John Witt BARNEY^[1]

1665 - 1728  (62 years)

• Name	John Witt BARNEY
  Born	1 Aug 1665	Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	GBFA-9
  _UID	B56E90FA95C8A14E8FF270C1DF2708762FE2
  Died	1 May 1728	Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
  Person ID	I23341	Branch 005 Josiah Stafford (Stover) 1662 ME
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2006

  
  

  Father	Jacob BARNEY, Jr.,   b. Abt 1630, of Bradenham, Buckinghamshire, England ,   d. 12 Feb 1693, Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Mother	Anne WITT,   b. 1637, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts ,   d. 17 Mar 1701/2, Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts  (Age 65 years)
  Married	26 Apr 1660	Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts
  Family ID	F8696	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He lived in Bristol, Swansea, and after 1710 in Taunton where he bought the house and land of John Rogers, formerly the residence of Robert Thornton. he was at one time a Deputy Sheriff at Taunton. He served as a representative to the General Court, from Swansea, in June 1706. His will, dated February 22, 1726, proved May 25, 1728, mentions all children including his daughters by their married names, as well as their husbands' names. Also mentioned is his wife Mary (Taunton probate records). John and Mary (Throop) Barney had ten children, the first seven born at Bristol, R.I. and the others at Swansea, Mass. "Barney Record Book" Bk 1, pp 20-21, 25-28; Virkus 4:51; BT 2126, 7628(4) "Gen. of the Russell Family" by Lyman Brightman Russell of Comanche, TX MS923 CFI RI, Mass; "The Throop Tree", p 25; Vit Rec of Taunton, Mass; Vit Rec of Swansea, Mass; Vit Rec of Bristol, RI; "Barney-Hosmer"; "Valentine G. Barney Manuscript", Nolan Barney, Oct `79; "Jacob Barney, 1634" p 2 by Mary E. Wesbrook, 1982. Special Note:- They lived in Bristol, RI and Swansea, Mass; moved to Rehoboth, and thence to Taunton, Mass in 1710.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4663] Stafford Data Branch 14.