Yep - thats right, I am in Dallas all of this week.  I fly back to Fargo (and then pick up my car and head to Jamestown of course) tomorrow afternoon.

I have a big post on it over on my personal blog - so check it out.  It is a pretty exciting post.  On a side note, I finally bothered to register JakeBarnard.com for myself.

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We found a misplaced folder of my grandfather Barnard’s notes! Here is part of what he writes as “genealogical memories” addressed to his three children:

“George Allen Barnard, my great grandfather, came to Western
Pennsylvania from near Hartford, Connecticut about 1835 selling and
repairing clocks. He took up land on Cowanshannock Creek. Later he
married a widow, Rose Irwin, the mother of three children. One of those
children, David Johnston Irwin became a minister of the Presbyterian
Church and served for years as pastor of the Ebenezer Presbyterian
Church in Indiana County, Pa.”

The above is from the memo dated November 11, 1965.

Well here is another wedding update for you guys!

Jennie and I met with our photographer this weekend and had some pictures taken. She is also making our invitations, so those should be ready asap as well. I am waiting for a few additional addresses from Mom (Susan) and then those should be hitting mail box’s soon! We also stopped by the craft store and got some crafty type things for the wedding - so all in all it was a good wedding weekend.

I will keep everyone updated! Remember - Sept. 23rd is coming up faster and faster!

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Once again welcome! My Dad (Ed) has such a great site going on here, that a post was needed filling in everyone on what the youngest Barnard in our branch was doing.

A North Dakota branch has been started. As of right now, to my knowledge, I am the only relation living in state. After graduating last year from Jamestown College, I made it as far as Fargo, ND before stopping to work. I just couldn’t leave the state. Recently, (as in the past couple of weeks) I have moved back to Jamestown, ND. I now work in Valley City and commute. There is just something about the plains that keeps me here. Of course the friends and community here are another part of that.

However, I will not be the sole Barnard up here for long. We have an import. I am getting married. (The wedding will take place in Jamestown on September 23^rd.) So we will have 2 North Dakota Barnards’. If you are a relative and think I might not have your current address – please feel free to email me with it!

This website will be great for learning more about our family. If you are interested in learning more about this particular Barnard, feel free to check out my little corner of the web.

Here is a nice page about Sir Francis Drake:

http://sirfrancisdrakehistory.net/ I found it from the illustration of careening a ship. What does this have to do with us?

Hannah Drake was Captain John Higley’s first wife. We descend from Hannah and John. John remarried after her death - he married Sarah Strong. We also descend from John and Sarah!

John Higley and Hannah Drake’s great-grandson Seth Higley (Revolutionary War patriot) married Mindwell Higley. Mindwell is the granddaughter of John Higley and Sarah Strong. Seth and Mindwell’s daughter Sally Higley married George Allen Barnard. George Allen Barnard established our Barnards of western Pennsylvania.

According to “The Higleys, An Old Colonial Family,” by Mary Coffin Johnson in 1896, Hannah Drake is of the same Drake family that included Sir Francis Drake. We’re not direct descendants, but we’re related… and, of course, the Drake tribe was the best tribe of possibly the best season of the Survivor TV series. (That’s where Rupert Boneham stole the show!) So… now you have a link to a page or three about the life and times of Sir Francis Drake.

I am placing an html copy of the original 1896 edition of The Higleys, an Old Colonial Family, by Mary Coffin Johnson online. It contains the best stories I’ve seen concerning the founders of Windsor, including Reverend Wareham, Elder John Strong, and of course Captain John Higley. (The copyright is expired, thus the book is freely available, however newer editions do exist.)