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Hazen Family Tree - John Barnes, Merchant

John Barnes - Merchant in Plymouth, Massachusetts
Family Connection - 8th Great-grandfather of Edward Elihu Hazen

Re-creation of typical Plymouth House

John Barnes was born in England in about 1608. It is not known exactly where he was born, but he came to Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1632. 

John married Mary Plummer on September 12, 1633. They had five children:

            Mary         b. 1640        d. unknown, but after 1651
            Jonathan    b. 1642        d. 1714
            Hannah      b. 1644        d. unknown, but after 1651
            John           b. 1646        d. 1648
            Lydia         b. 1648         d. after 1651, but before 1667

Mary Plummer died in 1651. By March 1652, he married Joan, surname unknown. The marriage date is unknown, but she was in court as Joan Barnes on March 1, 1652, accused of slander. 

John Barnes was a Yeoman (landowner who farms his property) and a merchant. He traded in goods like barley and rye, cloth and threads, and other necessities. He also bought and sold real estate. 

He served on several town committees. He was on the committee to regulate wages in the colony, He served on juries three times. He was Plymouth's representative to a colony committee on repair of highways. He was also on the town committee to construct a prison and on a committee to survey town meadows. He was the town surveyor of highways six times. 

He made many, many real estate deals, as buyer and as seller. Two of his real estate deals involved two previous blog subjects, Benjamin Bartlett, son of Robert Bartlett from the 2/19 blog and Hugh Cole, from the 3/18 blog. 

John was frequently in court. He was called into court to answer for illegal or unfair business practices, for suits involving debt collection, and for slandering his neighbors. In one case, he was sued for defamation against Samuel Allin - John stated that Allin was one of three men who might be the father of a child born out of wedlock.  He was also fined by the court for drunkenness on multiple occasions. 

John Barnes died sometime in early 1671. He was gored in the abdomen by one of his own bulls, and died thirty-two hours later. The exact date is unknown, but an undated coroner's report was presented in court on March 5, 1671, indicating a coroner's jury viewed his corpse.  His estate was valued at £226. 

John Barnes > Jonathan Barnes > Hannah Barnes > Samuel Rider > Maria Rider > Seth Fuller > Deborah Fuller > Norman Hazen  > John Vose Hazen > Edward Elihu Hazen > 
Edward Elihu Hazen, Jr.    Charts H-C and H-Main
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