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1064 SOUTHEASTEEN MASSACHUSETTS
Peter Barney, of Dartmouth and New Bedford,
born 29th of 8th month, 1757, died 9th
of 2d month. 1853. From Mr. Daniel Eicketson's
book, "New Bedford of the Past," we
quote the following: "Peter Barney wore the
primitive Quaker costume. He died at an advanced
age at his house on the corner of Third
and School streets. He was a native of Nantucket
and a cousin of William Eotch, Jr. He
sat on the second rising seat or the one below
the ministers, and elders, at the Friends'
meetinghouse, that is, 'facing the meeting' as
it is expressed, and considered an honorable
for those of marked merit."
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Peter Barney married (perhaps second) 30th
of 11th month, 1780, Sarah (Sally) Coleman,
bom 25th of 11th month, 1761. Their children
were: Paul, bom 7, 16, 1781: George,
8, 13, 1783 (died 10, 3, 1811); Avis, 7, 28,
1785 (died 8, 29, 1813) ; Samuel, 3. 26, 1787
(died 1, 3, 1795) ; Sarah, 9, 23, 1790 (died
1, 9, 1795) ; Lydia, 12, 5, 1792 (died 8, 17,
1793) ; Thomas, 5, 27, 1796 (died 10, 17,
1796). The mother of these died 5, 31, 1805.
Paul Barney, of New Bedford, son of Peter
and Sarah (Coleman) Barney, born 16th of 7th
month, 1781, in Dartmouth, Mass., married
(first) Dec. 2, 1817, Mary C, daughter of
David Coffin. She died Aug. 5, 1819, aged
twenty years, and he married (second) March
1, 1821, Eebecca Howland, born 12th of 11th
month, 1789, daughter of Capt. Cornelius and
Ehoda (Wing) Howland, he a successful and
skillful shipmaster and whale man, who
amassed a large property ; he was a direct
descendant of Henry Howland, one of the early
comers to Plymouth, through Zoeth, Benjamin,
Barnabas and Gideon Howland. Eebecca died
who was owner of a large number of whaling
vessels. Later he became associated with Edward
W. Howland and as ship ovniers and
agents they did a very successful business, continuing
together until the death of Mr. How-
land, in 1879. Soon afterward Mr. Barney
retired from active business. He died suddenly
at his summer home on the island of Nasha-
wena. May 4, 1883, and was buried in the
family lot in Eural cemetery at New Bedford.
A man well known and highly respected, honest
in all his dealings, he was charitable and
ready to do for anyone whose needs became
known to him. He made his home on Fourth
street.
Mr. Barney married, June 16, 1875, Juliet
Ayers Martin, born Feb. 14, 1837, at Taunton,
Mass., daughter of Hiram and Ann Bowers
(Atwood) Martin. Her death occurred Jan. 9,
1908, at her home on Fourth street, when she
was aged seventy-one years, and she was laid to
rest beside her husband in the Eural cemetery at
New Bedford. Children as follows were born tothem:
Paul (born March 7, 1877, died Aug.
19, 1877, aged five months, twelve days), Morgan
and Anne.
Morgan Barney, son of George and Juliet
Ayers (Martin) Barney, was born in New Bedford
Sept. 25, 1878. He graduated from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Boston,
in the class of 1900. Since then he has
followed his profession of naval architecture
and marine engineering and is established in
New York City, having his office at No. 29'
Broadway. He is a member of the Indian Harbor
Yacht Club, the New Bedford Yacht Club
and the Technology Club of New York. Mr.
2, 12, 1825, and Mr. Barney married (third)
Eliza Coleman, born 4, 24, 1797, who died
4, 29, 1861. She was the daughter of Obed
and Elizabeth Coleman, of Nantucket, Massachusetts.
Mr. Barney made his home in New Bedford,
where he was interested in the whaling industry
and was a ship owner. He was a prosperous
man, winning his success by honest and
upright dealings. His death occurred Dec. 10,
1836, and he was buried in the Eural cemetery
at New Bedford. There were two children by
his second marriage: George, born Dec. 2,
1821 and Eebecca ; Howland, born in December,
1824, who died in August, 1825.
George Barney, only son of Paul and Eebecca
(Howland) Barney, was born Dec. 2, 1821,
in New Bedford, where he attended the Friends'
Academy. Upon leaving school he entered the
counting room of Mr. Charles W. and Miss Barney retain the home in New Bedford,
Morgan,
to which they are much devoted.
DAVOL (Fall Eiver family). The Davol
family, an ancient Ehode Island and Massachusetts
one, is said to be of French origin,
and the name, like that of Borden, is traceable
some centuries back to a village or district
of France termed "Deyville," the name
since passing through various modifications in
the course of years until it became Davol.
For now some two himdred and seventy years
the family has been one continuous in New
England, and the greater part of the time in
those parts of Ehode Island and Massachusett.s
Iving adjacent to each other; and here in Fall
Eiver for three quarters of a century and
more, through the industrial life of this great
manufacturing point, it has been conspicuous
as a family in the development of that industrial
life and otherwise prominent and useful