Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Barnard Jr was born in 1740, in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Barnard, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Hoag, was 29. He married Ruth Macy on 1 December 1768, in Nantucket MM, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 13 March 1787, in Great Nine Partners, Dutchess, New York, United States, at the age of 47.
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- Thomas Barnard, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Thomas Barnard in entry for Valentine Barnard, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Thomas Barnard in entry for Zaccheus Barnard, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1777 · New York Adopts a Constitution
The Constitution of New York was adopted by the Convention of Representatives of the State of New York on April 20, 1777. New York’s Constitution preceded and strongly influenced the United States’ Constitution. Three governmental branches were created including the executive branch, the judicial branch, and the legislative branch made up of two houses.
Name Meaning
English, Dutch, and French: variant of Bernard and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. The surname Barnard is very rare in France.
Americanized form of German Bernhard or Bernhardt , and of German, Polish, Czech, and Slovenian Bernard .
History: This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. John Barnard was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, in 1635 (coming from Cambridge, MA with Thomas Hooker). Another John Barnard, born in Boston in 1681, was a Congregational clergyman who served as minister of Marblehead, MA, from 1716 to 1770.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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North Adams Cemetery, Jefferson County, New York
We traveled to Adams, New York in search of Hopey Barnard. We found the cemetery, on a lonely country road. The gravestones were covered with lichen, and difficult to read. We spread out and began …
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