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State of Service: VT
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
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Author: Frederick D. Learned
Samuel Barnett (Sr.) (c1730-1794) provided patriotic service. He was a resident of Newbury, Vermont, a hotly contested area known as Hampshire Grants during the American Revolution. On 03 Jun 1783 the town of Newbury nominated him to a committee to deal with such persons that "no person that hath joyned the enemy shall have any abidance in this town and that any person that shall harbor or feed them shall get the displeasure of the town by so doing." In addition, his three oldest sons, Sam’l, Jr., Benjamin & John of Newbury were soldiers, John was killed by a Tory in 1781 and his two oldest daughters Hannah m. John Kennedy, Jr. and Ame m. Robert Miller, both of whom served in Bedel’s NH Regiment. Benjamin Barnett & brothers Samuel & Robert Miller served together in 1st NH Regiment. In 1781, all 6 served as scouts from Moretown in Capt. Joseph Thurber Co., commanded Maj. John Barron.
Samuel Barnett was b. at Londonderry, NH, son of John Barnett, Jr. and Jean (Joan) Seaford (Seaforth). He married c1750 Ame Smith (c1734-1776), dau. of Benjamin & Hannah (Moody) Smith of Merrimack, NH. Her father Benjamin Smith had settled in the wilderness area granted to him by Massachusetts to veterans of Indian Wars known as Narragansett No. 5 that afterwards was called Souhegan East. On 30 Oct 1734, at the Proprietors meeting of the Narragansett Town No. 5 they proceeded to draw the settlers lots as they were marked, even numbers were settlers, odd were non settlers. Benjamin Smith drew Lot #72.
During the French Indian War, in 1754, Samuel Barnat (sic) of Merrimack petitioned to be attached to Col. Goff's Regm't of the 9th Regiment of Militia. Between April 1758-Nov 1758 Sergeant Samuel Barnet served in Capt. Nehemiah Lovewell's 6th Co. (Nehemiah was 1/2 brother of Samuel's wife). They were among a Regiment of 800 men raised for "Crown Point Expedition". On 12 Sept 1759, Samuel Barnett of Merrimack, was with Rogers Rangers during raid of St. Francis Indians.
On 24 Apr 1764 Samuel & Ame (Smith) Barnett sold for 6,500£ property to Robert Alexander being house lot #72 in Narragansett Twp #5 containing 25 ac. Also 2 islands in the Merrimac River lying opposite sd home lot and another piece of land containing 60 ac containing the whole of what is called "Smith Country Grant". This same Lot #72 had been granted to (Ame’s father) Benjamin Smith by Massachusetts for his participation in Narragansett Fight. In conflict with this fact, The History of Brome erroneously states she was Ame Rogers, who used alias name Smith during the Revolution to hide her true identity as sister of Robert Rogers, the famed Indian fighter.
Census Records prove Samuel Barnett was a resident of Newbury as early as 1771 and as late as 1790.
Ame (Smith) Barnett died 1776, at age 42, and Samuel Barnett (Sr) died c 1794 at Newbury, VT. They are interred at Oxbow Cemetery along with their son John, who had been killed 1781 by a Tory.
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