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 |
| 1715/00/00 | Jane Barnes, wife of Thomas Barnes, gives birth to a son, Abraham Barnes, in Northumberland, Colony of Virginia. Or, Abraham may have been born before 1694. | 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". The first "America Felix" is a 156 acre estate patented by Col Thomas Truman Greenfield at Beaverdam Manor in 1720. | Owner | Tudor Hall, St Mary's County | Leonardtown | |||
| 1745/00/00 | From 1745-1754, Abraham Barnes works as a delegate from St Mary's County in the Maryland General Assembly. | Work | |||||
| 1746/00/00 | Abraham Barnes, probably, constructs a dwelling, 1745-1746. | Home | Tudor Hall, St Mary's County | Leonardtown | |||
| 1753/00/00 | A group including Abraham Barnes, James Tarlton, John Newton, Enoch Abell and Mathew Wise meet in Leonardtown's courthouse to call a pastor to the new parish. | Faith | St Andrew's Church | 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 | ||||
| 1767/00/00 | Member of the Building Committee, Abraham Barnes, rents Pew No 1 at St Andrew's Church with George Plater. | Faith | St Andrew's Church | Leonardtown | |||
| 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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