Comfort Barns, Sr., born about 1706, was a son of Thomas Barns/Barnes and Mary Howe/How.
Comfort Barns, Sr. and Sarah Abbott filed their Intention To Marry document on July 6, 1728 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts.
Comfort Barns, Sr. married Sarah Abbott on September 6, 1728 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. They had eleven children.
Comfort Barns, Sr. was a Deacon in the church.
Comfort Barns, Sr. was 42 years old at the time of his death.
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NOTES:
From Star Rhodes:
Brookfield Vital Records shows 1747.
Gravestone shows 1748.
From Timothy J. Barron on April 26, 2020:
"The reason that there are two years is that his date of death is subject to double dating. The Julian calendar was normally used in England and the colonies to report ecclesiastical and legal events until 1752, which is when the Gregorian calendar was adopted. The new year did not begin until March 25th on a Julian calendar. As a result, dates between January 1st and March 24th are often recorded using a technique called double dating or dual dating, where the Julian year is listed first, and the Gregorian year is listed second. Find a Grave doesn't support double dating, but Ancestry does, so it would commonly be recorded as "January 17, 1747/48.""
If anyone has more/better information, please contact me.
Comfort Barns, Sr. and Sarah Abbott filed their Intention To Marry document on July 6, 1728 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts.
Comfort Barns, Sr. married Sarah Abbott on September 6, 1728 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. They had eleven children.
Comfort Barns, Sr. was a Deacon in the church.
Comfort Barns, Sr. was 42 years old at the time of his death.
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NOTES:
From Star Rhodes:
Brookfield Vital Records shows 1747.
Gravestone shows 1748.
From Timothy J. Barron on April 26, 2020:
"The reason that there are two years is that his date of death is subject to double dating. The Julian calendar was normally used in England and the colonies to report ecclesiastical and legal events until 1752, which is when the Gregorian calendar was adopted. The new year did not begin until March 25th on a Julian calendar. As a result, dates between January 1st and March 24th are often recorded using a technique called double dating or dual dating, where the Julian year is listed first, and the Gregorian year is listed second. Find a Grave doesn't support double dating, but Ancestry does, so it would commonly be recorded as "January 17, 1747/48.""
If anyone has more/better information, please contact me.
Comfort Barns, Sr., born about 1706, was a son of Thomas Barns/Barnes and Mary Howe/How.
Comfort Barns, Sr. and Sarah Abbott filed their Intention To Marry document on July 6, 1728 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts.
Comfort Barns, Sr. married Sarah Abbott on September 6, 1728 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. They had eleven children.
Comfort Barns, Sr. was a Deacon in the church.
Comfort Barns, Sr. was 42 years old at the time of his death.
-----
NOTES:
From Star Rhodes:
Brookfield Vital Records shows 1747.
Gravestone shows 1748.
From Timothy J. Barron on April 26, 2020:
"The reason that there are two years is that his date of death is subject to double dating. The Julian calendar was normally used in England and the colonies to report ecclesiastical and legal events until 1752, which is when the Gregorian calendar was adopted. The new year did not begin until March 25th on a Julian calendar. As a result, dates between January 1st and March 24th are often recorded using a technique called double dating or dual dating, where the Julian year is listed first, and the Gregorian year is listed second. Find a Grave doesn't support double dating, but Ancestry does, so it would commonly be recorded as "January 17, 1747/48.""
If anyone has more/better information, please contact me.
Comfort Barns, Sr. and Sarah Abbott filed their Intention To Marry document on July 6, 1728 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts.
Comfort Barns, Sr. married Sarah Abbott on September 6, 1728 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. They had eleven children.
Comfort Barns, Sr. was a Deacon in the church.
Comfort Barns, Sr. was 42 years old at the time of his death.
-----
NOTES:
From Star Rhodes:
Brookfield Vital Records shows 1747.
Gravestone shows 1748.
From Timothy J. Barron on April 26, 2020:
"The reason that there are two years is that his date of death is subject to double dating. The Julian calendar was normally used in England and the colonies to report ecclesiastical and legal events until 1752, which is when the Gregorian calendar was adopted. The new year did not begin until March 25th on a Julian calendar. As a result, dates between January 1st and March 24th are often recorded using a technique called double dating or dual dating, where the Julian year is listed first, and the Gregorian year is listed second. Find a Grave doesn't support double dating, but Ancestry does, so it would commonly be recorded as "January 17, 1747/48.""
If anyone has more/better information, please contact me.
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“In Memory of
Dea.on COMFORT
BARNS who
Died Jan.ry ye
17th 1748 in
ye 42nd year
of his Age
Hope humbly then
with Trembling
Pinions soar, wait
the Great Teacher”
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