Abner BARNARD

1775 - 1795  (20 years)

• Name	Abner BARNARD
  Birth	21 Jan 1775	Windsor
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Jul 1795	Seville, OH
  Person ID	I111	Descendants of Francis Barnard
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Edward BARNARD
  Mother	Mabel PINNEY
  Family ID	F56	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Diana BLANCHARD
  Family ID	F72	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Diana BLANCHARD
  Marriage	22 Feb 1820
  Children	1. Hamar BARNARD + 2. Mary W. BARNARD,   b. 31 Dec 1822, CT d. 6 May 1850 (Age 27 years) + 3. James Ely BARNARD,   b. 22 Aug 1825, CT d. 7 Oct 1905 (Age 80 years)   4. Charles H. BARNARD,   b. 12 Sep 1826, OH d. 4 Apr 1852 (Age 25 years) + 5. Samuel G. BARNARD,   b. 4 Apr 1828, Guilford Township, Medina, OH + 6. Albert Grove BARNARD,   b. 14 Oct 1831, OH d. 23 Jun 1913 (Age 81 years)   7. Hercelia M. BARNARD,   b. 25 Apr 1842, OH
  Family ID	F332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Abner Barnard (3 Nov. 1799 -- 20 Oct. 1892), per SSWR, p. 44 Abner Barnard (3 Nov. 1799 Simsbury, CT -- 20 Oct. 1892 Seville, OH), per Leon H. Barnard, 1999, BARNARD, p. 20 (from information supplied by a John Barnard, of Chicago, IL, a descendant of Abner) Listed, but not named, in 1800 federal census for Bloomfield, Hartford, CT, in household of Samuel Barnard, as the one male 0-9 years of age. Abner BARNARD, Self, male, widowed, white, 80 years of age, born CT, Occ: Retired Farmer, father born CT, mother born CT, 1880 federal census, Guilford, Medina, Ohio, FHL Film 1255047 National Archives Film T9-1047, Page 258B, per FamilySearch 1880 United States Census and National Index The following, from Family Tree Maker CD #450, County and Family Histories: Ohio, 1780-1970, Disk 3, Medina County, Biographical Sketches, p. 685-686, possibly confuses Abner 2 with his older brother Abner 1 (21 Jan. 1775 -- 14 July 1795, per SSWR, p. 44), giving a birth date of 3 Nov. 1779 for Abner 2, and then listing a first son, Abner, born 3 Nov. 1799,which is actually the birthdate of Abner 2 himself, and two decades prior to Abner's marriage to Diana. The second listed "child" of Abner 2, Diana, is apparently the wife of Abner 2. This is further evidenced by the fact that the account mentions that Abner "embarked his family, consisting of a crippled daughter and a little boy of less than 2 years of age, on the steamboat Enterprise, for Cleveland", where this daughter and son are Mary W., born in Connecticut 31 Dec. 1822, and James E., born in Connecticut 22 Aug. 1825: Abner Barnard, son of Capt. Samuel [Samuel served in the American Revolution, but not as a captain---WMB] and Roxana Barnard, was born in the town of Simsbury, Scotland Parish, Hartford Co., Conn., Nov. 3, 1779 [this is Abner 2, born Nov. 3, 1799, per SSWR, p. 44---WMB]; he married Diana, daughter of Thomas and Sylvia Blanchard, of Windsor, Poquonock Parish, Hartford Co., Conn., Feb. 22, 1820, and left his native State for the Reserve on May 10, 1827; journeying in wagons toAlbany, he took the canal-boat there to Buffalo, where he embarked his family, consisting of a crippled daughter and a little boy of less than 2 years of age, on the steamboat Enterprise, for Cleveland. Arriving at a point three miles fromthat city, the captain of the vessel refused to go farther---it is said, because of some previous misunderstanding withthe officials of the city---and the passengers were obliged to trust themselves to the open boats. These, ladened down nearly to the gunwale, in the darkness of the night, made their tedious way to what was then the hamlet of Cleveland, the passengers touching the water when resting their hands on the sides of the boats. Fortunately, the passage from the steamboat was made without accident, and the little family came with teams from from Cleveland, on the old pike, to a point on this road in Guilford Township, nearly a mile north of the village of Seville, settling on what is known as the Martin farm. Of the children, Abner was born in Connecticut Nov. 3, 1799 [This is actually Abner 2, the 14th child of Samuel and Roxanna Barnard, and father of the following children---WMB]; Diana was born in Connecticut Feb. 15, ---, deceasedAug. 26, 1877 [This is probably Abner's wife---WMB]; Mary W. was born in Connecticut Dec. 31, 1822, deceased May 6, 1850; James E. was born in Connecticut Aug. 22, 1825; Samuel G. was born in Ohio April 4, 1828; Albert G. was born in Ohio Oct. 14, 1831; Charles H. was born in Ohio Sept. 12. 1826, deceased April 4, 1852; Hercelia M. was born in Ohio April 25, 1842. Abner married Diana Blanchard ( - ), daughter of Thomas and Sylvia Blanchard, of Windsor, Poquonock Parish, Hartford Co., CT, 22 Feb. 1820, per Family Tree Maker CD #450, County and Family Histories: Ohio, 1780-1970, Disk 3, Medina County,Biographical Sketches, p. 685 Abner married Diana Blanchard (15 Feb. 1799 Windsor, CT -- 26 Aug. 1877 Seville, OH), per Leon H. Barnard, 1999, BARNARD, p. 20 (from information supplied by a John Barnard, of Chicago, IL, a descendant of Abner) Diana Blanchard (15 Feb. 1799 - ), daughter of Thomas Blanchard and Silva Brown, per Stiles II, p. 106 1880 federal census, Guilford, Medina, Ohio, FHL Film 1255047 National Archives Film T9-1047, Page 258B, per FamilySearch 1880 United States Census and National Index Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Abner BARNARD Self M W W 80 CT Occ: Retired Farmer Fa: CT Mo: CT Celia BARNARD Dau F S W 38 OH Occ: Keeping House Fa: CT Mo: CT Abner Barnard (21 Jan. 1775 Windsor - ), per Simsbury vital records, v. TM4, p. 297; Stiles, II, p. 59 Abner Barnard (21 Jan. 1775 Windsor -- 14 July 1795), per SSWR, p. 44 Abner Barnard (3 Nov. 1799 Simsbury, CT -- 20 Oct. 1892 Seville, OH), per Leon H. Barnard, 1999, BARNARD, p. 20, p. 20 Is this the Abner Barnard, ID # CT32063960, listed in the CT 1820 Federal Census Index for Windsor, Hartford Co., CT, p. 153??