Sarah Martyn Barnard, died 1770, Newbury, Massachusetts - Tombstone Tuesday

 This tombstone was photographed at the First Parish Burying Ground in Newbury, Massachusetts.

This Stone is erected to ye memory

of Madam SARAH BARNARD

Relict of the Revd.

JOHN BARNARD of Andover,

who through along course of years, by

eminency of devotion irreproachable

purity & Sanctity of manners and

an enlarged benevolence, exhibited the

christian character to great advantage

with an unshaken faith in ye Redeemer,

and longing after a better world, She

??? Novr. 23, 1770 AEtat. 72. 

Sarah Martin,  was born 16 August 1672, the daughter of Edward Martyn and Sarah White of Boston.  She married Reverend John Barnard on 20 October 1715.  The Reverend Barnard was buried 14 June 1757 at the Old North Parish Burying Ground in North Andover, Massachusetts.  Apparently the widow Sarah was living in Newbury with her daughter Sarah, wife of the Reverend Dr. Tucker, after the Reverend Barnard passed away.  The Parson Barnard House was built in Andover in 1715, and in 1950 it was donated to the North Andover Historical Society.

John Barnard was born 26 February 1689/90 in Andover, the son of the Reverend Thomas Barnard and Elizabeth Price. John Barnard Senior was the junior minister under the Reverend Francis Dane in Andover. He graduated from Harvard in 1709, and taught school in Andover. When his father died he was invited to be his successor in 1718. John Barnard and Sarah Martin had six children, including Thomas (minister of the Second Church of Newbury and the First Church of Salem); Edward; Sarah (mentioned above);  John who died at age 16 while a student at Harvard, and two daughters named Elisabeth who died young.  [see the Andover Vital Records]. 

The elder Reverend Barnard was present during the witch trials of 1692 that spilled out of Salem into Andover, Massachusetts.  Both ministers Barnard and Dane signed a petition in support of the accused. In 1697 Reverend Dane died and Reverend Barnard became the sole minister to Andover.  

For the truly curious:

The Parson Barnard House:   https://salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/parson-barnard-house/  

North Andover Historical Society:   https://www.northandoverhistoricalsociety.org/parson-barnard-house-barn  

Rev. John Barnard's memorial at Find A Grave:   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69213325/john-barnard    

"Early Records of the Barnard Family of Andover" compiled by Charlotte Helen Abbott at the Andover Public Library (see page 18)   https://mhl.org/sites/default/files/files/Abbott/Barnard%20Family.pdf     

An interesting manuscript about some silver donated to Rev. John Barnard's church by his mother-in-law, Sarah White  Martin. This silver tankard has disappeared from the church.   https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AUR6IVKS4RP2CT9C/pages/AF63VJEMJVH3O482?as=text   

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To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Sarah Martyn Barnard, died 1770, Newbury, Massachusetts - Tombstone Tuesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 7, 2023, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2023/11/sarah-martyn-barnard-died-1770-newbury.html: accessed [access date]). 

Surname Saturday ~ DANE of Roxbury and Andover, Massachusetts

North Parish Church, Andover, Massachusetts
Founded in 1645, and where the
Reverend Francis Dane was the 2nd minister

DANE

The first DANE in this lineage to come to the New World was John Dane (about 1587 – 1658) who settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts from Essex, England.  He arrived about 1636 with his children Elizabeth and John, and later married the widow of William Chandler.   He was a chirurgeon (surgeon) in Roxbury and Ipswich. His son John was also a surgeon in Roxbury. You can read John Dane’s diary at this link: http://genealogysurnames.net/JOHNDANE.HTML

I descend from the younger son, Reverend Francis Dane (1615 – 1697).  He matriculated at King’s College in Cambridge, England in 1633.  He was ordained in 1648 and was the second minister of the church in Andover, Massachusetts.  He began a school and was minister for 44 years when the Salem witch hysteria began in 1692.  He and Thomas Barnard wrote a letter signed by 24 Andover residents condemning the trials.  This caused Dane and half a dozen of his relatives to be accused as witches.  Included in those arrested were his daughters Elizabeth Dane Johnson and Abigail Dane Faulkner, and daughter-in-law, Deliverance Haseltine Dane.  His two granddaughters, Abigail and Dorothy Faulkner were also arrested. (His daughter, Hannh, my ancestress, seems to have escaped suspicion). He bravely continued to preach against the witch hunt, and fortunately none of his kin were hung.  He died a few years later in 1697.

“May the Lord direct and guide those that are in place, and give us all submissive wills, and let the Lord do with me and mine what seems good in his own eyes.”  Rev. Francis Dane, 1692.

There has been much published about this family, Rev. Dane and the Salem Witch Trials, but if you are truly curious about more information on the DANE family, here are a few suggestions:

Genealogical Directory of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of those who came before May 1692 on the basis of farmers register, by James Savage, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1990, Volume II, page 6 and 7.

History of Andover from its Settlement to 1829, by Abiel Abbott, 1829

The Annals of Salem, by Joseph B. Felt, 1827

Salem Witchcraft by Enders A. Robinson, 1992

“Early Records of the Dane Family of Andover” compiled by Charlotte Helen Abbott, a manuscript at the Memorial Hall Library (Andover Public Library) also available online at http://www.mhl.org/abbott-genealogies     

“A Declaration of Remarkable Providences in the Course of my Life” by John Dane, The New England Historic and Genealogical Society Register, Volume VIII (1854), pages 149-156. The original manuscript is kept at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston.

My DANE genealogy:

Generation 1:   John Dane was from Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England and died in Roxbury, Massachusetts on 14 September 1658; married first to Frances Bowyer about 1606 in England and had four children.  She died about 1641 in Roxbury and John married second to Annis Bayford, the widow of William Chandler, on 2 July 1643 in Roxbury. No children by the second marriage.

Generation 2:  Reverend Francis Dane, born about 1615 in England, died 17 February 1697 in Andover, Massachusetts.  He married first to Elizabeth Ingalls, daughter of Edmund Ingalls and Ann Tripp about 1639 and had nine children.  She died on 9 June 1676 in Andover and he married second to Mary Thomas on 21 September 1677.  She died on 18 February 1689 and he married third to Hannah Chandler, his step sister, daughter of William Chandler and Annis Bayford about 1690. 

Generation 3: Hannah Dane, born about 1648 in Andover; married on 14 November 1666 in Ipswich, Massachusetts to William Goodhue, son of William Goodhue and Margery Watson.  He was born about 1645 and died 12 October 1712.  Eleven children.

Generation 4: Bethiah Goodhue m. Benjamin Marshall

Generation 5: Elizabeth Marshall m. David Burnham

Generation 6: Amos Burnham m. Sarah Giddings

Generation 7: Judith Burnham m. Joseph Allen

Generation 8: Joseph Allen m. Orpha Andrews

Generation 9:  Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears

Generation 10:  Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder

Generation 11:  Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

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Surname Saturday ~ GOODHUE of Ipswich, Massachusetts

GOODHUE

I don’t know much about William Goodhue (1612 – 1699), my 9^th great grandfather, which is sad because I descend from all three of his children.  I don’t know his English ancestry, nor do I know when he came to New England.  He settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts and was a freeman on 7 December 1636. He had three children with his wife, Margery Watson, and was married two more times but appears to have had no more children.

William Goodhue was a selectman and deacon of the church in 1658 in Ipswich.  He was a representative to the General Court in 1666 and a few more times after that.  He died in 1699 when he was 86 years old.

The daughter of William Goodhue, Mary, married Thomas Giddings in 1658.

The elder son, Joseph Goodhue, married first to Sarah Whipple in 1661.  She had ten children and then died delivering twins.  In a long letter written to her husband on 14 July 1681 she wrote out her wishes in case of her death at the time of this birth.   I have a transcription of this poignant letter at this blog post:   http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/03/amanuensis-monday-1681-letter.html   This letter spells out what should happen to her children and how they should be raised.  It’s a tear jerker.   She must have known it was going to be a difficult pregnancy and that she might not survive.

The youngest son, William Goodhue lived on the family farm in Chebacco Parish.  He was a deacon at the Chebacco Parish church. In 1687 Governor Andros imposed a tax on the people of Massachusetts in violation of their charter, not to be taxed without an assembly’s consent.  The minister of Ipswich and two men, one was William Goodhue, Jr., conferred a town meeting against this tax.  William and five Ipswich men were arrested and jailed in Boston.  The town of Ipswich paid their fines.  In 1704 Ipswich granted William Goodhue land for his losses.  This tax revolt was almost 100 years before the Revolutionary War.

Some GOODHUE sources:

One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families, by John Osborne Austin, Salem, Massachusetts; 1893 (reprinted by the Genealogical Publishing Company in 1977)

History and Genealogy of the Goodhue Family in England and America to the Year 1890, by Reverend Jonathan E. Goodhue, Rochester, NY: 1891.

New England Historic Genealogical Society Register, Volume 112, page 143

A Partial List of the Descendants of Matthew Whipple, the Elder, of Bocking, Essex County, England, by Henry Burdette Whipple, 1965.

My GOODHUE genealogy:

Generation 1: William Goodhue, born about 1612 in England, died 7 September 1699 in the Chebacco Parish of Ipswich, Massachusetts; married first about 1635 to Margery Watson, daughter of Joseph Watson.  She was born about 1612 and died 28 August 1668 in Ipswich; married second on 7 February 1670 to Mary Morton; married third to Bethiah Rea, widow of Captain Thomas Lothrop; married fourth to Remember Gott, widow of John Fisk.  Three children with Margery Watson, and I descend from all three!

Lineage A:

Generation 2:  Mary Goodhue, born about 1637, died before 1685; married on 23 February 1658 in Ipswich to Thomas Giddings as his first wife.  He was born about 1638 and died 19 June 1681 in Ipswich, the son of George Giddings and Jane Lawrence.  Three children.

Generation 3:  William Giddings, died after 1757; married on 19 September 1698 in Lynn, Massachusetts to Sarah Hitchings, the daughter of Daniel Hitchings and Eleanor Unknown (also my 8^th great grandparents in another lineage).   Three children.

Generation 4:  Thomas Giddings m. Martha Smith

Generation 5:  Sarah Giddings m. Amos Burnham

Generation 6:  Judith Burnham m. Joseph Allen

Generation 7:  Joseph Allen m. Orpha Andrews

Generation 8: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears

Generation 9:  Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder

Generation 10: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

Lineage B:

Generation 2:  Joseph Goodhue, born about 1639 in Ipswich, died 2 September 1697 in Ipswich; married on 13 July 1661 to Sarah Whipple, daughter of John Whipple and Susannah Clark.  She was born 3 November 1641 in Ipswich and died 23 July 1681 in Ipswich. Nine children.  He married second on 4 July 1692 to Mercy Boynton, and had one son.  

Generation 3: Mary Goodhue, born about 1664 in Ipswich, died after 30 April 1719; married Bonus Norton, son of William Norton and Lucy Downing.  He was born about 1657 in Ipswich and died 30 April 1719 in Hampton, New Hampshire. Eight children.

Generation 4:  Elizabeth Norton m. Benjamin Swett

Generation 5:  Elizabeth Swett m. David Batchelder

Generation 6:  Elisha Batchelder m. Sarah Lane

Generation 7: Jonathan Batchelder m. Nancy Thompson

Generation 8: George E. Batchelder m. Abigail M. Locke

Generation 9: George E. Batchelder m. Mary Katharine Emerson

Generation 10: Carried Maude Batchelder m. Joseph Elmer Allen (see above)

Lineage C:

Generation 2:  William Goodhue, born about 1645, died 12 October 1712 in Ipswich; married on 14 November 1666 in Ipswich to Hannah Dane, the daughter of Reverend Francis Dane and Elizabeth Ingalls.  She was born about 1648 in Andover, Massachusetts. Eleven children.

Generation 3: Bethiah Goodhue, born about 1683 in Ipswich, died 28 March 1752 in Ipswich; married after 24 November 1711 in Ipswich to Benjamin Marshall, the son of Benjamin Marshall and Prudence Woodward.  He was born 15 November 1684 in Ipswich, and died 2 October 1747 in the Chebacco Parish.  Five children.

Generation 4: Elizabeth Marshall m. David Burnham

Generation 5: Amos Burnham m. Sarah Giddings (see above)

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Witches, Halloween and Genealogy

"The Trail of George Jacobs" (my ancestor)
painting by T. H. Matteson,
this artwork depicts teenager Margaret Jacobs
accusing her grandfather, to save her own life

As someone with a family tree that goes back to Salem in the 1630’s, I have many ancestors who lived through the Salem witchcraft trials.  Now, anyone with colonial Essex County ancestry might have ancestors who lived through this infamous time period, and believe me, if they were alive in 1692 they were involved.  Everyone had an opinion, thousands attended meetings, and hundreds were imprisoned.  There were hundreds of citizens imprisoned on witchcraft charges, which meant that many hundreds more gave evidence against them, as neighbors and witnesses.

            Writers from 1692 tell us that so many people attended the trials and meetings cows were left to wander though the lanes, and children languished at home unfed and uncared for.  In the summer of 1692 farmers left their fields to attend hangings, court testimonies and inquiries, and their fields were left untended.  The Salem witchcraft hysteria was more popularly attended and gossiped about than any modern sports event or sensational TV trial, because people were afraid of their own family members being accused.  Like an insidious plague, the accusations were flying in Essex County, and even ministers and people from the highest social orders were being found guilty of witchcraft.

            I can’t imagine what life was like that summer of 1692, and the fear that people must have felt as their friends and neighbors were being led off to prison.  Very few people spoke against the trials, nor did they want to stand up in defense of their neighbors’ innocence.  Remember that when John Proctor spoke up for his own wife, he himself was hung as a witch.  When the popular Andover minister Frances Dane spoke against the trials, most of the female members of his extended family were arrested. 

            However, in the end, only 19 people were hung, several others died in prison, and one was tortured to death.  These are the names you will find in the history books.  By looking further into the trials, at the transcripts of the meetings and on the lists of the witnesses, you can find thousands of other names.  There were jurors, jailors, and even people who signed their names (bravely!) on petitions against the evidence.  Considering that the entire population of Salem Village (now Danvers) at this time numbered only 600 people, and 200 Essex county people were jailed.  This was a high percentage of citizens were involved in the hysteria, especially since this number didn’t include witnesses and complainants.

            The archives of Danvers hold most of the trial transcripts, and you can access some of them online at http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/home.html  The rest are in the Essex County archives.   Many good books about the Salem witchcraft hysteria are available in bookstores, libraries including “Salem Village Witchcraft: a Documentary Record of Local Conflict in Colonial New England” by Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum, which is a collection of primary source documents from 1692.  My favorite is “The Wonders of the Invisible World” by Reverend Cotton Mather, written in 1693.   Mather’s book is one of the only firsthand accounts of the Salem witch trials, written mostly to defend his position as the chief persecutor of his neighbors, the supposed witches.

            By searching for surnames in the indexes of these databases and books, it is surprising how many family members and distant cousins I could find were involved with the trials.  Of course, no one kept track of the audience members and witnesses to the trials and hangings.  If there had been a guest book at these events, I suppose most of the adult citizens of Essex county would be found on the lists.  Remember that if you had Massachusetts ancestors during this time period, they might have been involved since trial and hearings took place in Gloucester, Andover, and even in Boston.  Just like everyone tuning into their TV sets to see the latest crime news, or just like neighbors who run downtown to see the latest thing going on in town (the Bruins in their Boston duck boat parade after winning the Stanley Cup?), our 17^th century ancestors were no different from us.

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo