On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Jan & David Faulkner wrote: > Peter and Paddy, Thanks for the additional information Jan. > > The Barns buried in the cemetery (in same section as Nevilles) are as follows: > Hiram Barns (marker 26) > John A. Barns (GAR marker) > Frances Barns (GAR marker) > Thomas Barns, Defender of Baltimore in 1812 > > While Matthew might have been a Burris or a Burns, I wonder if Barns/Barnes > would be the correct transcription for him, as well as for Mary? I might tend to think this if anyone but Thomas WELSH had been writing the name. However, I can't help thinking that with all the Mitchell connections to the Barnes family, and Thomas WELSH's wife being a Mitchell, that he would not have written Burns in the diary if her name was actually Barnes. When I check the Upper Canada Land Petitions I will check for Burns, Barnes and Burris. I suspect that Burris was actually Burns as I can see how easlily a poorly written Burns could look like Burris. Thank you very much Jan for all your help and work on my behalf. Paddy