Edward BARNEY^[1]

1749 - 1839  (89 years)

• Name	Edward BARNEY
  Born	18 Aug 1749	Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  _UID	4C68DD4FCC7E7B43804A29D6D1BF376EE69B
  Died	9 Aug 1839	Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., New York
  Buried	Old Belleville C, Belleville, Jefferson Co., New York
  Person ID	I23263	Branch 165 John William Stafford b. 1810 NY
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2006

  
  

  Father	John BARNEY, Jr.,   b. 1 May 1730, Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts ,   d. 19 Feb 1807, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Rebecca MARTIN,   b. 21 Dec 1729, Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts ,   d. 10 Feb 1807, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont  (Age 77 years)
  Married	4 Dec 1748
  Family ID	F8701	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth BROWN,   b. 3 Oct 1750, Middletown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts ,   d. 5 Mar 1793, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont  (Age 42 years)
  Married	29 Oct 1770	Leyden, Franklin Co., Massachusetts
  Children	1. Elizabeth "Betsey" BARNEY,   b. 2 Dec 1770, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont ,   d. 31 May 1813, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont  (Age 42 years)   2. Susannah May BARNEY,   b. 5 May 1772, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont ,   d. 16 Feb 1838, Belleville, Jefferson Co., New York  (Age 65 years)   3. Edward J. BARNEY, Capt.,   b. 1 Jan 1774, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont ,   d. 17 Mar 1821/2, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont  (Age 48 years)   4. Hannah BARNEY,   b. 29 Nov 1775, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont ,   d. 7 Jun 1795, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont  (Age 19 years)   5. John BARNEY,   b. 2 Apr 1778, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont ,   d. 4 Sep 1869, Belleville, Jefferson Co., New York  (Age 91 years)   6. Benjamin BARNEY,   b. 4 Jan 1780, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont ,   d. 25 Aug 1859, Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio  (Age 79 years)   7. Rebeckah BARNEY,   b. 6 Apr 1782, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont ,   d. 18 Nov 1860  (Age 78 years)   8. Mabel BARNEY,   b. 30 Mar 1784, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont ,   d. 1 May 1784, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont  (Age 0 years)   9. Aaron BARNEY,   b. 11 Oct 1785, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont ,   d. 27 Aug 1858, Michigan  (Age 72 years)   10. Eliakim BARNEY,   b. 8 Feb 1788, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont ,   d. 30 Oct 1852  (Age 64 years)   11. Miriam BARNEY,   b. 1 Feb 1790, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont ,   d. Dec 1832  (Age 42 years)   12. Mabel BARNEY,   b. 5 Mar 1793, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont ,   d. 5 Mar 1793, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2019
  Family ID	F8688	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Phebe BENNETT
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2019
  Family ID	F8690	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Edward served at least two enlistments during the Revolutionary War. He settled in Ellisburg NY in 1803 and was a Deacon at the Baptist Church."Barney Record Book" Bk 1, pp 55, 108; Bk 3, p 117 "Jacob Barney, 1634" pp 130, 140 by Mary E. Wesbrook, 1982; Colonial Families of America, vol 6; BT 2846, 17(3), 246(3), 3877(5); DAR 73:120-121; Patriot Index; CFI Vt; Index to American Lineages; "Barney- Hosmer"; History of Guilford, Vt; Laura H. Barney Bible at Flowers Mem. Library, Watertown, NY; Old Belleville Cem. records; "Gen. of the Barney Fam." by Godfrey Waldo Barney; "The Growth of A Century" (Henderson, New York), pp 564, 575 & 579, sent by Leland Rhodes. He was a physician and Baptist Deacon He came to Guilford, Vt. abt 1764 with his father; moved to Ellisburg, N.Y. in 1803/4. He came from Guilford, Vermont, abt 1803 and settled in the town of Ellisburgh. He was a physician and farmer. He died in 1835, aged 86 years. Three of his sons, substantial business men, settled and raised families in that town, and were foremost in efforts to repel invasion during the War of 1812, especially in defence of Sackets Harbor. They favored education and were active in founding Union Academy at Belleville, in 1824, and patronizing it liberally in later years. John, Benjamin and Eliakim Barney were always stanch friends of Old Union, and gave their sons and daughters opportunity to share its honors. Note: the above information was taken from a book called, "The Growth of A Century" pp 564. DAR Lineage Book 77:51 - Edward Barney (1749-1801) served as a private in Capt. Asa Rice's Co., Col. William Williams' Regt., N.Y. state militia. Born Rehoboth, Mass.; died Ellisburgh, N.Y. DAR Lineage Book 70:207 - has his death as 1801 (wrong)

  
  

• Sources

  [S4663] Stafford Data Branch 14.