The H600 Project Genealogy DB
Living
1. Living Living married W. Jefferey. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 2. Sarah Jefferey was born in 1656 in Newport,,RI; died on 11 Feb 1736 in Newport,,RI.
Generation: 2
2. Sarah Jefferey (1.Living1) was born in 1656 in Newport,,RI; died on 11 Feb 1736 in Newport,,RI. Sarah married Capt James Barker in 1673 in Newport,,RI. Capt (son of James Barker and Barbara Dungan) was born in 1648 in Newport,, RI; died on 01 Dec 1722 in Newport,, RI. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 3. James Barker was born on 04 Dec 1675 in Newport,, RI; died on 26 Mar 1758 in Probate Middletown,RI.
Generation: 3
3. James Barker (2.Sarah2, 1.Living1) was born on 04 Dec 1675 in Newport,, RI; died on 26 Mar 1758 in Probate Middletown,RI. Notes:
...BARKER GEN... THIRD GENERATION
#10 JAMES received 12 acres in Barker Swamp in 17 July 1702, clearing it for a home, was a freeman in 1704, Deputy to the General Assembly 1709-1717-1725-26, was Moderator of meeting of Proprietors in 1744. He married 1699 Mary Cook. b. 1679; d. 24 Feb. 1758.
NEHGS Register, Vol. 122, April 1968, page 101: Abstracts of Wills: Probater Records (Vol. 1), Middletown, RI-
BARKER, James. Mentions: sons John, Robert, Peleg & James Barker; daughters Priscilla Clarke, Phebe Peckham, Mary Greene & Deborah Hoar; wife Mary Barker; grandson James, son of James Barker. Will dated Feb. 2, 1750; probated April 17, 1758.James married Mary Cook in 1699. Mary (daughter of John Cook) was born in 1679 in Middletown,Newport,RI; died on 24 Feb 1758 in Middletown,Newport,RI. [Group Sheet]
Children:
Generation: 4
4. James Barker (3.James3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Living1) 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:
- 12. John Barker was born on 30 Aug 1732 in Middletown, Newport, RI; died on 07 Jan 1796 in Lanesboro,, MA- Killington, VT (journey).
5. Living (3.James3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Living1) 6. Living (3.James3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Living1) 7. Living (3.James3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Living1) 8. Living (3.James3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Living1) 9. Living (3.James3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Living1) 10. Living (3.James3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Living1) 11. Living (3.James3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Living1)