Francis BARNARD

1719 - 1789  (69 years)

• Name	Francis BARNARD
  Birth	9 Sep 1719	Windsor
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Feb 1789	Simsbury
  Burial	Simsbury
  Person ID	I70	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	Lucretia PINNEY
  Marriage	Abt 1740
  	about 1740
  Children	+ 1. Francis BARNARD,   b. 25 Apr 1740, Simsbury d. 18 Mar 1828, Bloomfield, CT (Age 87 years) > 2. Lucretia BARNARD,   b. 11 Nov 1743, Simsbury d. 26 Oct 1775, Bloomfield, CT (Age 31 years) > 3. Lydia BARNARD,   b. 23 Feb 1746, Simsbury d. 1746 > 4. Irena BARNARD,   b. 23 Oct 1747, Wintonbury, CT d. 1811 (Age 63 years) + 5. Irana BARNARD,   b. 23 Oct 1747   d. 1811 (Age 63 years) > 6. Samuel BARNARD,   b. 9 Mar 1749, Simsbury d. 8 Aug 1815, Simsbury (Age 66 years) > 7. Aaron BARNARD,   b. 12 Dec 1750, Simsbury d. 8 Sep 1786, Simsbury (Age 35 years) > 8. Moses BARNARD,   b. 12 Dec 1750, Wintonbury d. 3 Jan 1811, Whitesboro, Oneida Co., NY (Age 60 years) + 9. Aaron BARNARD,   b. 12 Dec 1750, Wintonbury/Bloomfield, Hartford Co., NY d. Aft 1800 (Age > 51 years)   10. David BARNARD,   b. 1752, Wintonbury, Hartford Co., CT d. Sep 1808, Madison Co., NY (Age 56 years) > 11. Elisabeth BARNARD,   b. 1755, Wintonbury, CT d. Aft 1787 (Age > 33 years) > 12. Sarah BARNARD,   b. 1755, Wintonbury, CT d. 9 Apr 1814 (Age 59 years) > 13. Ebenezer BARNARD,   b. 12 Sep 1757, Wintonbury, CT d. 17 Mar 1829, Simsbury (Age 71 years)   14. Elihu BARNARD,   b. 28 May 1762, Wintonbury/Simsbury, CT > 15. Caroline Matilda BARNARD,   b. 22 Apr 1765, Wintonbury, CT   16. Diodema BROWN,   b. Abt 1766
  Family ID	F38	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  The following gives information from Simsbury Vital Records, Stiles' (1892), Ancient Windsor, Wm. Barnard, Seattle, andEd Barnard, Syracuse; the latter two, however, share data, so the sources are not necessarily independent. Additional sources are the transcribed notes of the Revs. Samuel Stebbins and Allen McLean, pastors of the First Church of Christ, Simsbury [First Church of Christ, Simsbury, 1. Records of the Rev. Samuel Stebbins: 1777-1806; II. Records of the Rev. Allen McLean: 1809-1849, prepared by Ruth C. Duncan, West Simsbury, 1987/88; copy in Simsbury Genealogical and Historical Research Library]. Francis Barnard (9 Sept. 1719 - ) "Prob[ably] res[ided] in Sims[bury]" [Stiles, II, p. 58; mentioned by Hinman Francis Barnard (9 Sept. 1719 Windsor -- 22 Feb. 1789 Simsbury), per Edward Stilson Barnard Francis Barnard (9 Sept. 1719 Windsor, CT -- 1789 Simsbury, CT), per William Asher Barnard and ECB Francis Barnard (9 Sept. 1719 -- 22 Feb. 1789), per goofball...and dockhouse@compuserve.com Dea. Francis Barnard (9 Sept. 1719 -- 22 Feb. 1789), per SFAA Francis Barnard (9 Sept. 1719 -- 22 Feb. 1789), per Strong Family History Update, Vol. III, p. 445 Francis Barnard (9 Sept. 1719 - ); listed as Frances, per Sheldon, A History of Deerfield, MA, II, p. 66, but correctedto Francis, per Sheldon, A History of Deerfield, MA, II, Appendix, p. 397. Francis married Lucretia Pinney (17 Jan. 1722 -- 1805), daughter of Nathaniel Pinney III and Elizabeth Carrier, about 1740 per Edward Stilson Barnard; in 1740 per William Asher Barnard Francis married 1740, Lucretia Pinney, b. Jan. 17, 1722/23, d. Feb. 16, 1805, Simsbury, s/o Nathaniel Pinney and Elizabeth Carrier, per SFAA There appears to be a problem with some birth dates. Stiles, II, p. 58, gives only six months between the birth of Sarah in Sept. 1707 and Joseph in March 1708. Goofball... gives firm dates for Sarah as 23 Sept. 1707 and Edward as 9 Sept. 1709, and squeezes in Joseph III as 16 March 1708/09, where it would appear that he could not be accommodated---too manychildren in too short time. This all suggests that some of the "firm" dates are not so firm. Francis Barnard (9 Sept. 1719 - ), per Stiles, II, p. 59; Stiles II, p. 59 refers to Francis as the son of Joseph, and notes that this Francis probably removed to Simsbury Francis Barnard (9 Sept. 1719 Windsor, CT -- 1789 in Simsbury, CT), per William Asher Barnard Francis Barnard (9 Sept. 1719 Windsor, CT -- 22 Feb. 1789 Simsbury; interred in Simsbury), per Edward Stilson Barnard Francis Barnard (d. 21 Feb. 1789), per Stebbins, p. 24 Francis Barnard (19 Sept. 1719 -- 11 Feb. 1789 in Simsbury), per SSWR, p. 40 Deacon Francis Barnard (9 Sept. 1719 Windsor, CT -- 1789 Simsbury, CT), per Strong Family History Update, Vol. III, p. 445 "Deacon Francis Barnard d. 2/22/1789 in 70(th) year of his age of a malignant fever. Lucretia, his wife, d. 2/16/1805 in the 83(rd) yr. of her age. Wid. Lydia King (? Wing) died quik the face part of October, 1835."---From Ebenezer Barnard's Bible Record, per notes of Eileen B. Phelps Francis was a member in full of the First Church of Christ (Congregational), Simsbury, at the time of the ordination ofRev. Samuel Stebbins, 9 Dec. 1777, per Stebbins, p. 12 Thomas Bidwell, age 16, chose Francis Barnard of Windsor to be his guardian in 1755. In 1756 Jehiel Bidwell also becamehis ward. There were children of Thomas Bidwell and Ruhomab (Pinney) Bidwell of New Hartford. Manwaring, Vol. III, p. 501, 502, per notes of Eileen B. Phelps Distribution of Francis' Estate -- 12 Mar. 1789. To Sons Francis, Aaron, David, Moses, Samuel, Ebenezer, Elihu; heirs of Lucretia Pinney, to Lydia Wing, Irena Wilcox, Eliz. Phelps, to Sarah, dau. of Matilda Nettleton.---per notes of EileenB. Phelps [THE WORDING "SARAH, DAU. OF MATILDA NETTLETON" LOOKS SUSPICIOUS: THE DISTRIBUTION AS WORDED DOESN'T MENTION HIS OWN DAUGHTER SARAH, AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE CAROLINE MATILDA DIDN'T HAVE A DAUGHTER SARAH---WMB] Francis married Lucretia Pinney, daughter of Nathaniel Pinney III and Elizabeth Carrier, in 1740 per Edward Stilson Barnard. Stiles, II, p. 59 does not list name of Francis' wife, but elsewhere identifies daughter Elizabeth as daughter of Francis and Lucretia (p. 576), and it is logical that Lucretia, first daughter of Francis and Lucretia, would be named after her mother. Francis married Lucretia Pinney (17 Jan. 1722/23 -- 16 Feb. 1805), 1740 Simsbury, s/o [sic] Nathaniel Pinney and Elizabe Francis married Lucretia Pinney (17 Jan. 1722/23 -- 16 Feb. 1805 Simsbury, CT), 1740 Simsbury, s/o [sic] Nathaniel Pinney and Elizabeth Carrier, per Strong Family History Update, Vol. III, p. 445 Francis married Lucretia Pinney (17 Jan. 1722 Windsor, Hartford Co., CT -- 1805), per Edward Stilson Barnard Francis married Lucretia Pinney (12 Jan. 1722 in Windsor, CT --1805), per William Asher Barnard Lucretia (d. 16 Feb. 1805), per Stebbins, p. 29 Lucretia Pinney (17 Jan. 1722 -- 18 Feb. 1805 in Simsbury, CT), per SSWR, p. 40 The Appendix to Sheldon, A History of Deerfield, MA, II, gives the erroneous information that Francis married Lucretia,daughter of Nathaniel Quiney Lucretia was admitted to full communion at the First Church of Christ (Congregational), Simsbury, on 10 Nov. 1782, per Stebbins, p. 15 "Barnard-Miller [manuscript] say Lucretia Pinney's lineage is Nathaniel(4), Nathaniel(3), Nathaniel(2), Humphrey(1)), that she was a 2d cousin once removed of Mabel Pinney, wife to Edward Barnard, and that through her we are descended fromThrall, Carrier, Gunn, Sessions, Hicks, Scott, and Spofford."---per notes of Eileen B. Phelps Lucretia Barnard's will written 23 Dec. 1790. Dated March 1805 in Simsbury. Bequeaths estate (personal effects, furniture, etc.) to daughters Lydia Wing, Irana Willcox, Elizabeth Phelps, Sarah Wakefield, Carolina Matilda Nettleton. Named son-in-law Daniel Phelps of Colebrook, Executor. Inventory presented 20 Mar. 1805. She was "reclict of Deacon Francis Barnard." Estate was distributed 12 Sept. 1805 to Widow Lydia Wing; Irana Willcocks, wife of Aaron; Elizabeth Phelps, wife of Daniel; Sarah Wakefield, wife of Pottershield (? sp.) Wakefield; Caroline Matilda Nettleton, wife of Roger.---per notes of Eileen B. Phelps See Appendix D for more information on the Pinneys Francis Joseph "Deacon" Barnard (1719-1789) married Lucretia Pinney (1722-1805) in 1740 [names and dates per William Asher Barnard and ESB]. Francis moved to Simsbury at an unknown date and occupied a house built in 1760 at 174 Duncaster Road in what is now the outskirts of Bloomfield, or Wintonbury as it was first called, which was created from the towns of Windsor, Farmington, and Simsbury (hence its name). A sign on the front of the house for many years read: "From this house went forth sevensons to fight in the American Revolution". The house, in poor condition, was razed in 1989 and the lot made into a mini-park; a bronze plaque naming the seven sons was emplaced there by the Wintonbury Historical Society.