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- Bur: Bullock's Hill Graveyard Was Representative to the General Court for
18 years.
His name is sometimes interpreted as "David." He died at the age of 87.
Compendium of American Genealogy; Cutter, History of Northern NY BT 2127,
1678(3), 8704(2); Virkus 6:385; CFI MA; Hudson and Mohawk Valleys, p 690;
RI VR, vol 12-13; Swansea Vit. Rec; History of Swansea, MA;
"Barney-Hosmer"; V.G. Barney Manuscript; History of Chautauqua Co., NY;
Rehoboth VR, pp 20, 529; "Descendants of Jacob Barney" pp 4, 123 by Mary
E. Wesbrook, 1982.
He was a Capt. 1759; Rep to General Court; they lived in Rehoboth, MA
(Inf. taken from tax records). He removed to Rehoboth, MA, which town he
represented in the general court. He was a man of marked intellectuality,
brilliant in debate, a learned man of great renown. He married and had
four sons: Daniel, David, Benijah and Constant. Daniel was representative
to the general assembly at Exeter, 1778, and delegate to the convention
that framed the constitution of New Hampshire, 1782.
Letter, Feb. 8, 1917, from Carlos Parsons Darling, Lawrenceville, Tioga
Co., Pa. (quoting from the Mason Genealogy): He was born in Rehoboth,
Mass. Nov. 20, 1697; died Feb. 2, 1784.
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1697 - 1784 (86 years)
