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STEPHEN BARNES
ELCY ALDRICH
Elsie Barnes of Adams, Massachusetts married Jonathan Jewell on 4 March 1817 in Stamford, Vermont.1
Most of what little the author knows of Stephen Barnes and Elcy Aldrich is from a letter written by Erasmus Darwin Barnes to Stella Cramer Aikens.
"Elcy, as she signed her name to a legal document, married Johnathan Jewett after death of her husband. They have no children. The oldest deed I have is one to Johnathan Jewett dated July 7, 1786 120£ lawful money. This is my step grandfather he must have married Grandmother Elcy Barnes about 1818 as there are receipts of settlement of the estate of Stephen Barnes for 100 dollars paid to him by Asahel Barnes, deeds to certain lands etc. There is a receipt for coffin for stepfather paid by Asahel Barnes dated Jan. 19, 1835 no date of death for Elcy Barnes Jewett. Elcy Barnes Jewitt is buried in So. Adams near the old Quaker church or where it once stood." (Excerpt of letter from Erasmus Barnes to his niece Stella Aikens)
Family tradition says that Elcy was probably a close relative of David, the Quaker preacher.
Margaret Larsen Sibert reported that the Elcy's gravestone in North Adams, Massachusetts said, "Elcy/Wife of/Jonathan Jewell/1840/aged 88 years," but she said she was not certain about the "4" in 1840.
Erasmus Barnes said (in the letter) that siblings other than Asahel were Melaney [?], Abagal [?] and Mahaley Barnes. He said, "This is as much as can remember of the names - do not know how correct the names are."
Children of Stephen Barnes and Elcy Aldrich:
i. Asahel Richardson Barnes was born on 16 June 1804 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. He died on 31 October 1873 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He married Mary Whitcomb Slocum.
References:
1. "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720–1908," database with images, Ancestry > 1870 and prior > Barlow, C–Barnum, H, image 3510
Last revised: 22-Nov-2021