Person:John Barnett (30)

Quote from Pennsylvania Genealogies; Scotch-Irish and German (available online from Google Books).

John Barnett, b., 1678, in the neighborhood of Londonderry, Ireland, in company with his brother, William Barnett, emigrated with his family to Pennsylvania prior to 1730, locating in Hanover township, then Lancaster county, being among the earliest settlers in that township. He died in September, 1734, his will being probated at Lancaster on the first day of October following. John Barnett left a wife, Jennett, and the following children, all born in county Derry, Ireland:

i. Robert, b. 1701; m. and removed to Virginia.

ii. James, b. 1703; m. and went to Virginia with his brother;

from them most of the names in the South have sprung.

iii. John, b. 1705; m. Margaret Roan.

iv. Joseph, b. 1708.

v. Mary, b. 1710.

vi. Jennett, b. 1713; d. in 1787: unm.

vii. Jean, b. 1715; m. Moses Swan, (see Swan record.)

John Barnett's grandson William Barnett (the son of John Barnett Jr.) was also born in Londonderry, Ireland, which may provide a clue about when the family emigrated from Ireland. William Barnett eventually settled in South Carolina, according to the History of Kentucky (available online from Google Books).

The father of Judge Settle was Simon Settle, who was born at Glasgow in Barren County in 1824, grew up there, moved to Green County when a young man, took up farming, and also followed the trade of gunsmith. In 1867 he opened a general sporting goods establishment at Bowling Green, manufacturing guns and also selling firearms, fishing tackle and other goods of that kind. He died at Bowling Green in 1871. He was a democrat and affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. Simon Settle married Mary Barnett, who was born in Green County in 1829 and died there January 21, 1862. Judge Warner E. Settle is their oldest child; Thomas F. Settle, the second in age, was in business at Bowling Green and died at the age of forty years; William A. became a physician and surgeon and died in Green County at the age of sixty; Susan Amanda is the wife of Clinton J. Porter, formerly of Warren County, Kentucky, and now living in Boston, Massachusetts, Mr. Porter being connected with the Walkover Shoe Company; Marshall Settle is a merchant at Collinswood, Tennessee. For his second wife Simon Settle married Miss Sally Fairman, of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.

In the maternal line Judge Settle is a great-great-grandson of William Barnett, a native of Londonderry, Ireland, who on coming to this country settled in South Carolina about 1750. He spent his years as a southern planter. His son, William Barnett, was born in South Carolina, served as a Revolutionary soldier, and at the close of the war removed to Green County, Kentucky, where he was a pioneer farmer. His son, the maternal grandfather of Judge Settle, was Thomas R. Barnett, who was born in Green County in 1797 and spent his life there as a farmer and planter. He died in Green County in 1886. He was a representative to the Legislature two terms, and for twenty-four years was a county judge. Thomas R. Barnett married Susan Ellmore, a native of Amelia County, Virginia, who died in Green County, Kentucky, at the age of sixty-seven. Her father, Thomas Ellmore, was a Revolutionary soldier and spent his last years on a farm in Green County, Kentucky.

According to a message on genforum (http://genforum.genealogy.com/barnett/messages/675.html), John Barnett's father William Barnett served in the Siege of Derry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Derry) listing a source of the Muster Roll of Londonderry. John Barnett's grandfather (also a William Barnett) was apparently a weaver, citing R.M. Sibetts. "Belfast Times".

One online database (http://www.lynx2ulster.com/Siege/) of individuals involved in the Siege of Derry does not include any Barnetts.

A description of the Hanover area and a mention of John Barnett is found at http://www.lynx2ulster.com/ScotchIrishPioneers/014.php

Another genforum message (http://genforum.genealogy.com/barnett/messages/2124.html) indicates that John Barnett came from Londonderry, Northern Ireland with 30 families to Vermont. He went to Pennsylvania with William Penn and settled in Chester Pennsylvania. Accordingly to this message, John Barnett's son Robert Barnett served as a private in the American Revolutionary War, but this seems unlikely given his age. The Daughters of the American Revolution may have more information.

Another genforum message (http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?ireland::barnett::3178.html) suggests that the Barnetts may have immigrated and landed in Newcastle, Delaware on June 14, 1730.

The booklet "Taxables of Hanover Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1750-1759 (now part of Dauphin and Lebanon counties)" (http://openlibrary.org/b/OL1331561M) may have some interesting information.

Another genform message (http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?ireland::barnett::3521.html) describes a different John Barnett from Londonderry, Northern Ireland that settled in Londonderry, New Hampshire.

1.   Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania: Containing sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early Scotch-Irish and German settlers. (Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States: J. M. Runk & Company, 1896)
   Chapter 2.

   http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/dauphin/history/local/runk-2.txt
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/dauphin/bios/runk/barnett-john.txt

2.   Kerr, Charles (ed.); E. Merton Coulter; and William Elsey Connelley. History of Kentucky. (Chicago: American Historical Society, 1922)
   p. 456.

   Available online from [Google Books].
   
   The father of Judge Settle was Simon Settle, who was born at Glasgow in Barren County in 1824, grew up there, moved to Green County when a young man, took up farming, and also followed the trade of gunsmith. In 1867 he opened a general sporting goods establishment at Bowling Green, manufacturing guns and also selling firearms, fishing tackle and other goods of that kind. He died at Bowling Green in 1871. He was a democrat and affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. Simon Settle married Mary Barnett, who was born in Green County in 1829 and died there January 21, 1862. Judge Warner E. Settle is their oldest child; Thomas F. Settle, the second in age, was in business at Bowling Green and died at the age of forty years; William A. became a physician and surgeon and died in Green County at the age of sixty; Susan Amanda is the wife of Clinton J. Porter, formerly of Warren County, Kentucky, and now living in Boston, Massachusetts, Mr. Porter being connected with the Walkover Shoe Company; Marshall Settle is a merchant at Collinswood, Tennessee. For his second wife Simon Settle married Miss Sally Fairman, of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
   
   In the maternal line Judge Settle is a great-great-grandson of William Barnett, a native of Londonderry, Ireland, who on coming to this country settled in South Carolina about 1750. He spent his years as a southern planter. His son, William Barnett, was born in South Carolina, served as a Revolutionary soldier, and at the close of the war removed to Green County, Kentucky, where he was a pioneer farmer. His son, the maternal grandfather of Judge Settle, was Thomas R. Barnett, who was born in Green County in 1797 and spent his life there as a farmer and planter. He died in Green County in 1886. He was a representative to the Legislature two terms, and for twenty-four years was a county judge. Thomas R. Barnett married Susan Ellmore, a native of Amelia County, Virginia, who died in Green County, Kentucky, at the age of sixty-seven. Her father, Thomas Ellmore, was a Revolutionary soldier and spent his last years on a farm in Green County, Kentucky.

3.   Egle, William Henry. Pennsylvania Genealogies; Scotch-Irish and German. (Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States: Lane S. Hart, Printer and Binder, 1886)
   p. 49.

   Available online from Google Books.
   
   John Barnett, b., 1678, in the neighborhood of Londonderry, Ireland, in company with his brother, William Barnett, emigrated with his family to Pennsylvania prior to 1730, locating in Hanover township, then Lancaster county, being among the earliest settlers in that township. He died in September, 1734, his will being probated at Lancaster on the first day of October following. John Barnett left a wife, Jennett, and the following children, all born in county Derry, Ireland:
   i. Robert, b. 1701; m. and removed to Virginia.
   ii. James, b. 1703; m. and went to Virginia with his brother; from them most of the names in the South have sprung.
   iii. John, b. 1705; m. Margaret Roan.
   iv. Joseph, b. 1708.
   v. Mary, b. 1710.
   vi. Jennett, b. 1713; d. in 1787: unm.
   vii. Jean, b. 1715; m. Moses Swan, (see Swan record.)

4.   Jordan, John W. Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania biography. (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Pub., 1914-1967)
   pp. 1053-1055.

   Available online from [Google Books].
   
   BARNETT, Col. James Elder,
   
   Lawyer, Soldier, State Official.
   
   The Barnett family is allied with the Scotch house of Livingston, and in the sixteenth century a branch was transplanted from Scotland to county Derry, Ireland. The Barnetts were prominently associated with the political life of Belfast and Dublin and with their educational and benevolent institutions. One of them held the office of mayor of Dublin, and another served in defense of Londonderry. This family were the founders of the Presbyterian church in Ireland, and at the present day the branch resident in that country is conspicuously associated with affairs.
   
   John Barnett, founder of the American branch of the family, was born in 1678, near Londonderry, and about 1700 emigrated to Pennsylvania, settling in Hanover township, Lancaster county, where he was one of the pioneers. He died in September, 1734. Another John Barnett, his grandson, and great-grandfather of James Elder Barnett, was an officer in the Continental army, served with distinction in the Canadian campaign, and accompanied Washington in the Trenton expedition.
   
   Rev. John Morrison Barnett, D. D., grandson of the Revolutionary hero, mar
   
   ried Martha Robinson Elder, whose ancestors belonged to the Stewart and Cameron clans, many of them being interred at Paisley Abbey. Ellerslie, a town of Scotland, was named in honor of the Elder family. The American branch was founded about 1700, when members of the family settled at Paxtang, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, where Rev. John Elder built the Paxtang church, which is still standing. July u, 1763, he received from the governor of the province a commission as colonel, with command over all blockhouses and stockades from Easton to the Susquehanna river. Prior to this he commanded the "Paxtang Boys." Thomas Elder, another member of the family, was attorney-general of Pennsylvania and held a commission as lieutenant-colonel in the militia of the Keystone State.
   
   James Elder, son of John Morrison and Martha Robinson (Elder) Barnett, was born August i, 1856, at Elder's Ridge, Indiana county, Pennsylvania. He received his preparatory education in public and private schools, attended the Elder's Ridge Academy, and in 1882 graduated from Washington and Jefferson College. He then entered the Law School of Columbia University, being admitted to the bar of Washington county in 1890, and in 1899 to that of Allegheny county.
   
   Early in his career, Colonel Barnett enrolled himself as a member of the Republican party, and has always taken a lively interest in politics. In 1893 he was chosen in behalf of Washington county to meet representatives from Beaver county in order to consult in regard to the adjustment of the respective claims of those counties to priority in the ensuing Republican nomination of a candidate for the State Senator- ship from the Senatorial District composed of those counties. He served as deputy prothonotary of Washington county under John W. Seaman, and for some years as clerk to the county commissioners. He was appointed, July i, 1895, by Governor Frank Reeder, as Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth, an office which he held until October 19, 1897, when he resigned and returned to his practice. August 24, 1899, he was nominated for the office of State Treasurer, and the following November was elected by a majority of 110,000. He served the full term of two years, and retired with a record alike creditable to himself and satisfactory to his constituents. He once more resumed practice, becoming a member of the firm of Scandrett & Bar- nett.
   
   In 1884 Colonel Barnett enlisted in Company H, Tenth Regiment National Guard of Pennsylvania, as a private, and passed through the various grades of service, being elected first lieutenant in 1887, captain in 1890, major in 1893, lieutenant-colonel in
   
   1897. In 1898 he volunteered with his regiment, the famous "Fighting Tenth," for the Spanish-American War. Realizing that the Philippines were to be the centre of the most decisive interest and action, he obtained permission from Colonel Hawkins to apply for an assignment to that point, and through the assistance of Senators Quay and Pen- rose, Deputy Attorney John P. Elkins, State Treasurer P. J. Haywood, Harry C. Fry, of Beaver county, and Second Assistant Postmaster-General of the United States W. S. Shallenberger, the Tenth Regiment was ordered to San Francisco to embark for the Philippines, sailing thence June 15,
   
   1898. Lieutenant-Colonel Barnett was, however, ordered back to Pennsylvania by Colonel Hawkins to recruit more men for the regiment. He established "Camp Hawkins" at Washington, Pennsylvania, and on July 10 reported with two hundred and fifty-six men to Brigadier-General Charles King, in San Francisco. He immediately had assigned to him the recruits for the First California, Second Oregon, First Colorado and First Nebraska regiments, in all about one thousand men, and under command of General King sailed, about August
   
   I, 1898, for Honolulu, with the Pennsylvania, First Nebraska and First Colorado recruits. At Honolulu the expedition was sidetracked, but by order of President Mc- Kinley to the Secretary of War, Lieutenant- Colonel Barnett was directed to proceed to his regiment at Manila, being in command of the transport "Arizona" (now "Hancock") from Honolulu to Manila. He reached there September 28, 1898, and served with his regiment in the Philippine insurrection, taking part in the attack on Manila and in the engagements of Chinese Hospital Laloma, Caloocan, San Francisco del Monte, Tuliahan River, Meycauayan, Marilao, Bocaue, Guiguinto and Malolos.
   
   About April 14, 1899, the regiment was ordered from Malolos to Cavite, Colonel Hawkins being made commander of that independent military district, and placing Lieutenant-Colonel Barnett in command of the regiment. Colonel Hawkins soon after fell ill and requested that Lieutenant-Colonel Barnett be made commander of the district—a request which was granted by General Otis, with the proviso that he should also retain command of the regiment, thus entailing upon him double duty. Under his command were the peninsula and town of Cavite, the island of Correggidor, two batteries of the First California Heavy Artillery, one battery of Wyoming Light Artillery, four guns; one troop of Nevada Cavalry, and the Tenth Pennsylvania. Lieutenant-Colonel Barnett retained command of this district until July i, 1899, when the regiment embarked for the United States. Out of deference to the memory of Colonel Hawkins, Lieutenant-Colonel Barnett refused promotion to the rank of colonel of the Tenth Regiment in the United States service. During the Boxer Rebellion he volunteered to raise a regiment for service in China. In 1000 Lieutenant-Colonel Barnett was unanimously chosen colonel of the reorganized Tenth Regiment, and in 1905 unanimously reflected, resigning in 1907.
   
   Under his command the regiment maintained its efficiency, and in 1902 took part in the anthracite strike, being stationed at Shamokin. After the earthquake and fire in San Francisco he inaugurated the movement by which the members of the Tenth Regiment, through the generosity of their friends in their respective company towns, were enabled to send $10,000 to the people of the stricken.city.