As one of his 9th Great Grandsons, may records show that he was born in 1608 in Thomcombe, Dorset, England and that he came to New England in 1630 on the Mary and John.
∼Barnard Lumbert, eldest surviving child of Thomas Lumbert, b. possibly at Thorncombe, Dorsetshire, England very likely in the year 1607. Unlike several of his younger half siblings, Barnard has no baptism record at Thorncombe.
Barnard took the oath of freemanship of the Mass. Bay Colony on Apr. 1, 1634 when he was possibly at Dorchester with his father, but it is not possible to determine whether he accompanied his father on the Mary and John in 1630. He first appears definitively at Scituate in the Plymouth Colony, where on Apr. 19, 1635 "Simon Hayte and Bernard Lumbert and their wives joyned" to Rev. John Lothrop's Church. When Lothrop relocated in Oct. 1639 to Barnstable (where Barnard's father was then operating an inn), Barnard and family followed.
He was for at least 50 years a resident of Barnstable, Mass. and for the same period of time one of the town's land measurers. On Feb. 20, 1668 [Julian] Barnard deposed he was then "aged about sixty," which on its face means he was then "Ætatis suæ 60 years" and 59 years old, b. AFTER Feb. 20, 1607 [Julian]. On Mar. 26, 1689 [Julian] at Barnstable he deposed "aged about 82" concerning a land measurement made by him, indicating on its face he was then "Ætatis suæ 82" and 81 years old, b. AFTER Mar. 26, 1607 [Julian]. On a combined comparison, Barnard was most likely born sometime in the calendar year of 1607. This is last date in which he is mentioned in the Barnstable town records. No record of his death appears in town, vital, church or Plymouth Old Colony Records.
The Christian name of Barnard's wife is not stated in an known record, an unfortunate trait repeated by several male members of the interrelated Lumbert family in early New England. Although Robert Wakefield suggested in TAG 52:136 that Barnard may have had a second wife, possibly the daughter of William Clarke of Yarmouth, there is no proof this was so. This suggestion was based on the above cited February 1668 [Julian] testimony regarding the nuncupative (unwritten verbal) will of William Clark of Yarmouth in which Barnard referred to Clark as "father Clark." Clark's sole possession was his chest and its contents that he wished to give to Joseph Benjamin as his sole legatee. In the 1664 will of Barnard's father Thomas, Thomas left a legacy to Barnard's half-sister Jemima, who had married of record Joseph Benjamin in 1661. If one is to further believe the "Benjamin Family in America," Jemima died prior to 1668 and Joseph Benjamin married as his second wife, Sarah Clark, daughter of the same William Clark of Yarmouth. Thus in February 1668 [Julian], William Clark was Joseph Benjamin's father-in-law. In effect, there was a reason why Barnard called William Clark as "father Clark," not because Clark was Barnard's father-in-law rather Clark was now the father-in-law of Barnard's former brother-in-law Joseph Benjamin, the sole legatee of the will. Wakefield's suggestion that Barnard Lumbert was the son-in-law of William Clark was flawed and without merit.
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Edited 6/23/2019
∼Barnard Lumbert, eldest surviving child of Thomas Lumbert, b. possibly at Thorncombe, Dorsetshire, England very likely in the year 1607. Unlike several of his younger half siblings, Barnard has no baptism record at Thorncombe.
Barnard took the oath of freemanship of the Mass. Bay Colony on Apr. 1, 1634 when he was possibly at Dorchester with his father, but it is not possible to determine whether he accompanied his father on the Mary and John in 1630. He first appears definitively at Scituate in the Plymouth Colony, where on Apr. 19, 1635 "Simon Hayte and Bernard Lumbert and their wives joyned" to Rev. John Lothrop's Church. When Lothrop relocated in Oct. 1639 to Barnstable (where Barnard's father was then operating an inn), Barnard and family followed.
He was for at least 50 years a resident of Barnstable, Mass. and for the same period of time one of the town's land measurers. On Feb. 20, 1668 [Julian] Barnard deposed he was then "aged about sixty," which on its face means he was then "Ætatis suæ 60 years" and 59 years old, b. AFTER Feb. 20, 1607 [Julian]. On Mar. 26, 1689 [Julian] at Barnstable he deposed "aged about 82" concerning a land measurement made by him, indicating on its face he was then "Ætatis suæ 82" and 81 years old, b. AFTER Mar. 26, 1607 [Julian]. On a combined comparison, Barnard was most likely born sometime in the calendar year of 1607. This is last date in which he is mentioned in the Barnstable town records. No record of his death appears in town, vital, church or Plymouth Old Colony Records.
The Christian name of Barnard's wife is not stated in an known record, an unfortunate trait repeated by several male members of the interrelated Lumbert family in early New England. Although Robert Wakefield suggested in TAG 52:136 that Barnard may have had a second wife, possibly the daughter of William Clarke of Yarmouth, there is no proof this was so. This suggestion was based on the above cited February 1668 [Julian] testimony regarding the nuncupative (unwritten verbal) will of William Clark of Yarmouth in which Barnard referred to Clark as "father Clark." Clark's sole possession was his chest and its contents that he wished to give to Joseph Benjamin as his sole legatee. In the 1664 will of Barnard's father Thomas, Thomas left a legacy to Barnard's half-sister Jemima, who had married of record Joseph Benjamin in 1661. If one is to further believe the "Benjamin Family in America," Jemima died prior to 1668 and Joseph Benjamin married as his second wife, Sarah Clark, daughter of the same William Clark of Yarmouth. Thus in February 1668 [Julian], William Clark was Joseph Benjamin's father-in-law. In effect, there was a reason why Barnard called William Clark as "father Clark," not because Clark was Barnard's father-in-law rather Clark was now the father-in-law of Barnard's former brother-in-law Joseph Benjamin, the sole legatee of the will. Wakefield's suggestion that Barnard Lumbert was the son-in-law of William Clark was flawed and without merit.
to be cont'd...
Edited 6/23/2019
As one of his 9th Great Grandsons, may records show that he was born in 1608 in Thomcombe, Dorset, England and that he came to New England in 1630 on the Mary and John.
∼Barnard Lumbert, eldest surviving child of Thomas Lumbert, b. possibly at Thorncombe, Dorsetshire, England very likely in the year 1607. Unlike several of his younger half siblings, Barnard has no baptism record at Thorncombe.
Barnard took the oath of freemanship of the Mass. Bay Colony on Apr. 1, 1634 when he was possibly at Dorchester with his father, but it is not possible to determine whether he accompanied his father on the Mary and John in 1630. He first appears definitively at Scituate in the Plymouth Colony, where on Apr. 19, 1635 "Simon Hayte and Bernard Lumbert and their wives joyned" to Rev. John Lothrop's Church. When Lothrop relocated in Oct. 1639 to Barnstable (where Barnard's father was then operating an inn), Barnard and family followed.
He was for at least 50 years a resident of Barnstable, Mass. and for the same period of time one of the town's land measurers. On Feb. 20, 1668 [Julian] Barnard deposed he was then "aged about sixty," which on its face means he was then "Ætatis suæ 60 years" and 59 years old, b. AFTER Feb. 20, 1607 [Julian]. On Mar. 26, 1689 [Julian] at Barnstable he deposed "aged about 82" concerning a land measurement made by him, indicating on its face he was then "Ætatis suæ 82" and 81 years old, b. AFTER Mar. 26, 1607 [Julian]. On a combined comparison, Barnard was most likely born sometime in the calendar year of 1607. This is last date in which he is mentioned in the Barnstable town records. No record of his death appears in town, vital, church or Plymouth Old Colony Records.
The Christian name of Barnard's wife is not stated in an known record, an unfortunate trait repeated by several male members of the interrelated Lumbert family in early New England. Although Robert Wakefield suggested in TAG 52:136 that Barnard may have had a second wife, possibly the daughter of William Clarke of Yarmouth, there is no proof this was so. This suggestion was based on the above cited February 1668 [Julian] testimony regarding the nuncupative (unwritten verbal) will of William Clark of Yarmouth in which Barnard referred to Clark as "father Clark." Clark's sole possession was his chest and its contents that he wished to give to Joseph Benjamin as his sole legatee. In the 1664 will of Barnard's father Thomas, Thomas left a legacy to Barnard's half-sister Jemima, who had married of record Joseph Benjamin in 1661. If one is to further believe the "Benjamin Family in America," Jemima died prior to 1668 and Joseph Benjamin married as his second wife, Sarah Clark, daughter of the same William Clark of Yarmouth. Thus in February 1668 [Julian], William Clark was Joseph Benjamin's father-in-law. In effect, there was a reason why Barnard called William Clark as "father Clark," not because Clark was Barnard's father-in-law rather Clark was now the father-in-law of Barnard's former brother-in-law Joseph Benjamin, the sole legatee of the will. Wakefield's suggestion that Barnard Lumbert was the son-in-law of William Clark was flawed and without merit.
to be cont'd...
Edited 6/23/2019
∼Barnard Lumbert, eldest surviving child of Thomas Lumbert, b. possibly at Thorncombe, Dorsetshire, England very likely in the year 1607. Unlike several of his younger half siblings, Barnard has no baptism record at Thorncombe.
Barnard took the oath of freemanship of the Mass. Bay Colony on Apr. 1, 1634 when he was possibly at Dorchester with his father, but it is not possible to determine whether he accompanied his father on the Mary and John in 1630. He first appears definitively at Scituate in the Plymouth Colony, where on Apr. 19, 1635 "Simon Hayte and Bernard Lumbert and their wives joyned" to Rev. John Lothrop's Church. When Lothrop relocated in Oct. 1639 to Barnstable (where Barnard's father was then operating an inn), Barnard and family followed.
He was for at least 50 years a resident of Barnstable, Mass. and for the same period of time one of the town's land measurers. On Feb. 20, 1668 [Julian] Barnard deposed he was then "aged about sixty," which on its face means he was then "Ætatis suæ 60 years" and 59 years old, b. AFTER Feb. 20, 1607 [Julian]. On Mar. 26, 1689 [Julian] at Barnstable he deposed "aged about 82" concerning a land measurement made by him, indicating on its face he was then "Ætatis suæ 82" and 81 years old, b. AFTER Mar. 26, 1607 [Julian]. On a combined comparison, Barnard was most likely born sometime in the calendar year of 1607. This is last date in which he is mentioned in the Barnstable town records. No record of his death appears in town, vital, church or Plymouth Old Colony Records.
The Christian name of Barnard's wife is not stated in an known record, an unfortunate trait repeated by several male members of the interrelated Lumbert family in early New England. Although Robert Wakefield suggested in TAG 52:136 that Barnard may have had a second wife, possibly the daughter of William Clarke of Yarmouth, there is no proof this was so. This suggestion was based on the above cited February 1668 [Julian] testimony regarding the nuncupative (unwritten verbal) will of William Clark of Yarmouth in which Barnard referred to Clark as "father Clark." Clark's sole possession was his chest and its contents that he wished to give to Joseph Benjamin as his sole legatee. In the 1664 will of Barnard's father Thomas, Thomas left a legacy to Barnard's half-sister Jemima, who had married of record Joseph Benjamin in 1661. If one is to further believe the "Benjamin Family in America," Jemima died prior to 1668 and Joseph Benjamin married as his second wife, Sarah Clark, daughter of the same William Clark of Yarmouth. Thus in February 1668 [Julian], William Clark was Joseph Benjamin's father-in-law. In effect, there was a reason why Barnard called William Clark as "father Clark," not because Clark was Barnard's father-in-law rather Clark was now the father-in-law of Barnard's former brother-in-law Joseph Benjamin, the sole legatee of the will. Wakefield's suggestion that Barnard Lumbert was the son-in-law of William Clark was flawed and without merit.
to be cont'd...
Edited 6/23/2019
