Individual Details

Rev. Jacob Barney Jr.

(14 May 1634 - 12 Feb 1693)

Jacob Barney 1st married Hannah Johnson and had a child, Hannah.
Jacob Barney 2nd married Ann Witt and had 13 children.
Jacob Barney was a Baptist minister who lived in the Boston area and founded churches in Charlestown and Swansea. He was granted thirty acres of land to be "laid out with fifty acres formerly granted to his father on 5 April 1652. He was one of the founders of the First Baptist Church, in Boston MA, in 1668. In 1690 he moved to Rehoboth, Bristol, and Swansea, Bristol, MA.
Jacob was married twice. He married Hannah Johnson on 18 August 1657 in Salem, Essex, MA by Major Hathorne. Hannah died on 5 June 1659 in Salem Essex, MA. He remarried on 26 April 1660 to Ann White in Salem, Essex, MA by Captain Marshall.
His will was made on 13 July 1692 and probated on 20 February 1693. Ann was the executrix.

Source: "Genealogy of the Barney Family in America" by Eugene D. Preston and William C. Barney, 2000.
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Jacob Barney's second wife was not Ann WHITE.
Barny, Jacob and Ann WITT, 26: 2m: 1660. CT. R." (Court record) Published Salem, MA, vital records, page 81. Ann was the daughter of John Witt, Sr., born 1639 in Lynn.
-- Grace (Cronin) Schmitt

Events

Birth14 May 1634Bradenham, Norfolk, England
Marriage18 Aug 1657Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts - Hannah Johnson
Marriage26 Feb 1660Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts - Ann Witt
Death12 Feb 1693Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Families

SpouseHannah Johnson (1622 - 1659)
ChildHannah Barney (1659 - )
SpouseAnn Witt ( - 1702)
ChildJohn Witt Barney (1665 - 1728)
FatherJacob Barney (1601 - 1673)
MotherElizabeth Catsby (1603 - 1673)

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