Thomas Barnes 11th great grandfather on RootsMagic tree
Thomas was born about 1602 in England and was living in Hingham, Massachusetts by 1637 when he and his (probable) brother Peter were on a handwritten list, First Settlers, of Hingham. About 1643 Thomas married Anna her last name is unknown. Thomas was a weaver and farmer. He was a freeman in 1645.
Thomas Barnes d. 1672
His will was written April 29, 1671. He named his wife and children and his inventory included books, blankets, a cedar chest, yards of cloth, cotton and woolen yarn, 5 painted earthen ware dishes, weaving and farming supplies, livestock, bushels of produce, lots of land.
Thomas died in 1672 and is buried in Hingham Cemetery. The cemetery was founded in 1672 Thomas’s headstone was the first, this is noted on FindAGrave. The headstone is original but doesn’t mark his burial place. It was placed with others in a circle around the Founders Monument. The cemetery is right behind Old Ship Church, the only remaining 17th-century Puritan meeting house in America.
The ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910 page 195 Barnes section
At Ancestry. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Hingham Records of First Settlers image 2 of 81 Thomas and Peter Barnes 1637 Thomas d. Nov.29 1672
At HathiTrust.
- Records of the Governor and company of the Massachusetts Bay Volume 2 page 264 Miscellaneous Records.
- History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts. Volume 2 page 23.
Find a Grave memorial 51474179. Oldest original headstone in the cemetery. Headstone photos “Added by Hammer”
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