William
Barnett
Sr.
[uncertain]
Born about in British Colonial America
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of James Francis Barnett
and Jane (Johnson) Barnett
Brother of
Robert Barnett, James Barnett, Alexander Barnett, James William Barnett and Rebecca (Barnett) McNeely
Husband of
Mary (Miller) Barnett
— married
about 1760 in Virginia, British Colonial America [uncertain]
[uncertain] Husband of
Jane (Burnett) Barnett
— married
1 Aug 1801 in Amherst County, Virginia, USA
Descendants 
Father of
James M. Barnett, Joseph Barnett, William Barnett Jr., Ann (Barnett) Dinwiddie, Mary Barnett, Nathan Jackson Barnett, John Barnett, Schuyler Barnett, Alexander Barnett, Flora (Barnett) McAlexander, Washington Barnett, Drusilla (Barnett) Jones and Rebecca (Barnett) Kincaid
Died about
at about age 77
in Madison County, Kentucky, USA
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Biography
William Barnett was 77 years of age at the time of his death in 1816, which would mean he was born about 1739. This information comes from cemetery records for Madison County, Kentucky[1]. It's not certain where William was born or who his parents were, but Thelma Murphy[2] believes he was born in Pennsylvania and then moved to Virginia with family.
William is reported to have married first Mary Miller in Virginia and had numerous children prior to her death in Virginia before 1801. William then married Jenny Witt ("Jane or Jean" per the index) Witt on 1 Aug 1801 in Amherst County, Virginia[3]. Her status was given as widowed. Jenny (Burnett) Witt was widowed by 1797 in Amherst County and gave consent for her daughters' weddings under the name Jean.
William died in March of 1816 and is buried in the Barnett Cemetery in northern Madison County, Kentucky, where Jane is also buried[4][5]. William signed his will (attached) in Madison County, Kentucky, on 22 Feb. 1816; it was proved there on 1 April 1816[6]. Executors named were his son Joseph Barnett and Col. Samuel Snoddy.
Children
William's will listed the following children (in order of appearance):
- James
- Joseph
- Alexander
- Anna (Barnett) Dunwiddie
- Nathan
- William
- Polly (Barnett) Ewers
- John
- Flora (Barnett) McAlexander
- Schuyler
Described as "last children" (children with Jane/Jenny Burnett Witt per Murphy, 1988).
Census
1810 United States Census[7]: William Barnett, Madison County, Kentucky.
Research Notes
The following is from Chuck Todd's Barnett Family Research[8]: "584.21 William BARNETT b VA; d 2 Feb 1816 Madison Co, KY; m1 Mary MILLER; m2 Rebecca MILLER." [No source given.] This is also the source for William's parents as being James and Jane Barnett.
Witt-1888 00:30, 26 October 2020 (UTC)William's parents being James and Jane Barnett is plausible based on dates and James is said to have died in Amherst County (without source). William married Jenny (Burnett) Witt in Amherst County in 1801.
Sources
- ↑ Vockery, Bill and Kathy. 1999. Cemetery Records of Madison County, Vol. I, Northern Section", Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Historical Society
- ↑ Murphy, Thelma M. 1988. William Barnett of Virginia and Kentucky and His Descendants. Indianapolis, IN: Self-published. On file at: Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, KY Call #929 B261m.
- ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRDN-FRN : 11 February 2018), William Barnett and Jane Or Jean Witt, 01 Aug 1801; citing Amherst County, Virginia, reference 152; FHL microfilm 30,273.
- ↑ Vockery, Bill and Kathy. 1999. Cemetery Records of Madison County, Vol. I, Northern Section", Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Historical Society.Pg. 20.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/258217279/william-barnett: accessed 06 January 2024), memorial page for William Barnett (1739–Mar 1816), Find a Grave Memorial ID 258217279, citing Joseph Barnett Cemetery, Madison County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Korff (contributor 47283444).
- ↑ Will of William Barnett. Signed 22 Feb. 1816. Proved 1 April 1816. Madison County, Kentucky. Microfilm copy in Kentucky Historical Society Library, Frankfort, KY
- ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2P-ZJW : accessed 25 October 2020), William Barnett, Madison, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 207, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 181,352.
- ↑ http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~jessebarnett/genealogy/chucktod.htm#BARNETT%20COLLATERAL. Accessed 25 Oct 2020.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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John Sheppard
:
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~0.78%
Franklin Disney :
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~0.39%
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If this William was the son of one or the other Irish emigrees he was either born after his father removed to Pennsylvania or born in Derry and brought here. The known sons of John the immigrant went to Virginia in the mid to late 1740s. But he’s of their generation, not a son.
Madison would have been still part of Lincoln also until well after the war ended. Land grants were given late that decade in the new county which was formed from Lincoln in 1785. I recommend an interactive map for Virginia and Kentucky, especially necessary in combating Findagrave’s insistence on putting a grave where it physically is currently. Current locations are relevant for directions to and photos of a head stone. They have no real value when trying to determine a historical place of burial.
UPDATE: Thanks, Holly, for rewriting the bio. It was unclear and now its fixed!
edited by Liane Smith
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MQJG-3F9?cid=partner-3Z3L-Z4GK-J7ZS-YT3Z-Q4KY-YN66-ZX5K-176R