This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MarilynRoth58 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.unknown/7577.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Your James might descend from James BARNES, who died by 13 July 1726, having married Ketura(h) SHIPLEY, dau/o Lois _ & Adam SHIPLEY. On 9 Aug. 1698, Richard SHIPLEY administered the estate of his father and conveyed to his sister, Ketura BARNES, 100 acres of Shipley's Choice on the south side of Severn River. James BARNES lived in Elk Ridge Hundred, now in Howard Co. James BARNES & Ketura had Richard, Robert, Adam, James, Peter, Joshua, Ketura, Susanna, & Nathan (b. 18 Je. 1717). Several sons had sons named James. RootsWeb Family Trees: James O. BARNES, b. Baltimore Co., MD, 10 Mar. 1807/12 (50 on 1860 census, Rock Ck., & 63 in 1870, Granada, Nemaha, KS), moved to Guernsey Co., OH, & [by 1847] to Scipio T., Meigs Co., OH. Report says he Homesteaded, but I don't see him on the BLM Land Patents site. He moved to Rock Creek Twp., Nemaha Co., KS; & by 1870 was of Seneca P. O., Granada T., Nemaha Co., KS; d. 9 Apr. 1873, near Goff, Nemaha Co., KS. Headstone in Barnes Cem., two miles north & three east of Goff, says aged 61 y., 29 days. James m. ca. 1834, Mary Anna / Marriane [PAGE?, b. 15 Aug. 1815, NY, NY, bpt. Baptist; or Mary Ann STAGE (17 Aug. 1815, NJ - 8 Nov. 1875), d/o Jacob STAGE]. Children: Sarah BARNES, b. ca. 1835, [Guernsey or Meigs Co.?], OH Wesley, b. 8 Aug. 1836, OH, bpt. Christian Brethren Ch. [Name Wesley must mean somebody in the family was Methodist.] Ruth Ann, b. 1839 [One of my ancestors was Ruth SHIPLEY, of Adam, Richard, Adam 1.] James O., b. 10 Mar. 1841 Hannah Catherine, b. 1843, 17 in '60 Jacob, b. 1845, 15 in '60 Phillip Henry, b. Jan. 1847, 13 in '60 Samuel C., b. Apr. 1849, 11 in '60 Emily P., b. 20 Aug. 1851, 9 in '60 John Hammond, b. 8 Mar. 1854/5, Valley Twp., Nemaha, KS, 5 in '60. [HAMMOND was an early Maryland family.] Luke & Clarke, twins, b. 1857, 3 in 1860. There are more details on descendants on RootsWeb. Click on Family Trees in the strip at the top of the page. Then click Advanced Search on the next page, lower left. Robert BARNES' Colonial Families of Anne Arundel Co., MD, includes the author's ancestry from James BARNES through: Adam BARNES, d. 1779, MD, m. Honor DORSEY Michael BARNES & Patience SHIPLEY [Cousins often married in these families.] William BARNES, b. 9 S 1771, AA, MD. Samuel BARNES (ca. 1803 - 19 Aug. 1879) & Elizabeth SAMPSON Michael Denton BARNES, d. 4 Mar. 1915, MD) & Christie Ann TAYLOR. Cary McHenry BARNES (16 Apr. 1877 - 14 Apr. 1957) & Mamie M. SWAM (1877 - 1856) Wm. Cary BARNES (1908 - 1963 MD). Have you found other BARNES or SHIPLEY families living near James O. BARNES? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.