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Mary Cook
1679 - 1758 (79 years)1. Mary Cook was born in 1679 in Middletown,Newport,RI; died on 24 Feb 1758 in Middletown,Newport,RI. Mary married James Barker in 1699. James (son of Capt James Barker and Sarah Jefferey) was born on 04 Dec 1675 in Newport,, RI; died on 26 Mar 1758 in Probate Middletown,RI. [Group Sheet]
Children:
Generation: 2
2. James Barker (1.Mary1) was born on 30 Dec 1700 in Middletown, Newport, RI; died on 27 Mar 1772 in Middletown,Newport,RI. 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.James married Margaret Clarke Weeden in 1730 in Middletown,,RI. Margaret (daughter of Jeremiah Weeden and Mary Clarke) was born in 1701 in of Middletown, Newport, RI; died on 08 May 1785 in RI. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 10. John Barker was born on 30 Aug 1732 in Middletown, Newport, RI; died on 07 Jan 1796 in Lanesboro,, MA- Killington, VT (journey).
3. Living (1.Mary1) 4. Living (1.Mary1) 5. Living (1.Mary1) 6. Living (1.Mary1) 7. Living (1.Mary1) 8. Living (1.Mary1) 9. Living (1.Mary1)
Generation: 3
10. John Barker (2.James2, 1.Mary1) was born on 30 Aug 1732 in Middletown, Newport, RI; died on 07 Jan 1796 in Lanesboro,, MA- Killington, VT (journey). Notes:
... BARKER GEN... FIFTH GENERATION
# 89 John was a barber and served as a private in Captain David Wheeler's Co., Col. John Brown's Reg. in 1777. He moved to Lanesboro, MA in 1733 with his brother John where they both had fine farms. In 1786, he was moving to Killington, VT when he died on the journey. He married --- 1755 Lucretia Newhall, dau. of Samuel and Martha (Upham) Newhall. b. 2 Jan 1739, d. --- , m (2) Jessie Mason.
All children were born in Lanesboro. Margaret was the 6th child of 12.John married Lucretia Newhall Newell in 1755 in Middletown,,RI. Lucretia (daughter of Samuel Newhall and Martha Upham) was born on 02 Jan 1739 in Middletown, Newport, RI. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 11. Margaret "Peggy" Barker was born on 14 Dec 1767 in Lanesboro,, MA; died on 07 Apr 1845.
Generation: 4
11. Margaret "Peggy" Barker (10.John3, 2.James2, 1.Mary1) was born on 14 Dec 1767 in Lanesboro,, MA; died on 07 Apr 1845. Notes:
Barker Genealogy, by Elizabeth Frye Barker, pub. Frye Publishing Co, NY 1927.
(8 Barker families are included; James of Rhode Island is the ancestor.
Bonny - DO put this reference in to the preceeding Barker family pages - 9/7/95.)
Margaret Barker is # 194 in family and daughter of #89. SIXTH GENERATIONMargaret married Rufus Carpenter on 14 Mar 1786 in Lanesboro,, MA. Rufus (son of Stephen Carpenter and Amy Field) was born on 13 Mar 1764 in Providence,RI??; died on 03 Jul 1837 in Cheshire, Berkshire Co, MA. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 12. Sarah Carpenter was born on 02 Apr 1800 in Cheshire,,MA; died before 1850 in Groton,, NY.