Chester Co., PA to State of North Carolina; Late Sixteen Hundreds to Late Seventeen Hundreds

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Chester Co., PA:

  WILLIAM BARNES was born 1685, and died Bet. 1730 - 1731 in Chester Co., PA. He married (1) SARAH WATSON. He married (2) ELIZABETH KAY.

Child of WILLIAM BARNES and SARAH WATSON is:

1. BRINSLEY BARNES, SR., b. Bet. 1705 - 1715, Chester Co., PA (or IRE); d. 05 May, 1796, Wilkes Co., NC.

  BRINSLEY BARNES, SR. was born Bet. 1705 - 1715 in Chester Co., PA (or IRE), and died 05 May, 1796 in Wilkes Co., NC. He married ELIZABETH LINDLEY in Chester Co., PA.

Notes:  The Barnes family was of the Quaker faith.

Children of BRINSLEY BARNES and ELIZABETH LINDLEY are:

1. BRINSLEY BARNES, JR., m. ISABELLA UNKNOWN.

2. ELIJAH BARNES.

3. THOMAS BARNES.

4. ZEKE BARNES, b. Abt. 1731.

5. MARY BARNES, b. 26 October, 1733, Chester Co., PA; d. 06 September, 1823, Chatham Co., NC; m. SAMUEL CARTER, 03 July, 1756, Providence, PA.

6. JOHN BARNES, b. 1736, Chester Co., PA; d. February 1822, Wilkes Co., NC; m. RUTH UNKNOWN.

7. ANN BARNES, b. 17 March, 1743/44, Westchester, Chester Co., PA; d. 02 January, 1775, Rocky River, NC; m. STEPHEN HOBSON, 1760, Frederick Co., VA.

8. JEHU BARNES, b. 1751, Orange Co., NC; d. 1821, Wilkes Co., NC.

9. SOLOMON BARNES, b. 1752, Orange Co., NC; d. 09 February, 1807, Wilkes Co., NC; m. (1) ELIZABETH ISBELL; m. (2) ELIZABETH PHILLIPS, 1769.

10. JAMES BARNES, b. Bef. 1755.

11. REUBEN BARNES, b. 1756, Orange Co., NC; d. 1807.

12. EZEKIAL BARNES, b. 1759, Orange Co., NC; d. 1799, Wilkes Co., NC.

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