Introduction

Biography

John was the hus­band of An­na Wood­bu­ry (mar­ried Sep­tem­ber 18, 1718).

He was educated at Har­vard Uni­vers­ity (AB 1700, MA 1703). In 1707, Gov­er­nor Dud­ley ap­point­ed him an ar­my chap­lain.

After serv­ing with an ex­pe­di­tion against Port Roy­al, Aca­dia (now No­va Sco­tia), he sailed to Bar­ba­dos in 1709, then to Lon­don.

He re­turned to Am­eri­ca in 1710, and in 1714 he and Ed­ward Ho­ly­oke be­came joint pas­tors of a church in Mar­ble­head, Mas­sa­chu­setts. In 1716, the church split, and Bar­nard re­ceived a full time pas­tor­ate.

Works

• A His­tory of the Strange Ad­ven­tures of Phil­ip Ash­ton, 1725
• New Ver­sion of the Psalms (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: T. Lev­er­ett, 1752)