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| Hawkeye_Joe |
Posted - September 17 2003 : 8:33:07 PM
Salah Barnard, b. Jan 27, 1725, d. Dec 22, 1795, m. May 30, 1765, Elizabeth Nims, b. c. 1745, d. Jan. 13, 1827, d/o Jeremiah Nims and Mary Cooley.
He was a centinel, soldier, trader and farmer. He was a private under Captains Phinehas Stevens and John Hawks in the French and Indian War and a Lt. Under Captains John Burke and John Catlin. He came home a Major [Deerfield History Vol II, p. 651 for his narrow escape after the capture of Ft. William Henry). He was a tavern keeper in Deerfield. When he left for the wars, he stopped next door to say good bye to the Nims family and there was a baby lying in the crib. He said to the mother "keep her until the wars are over and I will marry her". When he came home he settled down by himself. The mother remembering his earlier comment used to send her daughter over to tidy up his bachelor's quarters, In due time he was reminded of his promise and he fulfilled it. She outlived him by 31 years.
The details of his narrow escape are as follows:
Militia Lt. Barnard was captured along with the rest of the Fort's Company and neighbor Consider Arms. As they were marching off, with weapons, but with no ammunition (so no firing back as was done in LOTM). The Indians set upon them and began dragging off several of the refugees. My ancestor, Salah Barnard, was taken by two warriors and dragged from the column to be stripped and murdered(so says the family history). As they grabbed him by each wrist and dragged him away they came to a steep incline falling away from them, as the two warrriors moved quickly to begin the decent, Salah, being a young strapping youth, set his feet and bringing his arms together, cracked the two Indian's heads together stunning them and made quick his escape down the ravine. He escaped and returned to the war, possibly off to Ft. Edward, where he later advanced to the rank of Capt. then retired service as a Major.
This is just a small portion of what Major Barnard did in his lifetime....I'll post more soon.. |
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| Wilderness Woman |
Posted - September 22 2003 : 8:28:46 PM
My birth information as well as that of my brother and my father in the state of California, are all on the internet... for the whole world to see, including my mother's maiden name. Great for genealogists, but so much for privacy!
Imagine my surprise when I stumbled upon it. |
| Hawkeye_Joe |
Posted - September 22 2003 : 4:37:06 PM
I've come across my son....Thank goodness not in the Police Files....*LOL* |
| Scott Bubar |
Posted - September 21 2003 : 8:10:40 PM
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Originally posted by Hawkeye_Joe
Yes it is .. I found that and another old document of his , his estate, in those archives.
It's amazing what you can find on the Internet. I've come across a lot of material on my family that helped answer some long-standing questions, or at least pointed me in the right direction.
I've even come across myself at times! |
| Hawkeye_Joe |
Posted - September 21 2003 : 1:47:17 PM
Yes it is .. I found that and another old document of his , his estate, in those archives. |
| Scott Bubar |
Posted - September 20 2003 : 8:37:59 PM
Is this your forebear, Joe?
http://www.memorialhall.mass.edu/collection/itempage.jsp?itemid=5934 |
| susquesus |
Posted - September 19 2003 : 11:46:03 PM
The escape sounds like a scene cut from LOTM. I envy you for knowing so much about your history, no one has any good stories in my family. Everyone either showed up from Scandinavia and started farming, or showed up from Germany to start farming. I guess if you count my great grandpa walking from Milwaukee to the Mississippi river you've got a story, a long, slow story. |
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