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• Family Data Collection
  John Barnett
  Spouse Katherine Farrar
  Parents John Bernard [only father is reported]
  Birth 1683 Goochland CO, VA
  Death 1756 Goochland CO, VA
  
  Family Data Collection - Births
  John Bernard
  Father Richard Bernard
  Birth Date 1661 Purton, Gloucester County, VA, USA
  
  Family Data Collection - Individual Records
  John Bernard
  father Richard Bernard
  Birth 1661 Gloucester Co, Purton, VA
  Death Date 1709
  
  Many genealogies appear to have copied each other in the error of reported John/William with the same death date as his son John, the date when John's will was probated, 21 September 1756.  I have found one genealogy which reports more credible information about the birth and death of John Bernard, father of John Barnette.
  
  This genealogy, however reports that the father of John Bernard was Richard Bernard, not William Bernard, as virtually all the others report.  (I have not found a genealogy that reports a wife of William/John Bernard, but Christopher has a birth date for her.)  This genealogy, by Christopher Barnette, reports a different date for the death of John Bernard, in 1709, a more credible date.  He further reports a different date of birth, and different locations in Virginia for both birth and death.  Due to the gross errors, generally lack of documentation and general lack of care in the majority of the other genealogies, I am inclined to trust this genealogy by Christopher Barnette, lacking further independent documentation.
  
  Other genealogies report that the wife of William/Jon Bernard/Barnett was Jane Rolphe.  There is a discrepancy in Christopher's genealogy, where he reports both John Bernard and Jane Rolphe as parents of John Barnett, but has failed to connect them as spouses!  The report for each one shows no spouse, though they are both tied to John as their son.  No other children are reported.  Christopher follows other genealogies in reporting that John's year of birth is the same year of death of his mother Jane Rolphe.  Jane must have died in childbirth, though I have seen no direct reference to that.
  
  One thing that makes me a bit uncertain about the information in Christopher's genealogy is that he says that his John Bernard was born and died in the same county, Gloucester County, Virginia.  Yet he reports, as the other genealogies, that John Bernard's son John Barnette was born in Goochland County.
  
  Christopher reports the following details for John Bernard, father of John Barnett.
  
  John Bernard
  born 1661 in Purton, Gloucester, Virginia
  died 1709 in Gloucester County, Virginia
  Parents:
  Richard Bernard, 1636-1691, Mother Unknown Bernard b 1640
  Spouse Unknown
  Son John Barnett
  born 1689 in Goochland, Virginia
  died 1756 in Goochland County, Virginia
  --  Christopher Barnette, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3025738/person/-1786477739
  
  Jane Rolfe
  born 1650-10-10 in Varina, Henrico, Virginia
  died 1676 in Kippax, Charles City, Virginia
  Parents:
  Thomas Rolfe, 1615-1675, Jane Poythress b 1630
  Son John Barnett 1689-1756
  --  Christopher Barnette, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3025738/person/-1786477742

Sources

• 1. Family Data Collection - Individual Records
• 2. Family Data Collection - Births
• 3. Ancestry Trees
• 4. Ancestry Trees
  • Wright Family Tree, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/7248577/person/-952278409?ssrc=&ftm=1
• 5. Ancestry Trees
  • Julie Weinman, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/458610/person/-2073087341
• 6. Ancestry Trees
  • Rickard - Winfrey, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/7087067/person/-1161287512
• 7. Find a Grave Memorial Registry