Eleanor Wade Barry was a daughter of Zephaniah Wade and Verlinda Pottinger Wade. The Wades and Pottingers were prominent Maryland families dating back to the mid-1600s.
Eleanor married John Barry of Fairfax Co., VA. Her parents owned a farm that adjoined Mount Vernon, the estate of George and Martha Washington. Eleanor's father died circa 1746. After her mother's death, Eleanor and two sisters, Sarah and Verlinda/Valinda Wade, inherited the farm. Upon Eleanor Barry's death in 1770, her portion of the farm was inherited by her son, William Barry. Her sister, Sarah Wade, had died a few years earlier. The remaining sister, Verlinda/Valinda Wade, sold her portion of the Wade farm to George Washington in 1770, who wanted the property for its riparian rights. As William was a minor, his father, John Barry, refused to sell William's portion of the farm to George Washington. However, George Washington eventually purchased William's portion of the farm in 1883 from William Barry.
Written by Sarah Joyce Gibbs Johnson.
Reference: The George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: The Diaries of George Washington, Vol. II. 1766-70, Page 331. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976.
Eleanor married John Barry of Fairfax Co., VA. Her parents owned a farm that adjoined Mount Vernon, the estate of George and Martha Washington. Eleanor's father died circa 1746. After her mother's death, Eleanor and two sisters, Sarah and Verlinda/Valinda Wade, inherited the farm. Upon Eleanor Barry's death in 1770, her portion of the farm was inherited by her son, William Barry. Her sister, Sarah Wade, had died a few years earlier. The remaining sister, Verlinda/Valinda Wade, sold her portion of the Wade farm to George Washington in 1770, who wanted the property for its riparian rights. As William was a minor, his father, John Barry, refused to sell William's portion of the farm to George Washington. However, George Washington eventually purchased William's portion of the farm in 1883 from William Barry.
Written by Sarah Joyce Gibbs Johnson.
Reference: The George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: The Diaries of George Washington, Vol. II. 1766-70, Page 331. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976.
Eleanor Wade Barry was a daughter of Zephaniah Wade and Verlinda Pottinger Wade. The Wades and Pottingers were prominent Maryland families dating back to the mid-1600s.
Eleanor married John Barry of Fairfax Co., VA. Her parents owned a farm that adjoined Mount Vernon, the estate of George and Martha Washington. Eleanor's father died circa 1746. After her mother's death, Eleanor and two sisters, Sarah and Verlinda/Valinda Wade, inherited the farm. Upon Eleanor Barry's death in 1770, her portion of the farm was inherited by her son, William Barry. Her sister, Sarah Wade, had died a few years earlier. The remaining sister, Verlinda/Valinda Wade, sold her portion of the Wade farm to George Washington in 1770, who wanted the property for its riparian rights. As William was a minor, his father, John Barry, refused to sell William's portion of the farm to George Washington. However, George Washington eventually purchased William's portion of the farm in 1883 from William Barry.
Written by Sarah Joyce Gibbs Johnson.
Reference: The George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: The Diaries of George Washington, Vol. II. 1766-70, Page 331. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976.
Eleanor married John Barry of Fairfax Co., VA. Her parents owned a farm that adjoined Mount Vernon, the estate of George and Martha Washington. Eleanor's father died circa 1746. After her mother's death, Eleanor and two sisters, Sarah and Verlinda/Valinda Wade, inherited the farm. Upon Eleanor Barry's death in 1770, her portion of the farm was inherited by her son, William Barry. Her sister, Sarah Wade, had died a few years earlier. The remaining sister, Verlinda/Valinda Wade, sold her portion of the Wade farm to George Washington in 1770, who wanted the property for its riparian rights. As William was a minor, his father, John Barry, refused to sell William's portion of the farm to George Washington. However, George Washington eventually purchased William's portion of the farm in 1883 from William Barry.
Written by Sarah Joyce Gibbs Johnson.
Reference: The George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: The Diaries of George Washington, Vol. II. 1766-70, Page 331. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976.
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