Abigail BARNARD

1706 - 1784  (77 years)

• Name	Abigail BARNARD
  Birth	24 Jul 1706	Windsor, Hartford Co., CT
  Gender	Female
  Death	14 Jun 1784	Deerfield, Franklin, MA
  Burial	Deerfield
  Person ID	I51	Descendants of Francis Barnard
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Joseph BARNARD,   b. 20 Jun 1681, Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA d. Dec 1736, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Abigail GRISWOLD
  Marriage	4 Oct 1705	Hartford, CT
  Family ID	F18	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ebenezer SMEAD
  Marriage	8 Dec 1726	Deerfield, MA
  Family ID	F30	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Court Record, Page 58---16 February, 1747-8: The last will and testament of Abigail Barnard, late of Windsor, was now exhibited in Court by Joseph Barnard, executor. Will proven and ordered recorded. [A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, compiled by Charles Wm. Manwaring, Vol. I, Hartford District, 1635-1700: R. S. Peck & Co., Printers, 1904.] Not listed by Stiles, II, p. 58, but Stiles does state that she is mentioned by Hinman. (24 July 1706 - ), per Windsor vital records, v. 2, p. 4 (24 July 1706 Windsor, Hartford Co., CT -- 14 June 1784 Deerfield, Franklin, MA; interred at Deerfield), per Edward Stilson Barnard (24 July 1706 Windsor --14 June 1784 Greenfield, MA), per William Asher Barnard (24 July 1706 -- 14 June 1784), per goofball...and dockhouse@compuserve.com ( - 14 June 1784), per FTM WFT Ped. #2668 Vol. 5 Named, not dates, per Edward Carleton Barnard Abigail Barnard (24 July 1706, Hartford, CT -- 14 June 1784 Greenfield, MA), per SFAA Not listed by Sheldon, A History of Deerfield, MA, II, p. 66 Abigail Barnard (24 July 1706, Windsor, Hartford, CT -- 14 June 1784 Greenfield, Franklin, MA), per Strong Family History Update, Vol. III, p. 445 Abigail was a niece of Samuel Barnard of Salem, per FTM WFT Ped. #2668 Vol. 5 Abigail married Ebenezer Smead, Jr. (1708 - ), 8 Dec. 1726 in Deerfield, MA, per William Asher Barnard Abigail married Ebenezer Smead, Jr. (ca. 1708 - ) on 8 Dec. 1726, no loc., per Edward Stilson Barnard Abigail married Ebenezer Smead, son of Ebenezer Smead and Esther Catlin, 8 Dec. 1726 Deerfield, MA, per FTM WFT Ped. #2668 Vol. 5 Abigail married Ebenezer Smead, Jr. (bpt. Oct. 12, 1704, Deerfield -- 31. Oct. 1783, Greenfield), son of Ebenezer Smeadand Esther Catlin, Dec. 1726, per SFAA Abigail married Ebenezer Smead, Jr., (bpt. 12 Oct. 1704 Deerfield, Franklin, MA -- 31 Oct. 1783 Greenfield, MA), son ofEbenezer Smead, Sr., and Esther Catlin, 8 Dec. 1726, per Strong Family History Update, Vol. III, p. 445 Abigail married Ebenezer Smead (5 Dec. 1695 Deerfield, Franklin, MA - , son of Ebenezer Smead (ca. 1675 Deerfield, Franklin Co., MA - ) and Esther Catlin (ca. 1672 Deerfield, Franklin Co., MA -- aft. 29 Jan. 1716/17), per Lmax@cheerful.comon Ancestry.com File #34874 We here consider the immediate descendants of Joseph Barnard and Abigail Griswold, the chief progentors of most of the Barnards of Ancient Windsor. Assorted listings give six to nine children: Stiles, II, p. 58 lists six; Hinman [probably R. R. Hinman, A Cat. Of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Conn.---WMB] (according to Stiles) mentions seven; WAB and Ed Barnard each list the same eight; and goofball@compuserve.com lists nine. Still to be resolved is whether there was an Edwardand/or an Ebenezer, or a single individual, Edward Ebenezer, and some dates. In her will dated 5 December 1747, Abigail names seven children: sons Joseph, Edward, Francis, and daughters Abigail, Sarah, Ann, and Rebeckah. Page 167-8. 177. Will on page 228. I, Abigail Barnard of Windsor, do make this my last will and testament: I give unto Joseph Barnard, my son, whom I constitute to be my only and sole executor, one certain piece of land called the Indian Field lott, two acres more or less; also 16 acres of woodland lying north of the Strawberry Meadow. I give to my son Edward Barnard 3 ½ acres of land bounded east on the lott called 6-acre lott, north on Capt. Thomas Griswold's land, and south on Capt. George Griswold's land. My sd. son Edward Barnard, on the receipt of sd. land in his possession after my decease, to pay the several sums of money following: To my beloved son Francis Barnard, and to each of my beloved daughters, that is to say, Abigail, Sarah, Ann and Rebeckah, the sum of £10 money to each of them a half a year after my decease. Also I give all my team tacklingto my son Edward Barnard. I give my wearing apparrel to my daughters above mentioned, in equal share; also all my household goods to my sd. daughters in equal shares, excepting £10 worth to my son Joseph and £10 worth to my son Francis Barnard. Also, my will is that £50 money which I lent to my son Francis Barnard and £50 that I lent to my son Edward Barnard shall be divided amongst my above-mentioned children, except any part of it that may be laid out for my necessary support. Witness: Nathaniel Griswold, ABIGAIL BARNARD, LS. Gideon Case, Zerviah Griswold.