Constant Barney^[1]

1731 - 1819  (88 years)

• Name	Constant Barney
  Birth	23 Apr 1731	Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	9F5257EB108F40EBBE1626B2BF2986B9D03B
  Death	4 Aug 1819	Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont, USA
  Burial	Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont, USA, Arlington Cemetery
  Person ID	I2112	Larry and Jane's Family Tree
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2002

  
  

  Father	Capt. Daniel Barney,   b. 20 Nov 1697, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 Feb 1784, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 86 years)
  Mother	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   [3, 4]
  	Name spelled Else in marriage record.Int. 1 Jan 1726/27.Married by Rev. David Turner.
  Family ID	F762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Carpenter,   b. 11 May 1734, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA d. 28 May 1814, Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont, USA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	29 Nov 1753	Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA   [5, 6]
  	marriage source from Rehoboth Roots; Updated: Mar 19, 2002. Contact: Jim Bullock Descendants of Early Settlers of Rehoboth, Mass.: Both of Rehoboth. Married by Elder Richard Round, Jr. Intentions 21 Sep 1753.
  Family ID	F3007	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 23 Apr 1731 - Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 29 Nov 1753 - Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Name: Constant Barney, but sometimes recorded as Constantine. "Jacob Barney, 1634" pp 123, 125 by Mary E. Wesbrook, 1982; Virkus "Compendium of American Genealogy," 6:812, 4:449; "Boston Transcript" genealogical column #2127, (2)8555; DAR Lineage Books 18:313; 40:15-16; 67:23; 109:71; DAR Patriot Index, p.38; Abby Barney's files; "Hudson & Mohawk Valleys," p.690; "Vermont Historical Magazine," vol__, p.1130; "Grave Markers in Burke Co., Ga.," p.4; Computer File Index, Mass. (IGI); "Barney-Hosmer" by Wm. F. Adams; Vital Records of Rehoboth, Mass. pp.20, 530; Valentine G. Barney Manuscript.; Roger Hunt, Manchester, N.H. (Jan 1982); "Carpenter Memorial," p.136; Vital Records of New Hampshire (Preston collection); "Genealogical History of Vermont," p.229; "New York Bible Records," 40:15-16; They moved from Rehoboth, Mass. by 1765 to Richmond, N.H. in 1759; thence in 1784/85 to Arlington, Vt.; he served in the campaign of 1758 and in the Revolution; he went to New York state, near Lebanon Springs in 1776. He was one of the first settlers of the town of Richmond, New Hampshire, where he was active in town affairs. He was out with the militia during the Revolutionary War. He married Dec 13, 1753, Hannah Carpenter, born 1732, died Mar 28, 1814. They left Richmond about 1785 and settled in Vermont. Constant Barney was a private, name on billetting roll, dated 5 June 1758, of men that refuse to march without their billetting, etc. that have not as yet been taken into their proper companies. Amount due Lb.1:01:04 for service, 29 April 1758 to 31 Mary 1758. Also, private in Maj. Richard Godfren's Co. 1758. (NEHGR Register 58:141) Constant was in Captain Oliver Capron's militia and marched to the relief of Fort Ticonderoga in 1777. Enlisted in 1777 in Capt. Oliver Capron's Co., Col. Ashley's Regt. which marched to the relief of Ticonderoga. Recorded in N.H. state records; was a member of the Committee of Safety and his name heads the list of signers of the Association of Richmond, N.H. He served two enlistments in the N.H. militia. Martha J Hicks (11/6/99): Constatine Barney, b. Apr 23 1731. He was a military recruiting officer. He was married to Hannah Carpenter on Nov 29 1753. Posted on Allen Biographies forum by Katherine Pitts (21 Feb 2000): FROM: "Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of Cattaraugus County, NY", edited by William Adams, published 1893. Town of Otto, page 931: "Captain Constant Barney ... was ... one of four rangers who multiplied themselves into as many platoons and stationing themselves on either side of the road during the night intercepted a hand of seventeen tories on their way to join Burgoyne, compelling them to surrender."

  
  

• Sources

  [S489] Cliff Barney, Cliff Barney gedcom. [S5] Sunni Kay McPheeters (mcpheetersfam@gbis.com, My Roots, (Updated 10/21/2001). [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). [S50] Arnold, James N., Vital Record of Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, 1642-1896, (Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., Providence, R.I.; 1897). [S51] Early Vital Records of Massachusetts to about 1850, (Search & Research Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge CO, 1998, Type II CD), p. 83, VR 3-327, Rehoboth Marriages (Reliability: 3).