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Abt 1622 - Aft 1682 (> 61 years)1. Mary was born about 1622 in Warwick,Kent,RI; died after 1682 in Warwick,Kent,RI. Mary married John Cooke about 1656 in Warwick,Kent,RI. John was born about 1627 in Warwick,Kent,RI; died about 1656 in Warwick,Kent,RI. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 2. John Cook was born about 1650 in Warwick,Kent,RI; died on 16 Jan 1705 in Middletown,MX,RI.
Generation: 2
2. John Cook (1.Mary1) was born about 1650 in Warwick,Kent,RI; died on 16 Jan 1705 in Middletown,MX,RI. John married on 29 Oct 1684 in Warwick,Kent,RI. Unknown [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 3. Mary Cook was born in 1679 in Middletown,Newport,RI; died on 24 Feb 1758 in Middletown,Newport,RI.
Generation: 3
3. Mary Cook (2.John2, 1.Mary1) 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: 4
4. James Barker (3.Mary3, 2.John2, 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:
- 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.Mary3, 2.John2, 1.Mary1) 6. Living (3.Mary3, 2.John2, 1.Mary1) 7. Living (3.Mary3, 2.John2, 1.Mary1) 8. Living (3.Mary3, 2.John2, 1.Mary1) 9. Living (3.Mary3, 2.John2, 1.Mary1) 10. Living (3.Mary3, 2.John2, 1.Mary1) 11. Living (3.Mary3, 2.John2, 1.Mary1)