Ancestry of
Viggo Mortensen

Movie Actor

Zophar Barnes

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Viggo Mortensen — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 236 
  • Father:
  • Ebenezer Barnes 
  • Mother:
  • Abigail Pardee   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1 Jul 1753 
  • Birth Location:
  • Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1842 
  • Death Location:
  • Camden, Oneida, New York 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary E. Barnes
  • Marriage Date:
  • 9 Nov 1778 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Congregational Church, North Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Manning Barnes (Ahnentafel No:118 )

  • Notes: 

  • Zophar Barnes may have been the son of Ebenezer Barnes and Abigail Pardee. Evidence is needed to support this.

• Sources for Zophar Barnes

  • ¹ Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Baptism records for children of Zophar Barnes.
  • ² Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Waterbury, p. 21, Birth record for Zopher Barnes.
  • ³ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A006358.
  • ⁴ New Haven, CT: Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. 1, p. 120.
  • ⁵ Barnes, Trescott C., The Barnes Family Year Book: An Annual Publication Issued Under the Authority of the Barnes Family Association, Vol. 1, New York: The Grafton Press (1907), 47.
  • ⁶ Pike, Elizabeth T., et. al., Pioneer History of Camden, Oneida County, New York, Utica, New York: T. J. Griffiths (1897), 56-57.

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