James Barker

1700 - 1772  (71 years)

• Name	James Barker
  Born	30 Dec 1700	Middletown, Newport, RI
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Mar 1772	Middletown,Newport,RI
  Person ID	I122	B03 Thomas Hore, b1649, Chilham, Kent, England
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	James Barker,   b. 04 Dec 1675, Newport,, RI ,   d. 26 Mar 1758, Probate Middletown,RI  (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Cook,   b. 1679, Middletown,Newport,RI ,   d. 24 Feb 1758, Middletown,Newport,RI  (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	1699
  Family ID	F123	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Clarke Weeden,   b. 1701, of Middletown, Newport, RI ,   d. 08 May 1785, RI  (Age 84 years)
  Married	1730	Middletown,,RI
  Children	1. John Barker,   b. 30 Aug 1732, Middletown, Newport, RI ,   d. 07 Jan 1796, Lanesboro,, MA- Killington, VT (journey)  (Age 63 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2018
  Family ID	F121	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  ...BARKER GENEALOGY ... FOURTH GENERATION. #43 JAMES was a freeman (in Middletown, RI) in 1722, Member of the Town Council 1743-66, in 1758 was deputed to enlist soldiers, the old tenor bills issued in 1750, called 9th Bank, were redeemed in 1764, opposed by James in rhyming protest. "I do beg leave for to protest Against this bill, which doth transgress Against our Sovereign Lord the King, Likewise injustice is therein, For I can't see, upon my soul Why two fifths should discharge the whole." He married 21 Jan 1724 Mary, dau. of William and Mary (Tew) Peckham. b. 7 Sept 1704; d. 12 June 1728; mar (2) ---- 1730 Margaret, dau. Jeremiah and Mary (Clark) Weeden. b. 1701; d. 8 May 1785. BERKSHIRE HISTORICAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY, VOL. 1, PUB. 1892. Early Settlements in Cheshire, List of conveyences recorded in the first ten books of Pittsfield Registry of Deeds running to persons named as residents of Rhode Island, page 85: James Barker, Middletown, R.I., June 9, 1773. Land in Lanesborough, being part of Lot No. 21 and 76 in the 2nd division, containing 57 1/2 acres. B. 10. p. 550. .... September 4, 1773. Land in Lanesborough, 1 acre. (John Barker, Newport, R.I., June 9, 1773. Land in Lanesborough, being part of lot 21 and 76 in the 2nd division, 76 acres, B. 10, p. 550.) NOTE: A LATER REFERENCE STATES THAT JAMES AND JOHN WERE BROTHERS.