Barnabus Barnum

- 1778

• Name	Barnabus Barnum
  Gender	Male
  Death	1778	Shelburne, Chittenden, Vermont
  Person ID	I6925	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2009

  
  

  Family	Abigail Harwood,   b. 4 Nov 1753, Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 16 Sep 1815, Sunderland, Bennington, Vermont (Age 61 years)
  Children	+ 1. Jehiel Barnum
  Family ID	F3996	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Death - 1778 - Shelburne, Chittenden, Vermont  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: A Partial list of the Descendents of Matthew Whipple, the Elder, of Bocking, Essex County, England / Compiled from Divers Sources by Henry Burdette Whipple (High Point, North Carolina, Oct. 1965-69), 2:48 !SOURCE: Email from Carl Tatlock (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 1 May 2002. !MILITARY: "Barnabus was a captain in Green Mtn Boys when Ethan Allen led it at capture of fort Ticonderoga. Allen listed his name and rank in letter he sent to Congress telling them of the capture of the fort. When GMBoys went into Continental service (after NOT electing Ethan to lead them) he was comissioned a 1st Lt, NY. Killed at Shelburne VT 1778 in fight to defend Pierson's blockhouse. 24 colonists against 68 British and Indians. Colonists won- 3 dead-- Barnabus killed when he went outside to pour water on wall fired by enemy." --C. Tatlock