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- Letter to EDP - June 22, 1921 - Ashbel H. Barney, 61 Broadway, NYC: "My
great- grandfather, John Barney, was the son of John (b. Sept. 15, 1753 in
Rehoboth, Mass., and Ruth. This John was the same as yours, but our
information does not give the date of his death, nor the last name of his
wife. He descends directly from Jacob, the first Pilgrim. I have always
been given to udnerstand the family was Welsh originally, and the name was
spelled Birney, Berney or Barney indiscriminately."
"Ancestral Register of Austin Dunham Barney" -- There is some evidence
that John lived for a time at Pomfret, Conn. In about ;1764 he settled in
Guilford, Vermont, being one of the pioneers in that town. He was
supervisor 1772-3; collector and highway commissioner, 1774; fence viewer
1777. He also served as overseer of the poor and was a member of a
committee to sell lands belonging to the town. He was a member of the
committee sent to the Windsor Convention in 1777.
He was a carpenter. "Barney Record Book" Bk 1, pp 55,110-111 "Jacob
Barney, 1634" pp 130, 141 by Mary E. Wesbrook, 1982; Col. Fam. of Am.
CFA6; Hist. of Guilford, Vt; Dau. of Found & Pat. of Am., vol 25; CFI Vt;
Hist. of Northern NY, p 1029; Personal records of Mrs.Effie Howe Mellor,
492 "L" St., Idaho Falls, Idh.
was in the Revolution; he lost both limbs in war, suffered great pain.
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1753 - 1793 (39 years)
