Category Archives: Barnes

Happy Birthday Asa Taft

Posted on April 29, 2022 by Don Taylor

29 April – Asa Taft – Ancestor# 84 Roberts-Barnes-Taft Line Today, I remember my 4th Great-grandfather, Asa Taft. He was born on 29 April 1774 in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts Colony. Asa married Sarah Whitney on 18 September 1794 in Peru, … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Stephen Taft

Posted on April 16, 2022 by Don Taylor

16 April – Stephen Taft Roberts-Barnes-Taft Line Today, I also remember my 6th great-grandfather, Stephen Taft. He was the second ancestor born on 16 April. Stephen was born in 1710 in Uxbridge[1], Province of Massachusetts Bay (Now Worcester County, Massachusetts). … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Tamise Sutherland

Posted on April 3, 2022 by Don Taylor

April 3 Roberts, Barnes, Taft, Sutherland Line Today, I remember my 3rd great-grandmother, Tamise/Tammy Sutherland/Southerland. She was born on 3 April 1796 in New York. Tamise married Joel Cruff Taft about 1819 at Triangle, Broome County, New York, and died … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Mercy (Taft) Barnes

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Don Taylor

Happy Birthday to my 2nd Great-grandmother, Mercy Eliza Taft. On March 27, 1822, she was born in Manhattan, New York. She married Nelson Barnes in 1839 and had nine children. Mercy died on 4 October 1984 in Turman, Indiana, and … Continue reading →

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William Lister & the 1830 Census

Posted on February 20, 2022 by Don Taylor

Census Sunday By Don Taylor Following families in the early census records is always tricky, and when a census’s information is entirely unexpected, it makes things difficult. During my review of the life of 3rd great-grandfather, William Lister, I realized … Continue reading →

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