Person:Richard Barnes (1)

From Colonial Families of Anne Arundel County, Maryland

He conveyed to his brother Adam Barnes 150 acres of land which Adam later had surveyed into the 287 tract Adam's Forest.

On 25 May 1725, Richard Barnes patented Good for Little, 250 acres in what is now Howard County. Dr. Caleb Dorsey, in his map of Howard County Land Grants, placed this tract as stretching from Meadow Ridge High School to Maryland Route 103. On 30 May 1730, Richard Barnes, carpenter, mortgaged the land on Elk Ridge, and Adam the First, to Philip Hammond.

On 7 July 1740, Richard and his wife Catherine conveyed to Peter Barnes 146 acres, part of Shipley's Search, in exchange for 103 acres called Eve's Dower (part of Adam the First, which Richard had most likely inherited from his father James Barnes.) On 31 Jan 1742, Richard and his wife Catherine conveyed to Robert Shipley 146 acres Shipley's Search. On 8 May 1744, Richard purchased 200 acres called Bold Venture from Edward and Eleanor Edwards, on the upper part of Severn River.

Richard's place in the family is confirmed by a sale he made on 15 June 1744 to his brother Adam Barnes, of a servant boy named Thomas Broxton, and some cattle and furniture.

On 6 Sep 1744, Richard, again joined by his wife Catherine, sold to James Watts all that tract called Watts' Share, part of a larger tract called Bold Venture, originally granted to Richard Kethin. On 8 Nov 1745, Richard Barnes and wife Catherine sold to Peter Barnes a tract called Eve's Dowry (part of Adam the First) 108 acres, in exchange for 146 acres called Shipley's Search, originally patented to Robert Shipley for 543 acres, and conveyed by him to Peter Barnes, who in turn conveyed it to the said Richard Barnes.

Richard Barnes served on the Grand Jury of November 1735 and is mentioned in a sessin of of the August 1746 Court as a "person trading, merchandising, and using commerce at Anne Arundel County."

The Debt Book for 1750 shows Richard Barnes owning 150 acres Hickory Thicket, and 100 acres, a part of Bold Venture. By 18 Oct 1751, he and his wife Catherine were in Baltimore County, when they sold the remainder of Bold Venture to Philip Hammond.

Richard had at least two sons, the first one definitely by his wife Sarah Stevens; Benjamin and Richard.

1. ↑ Robert Barnes. Colonial Families of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. (Anthology of Colonial Families of Maryland 1600s-1900s)
   p. 3.
2. ↑ .

   MPL, EI#6:274; PL#6:162.

3. ↑ Vital Records Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

   Land Records TI#1:257; RB#1:17, 246, 383; RB#3:459; RB#1:392; RB#1:425; RB#2:162;
   Judgement Records Nov 1735 Court:353, IB#6:231

4. ↑ Researcher.

   Linda L. Mitchell