Josiah Barney

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: GBFA-46
• _UID: 4A158AB09A534EE29C1FADF8C3A7C1CF100F

Notes:

DAR Lineage book 14:156-157;
Surname Index, Iowa Genealogical Society, p.22;
LDS Computer File Index, Mass., R.I. (IGI);
Valentine G. Barney manuscript;
Vital Records of Rehoboth, Mass., pp.21, 521;
James P. Barney manuscript, p.20;
"Jacob Barney, 1634," by Mary Wesbrook, p.272;
Abby Barney's files;
Winifred L. Holman papers, p.3;
Preston Collection: manuscripts;
"Deane Genealogy," p.24;
Rhode Island Vital Records, 4:8;
Vital Records of Freetown, Mass.;
Vital Records of Attleboro, Mass.;
Bristol Co., Mass. Probates, 8:229;

All his sons served in the Revolutionary War.

GBFA p.30: He was alive in ca. 1776 when his sons served in the Revolutionary War. Josiah Barney was admitted Freeman at Newport on May 4, 1725 (R.I.C.R. IV:359). On March 16, 1731/2 he sold land in Rehoboth to Thomas Ormsbee (Bk. 26, p.89). On Feb. 34, 1734, called "cordwainer," with wife Freelove of Rehoboth, he sold a meadow in Attleboro to Henry Sweeting (Bk. 22, p.250). Josiah Barney with wife Freelove "of Rehoboth" sold lands in Rehoboth on April 27, 1745, March 1, 1749 and March 26, 1750.

Between 1737-47 he had tradesmen living in his household

BARNEY GENEALOGY of Angeline (Barney) Mason (filed with George S. Barney letter of 1910): -- here it messes up a little bit; assumes that this Josiah's father is that child of Jacob and Hannah (Johnson) Barney; some say that child was named Josiah, others say Hannah; nearly all researchers believe the child died in infancy. "I wish there was any way of getting at the generation between what I think must have been the two Josiahs, but I know of none."

The Vital Records of Rehoboth, Mass. CLEARLY SHOW that Israel Barney married
Elizabeth BARRETT. Mr. Preston was wrong in identifying her as Elizabeth
Brackett, dau. of Josiah and Elizabeth (Waldo) Brackett. Thus, while her death and burial are correct, the birth information in the GBFA (and derived sources such as "Barneys of America") are not correct. Her gravestone at the old cemetery at Rumford says,"Elizabeth Barney, Ye wife of Mr. Israel Barney, Died April Ye 9th, 1743, in Ye 66th Year of her age."

Letter to EDP, Aug. 15, 1908, from Mrs. Lund R. Barney, Springfield, Mass.:
"Josiah (5) Barney, b. 7 Dec. 1698, married Freelove Wheaton on 31 July 1724 at Little Compton, R.I."

WFT #3:0298 says that the last child, Abigail, b.1755, was the daughter of a second marriage of Josiah, to _____ Stewart.

Josiah married Freelove Wheaton on 31 Jul 1724 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA. Freelove (daughter of Ephraim Wheaton, Rev. and Mary Mason) was born on 1 Jun 1703 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; died after 26 Mar 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
md. by Thomas Church, Justice