Ancestry of
P.T. Barnum
Co-Founder of Barnum & Bailey Circus
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- 2nd Great-grandfather of P.T. Barnum — 5th Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 16
- Father:
- Thomas Barnum
- Mother:
- Hannah -----
- Birth Date:
- 9 Jul 1663
- Birth Location:
- Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut
- Christening Date:
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- Death Date:
- from 17 Dec 1730 to 27 Dec 1731
- Death Location:
- Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut
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- Spouse Name:
- Sarah Beardsley
- Marriage Date:
- Marriage Location:
- Children:
Thomas Barnum
Ephraim Barnum (Ahnentafel No:8 )
Thomas Barnum
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Sources for Thomas Barnum
- 1 Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol. 2, pp. 388-389.
- 2 Fairfield, CT: Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, pp. 32-33.
- 3 Barnum, Eben Lewis and Rev. Francis Barnum, Genealogical Record of the Barnum Family Presenting a Conspectus of the Male Descendants of Thomas Barnum 1625-1695, Gardner, Massachusetts: Meals Printing Co. (1912), 7.
- 4 Jacobus, Donald Lines, comp., History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, Baltimore: Reprinted for Clearfield Company (2007, originally published 1930-1932), 32-33.
- 5 Orcutt, Rev. Samuel, A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Part II, New Haven, Connecticut: Press of Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor (1886), 1118.