Abraham Barnes
British Colonial American
Abraham Barnes was a notable tobacco planter and politician from Colonial Maryland. - AsNotedIn
Lineage
- Daughter: Mary King Mason
- Son: Richard Barnes
Abraham Barnes was a notable tobacco planter and politician from Colonial Maryland. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1670/00/00 | Member of the Building Committee, Abraham Barnes, rents Pew No 1 at St Andrew's Church with George Plater. | Vocation | |||||
| 1715/00/00 | Sarah McCarty Barnes, wife of Abraham Barnes, gives birth to a son, Abraham Barnes Jr, in either Richmond County or Westmoreland County, Virginia. | Born | |||||
| 1735/00/00 | Mary King, daughter of Robert King and Priscilla Covington King, marries Abraham Barnes in Somerset County, Maryland. | Groom | |||||
| 1736/00/00 | Abraham Barnes works as Justice in St Mary's County, Maryland. | Work | St Mary's County | ||||
| 1742/00/00 | Elizabeth Rousby, daughter of John Rousby II and Anne Burford Rousby, marries Abraham Barnes in St Mary's County, Maryland. | Groom | |||||
| 1744/00/00 | Abe Barnes buys 1,096 acres on Breton Bay in Leonardtown and names the property "America Felix Secundus". "America Felix" is 156 acres located in Beaverdam Manor patented by Col. Thomas Truman Greenfield in 1720. | Owner | Tudor Hall, St Mary's County | Leonardtown | |||
| 1744/00/00 | St Andrew's Parish is created to provide an Anglican church for Leonardtown. According to canon law, the parish will not be established until the priests of the two older parishes out of which St Andrew's was laid have died or left their churches. | Committee Member | St Andrew's Church | Leonardtown | |||
| 1745/00/00 | From 1745-1754, Abraham Barnes works as a delegates from St Mary's County to the Maryland General Assembly. | Work | |||||
| 1746/00/00 | Abraham Barnes, probably, constructs a dwelling, 1745-1746. | Architect | Tudor Hall, St Mary's County | Leonardtown | |||
| 1754/06/19 | Abraham Barnes joins Benjamin Tasker in representing Maryland in the Albany Congress, 19 June 1754 - 11 July 1754. | Maryland Commissioner | Albany Congress | ||||
| 1775/00/00 | In the early years of the American Revolution, Abraham Barnes serves on the St Mary's County Committee of Observation. | Patriot | |||||
| 1778/00/00 | Col Abraham Barnes dies in Maryland. Abraham Barnes and Elizabeth (Rousby) Barnes, an infant daughter of Mary (King) Mason, were buried at America Felix Secundus. | Died | Tudor Hall, St Mary's County | Leonardtown |
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