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R Barnes

GAWP5 presents craftsman and family information for planemaker Russell Barnes. Addtional early material is added here.

  • Russell Barnes 1774 - 1853

  • Housewright and carpenter in Cambridge, New Salem and Orange, MA deeds dating from 1806 to 1834

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Interest and background information supplied by Mike Humphrey in March 2026.​​

R Barnes

Russell Barnes 

1774 Cambridge, MA - New Salem, MA - Orange, MA - 1853

1823 dated planes as well as a listed as a planemaker in Orange, MA town records as presented in GAWP5.

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New information;

1806 - 1807 deeds in Cambridge, MA, housewright and carpenter

1807 - 1816 deeds in New Salem, MA, housewright

1834 deed Orange, MA, housewright and planemaker

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Mike Humphrey supplied background information and interest in Russell's early years ... possibly stretching back to Russell's Cambridge years. Which early molding planes are unknown, early bench planes with offset totes have been recorded.

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Russell Barnes 1807 deed, Cambridge, housewright

Russell Barnes 1811 deed, New Salem, housewright

Russell Barnes 1834 deed, Orange, housewright and planemaker

(The presentation of visually based elements (scale imprints, scale drawings, etc.) is a challenge, especially when moving from the printed page to the realm of an electronic medium. For reference, the original GAWP 5, CAWP, BARS and SOJ publications had pages which were 8-1/2" in width.)

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