Thomas Bernard - Adjustments needed

Started by Erica Howton on Wednesday, September 29, 2021
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9/29/2021 at 2:40 PM

Take a look at these notes & tell me what you think:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bernard-107 (and more)

The only marriage for which there is documentation is that of Thomas Bernard to Mary Beheathland about 1631 in Warwick County, Virginia colony. Capt. Thomas Bernard is said to have married Mary Beheathland in Adventures of Purse and Person Virginia, 1607-1625 by Annie Jester. He is also said to have owned land in 1631 in the area which later became Warwick County. Thomas Bernard served as a member of the House of Burgesses from Warwick, 1644-45 and was deceased by 10 November 1651, the date of the nuncupative will of Robert Nickolson of London, merchant, who made a bequest to "Mrs. Mary Bernard of Warwick River widdowe and to her daughters" and mentioned "Mistress Beheathland Bernard daughter to Mrs. Mary Bernard of Warwick River widdow." [3] …
It appears to me very unlikely that Thomas Bernard is the son of Francis Bernard and Alice Haselwood. If he was born in 1563 and immigrated to Virginia colony in 1630 or 1631, he would have been about 68 years old. The first record we have for Thomas is his 1631 arrival in Charles City County. He supposedly married and had one or more daughters in the early 1630s. Then he served as Burgess from Warwick County in 1644-45 and died just before 1651. He would have been 82 years old when he was elected Burgess and almost 100 years old when he supposedly died. I strongly suggest that the parents of Thomas Bernard should be re-examined and his birthdate adjusted to a more realistic timeline. (Shirley Dalton 16:55, 10 September 2021 (UTC)}

9/29/2021 at 2:48 PM

The 1628 death date is sourced “if he’s the son of those parents.”

And because he’s Beheathland’s father, he can’t have died then - but The Complete Baronage said he did:

http://www.thepeerage.com/p13962.htm#i139612

So it’s looking like he cannot have been the child of Francis Bernard, Esq. & Alice Bernard

Thoughts?

9/29/2021 at 2:58 PM

This looks like a more realistic family:

Thomas Bernard

  • Gender Male
  • Birth Feb 18 1612 Blendworth, Hampshire, England
  • Christening Feb 18 1612 Blendworth, Hampshire, England
  • Marriage Spouse: Mary Beheathland Between Jan 1634 and Dec 1634 Virginia, British Colonial America
  • Death Nov 1651 Warwick River, Virginia, United States

Father Thomas Bernard

Wife Mary Bernard (born Beheathland)

Children

  1. Beheathland Bernard
  2. Terrance Bernard

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8W5-2PG

9/30/2021 at 9:10 PM

So the family of Major Thomas Bernard now appears as

If anyone knows different, please advise.

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