Genealogy of the Barney Family in America

Jacob Barney was born ca. 1601 in England, the son of Jacob Barney (d. 1639) of Bradenham, Bucks, England. He was living at Salem, Massachusetts, by 1634, when he was admitted as a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He died at Salem in 1673, survived by his widow, Elizabeth, and four children. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Illinois, Wisconsin, Utah, Idaho, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and elsewhere.