Capt. Daniel Barney^[1]

1697 - 1784  (86 years)

• Name	Daniel Barney
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	20 Nov 1697	Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	GBFA-39
  _UID	0341FEDEE5F44282900B5C44D123534E8D71
  Death	2 Feb 1784	Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Burial	Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA, Bullock's Hill Cemetery
  Person ID	I2066	Larry and Jane's Family Tree
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2011

  
  

  Father	Lt. Joseph Barney,   b. 9 Mar 1673, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA d. 5 Feb 1731, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Constance Davis,   b. 9 Mar 1673, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA d. 8 Oct 1721, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	4 Sep 1692	Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F365	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Wheaton,   b. 26 Nov 1700, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA d. 3 Jul 1766, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	24 Feb 1727	Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA   [4, 5]
  	Name spelled Else in marriage record.Int. 1 Jan 1726/27.Married by Rev. David Turner.
  Children	1. Mary Barney,   b. 13 Dec 1727, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA d. 1774 (Age 46 years)   2. Constant Barney,   b. 23 Apr 1731, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA d. 4 Aug 1819, Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont, USA (Age 88 years)   3. Elizabeth "Betsey" Barney,   b. 14 Apr 1733, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA d. 18 Sep 1815, Cheshire, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 82 years)   4. Anna Barney,   b. 29 Nov 1734, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 Dec 1765 (Age 31 years)   5. Daniel W. Barney, Jr.,   b. 14 Sep 1736, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA d. 15 Mar 1822, Hartwick, Otsego County, New York, USA (Age 85 years)   6. Sarah Barney,   b. 2 Mar 1738, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA d. 4 Feb 1788, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 49 years)   7. Maj. David Barney,   b. 24 Jan 1740, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA d. 1826, , Tioga County, New York, USA (Age 85 years)   8. Jonathan Barney,   b. 24 Jan 1740, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA d. 25 Apr 1740, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years)   9. Benaiah Barney,   b. 31 Jan 1741, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA d. 4 Apr 1829, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 Nov 1697 - Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 24 Feb 1727 - Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Death - 2 Feb 1784 - Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Was Representative to the General Court for 18 years. His name is sometimes interpreted as "David." He died at the age of 87. Virkus' "Compendium of American Genealogy," 6:385 Cutter's "History of Northern New York" "Boston Transcript" genealogical column, #2127, 1678(3), 8704(2) LDS Computer File Index Mass (IGI) "Hudson and Mohawk Valleys," p.690 Rhode Island Vital Records, vol 12-13 Swansea, Mass. Vital Records "History of Swansea, Mass." "Barney-Hosmer," by William F. Adams, 1912 Valentine G. Barney Manuscript "History of Chautauqua Co., New York" Rehoboth, Mass. Vital Records, pp 20, 529 "Jacob Barney, 1634," p.123, by Mary E. Wesbrook "Genealogy of the Barney Family," by Ann Barney Wagner and Godfrey W. Barney Abby Barney's files "Smith - Forshee Genealogy" "Bristol Co., Mass. Probates," 8:229; 124:301 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. GBFA pp.24-25: Daniel Barney was Representative to the General Court for 18 years. The Bliss "History of Rhoboth" says he was Representative in 1741, 43, 45, 46, 47, 49. In 1733 his brothers Joseph and John Barney signed a quit claim deed to Daniel. His will, as Daniel Barney,"Gent." of Rehoboth, dated Dec. 30, 1774, recorded March 1, 1784, with his son Benaiah as Executor, mentions sons Constant, Daniel, David and Beniah; and daughters Elizabeth wife of Joshua Reed; Sarah wife of Lemuel Franklin; Mary and Anna, both deceased. Also mentioned are Mary's children: Jacob, Waitstill, Avis and Mary Ormsbee, and Anna's children: Charles Wheaton, John Sanders and Sarah Sanders. Witnesses were Joseph Barney, Daniel Weed, Sylvanus Martin (Taunton Probates 28:9).

  
  

• Sources

  [S489] Cliff Barney, Cliff Barney gedcom. [S5] Sunni Kay McPheeters (mcpheetersfam@gbis.com, My Roots, (Updated 10/21/2001). [S51] Early Vital Records of Massachusetts to about 1850, (Search & Research Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge CO, 1998, Type II CD), Rehoboth, p. 529 (Reliability: 3). [S77] Gedcom h4960, (last update 8/25/2001). [S51] Early Vital Records of Massachusetts to about 1850, (Search & Research Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge CO, 1998, Type II CD), Rehoboth, p. 20; p. 384, VR 2-142 (Reliability: 3).