Book Description

William Barnett was born in 1679 at Londonderry, Northern Ireland. He and his wife, Margaret Preston, had a least two children, born in Ireland. The family settled in Paxton (now West Hanover) township, Lancaster (now Dauphin) County, Pennsylvania, ca. 1730. He died in 1762. His son, Joseph (ca. 1726-1808) married Elizabeth Graham in 1749. They had nine children. He died at the home of a daughter in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, and elsewhere.