadow," being the twenty-second lot |
| Hugh Cole, buyer |
| Property |
10 Aug 1666 [1] |
| the property purhased from William Palmer, receiving in return an eleven acre parcel lying on the south side of Plymouth |
| Will |
6 Mar 1667/8 [1] |
The Last will & Testament of John Barn's
which is as ffollows.
To All whome these may concern (Know you That I John Barn's (being of my Sound Understandinge: doe declaire This to be my Last will and Testament Knowing not how soon ye lord may call me out of this world doe theirfore Labor to give noe occasion of strife unto those that shall survive me But that peace may be Among them
1. In the first place I doe desire that my body be decently buryed and that Funerall charges to be Expended out of my psonall Estate. —
2. That all Legacys be payd before any division of my estate be mayd. —
3. I doe apoynt yt my dear wife Joan Barn's & my son Jonathan Barn's be ye Exectors of this my Last will and Testament. —
4. I doe Bequeath unto my wife Joan Barn's half of Every pt. and pcell of my housing and Lands yt I doe now psess in ye Township of New Plimoth dureing The Tearme of her life. —
5. I doe bequeath unto my sonn unto my sonn Jonathan the other half part of my above said housing Lands &c unless my sayd Sonn shall forfitt it on condittions as follow's in an oyr pt of this my will. —
6. I doe bequeath all my Land lying Near to Road Island unto my grand Sonn John Marshall as also ye silver dish yt I doe usually use to Eat in. —
7. I doe bequeath to my Cozen ye wife of henery Samson forty shilling's out of my Estate to be payd Beffore division of my Estate. —
8. I doe Bequeath my moveable Estate as follow's one third to my wife for ever in Case she shall not molest any pson to whome I have fformerly sould any Lands unto in Case she shall so doe, yn it shall fall to my Sonn or grandson John Marshall ye Next third I doe bequeath to my Sonn Jonathan In Case he doe not demand any pt of That Estate yt fformerly I gave to my daughter Lyddyah: Now deceased. in case he shall Soe doe yt third shall fall unto my grandson John Marshall ffor ever The Next third I doe bequeath to my grandchildren now in being togeither wth my Kinswoman Ester Ricket to pay to each of ym an Equall pt of yt my Estate hoping That my Last will may be an instrument of peace; shall cease waiting for ye Time of my chang. —
9. I doe Further Request and desire Elder Thomas Couchma Lt. Ephraim Morton and Joseph Warren to be the overseers of this my Last will and Testament
Signed and Sealed In his mark
ye prsence of John X Barnes
george Soule Senr: Seal
Saml: Seaburij
Samuell hunt
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| Death |
Between 6 Mar 1667/8 and 30 Aug 1671 [1] |
| Cause: injuries received when he was gored by his bull |
| Inventory |
30 Aug 1671 [1] |
| totalling £226 18s 8d |
| Probate |
29 Oct 1671 [1] |
| Person ID |
I45002 |
Duane's Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
25 Jan 2020 |
1608 - 1671 (~ 60 years)
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