Joseph BARNARD

- 1695

• Name	Joseph BARNARD
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Sep 1695	Deerfield, MA
  Burial	Deerfield, MA
  Person ID	I6	Descendants of Francis Barnard
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Francis BARNARD,   b. Abt 1617, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England d. 3 Feb 1698, Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Mary WATSON OR HANNAH MERUELL
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah STRONG
  Marriage	13 Jun 1675
  Children	> 1. John BARNARD,   b. 19 Nov 1676   d. 6 Mar 1726, Hadley, MA (Age 49 years) > 2. Sarah BARNARD,   b. 30 Dec 1677   d. 23 Sep 1707, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT (Age 29 years)   3. Joseph BARNARD,   b. 13 Oct 1679   d. 8 Aug 1681, Deerfield, MA (Age 1 year) + 4. Joseph BARNARD,   b. 20 Jun 1681, Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA d. Dec 1736, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT (Age 55 years)   5. Thomas BARNARD,   b. 13 Mar 1683   d. 30 Sep 1717, Lebanon, New London Co., CT (Age 34 years) > 6. Samuel BARNARD,   b. 1 Dec 1684   d. 21 Nov 1762, Salem, Essex Co., MA (Age 77 years) > 7. Rebecca BARNARD,   b. Abt 1686   d. 14 Nov 1718 (Age 32 years) > 8. Hannah BARNARD,   b. Abt 1688, Deerfield, Franklin Co., MA d. 16 May 1727, Deerfield, MA (Age 39 years) > 9. Abigail BARNARD,   b. 3 Oct 1691   d. 11 Mar 1772, Northampton, MA (Age 80 years) > 10. Thankful BARNARD,   b. Abt 1694   d. 1746 (Age 52 years) > 11. Ebenezer BARNARD,   b. 13 Mar 1695   d. 20 Jul 1764 (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph Barnard (d. 6 Sept. 1695), per sweight... Joseph Barnard (1641 -- 6 Sept. 1695 in Deerfield, MA) and son of Mary Watson, per Evans [Birth year may be in error: Jonathan A. Merrill states that Joseph's gravestone in Deerfield cemetery has inscription that Joseph died at 45 years on6 Sept. 1695 (see hereafter), although the tombstone engraver may have reversed the figures, as suggested by Dean Merrill.---WMB] Joseph Barnard (1641 -- 18 Sept. 1695), per Sheldon, A History of Deerfield, MA, II, p. 65 Joseph Barnard (7 Dec. 1650/51Hartford, Hartford Co., CT -- 6 Sept. 1695), per Edward Stilson Barnard Joseph Barnard (ca. 1652 -- 1695), per William Asher Barnard Joseph Barnard (1649/50 -- 18 Sept. 1695), per Ruth Emily Barnard Joseph Barnard (ca. 1654 - ) Family sheets, UGS, LDS records, per Ruth Emily Barnard Joseph Barnard (1641 -- 18 Sept. 1695 Deerfield, Franklin Co., MA), per FTM WFT Ped. #1887 Vol. 15 Joseph Barnard (1651 - ), per FTM WFT Ped. #9 Vol. 8 Joseph Barnard (1641 -- 18 Sept. 1695), per FTM WFT Ped. #4509 Vol. 7 Joseph Barnard (1650 -- 1695), per Strong Family History Update, Vol. III, p. 439 Joseph Barnard (ca 1645 -- 18 Sept. 1695 Deerfield, MA), per Jones, Matt Bushnell, 1909, History of the Town of Waitsfield, Vermont: George E. Littlefield, Boston, MA, p. 221 Joseph Barnard ( - 6 Sept. 1695, from wounds received of Indians), per Boltwood, L. M., Genealogies of Hadley Families,p. 8, in Judd, Sylvester, 1905, History of Hadley: H. R. Huntting & Co., Springfield, MA Joseph Bernard ( - 6 Sept. 1695, aged 45 years), per Epitaphs in the Old Burying-Ground at Deerfield, Mass.: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, Mass., 1924, p. 10 Joseph Barnard, head of family, wounded by the enemy, Aug. 15, 1695, d. Sept. 6, 1695 (a. 45 y. G.R.1. [grave record, Old Cemetery, Albany Road]), per Vital Records of Deerfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, page 263, compiled by Thomas W. Baldwin, A.B., S.B., member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1920, reproduced in Early Vital Records of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire Counties, Massachusetts to about 1850, Search & ReSearch Publ. Corp., Wheat Ridge, CO Joseph's gravestone is inscribed: "HERE LYES // BURED Ye BODY // OF JOSEPH // BERNARD AGED // 45 YEARS DEC // SEPTEMBERYe // 6(th) 1695"; inscription from photograph by WMB, 15 Aug. 2001 Joseph Barnard, listed 1679 census (?), Hatfield, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 025, per Ancestry.com's AIS Census Index: Pre-1790 (also listed are Francis Barnard and Samuel Barnard---WMB) Tailor, surveyor, farmer; one of the foremost in the permanent settlement of the town [Deerfield, MA]; was Recorder forthe Proprietors, the first Town Clerk, and Clerk of the Writs in 1690; wounded by Indians at Indian Bridge 18 Aug. 1695, he died 18 Sept.; his gravestone bears the oldest date of any in the old burying yard, per Sheldon, A History of Deerfield, MA, II, p. 65 Tailor, surveyor, farmer, one of the foremost men in settlement of Deerfield, Mass., recorder for the Proprietors, first town clerk and clerk of writs. He was wounded by Indians at Indian Bridge while on his way to mill, Aug. 18, 1695, anddied from the wound Sept. 18, 1695, per Jones, Matt Bushnell, 1909, History of the Town of Waitsfield, Vermont: George E. Littlefield, Boston, MA, p. 221 "[O]ne of the foremost in the permanent settlement of Deerfield; was Recorder for the Proprietors, the first Town Clerk, and Clerk of the Writs in 1690; wounded by Indians at Indian Bridge on 18 August 1695 and died 18 Sept. -- his gravestone bears the oldest date of any in the old burying yard", per Ruth Emily Barnard, Wallingford, VT, Barnard Lines, Spring 1981, p. 6. Sylvester Judd, 1905, History of Hadley, makes numerous references to Joseph Barnard: At Hadley, between the river and the four small houselots at the north end of the east tier, the land was used as a street, perhaps 20 or 30 rods in width or more. In 1672, the town began to grant this for houselots and other uses, leavinga highway south of the lots. Adjoining lots of two acres each were granted in 1673 to Joseph Barnard and to Dr. John Westcarr. All these small lots were washed away by the river more than 100 years since. (Judd, Sylvester, 1905, History ofHadley: H. R. Huntting & Co., Springfield, MA, p. 189) Among the 79 names of persons taxed at Hadley in 1681 for building Fort River Bridge were Francis Barnard, Joseph Barnard, and Goodwife Barnard for one lot, and Samuel Barnard for a separate lot. (Judd, Sylvester, 1905, History of Hadley: H. R. Huntting & Co., Springfield, MA, p. 203) In a list of changes in the owners and occupiers of homelots in Hadley from 1663 to 1687 is "Joseph Barnard, who had lived with his father, Francis B., removed to Deerfield..." (Judd, Sylvester, 1905, History of Hadley: H. R. Huntting & Co., Springfield, MA, p. 206). Joseph apparently moved from Hadley to Deerfield between 1681 (when he was taxed in Hadley)and 1687 (when he was no longer listed for Hadley taxes) Law regarding dress.---Sumptuary laws restraining excess of apparel in some classes, were common in England and other nations for centuries. Massachusetts enacted such a law in 1651, ordering that persons whose estates did not exceed 200 pounds, and those dependent on them, should not wear gold or silver lace, gold or silver buttons, bone lace above 2s. peryard, or silk hoods or scarfs, upon penalty of 10s. for each offense... The first attempt to have this law observed in Hampshire [County], was made in 1673. At the March court, 25 wives and 5maids, belonging to Springfield, Northampton, Hadley, Hatfield and Westfield, were oresented by the jury, as persons ofsmall estate, who "use to wear silk contrary to law." Six of these belonged to Hadley, viz., Wife of John Westcarr [Hannah Barnard]---was acquitted. " " Joseph Barnard---was fined 10s. and cost, 2s. 6d. " " Thomas Wells, Jr.---was admonished. " " Edward Grannis---was admonished. " " Joseph Kellogg---was acquitted. Maid, Mary Broughton---was admonished... At the March court, 1676 the jury presented 68 persons, from five towns, viz., 38 wives and maids, and 30 young men, "some for wearing silk and that in a flaunting manner, and others for long hair and other extravagancies."...There were ten from Hadley, viz. Joseph Barnard and his wife Sarah, and his sister Sarah...[individual outcomes not indicated by Judd], per Judd, 1905, p. 91 The Indian ambush that resulted in Joseph's death is related by Judd (1905, p. 254): "On the 18(th) of August, 1695, five Deerfield men set out for the mill, on horses with bags of grain, and when they had gone about a mile southward, they were fired upon by seven or eight Indians who were concealed near the road, and Joseph Barnard was sorely wounded and fell from his horse. The others set him upon his horse with one to hold him on, when another shot killed his horse. They then put him upon one of their horses, when a gun was fired and he was again hit; yetthey all reached the garrison, unharmed, except Joseph Barnard, who died on the 6(th) of September. The Indians were pursued but not overtaken." "Major Pynchon wrote that Joseph Barnard was 'a very useful and helpful man in that place, so much under discouragement, and they will the more find and feel the want of him.' He was a son of Francis Barnard of Hadley. Hannah Beaman of Deerfield, the school dame, was his sister." http://www.memorialhall.mass.edu/collection/itempage.jsp?itemid=9731 Account book of Joseph Barnard (1641-1695) creator Joseph Barnard (1641-1695) date Apr 30, 1690 location Deerfield, Massachusetts height 14.25" width 5.5" process/materials manuscript, paper, ink item type Personal Documents/Account book accession # #L00.083 © Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield MA. All rights reserved. Here follows the relevant portion of the French text of a document provided by 11-André Barnard of Montreal, Canada, which provides an introduction to the Barnard line in Canada (descended through descendants of Francis' grandson EbenezerBarnard): II Joseph Barnard 1650-1695 Son [Francis'] fils, Joseph, né à Hartford vers 1650, sult ses parents dans leurs diverses migrations. Héritier des propriétés de son père à Deerfield, il y construit une très belle maison, en 1685(7), et devient le premier greffier municipal de la villa. Les temps sont durs, pour ces pionniers, suspects à la Mère-patrie, en butte aux incursions des sauvages et, hé1as! des Français de la Nouvelle-France, que les fluctuations de la politique européenne poussent à étendre leurs conquêtes coloniales. A plusieurs reprises, Deerfield connaît le siège at la dévastation. Sur l'un de ses monuments historiques, le beau nom d'Hertel de Rouville est gravé, comme ayant conduit l'un des plus cruels massacres qu'ait connu ce poste. Joseph Barnard, ayant épousé Sarah Strong, de Northampton (Mass), se voit forcé d'abandonner occasionnellement son homestead de Deerfield pour chercher refuge chez ses beaux-parents. Puis, il revient chez-luiet, comme son père, il se distingue parmi les notables et les sages. A 45 ans, alors que, monté sur son cheval, il serend avec trois autres fermiers, porter au moulin une partie de sa récolte de mais, il tombe dans une embuscade: las peaux rouges surgissent, font pleuvoir fleches et coups sur les malheureux cavaliers qui succornbent. Tout Deerfield pleure le sort de ces braves. Une pierre commémorative, érigée à l'endroit où ils furent frappés à mort, à la tête d'un pont qu'on nomme encore Indian Bridge, porte, en anglais, l'inscription suivante: Joseph Barnard Godfrey Nims, Henry White and Philip Mattoon, going to mill on horseback, were here fired upon by Indians in ambush Aug. 21, 1695. Barnard was mortally wounded and died Sept. 6 He was the first Town Clerk and "A very useful & helpful man in y(e) place". La mort tragique de "Brave Barnard" inspira un poème que nous transmet madame Emma Lewis Coleman dans son beau Guide. Un contemporain ne craignit pas d'affirmer que la disparition d'un citoyen de ce calibre pouvait être considérée comme une calamité publique, pareil homrne étant indispensable au développement de la colonie naissante, et toujours au dessus des faiblesses de la peur et du découragement. Le poète lui prête cette prière, alors que, calme et serein, Barnard dirigeait son cheva1 à travers les sentiers de la forêt: "Thou leadest me by the still waters, My home in green pastures is blest, 'Tis a man's part to dare for his dearest And humbly trust God for the rest"(8). Notes: 7. Coleman, loc, cit. p. 32. [A Historical and Present Day Guide to Old Deerfield by Emma Lewis Coleman - Boston - The Plimpton Press, Norwood, Mass., 1926] 8. Loc. cit. p. 66. --per André Barnard (family history document, p. 4, 5) Joseph married Sarah Strong ( - 10 Feb. 1733/34, age 77), daughter of Elder John Strong of Northampton, MA, 13 June 1675; she married (2) Capt. Jona. Wells, the boy hero of the Peskeompskut fight, 23 Sept. 1698, per Sheldon, A History of Deerfield, MA, II, p. 65 Joseph married Sarah Strong (ca. 1656 Windsor, Hartford Co., CT --10 Feb. 1733 Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA; interred at Hadley) on 19 Dec. 1675 at Windsor, CT, per Edward Stilson Barnard Joseph married Sarah Strong (1656 -- 1733/34), daughter of John Strong and Abigail Ford, married 13 Jan. 1674/75, per FTM WFT Ped. #1887 Vol. 15 Joseph Barnard of Hadley, MA, married Sarah Strong (1656 Windsor, CT --10 Feb. 1733, aged 77), daughter of Elder John Strong and Abigail Ford, 19 Dec. 1675, per Dwight, Vol. 1, p. 19 and Vol. 2, p. 1465 Joseph married Sarah Strong (ca. 1656 -- 10 Feb. 1733/34), daughter of John Strong, 13 Jan. 1674/75, per FTM WFT Ped. #4509 Vol. 7 Joseph married Sarah Strong (1656 Windsor, CT -- 1733), per Strong Family History Update, Vol. III, p. 439 Joseph married Sarah Strong ( - 10 Feb. 1733-4, aged 77), daughter of Elder John Strong of Northampton, 13 Jan. 1675; she married (2) Capt. Jona. Wells, per Jones, Matt Bushnell, 1909, History of the Town of Waitsfield, Vermont: George E. Littlefield, Boston, MA, p. 221 Joseph married 19 Dec. 1675 Sarah, daughter of Elder John Strong of Northampton; she married (2) Sept. 23, 1698, Jonahan Wells, and d. 1733, per Boltwood, L. M., Genealogies of Hadley Families, p. 8, in Judd, Sylvester, 1905, History of Hadley: H. R. Huntting & Co., Springfield, MA Sarah Wells ( - 10 Feb. 1733/4, in 77(th) year), per Epitaphs in the Old Burying-Ground at Deerfield, Mass.: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, Mass., 1924, p. 39 Sarah Strong, daughter of Elder John Strong and Abigail Ford, was born in 1656 at Windsor, CT. In today's world Sarah would have been called, "Lady of the Year." She must have been very stylish and well dressed for she was fined 10 shillings and costs (2 shillings and 6 pence) in 1673 for wearing silk, contrary to law. In 1675 at 18 years of age, Sarah married Joseph Barnard, son of Francis and Hannah Barnard, early Puritan settlers of Hartford, CT. Joseph was well educated and well trained for one of his time. Joseph and Sarah moved from Northampton, MA, and were in the group of first settlers of Deerfield, MA, where Joseph was mortally wounded by Indians in 1695. Sarah was left with 9 children living at home and one child was born posthumosusly [sic] in March of 1696. In 1698 Sarah was married a second time to Captain Jonathan Wells, hero in King William's War (1689-1697). Sarah was buried in the "Old Burial Ground," Deerfield, MA. Her marker still stands near her second husband's marker and a few feet from her first husband's marker---per Strong Family History Update, Vol. III, p. 439 JONATHAN WELLES, Deerfield, s. of Thomas of Hadley, wh. had been wound. in Philip's war, m. 13 Dec. 1682, Hepzibah, d. of George Colton of Springfield, had Jonathan, only, b. 1684; and his w. d. 27 Aug. 1697. He m. 1698, Sarah, wid. of Joseph Barnard of Deerfield, d. of Elder John Strong, had David, 31 Jan. 1700, d. soon; and his w. Sarah d. 10 Feb. 1733. He was rep. 1692, and d. 3 Jan. 1739---per James Savage, A Genealogical History of Early New England settlers, Vol. IV, p. 476 [page 288 of GenealogyLibrary format] Jonathan Wells ( - 3 Jan. 1738, in 80(th) year), per Epitaphs in the Old Burying-Ground at Deerfield, Mass.: Pocumtuck V "Boy Hero", http://www.geocities.com/sfaapage/sarah2.html: At age, 16, Jonathan became known as the "Boy Hero" of the Fight at Turner's falls, on 19 May 1676. After the massacre of a group of Indians at Turner's falls, the militia was attacked by hundreds of Indians, who rushed in at the news of the fight. Jonathan was in the rear guard, with 20 men covering Capt. William Turner's retreat. He wrote about his experiences after the battle. As the rear guard protected Turner's forcesr, three Indians shot at Jonathan at close range. One bullet brushed his hair, one hit his horse and another struck him in the thigh. In danger of falling off his horse, the grabbed the horse's mane and recovered himself. Believing him to be badly wounded, some of the Indians charged him, but he kept them back witha couple of shots. He picked up Stephen Belding, a 16 year old companion, and they escaped on Jonathan's horse. When hereached Capt. Turner, he urged the commander to either turn back or at least wait until the rear guard caught up. But Capt. Turner replied, "Better to save some, than to lose all", at which time the main force broke up and went different directions. Jonathan fell back to the rear again with some men. They ran into some Indians and most of the men with him were killed. The remaining force split again. Ten men stayed with Jonathan, but as his horse began struggling with his wound, and with Jonathan weak from the loss of blood, he was left behind, with another wounded man, John Jones. Jonathan had a gun and Jones had a sword. Neither knew the woods, nor could they find a trail. They decided to split up to find a trail, andsince Jones' wound appeared to be fatal, Jonathan was glad to leave him, so he would not be slowed down. At one point, with Indians on his trail, he nearly fainted, but he ate a nutmeg his grandmother had given him, and he revived. He reached Green River and started up a mountain, but he fainted and fell off his horse. When he came to, he found the bridle reins in his hands and his horse standing beside him. He tied his horse and laid down again. After a while he grew so weak he could not get back on his horse. He thought he was going to die there, so, pitying his horse he released him, neverthinking about keeping some provisions in the saddle bags. At noon he was bothered by flies, so using his flintlock he started a fire and set the woods on fire. The fire soon spread so fast his hands and hair were burned. Then, realizing the fire would attract the Indians, he resigned himself to the fact they would find him and he would be killed. He flung his powder horn in one direction and his bullet pouch in another so they would not find them. He kept a little powder sohe might have one shot before he was killed. He stopped the bleeding of his wound, crawled to a different spot to rest,away from the fire and fell asleep. When he awoke, he found he had new strength, and he could walk using his gun as a staff. After a few miles, he reached a river. He laid down and fell asleep again. When he awoke he saw an Indian approaching him in a canoe. He was greatly frightened because his gun was full of sand and he was in no condition to fight. But he aimed his gun at the Indian and the frightened foe jumped out of his canoe and fled. The Indian, upon reaching his people told them the English army was coming because he had seen one of their scouts. Jonathan, expecting the Indians to return, hid among some fallen trees in a swamp. Finally, he reached Hatfield, and safety. It took him four years for his wounds to heal, one and one half years he laid in one spot on a bed, without being turned once and the skin came off his back from laying in one position. Jonathan Wells was the military commander of Deerfield, when it was attacked in 1704 and he survived because his house was fortified and not attacked. The next day he led a force that drove the French & Indians out of town, but he did not order a pursuit, in the three foot snows, possibly remembering his experience at Turner's Falls and not wanting to be drawn into an ambush. ( Volume 8 Mary and John Clearinghouse.) Joseph Barnard, Sr., son of Francis and father of Joseph, Jr. (the principal male progenitor of the Barnards of AncientWindsor), was possibly born in 1641 (Sheldon's History of Deerfield, II, p. 65) to Francis and Mary Watson, or, in 1650, consistent with his death in 1695 at "45" years", to Francis and Hannah Meruell. (It has been suggested by Dean Merrill that the tombstone engraver reversed the figures in Joseph's age at death---that Joseph was 54 years old, and born in 1641). Joseph married Sarah Strong, born 1656 at Windsor; their marriage, per Evans, occurred on 13 Jan. 1674/75, and on19 Sept. 1675 in Hadley, per Edward Carleton Barnard. [On 23 Sept. 1698 Sarah married Capt. Jonathan Wells of Hadley; she died 10 Feb. 1733, per Stiles, II, p. 743.] In 1659 Joseph was living in Hadley, MA, per Edward Carleton Barnard. Joseph resided sometime at Northampton [adjacent to Hadley and Hatfield]; he removed to Deerfield, probably after being married. He was living in Deerfield in1682, per Edward Carleton Barnard. He was mortally wounded by Indians on 18 Aug. and died 6 Sept. 1695. In Ancestry.com's Full Context of Stories of New England Captives, from True Stories of New England Captives, Written for the Two Hundreth [sic] Anniversary of the founding of the Church in Deerfield, is the anecdotal information that "At a Town meeting held 'March 1 1694-5 Joseph Barnard was chosen Town Clerk for the year Ensuing". There followed the Massacre at Indian Bridge, in which Joseph was wounded and his horse killed under him; a "Godfrey Nims bravely took the helpless man upon his own horse, which being soon shot down, he was forced to mount behind Philip Matoon, and 'so got safely home.'" Joseph Sr.'s grave is the oldest (1695) in the Deerfield cemetery. Jonathan A. Merrill (http://www.bearhaven.com/family/franklin/notes.html) located the grave and provided the following description and notes: The cemetery is at the end of what is called the Albany Road (before its bend to the left) in Deerfield, which passes the Headmaster's house, the dining hall, and the gymnasium. It is just past the last dormitory on the left, overlooked bythe room on the third floor of the Bruce Barton dormitory which I occupied during my senior year at Deerfield, 1962-63. As you stand at the entrance, you will see a large mound at the far end, a little to the left. This is the common graveof 48 Deerfield residents killed in the Indian massacre raid of February 29, 1704. Go to the right inside the fence and continue about 90 degrees around the circumference of the cemetery grounds. You will pass several old Barnard stones which are hard to see because they face the fence and are very close to it. The Joseph Barnard grave is NOT among this first Barnard group (which is the mistake I had made in the past and why I was never able to locate the correct stone until this year). As you continue along the fence, look to your left at two trees in the center of the cemetery. When you can see the very last first-floor window of the adjacent dormitory beyond the cemetery exactly centered between the two trees, stop andface the trees and this centered window. You will see the Joseph Barnard grave directly in front of you about 10 paces away. It is medium sized and has a rounded top with scrolls at the side. You can probably read most of the writing even at 10 paces. It reads "HERE LYES BURED (sic) YE BODY OF JOSEPH BERNARD (sic) AGED 45 YEARS DEC SEPTEMBER YE 6, 1695." DEC means Deceased, and YE is written both times as a upper case Y with a lower case e above it, and this of course is the definite article The. As indicated in family genealogical lore, Joseph Barnard, the 7(th) great grandfather of DWMJr, CRM, and JAM, was the town clerk of Deerfield and was killed by Indians. This is the oldest grave in the cemetery. Nearby are Burts and Childses, who married early Barnards. As indicated above, there are descendants and relatives of Joseph elsewhere in the cemetery, but these Barnard stones are very hard to read because of (1) fading, (2) being too close to the fence, and (3), being in the dark under tree branches. End notes "Joseph Barnard (#2), s. of Francis (#1), b. 1641; tailor, surveyor, farmer; one of the foremost in the permanent settlement of the town (of Deerfield); was Recorder for the Proprietors, the first Town Clerk, and Clerk of the Writs in 1690; wounded by Indians at Indian Bridge Aug. 18, 1695, and d. Sept. 18; his gravestone bears the oldest date of any in theold burying yard. He m. Jan.13, 1675, Sarah, dau. Elder John Strong of Nhn.; she m. (2) Sept. 23, 1698, Capt. Jona Wells, the boy hero of the Peskeompskut fight; she d. Feb. 10, 1733-4, a. 77." [Sheldon's History of Deerfield, Vol. II, pg.65, #2]. See Appendix B for more information on the Strongs Joseph Barnard (1641 -- 6 Sept. 1695 in Deerfield, MA) and son of Mary Watson, per Evans (1975) Joseph Barnard (1651 Hartford, CT -- 6 Sept. 1695 Deerfield, MA), per Edward Carleton Barnard Interred at Deerfield, MAdley), daughter of John "Elder" Strong and Abigail Ford, on 19 Dec. 1675 at Windsor, CT, per Edward Stilson Barnard