Nancy Barney

Brief Life History of Nancy

When Nancy Barney was born about 1812, in Williston, Chittenden, Vermont, United States, her father, Heman Barney, was 45 and her mother, Nancy Beach, was 45.

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Family Time Line

Heman Barney
1768–1832
Nancy Beach
1768–1831
Samantha Barney
1796–1835
Denis Barney
1799–1844
Lucinda Barney
1805–
Abigail Barney
1809–1810
Nancy Barney
1812–
Benjamin Franklin Barney
1802–1865
Herman Barney
1808–1852
Thompson B Barney
1809–1854

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    World Events (3)

    1812

    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

    1812 · War of 1812

    Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.

    1834 · Vermont Anti-Slavery Society is Formed

    The Anti-Slavery Society of Vermont was established in 1834. 100 people from different towns were at the first meeting, with the intent to abolish slavery. 

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from Barney in Norfolk, which is probably named with an Old English personal name Bera (with genitive -n) + Old English ēg ‘island, dry ground in a marsh’.

    English: from the personal name Barney, a pet form of Bernard .

    Scottish: possibly from the Old Norse personal name Bjarni (from bjǫrn ‘bear’).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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