Attack by Barney (unnamed) and his sentence, American Weekly Mercury, January 12, to January 18, 1743/4

Barney 

  • Ancestry tree: Barney Family Tree
  • Age at death: 17
  • Age at death: 1744
  • Master / Mistress: Jonathan Allyn (Alling)
  • Additional Relationships: Allyn later owned a man named Pompey, whom he manumitted and gave 20 pounds. It isn't known whether Barney's time with Allyn overlapped with Pompey's.
  • Most recent residence: Middletown, CT
  • Longest place of residence: Middletown, CT
  • Notes: Barney was given a severe punishment for sexually maiming the 6 year old son of his master; he was whipped twice with 39 lashes and castrated. It is doubtful he could have survived the castration and the second whipping.
  • Bibliographic sources: Goodheart, 63; CCR, 8: 578-579; CT Arc., Crim & Misd., Volume IV, doc. 67.

    • Barney was given a severe punishment for sexually maiming the 6 year old son of his master; he was whipped twice with 39 lashes and castrated. It is doubtful he could have survived the castration and the second whipping.

  • Confidence Level - confidence_level - Slightly Confident
  • Ethnicity/Race/Tribal Affiliation: Black (defined as Unknown origins, but listed as a person of color)
  • Gender: Male