Constance Davis

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• Alt. Birth: 19 Mar 1674, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Alt. Death: 1722

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!BIR-MAR-DEATH: Abridged Compendium Vol. 7.
Haverhill Vital Records.
Americana (1937/9); p. 207.
ANCESTRAL FILE: #9B0P-KS.

Constance married Lt. Joseph Barney on 4 Sep 1692 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. Joseph (son of Jacob Barney and Anne Elizabeth Witt) was born on 9 Mar 1673 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; died on 5 Feb 1731 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Joseph Mason. Joseph was born in Unknown; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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).

Daniel married Alice Wheaton on 24 Feb 1727 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA. Alice (daughter of Ephraim Wheaton, Rev. and Mary Mason) was born on 26 Nov 1700 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; died on 3 Jul 1766 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA, Bullock's Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Anne married Jacob Saunders on 4 Mar 1734 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. Jacob was born on 4 Jul 1710; died on 6 Apr 1792. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary married Jacob Ormsby on 2 Feb 1745 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA. Jacob (son of Jacob Ormsby and Hopestill Eddy) was born on 18 Aug 1720 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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."

Constant married Hannah Carpenter on 29 Nov 1753 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah was born on 11 May 1734 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; died on 28 May 1814 in Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont, USA; was buried in Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont, USA, Arlington Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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name: Betsey or Betty

Children: WFT #4:0735 has an additional child, Daniel Read, b. 18 Sept. 1754. This WFT was submitted by Maurice "Hackett" Barney of Manhattan Beach, California. Currently (June 1999) John Culp is contacting Maurice to see if he has documentation for this Daniel.

Well, I'll be darned ---- would you believe that this Daniel Read is named in the GBFA, p.54: "His daughter Lucy md. Daniel Anthony, and their daughter was the renowned Susan B. Anthony."

GBFA pp.53-54: "They moved from Swansea to Cheshire, Mass. sometime after 1756. Joshua Read died June 23, 1777 at Cheshire, and Betty (Barney) Read died at Cheshire Sept. 18, 1815, aged 82. She is buried at the Stafford Hill Cemetery."

Elizabeth married Joshua Read on 8 Nov 1753 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA. Joshua was born on 21 Jan 1728 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; died on 23 Jun 1777 in Cheshire, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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name: Anna or Anne

Anna married Joseph Saunders on 3 Apr 1756 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA. Joseph was born on 23 Nov 1734 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; died on 2 Jan 1783; was buried in North Swansea, Bristol Coounty, Massachusetts, USA, Thomas Cemetery,. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married Charles Wheaton on 3 Apr 1756 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA. Charles (son of Daniel Wheaton and Tabitha Bowen) was born on 15 Apr 1735 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; died before 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

Was he the Daniel Barney who d. 15 March 1822, age 84, at Hartwick, N.Y., age
84? Probably not.

I have a death date of 15 Feb 1806 in my records.

"Jacob Barney, 1634" p 123 by Mary E. Wesbrook
"Boston Transcript" genealogical column, Jul 8, 1925; #2127, 8689(2)
Rhode Island Vital Records," vols 6, 8 & 12
Coventry, R.I. Vital Records
Swansea, Mass. Vital Records
DAR Patriot Index, p 38
"Seven Pierce Families," p.201
CFI Mass. (IGI)
"History of Swansea, Mass."
Vital Records of Rehoboth, Mass.," pp.20, 530.
LDS FGS Carma Coffin, 1237 East Santa Clara, Ventura, Cal.

"Jacob Barney, 1634" gives his death date
15 Feb 1806'.

A private record says he died about 1806, but can he be the one who died 15
march 1822, age 84, at Hartwick, N.Y.? While his chief residence was Swansea, Mass., he spent many years in Scituate and other Rhode Island towns. A complete list of his children is not found.

From Aunt Betty's notes: Lieutenant in Capt. Richard Smith's Third (Scituate, R.I.) Company, June 1766 (Smith's Civil and Military Lists of Rhode Island I:259)

Daniel married Rachel Bowen on 16 Nov 1757 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA. Rachel was born on 29 Nov 1738 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Mar 1819 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: GBFA-122
• _UID: 2BF00B71659241D38977F121623B5FA3537C

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death place from Ancestry.com World Tree #85801, Submitter clampshire@fullerton.edu: Cathy Lampshire, 2771 E. Norm Place, Anaheim, CA 92806-5040 (714) 630-1667

Sarah married Samuel Lemuel Franklin on 18 Oct 1757 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA. Samuel was born on 29 Aug 1732 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; died in Feb 1805 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA, Burying Place Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Physical Description: Twin
• Reference Number: GBFA-123
• _UID: 97B10C7A32664C2B8BB47E73013F95C1A301

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Charles C. Cafferty "David Barney, Revolutionary Soldier" (in BFHA newsletters 1988/89). Article states "Mrs. Barney was taken before her husband who, in his old age, married a widow Harding. David Barney died in 1826, aged 86 years." The Cafferty article says David had eleven children. William (the oldest son) married at Richmond, N.H. and possibly remained there. The article names the following children, which don't seem to be David Barney's children, but may be mis-identifications:

Margaret Barney; md. Jonathan Norwood (who is she?)
Nathan Barney; md. (is this Jonathan?)
Jehu Barney; md. Tobatha Yates. (is this John?)

The article also says David Barney Jr. md. Zeraiah Beebe.

Swansea Vital Records
"Boston Transcript" genealogical columns 2127, (3)246, (2)8704
DAR Patriot Index, p.38
"Your Family Tree" 13:68
LDS Computer File Index, Mass. (IGI)
Valentine G. Barney Manuscript
"History of Susquehannah Co., Pa.," p.464
"Historical Gazeteer of Tioga Co., N.Y. (1785-1888)," p.399
Article for Tioga Co., N.Y. Historical Society by Charles C. Cafferty: "David Barney, Revolutionary Soldier"
E. Howard Hillis, Box 5, Madras, OR 97741
"Jacob Barney, 1634" pp 123, 126 by Mary E. Wesbrook, 1982.
"Ballou Genealogy"
"Yesteryears," 18:69
Vital Records of New Hampshire
Bristol Co., Mass. Probates, 126:325
Swansea Vital Records, by Carter, p.39
Roger W. Hunt, Manchester, NH (Revolutionary War researcher)

According to the Cafferty article, David had eleven children. William was md. at Richmond, NH and possibly remained there. The remaining ten children probably came with their parents to Tioga Co., NY. The article names the following children: 1- William, md., stayed in Richmond; 2- Margaret, md. Jonathan Norwood; 3- Nathan; 4- David, Jr., b. 27 Apr 1775, d. 27 Mar 1852, md. Zeraiah Beebe; 5- Bennaiah, md. 1795 to Eleanor Earsley; 6- Jehu, md. Tobatha Yates; 7- Canvis, md. --- Cook; 8- Jonathan, lived at Bath, NY; 9- Zimariah; 10- John (poss.); & 11- Luther (poss.) The article also states,"Mrs. Barney was taken before her husband who, in his old age, married a widow Harding. David Barney died in 1826, aged 86 yrs" and was buried on the family plot in Tioga Co., NY. I think the Luther Barney who is recorded in Road District #4 in 1791 is Luther (1757), a third cousin of David Barney (1739). It is known that this Luther Barney moved from Sandgate, Bennington Co., Vt. to Chenango Pt., Chenango Co., NY between 1788 and 1792. Chenango Pt., located at the confluence of the Chenango and Susquehanna Rivers, is near Vestal Township in Broome Co., NY.

Other notes on their children: #1- Swansea Vit. Rec lists as son "Ledy".
Boston Transcript (3)246 lists as dau "Lydia". #9 "Your Family Tree" 13:68 states: David Barney, born in NH came to Apolacom, Susquehanna, Penn in 1800 via Vestal, Broome, NY in 1785. He died in Apolacon 27 Mar ..., aged 76. His wife died 10 Feb 1843, aged 61. After marriage, they moved to Richmond, NH abt 1763, he was "Rep. to General Assembly in Exeter, NH in 1778, and delegate to Constitutional Convention in 1782."

Some sources listed three other children with his 1st wife, Elizabeth; they are Nathan, b. abt 1782; Margaret, b. abt 1784 and John b. abt 1785, which is the same year of David's death date.

From Aunt Betty's notes (Re. "History of Broome County, N.Y.", 1885, p.467 (Vestal Township): It is said that Major David Barney was the first settler in Vestal, who came with his family in 1785; but there is no authentic account of the circumstances, or of his family. It is said he came down the river from Cooperstown in a canoe, and that the craft became unmanageable at some point in the trip and upset, the children narrowly escaping drowning.

1:18:06 PM Eastern Standard Time
John Charles Barney, Jr., Ithaca, NY (1/7/2002): "The History of Susquehanna County," by Emily Blackman, first published in 1873 (1992 Reprint). Here paraphrased is some of the relevant sections:David Barney was the first European settler in Apolacon Township of Susquehanna County. He arrived with his wife (no name in the book) in 1800 in what was then called Little Meadows (now an incorporated Borough in Susquehanna County) from Vestal in Broome County, just across the state line in New York state in 1785. He came originally from New Hampshire. He set up the first farm west of Snake Creek and above Forest Lake in the area, which at that time was apart of Rush township. The farm was in a broad valley on the east side of Apolacon Creek and of the original Native American trail in the area, which became State Road 858. He was a fantastic shot and great hunter, and helped keep many of the early settlers in the area from starving during the long winters. Many of the earliest settlers also worked on his farm, which became a very productive dairy farm and apple orchard, and it is still farmed to this day by other people (Lalor is the current owner). In addition to farming, he started the first saw mill in the area in 1816 and his farm later was the place of the area's first hotel. David died in on March 27th, 1852 in his 77th year. His wife (unnamed) died in 1843 in her 62nd year.David's brother Benaiah arrived in 1806 or 1807 and built the area's first grist mill in 1811. He also served as the first President of the Sunday school. He later moved onto Indiana, where he died.David had several children all born in Apolacon Twp. The first was a son named Darius and he was born in 1801, making him the first European child born in the township. David had three other sons: Jonathon (1809), Harry (1811) and David (?). He had three daughters too listed in the book as follows: Mrs. Richard Collins of Apolacon, Mrs. Jotham Rounds of Vestal, NY and Mrs. Levi Jones of Owego, NY.Darius, Jonathon and Harry spent their whole lives in Little Meadows and died there. The only death noted in the book is that of Darius in 1870. Jonathon Barney became the town doctor, while Darius ran the farm and Harry set up and ran a hotel. All of them were instrumental in creating first the Township of Choconut from the Township of Rush in 1813, the Township of Apolocon from the Township of Choconut in 1841 and finally the Borough of Little Meadows from the Township of Apolacon in 1856. All were involved with the early Methodist church in the area.There is also a great historic map showing the location of all of the Barney residences and places of business in Little Meadows in 1872.

David married Elizabeth Garnsey on 27 Nov 1759 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth was born on 23 Mar 1745 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; died before 1785 in , Tioga County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Eleanor Stoddard on 23 Dec 1785 in Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA. Eleanor was born about 1750 in Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Harding, Widow. was born in Unknown in , Tioga County, New York, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Jacob Barney, 1634" p 123 by Mary E. Wesbrook, 1982.

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name may have been spelled "Benajah"
His 3rd wife may have been Hannah (Goff) Ormsbee, widow of Daniel Ormsbee.

Swansea Vital Records
V.G. Barney manuscript
Vital Records of Rehoboth, pp.530, 20, 21
Mass. Marriage Records (DAR 1968)
"Jacob Barney, 1634" pp 123, 127 by Mary E. Wesbrook, 1982.

No children were mentioned from either of his 2nd or 3rd
marriage to Bethiah Goff or Hannah Ormsbee.

Aunt Betty's notes have his marriage to Anne Goff as 2 June 1768. She has this date in three places, but it seems to be wrong, since they had children born as early as 1764.

Letter from George S. Barney, about 1910: Included was a BARNEY GENEALOGY: "This record was compiled from one belonging to Benaiah Barney, brother of the first Daniel, by Mrs. Angeline Mason, eldest daughter of Mason Barney."

Burial: from "Barney Family" manuscript sent by Lynda Schonover of St. Petersburg, Fla.

Benaiah married Anna Goff on 2 Jun 1763 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA. Anna was born in 1743 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; died on 16 Mar 1794; was buried in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA, Pierce's Graveyard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]