Re: barbers from germany
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In reply to:
barbers from germany
8/10/99
Samuel Barber was born January 29, 1753 in Germany and died about 1800 as he
was traveling from Sussex County, NJ to Upper Canada (Ontario).Earlier that year Samuel had emigrated from NJ to Canada with his wife (nee Abigail Cosad) and ten of their twelve children.He went back to NJ to settle his affairs and was returning to Canada on horseback.It is assumed that he was ambushed by robbers and killed for the gold he was carrying since his sons later traced him only as far as Allentown PA. Samuel Barber was my great-great-great grand-father.
[email protected] has done a great job of documenting many branches of the Barbers and takes us back one more generation to MATHIAS BARBER of New Jersey who was born in the 1720's. For more information, check out
http://members.aol.com/BarbrFam/46index.htmlhttp://members.aol.com/BarbrFam/46index.html This web site also chronicles seven of Samuel's twelve children.