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m. Bet 9 Jun 1688 and 18 Nov 1693
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[edit] From Thomas Barnes of Hartford, Connecticut[1]citing Ten Generations of the Barnes Family in Bristol, Connecticut, by Fuller F. Barnes, privately printed 1946 Perhaps the darkest side of colonial church life was the universal belief in witchcraft... In 1662 his wife, Mary, was indicted for witchcraft. She was "conflicted of entertaining familiarity with Satan" and put to death. Not only did Thomas Barnes lose his wife, but he had to pay Daniel Garrett, jailkeeper at Hartford, twenty-one shillings besides fees which, the old record says, "goodman Barnes is to see discharged." ...in his grief he could not ignore the fact that a wife was essential on any colonial farm... during the same year in which the first Mary Barnes was hanged, he entered into an agreement with John Andrus of Farmington to marry his daughter, Mary... [edit] From Leann sweetheart_usa@@yahoo.comSupposedly, the second [wife] Mary was married within months and was the daughter of the trying judge (of the first wife's witchcraft trial). Days of Our Lives started a LONG LONG TIME AGO!!!!!!!! [edit] From Stewart Download.ftwThe will of John Andrews, senior, of Farmington, dated 9 Nov 1681, contained bequests "to my daughter Marie Barnes my black Heiffer," and to my grand child Thomas Barnes 20s." The will of Thomas Barnes, sen., of Farmington, made in the form of a "Deed of Gift" on 9 June 1688, contained grants "to my beloved wife Mary Barnes" half the home lot, dwelling house, and other lands in Farmington, etc., during the term of her natural life (and not merely during widowhood). The will of Mary "Andrus" of Farmington (widow of John) was also made in the form of a Deed of Gift, said to have been dated 18 Nov 1683, but the year must be a mistake for 1693. Herein the widow Mary Andrus said "I give to my daughter Mary Brunson the cloth of my featherbed and half the feathers that are in it. I give to my daughter Mary Brunson aforesaid one large pettycote and wastcote, one chest and one curtain. I give to the two eldest daughters of my daughter Mary Brunson, each of them five shillings..." (The wills of John and Mary Andrews are given in full in Alfred Andrews, Andrews Memorial, Chicago 1872, pp, 52-5., though the compiler did not identify the daughter Mary Brunson as wife of Jacob, Long abstracts of the wills of John Andrews and Thomas Barnes are in Manwaring, Probates, 1:269 and 401. See also Frederick R. Barnes, Thomas Barnes of Hartford and Farmington, Conn., Minneapolis 1943, especially p. 85; Donald Lines Jacobus, "John Andrews of Farmington," TAG, supra, 35:84. The present contributor is grateful to Mr. Jacobus, with whom he has discussed this entire problem. Mr, Jacobus pointed out that "The two eldest daughters of my daughter Mary Brunson" mentioned in the will of Widow Mary "Andrus" were unquestionably Barnes girls and not Brunsons. See also E.J. Andrewss "Thomas Barnes and John Andrews of Farmington, TAG, supra, 9:40-1.) References
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