Commodore Samuel Barron I (b. Abt. 1700, d. Abt. 1750)
Samuel Barron I65 was born Abt. 1700 in Bristol, England, and died Abt. 1750 in Elizabeth City County Hampton, Virginia.
Notes for Samuel Barron I: Came to America make his fortune. He was a merchant in Petersburg, Virginia, when he was called to be Commanding Officer of Fort George in Hampton, Virginia. Samuel Barron, commander of Fort George, destroyed by the great hurricane of 1749. After this, Samuel Barron moved to Mill Creek, Elizabeth City County, Virginia. He had the following children: James, Samuel, Mary, Richard, William, Robert, David, and Ann. ============================================================= An account of this tremendous storm was given in the biography of Commodore James Barron, An Affair of Honor, by William Oliver Stevens. Barron's grandfather witnessed the hurricane first hand while stationed at Fort George. The account is as follows: A threatening sky was observed to the southeast over the Chesapeake Bay. The wind increased which soon brought the rain. As the hours wore on the wind and rain increased in fury. Sometimes the downpour slackened. One could hear the sand picked up by the wind from the beach outside and blasted against every object that still withstood the gale. All the while the rising tide was rapidly being piled up to a height never seen before in that area. The waves were pounding on the shore, finally to the very foot of the outside wall at Fort George. A large tree crashed over on its side with its roots in the air and was driven against the land side of the Fort. With the impact the wall yawned and broke. Shortly afterwards the seawall lurched and sank at the point where it was exposed to the wave fury of the storm. Finally the outside wall of the fort gave way, and the filling of sand poured out, leaving the inner wall exposed to the blast without support. When this too fell apart and collapsed, the barracks took the full force of the wind. About sundown, the storm slackened and in another hour the rain and wind had diminished to such a degree that it was clearly spent. The next morning Commodore Barron swept the distant waters with his spy glass. He was astonished to see across Hampton Roads a wide, sand promontory which had not existed there before. A sand spit had been thrown up during the fury of the storm, which was the beginning of Willoughby Spit. ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? In some of Lummie Cunningham's notes she writes that 'He (William Roe Cunningham) was nephew of Captain Samuel Barrron, commander of Fort George and cousin of Captains James and Richard Barron'. In order for William Roe Cunningham to be Samuel Barron nephew - If she is correct our William Roe Cunningham's father, William Cunningham had a sister and she married Captain Samuel Barron. Or William Roe Cunningham's mother's sister was married to Captian Samuel Barron??
???From - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?????? SAMUELL BARON Male Event(s): Christening: 09 JUN 1690 South Molton, Devon, England Parents: Father: *RICHARD BARON Family Source Information: Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type: C052021 1601 - 1812 0917529 Film 0933372 Film *My Note: My Samuel Barron name his second son Richard. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Husband SAMUEL BARON Pedigree Marriage: 30 OCT 1716 South Molton, Devon, England Wife MARY ODAM Pedigree ++++++++++Maybe Son ++++++++++++++++++ SAMUEL BARON Male Event(s): Christening: 19 MAR 1720 South Molton, Devon, England Parents: Father: SAMUEL BARON Family Source Information: Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type: C052021 1601 - 1812 0917529 Film 0933372 Film +++++++++Maybe Daughter +++++++++++++++ MARY BARONS Female Event(s): Christening: 12 NOV 1727 South Molton, Devon, England Parents: Father: SAMLL BARONS Family Source Information: Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type: C052021 1601 - 1812 0917529 Film 0933372 Film ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Commodore Samuel Barron I (b. Abt. 1700, d. Abt. 1750)
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