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Jon Meacham

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Joseph Barss

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Jon Meacham — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 310 
  • Father:
  • Joseph Bearse 
  • Mother:
  • Lydia Dean   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1753 
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  • Death Date:
  • 11 Aug 1826 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Old Burial Ground, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Crowell
  • Marriage Date:
  • 18 Nov 1773 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada 
  • Child:

  Elizabeth Barss (Ahnentafel No:155 )

  • Notes: 

  • Joseph Barss's surname is also seen as Bearse.

• Sources for Joseph Barss

  • ¹ Canada, Nova Scotia, Marriages, 1711-1909, Marriage record for Joseph Barss and Elisabeth Crowell.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/23/2025).
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1972, Vol. 126, p. 168, Marriage of Joseph Barss and Elizabeth Crowell.
  • ⁴ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1871, Vol. 25, p. 359.
  • ⁵ The American Genealogist, 1971, Vol. 47, p. 45.

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