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June 2008
(Generations 1,2,3,4,5 etc. are numbered 1,3,5,7,9 etc. Additional spouses are 2,4,6,8 etc.)
Compiled by Gordon Speer, 3304 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, IL 61081

1,1 Thomas BARNES(1524-~1574)  Barking, Essexshire, England.

  3,11 Thomas BARNES(~1570-     ) m. ~1590 ..... ..... (~1572-     )
       The Barnes Families lived in Barking, Essex, England. His wife was from Surrey.

    5,111 Thomas Barnes(1591-1689 or 1690) m. ~1622 ..... ..... (1595-     )
          They were from Barking, Essex. They married in Middlesex, England and lived in Hartford, CT.

      7,1111 Thomas BARNES(8/26/1623-1688) m. Mary ..... (1641-2/6/1662)
             Born in Barking, Essexshire, England. Married in New Haven CT.  He died in Middletown, CT.		
             Thomas served in the Pequot Indian War 6/5/1637 near West Mystic, Connecticut, was a
             town proprietor of Hartford, Connecticut in 1639, and in 1646 was a founder of Farmington,
             Connecticut, where he was alotted 50 acres.  Thomas' first wife, Mary, was convicted of
             witchcraft, and executed in Hartford.
        9,11111 Elizabeth BARNES(5/26/1650-1695) m. Benjamin BROCKETT
        9,11112 Sarah BARNES(1651-       ) m. 3/26/1666 John SCOVILLE (       -1712) Haddam, CT
                Children: three sons and one daughter 
        9,11113 Daniel BARNES(1652-       )
        9,11114 Benjamin BARNES(7/24/1653-4/24/1731) m. Sarah ...( -12/12/1712)electman, Waterbury, CT
                Children: six sons, one daughter 
        9,11115 Daniel (Joseph) BARNES(1655-1/23/1741) m. 7/8/1684 Abigail GIBBS  Farmington, CT   (2s, 6d)
        9,11116 Abigail (Hannah) BARNES (1657-       )
       8, m. 2nd, 3/23/1662-3 Mary ANDRUS (ANDREWS) (2s, 6d)
        9,11117 Ebenezer BARNES (16xx-1756) m. 4/8/1699 Deborah ORVIS (4/17/1681-1726)(2nd wife?)
                Both were from Farmington, CT. They were innkeepers in Bristol, CT.
                Children: Ebenezer Jr, Thomas (continues below), Anna, Jedediah, Gideon, Stephen, Deborah,
                Abigail, Abijah Abiah, Mary, Esther, William, David, Amos, John, Lucy.
                Beginning about Abijah Abiah, after the death of Deborah, there was another wife named
                Mehetible Miller. Info is from the Barnes Family Yearbook of 1907 by Trescott C. Barnes.
        9,11118 William BARNES
        9,11119 Thomas BARNES ( -3/20/1742) m. 6/1690 Mary JONES ( -10/6/1748) Farmington, now
                Southington, CT   Children:  2 sons, 6 daughters

                   [The numbers restart here - Thomas (5) was a son of Ebenezer (9,11117)]

    5, Thomas BARNES (6/21/1703-4//1744) m. 5/19/1726 Harriet May "Hannah" DAY  Waterbury/Southington, CT
      7, Anna BARNES (8/24/1727-   )
      7, Nathaniel BARNES (4/15/1729-   ) died young
      7, Phineas BARNES (7/7/1730-9/8/1795) m. Phebe BEMENT (1/22/1734-1815) Revolutionary War Captain
        9, William BARNES (12/26/1771-4/5/1815) m. Sarah WILLARD(~1769-11/11/1823)
            Pioneer settlers of Pompey, Onondaga Co, NY.  Both are buried in Oran Cemetery 
          11, Orson BARNES (3/26/1802-       ) m. 1823 Eliza PHELPS
            13, William BARNES (5/26/1824-       ) m. 7/10/1849  Emily Peck Kempshall WEED
              15, Thurlow Weed BARNES (1853-1918)m. Eda Macy AUSTIN (>1853-     )
                17, Jean Morris BARNES (1893-     )
              15, Harriet Isabella BARNES (>1859-     )
        9, Phineas BARNES II (5//1756-9/3/1828) m. Mary LYNCH(~1760-12/12/1842)
            Pioneer settlers of Pompey, Onondaga Co, NY.  Both are buried in Oran Cemetery
            SAR lists him as a Revolutionary War Private from MA, along with his brother, Lemuel
          11, Stephen BARNES
          11, Elijah BARNES
          11, Ira BARNES 1783-10/8/1864) m. 1817 Sally ..... (1778-1822) West Stockbridge, CT 
            13, Sarah Barnes (1817-1839) m. Trypena WATERMAN  
          11, Phineas BARNES III
          11, Alonson BARNES
          11, Mary BARNES m. Amos WARNER
          11, Diodama BARNES m. Zachariah KINNEY
          11, Lucinda BARNES m. Simeon SOUTHERLAND
        9, Lemuel BARNES, Sr. (1757-1821) m. Rebecca BEMENT (1762-<1815) Revolutionary War Soldier
	    from Massachusetts, Virgil, Cortland County, NY. Grave: N. Harford Cem. Cortland Co, NY
          11, Lemuel BARNES, Jr. (12/12/1780-   ) m. Polly REED
            13, David Benona BARNES (4/16/1816-     )
              15, Charles R. Barnes (6//1864-     )
                17, Oliver Willis BARNES (       )
                  19, James Lowell BARNES (8/25/1917-     )
                    21, Deborah Elaine BARNES (12/3/1946-     )
                17, James Walter BARNES (2//1882-     )
                17, Robert LeRoy BARNES (1//1895-     )
          11, Guy Carlton BARNES (10/24/1888-9/18/1856) 
          11, Ruth BARNES (9/5/1785-4/9/1823) m. Seth STEVENS
          11, Rebecca BARNES (6/21/1788-     ) m. Daniel GLEASON
          11, Anna (Amy) BARNES (7/2/1791-    ) m. Asa EDWARDS 
          11, John Bement BARNES (10/31/1793-3/22/1835) S. Stockbridge, MA, Cincinnati, OH 
          11, William BARNES (1795?-  )  New Orleans doctor
          11, Asa Bement BARNES (8/8/1797-3/1/1867) m. 1819 Esther NICHOLS (1/29/1799-2/18/1865)
              Both were born in NY, Asa lived in South Stockbridge, MA, and Esther in
              Havana, NY. They lived in Ohio in 1836, came to Indiana about 1840, and
              farmed in section 18, Delaware Twp, Ripley County, IN
            13, Horace BARNES (1820-       )  never married
            13, Seth Stevens BARNES(1822-1848) m.1841 Harriet Elizabeth LOVE(1825?- )
                 He was named for his Aunt Ruth's husband, Seth STEVENS
              15, Seth Stevens BARNES, Jr(7/12/1845-1/18/1920) m.9/18/1866 Laura MARSTON
                  (1848-1933) Marston, MO merchant, farmer, postmaster She was from Henderson
                  Co, IL, and they were founders of the little cotton-mill town of Marston, MO
                17- Greely Marston BARNES (9/23/1867-3/21/1870)
                17- William Arthur BARNES(8/7/1869-   ) m. 8/10/1904 Margueritte CARMACK(6/5/1905- )
                    Marston, MO merchant
                  19- Mabel Lois BARNES (6,5,1905-   ) m. 4/3/1931 Norman W. HILTON Chicago, IL
                  19- Laura Wilma BARNES (2/10/1907-  ) 
                  19- Rosalind Martha BARNES (11/3/1908-  )
                  19- William Austin BARNES (2/20/1910-8/8/1910)
                  19- Morris Nathaniel BARNES (6/30/1911-10/9/1912)
                  19- William Arthur BARNES
                17- Nathaniel Asa BARNES (8/19/1871-1/3/1872)
                17- Charles Merlin BARNES (7/19/1873-  ) m. 5/10/1899 Emma ATKINS
                17- Harriet Elizabeth BARNES (9/24/1875-6/24/1877)
                17- Luna Mabel BARNES (2/4/1878-  ) m. 2/7/1900 Edward Floyd SHARP
                17- Cora Lois BARNES (3/21/1880-    ) m. Otto ONDERSCHEID
                17- John Albert BARNES (2/20/1882-11/18/1882)
              15, William Elijah BARNES (4//1848-1866) unmarried
            13, Rufus BARNES (1824-       ) farmed with his father, never married
            13, Charles Asa BARNES (9/7/1826- ) m. 10/23/1844 Mary CRAVEN (12/25/1828-7/15/1854)
                They were both born in Indiana. They probably worked for his father until 1860.
              15, Horace Nichols BARNES (11/29/1849-8/29/1895) m. 7/25/1875 Mary Frances TONEY
                  (3/28/1860-1882) They met in Marston, MO. She was the oldest of 24 siblings,
                  and he was later a tinsmith and hardware clerk in Monmouth, IL.  His grave is
                  in Monmouth Cemetery. Hers, probably at Olena, has not yet been found.
                17, Frederick Tony BARNES (2/24/1877-9/19/1877)  six months
                17, Mayre Josephine BARNES (6/20/1878-4/30/1858) m.10/19/1898 Charles Milton WHITEMAN
                  19, Mildred Elizabeth "Beth" WHITEMAN (9/1/1899-9/10/1998) m. 10/19/1920
                      Robert Andrew GLENN, Biggsville, IL farmer
                  19, Charles Roland Dale WHITEMAN
                  19, Milton Barnes WHITEMAN
                17, Mildred Frances "Mimmie" BARNES (6/16/1880-       )
                    m. Allan Lloyd BEALL, Biggsville, IL
                17, Maude Clark BARNES (5/27/1882-1/20/1897)    14 years
              15, Mary Josephine BARNES (8/18/1851-3/17/1904) m. 8/31/1871 George A. SCHUSSLER(1845- )
                  In 1880 they were in Belleville, IL where he was a railroad station agent.
                  Later he was a hardware merchant in Monmouth, IL.  His brother-in-law, Horace Barnes,
                  worked for him in the Schussler Hardware Store. 
              15, Charles Asa BARNES, Jr. (3/13/1854-7/20/1854)   four months
            13, Theodore BARNES (1828-1845)  drowned in the Ohio River, age 17
            13, Lemuel BARNES (1830-1845)  drowned in the Ohio River, age 15
            13, John Nichols BARNES (2/5/1833-3/22/1864 m. Sarah E. DEERWESTER teacher
              15, Alvah C. BARNES (>1855-     ) 
              15, John Nichols BARNES, Jr. (<1858-     )
            13, Ruth Angeline BARNES (4/15/1835-         )  m. Sidney BENEDICT
            13, William Phineas BARNES (7/1/1837-1904) m. Maria Jane BROOK (1841-1923) Blue Mound, KS
              15, John Asa BARNES (11,22,1858-     )
              15, Esther Jane BARNES(3/2/1870-9/24/1916) m. 9/30/1890 D.W. WOODS, Garnett, KS
              15, W. L. BARNES  Blue Mound, KS
              15, Rufus A. BARNES  Blue Mound, KS
              15, Hugh M. BARNES  Blue Mound, KS
              15, ......  BARNES m. Leo CURTIS  Blue Mound, KS
              15, Isaiah Smiley BARNES (10/7/1862-     )( Kansas City
              15, Charles T. BARNES   Quincy, KS
            13, Mary BARNES (1840-        ) the tenth of the siblings, died young
          11, Stephen BARNES (1800-   ) no children
          11, Mary BARNES (1802-    ) m. Henry EDMINSTER
          11, Charles BARNES (1804-    ) New Orleans doctor
        9, Irene BARNES (1765-     ) m. 11,26,1782 Samuel Binn RICE Farmington, CT, Onondaga, NY
           ch: Samuel Jr, Levina, Roswell, Aaron, Lorinda, Allen, Avery, Experience, Warren, Gilbert, Phebe
      7, Irene BARNES (1/14/1733-11/28/1751)
      7, Lydia BARNES (1/13/1735-    )
      7, Mary BARNES (4/12/1737-     )
      7, Timothy BARNES (2/20/1739-   )
      7, Nathaniel BARNES (Spring 1743-     )