Thomas Arnold Barnum (1813)

Born 21 Jun 1813 in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Upper Canada

Ancestors

Biography

This profile is part of the Barnum Name Study.

Thomas Barnum was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: 28 January 1841

On 27 Jan 1838, he purchased land at Middleton Township from his brother David. On 18 Jan 1847, he purchased land at Charlotteville from James Innes Lewis. In 1852, he was single and living with his brother David in Charlotteville.

From The Loyalists in Ontario comes the note:

"Barnum, Nathaniel Bunnell, settled Charlotteville, his children

1. David Wheeler Barnum, got his O.C.4 Dec 1834

2. Charles D. Barnum O.C. 17 Oct 1839

3. Thomas Arnold Barnum, O.C 28 Jan 1841

4. Lois Green Barnum m. William Kimber, O.C. 3 Oct 1833

5. Henry V Barnum, O.C. 10 Mar 1834

6. James Russell Barnum, O.C. 10 Mar 1834

7. Christina Barnum m. Henry Liger, of Woodhouse, O.C. 7 Feb 1833

8. Andrew Willson Barnum of Bayham, O.C. 22 Dec 1832

9. Samantha M barnum m. James Clark of Walsingham, O.C. 6 Feb 1828

O.C. stands for "Order in Council", which means that they were now either married (if female) or over age 21, and could then claim their free land grant as a child of a Loyalist. In the case of males, it gives you a good idea of when they were born. All those with no location given were in Charlotteville, near their father.

Sources

• Barnum, Eben Lewis and Fr. Francis Barnum, SJ, Genealogical Record of the Barnum Family, Presenting a Conspectus of the Male Descendants of Thomas Barnum 1625-1695 (Gardner, MA: Meals Printing Co., 1912)
• Barnum, Noah G, The Barnum Family, 1350-1907 (Albion, NY: Privately Printed, 1907)
• Robert Mutrie (editor), The Long Point Settlers Journal, volume 4, number 3, July 1997
• Barnum, Noah G, The Barnum Family, 1517-1904 (Albion, NY: Privately Printed, 1904)