The Barnett Page
Contents: Ancestors of Michael Barnett, Irish Origins, English and Scottish Origins, Emigration to America, Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska
Related Families: Brown, Estill, Jennings, Killian, Wiley
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Ancestors of Michael James Barnett
This table is a summary of the ancestors of Michael James Barnett, who was born in Fulton County Illinois on 8 August 1840, served in the Civil War, and died in Dodge County Nebraska on 11 March 1920.
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Philip Barnet ~1785-1847 Ireland, VA, IN, IL |
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William C. Barnet 1814-1887 Virginia, Indiana, Illinois |
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| Joseph Brown <1765-? Ireland, VA, IN, IL |
Jane Brown 1796-1846 Virginia, Indiana, Illinois |
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| Jane Wiley ? - ? Ireland, VA, ? |
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Michael J. Barnet(t) 1840-1920 Illinois, Nebraska |
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| Jacob Killian 1755-1838 NC, KY, IN, IL |
Michael C. Killian 1787-1836 Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois |
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| Jennie Killian ? -1828 ?, KY, IN |
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Asenith Killian 1815-1864 Kentucky, Illinois |
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| William Estill 1764-1840 England?, NJ, KY |
Catherine Estill 1792-1856 Kentucky, Illinois |
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| Martha Jennings 1765-1848 ?, NJ, KY |
Irish Origins
This line of Barnetts in America is said to have descended from a Philip Barnet (spelled with one t), born in County Down in Northern Ireland in about 1785. Also coming from County Down were Joseph Brown (born in Newry before 1765) and his wife Jane Wiley. Jane is said to have been known as Lady Jane Wiley, having descended from a part of the aristocracy of Northern Ireland. Most of the people of Northern Ireland by this time were Protestants who came from either England (which provided the aristocracy) or Scotland (typically the laborers). The immigrants from Scotland to Northern Ireland became known as the Scotch-Irish; Philip Barnet may have been one of them.
English and Scottish Origins
A family named Estill came from England, and a Jennings family probably did as well. A family of Killian probably came from Scotland. Most or all of them were in Eastern America by about 1770.
Emigration to America
We don't know exactly when or how Philip Barnet got to America. It was sometime between his birth in about 1785, and the birth of his son William C. Barnet in 1814. Joseph Brown was in America in 1796, when his daughter Jane Brown was born.
Michael James Barnett's Descendents
This table shows him and his wife as the first generation, and his descendents for two more generations. The descendents are shown in bold. Spouses are also shown, but not in bold.
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| Michael Barnett 1840-1920 Illinois, Nebraska |
Christian Christensen 1866-1943 |
Forest Lester Boothe |
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Margaret Knowles 1844-1926 |
Annetta Barnett 1865-1952 Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska |
Ethel Christiane Christensen 1892-1965 Nebraska |
| Elnora Jane Christensen 1895-? | ||
| Golda May Christensen 1900-? | ||
| Lloyd Albert Christensen 1908-? | ||
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Jesse George Barnett 1867-1939 Missouri, Nebraska |
Earl Francis Barnett 1896-? | |
| Margaret Larsen 1873-1956 |
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| Hazel Rosetta Barnett 1899-? | ||
| Leo V. Barnett 1901-? | ||
| Jesse Delbert Barnett 1903-? | ||
| Floyd L. Barnett 1908-? | ||
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William Reuben Barnett 1869-1968 Missouri, Nebraska |
Clair Cameron Barnett 1895-1990 Nebraska |
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Mamie Edith Simpson 1874-1943 Wisconsin, Nebraska |
Elsé Hawes Perry 1894-1985 Neb., SD, KS, MO, TN |
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| Harold James Barnett 1900-1980 | ||
| Hettie Matilda Clinton ?-? | ||
| Jason Christner 1898-1990 | ||
| Anna Jane Barnett 1902-? | ||
| Lester Snyder, William Thompson | ||
| Frances Mamie Barnett 1914- | ||
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J. D. Reynolds Missouri, Nebraska |
Merritt Alva Reynolds 1900-1981 Nebraska, New York |
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Effie Barnett 1878- Missouri, Nebraska |
Ruth Isabella Huggins 1904-1999 | |
| Harold Quackenbush | ||
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Margaret Ada Reynolds 1908-1993 Nebraska?, New York?, Florida |
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Mary Ellen Barnett 1881- Missouri, Nebraska |
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Francis Alva Barnett 1878- Missouri, Nebraska |
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Nora Jane Barnett 1878- Missouri, Nebraska |
Virginia
Jane Brown was born in Virginia 27 Aug 1796. She probably married Philip Barnet there, as their son William C. Barnet was born in Virginia on 18 June 1814.
Kentucky and North Carolina
Jacob Killian was born 16 March 1755 in Orange County NC. He fought for the North in the Civil War, and then moved to Kentucky. There he and his wife Jennie Killian (a cousin) had at least two children, including Michael C. Killian and Jacob Killian, Jr.
William Estill was born 29 August 1764 in either England or New Jersey. He moved to Fleming County Kentucky, where on 22 January 1792 he and his wife Martha Jennings had a daughter Catherine Estill.
Michael C. Killian and Catherine Estill were married, and on had a daughter Asenith Killian born 3 April 1815 in Fleming County.
Indiana and Ohio
The Virginia friends move.
Asenith married William C. Barnet on 8 October 1835, in Sangamon County Illinois.
Illinois
The Barnets move.
Missouri
Nebraska