A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
Family Data Collection - Births about James Russell Barnum. Name: James Russell Barnum; Father: Nathan Bunnell Barnum; Birth Date: 6 Nov 1809; City: Charlotteville; State: Ontario; Country: Canada
On 2 Sep 1828, he purchased land at Walsingham Township from his father. On 12 Jul 1833, James R. Barnum of Charlotteville Township petitioned for land as the son of a United Empire Loyalist. He bought land at Charlotteville from Jacob Potts, Sr. on 26 Feb 1834 and sold land to Charles Francis Beaupre on 11 Jul 1834. He bought additional land from his brother Henry V. Barnum on 11 May 1835. In 1837, he moved to Ypsilanti, Michigan, and sold his land at Charlotteville to Edward Beaupre and Thomas Holt Farnham, in the latter of which deeds he was recorded as a cordwainer. He is recorded at Ypsilanti in the US Census of 1840.
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
[Note: O.C. stands for "Order in Council," which means that they are either married (if female) or over age 21, and can now 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 located in Charlotteville, near their father].
Connie Barnum gives the date of his death as 7 Mar 1843.
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