Peter Barker (abt. 1666 - bef. 1725)

Born about 1666 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Freelove (Bliss) Barker — married 1692 (to 1712) in Newport, Rhode Island

Husband of Susannah (Saunders) Wells — married about 1712 in Rhode Island

Descendants

Died before 28 Dec 1725 before about age 59 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island

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[Note: His second wife Susannah has been mistakenly identified as the daughter of John Peckham in several sources, which has been disproven, her LNAB is Saunders, daughter of Tobias. ]

Biography

Peter Barker was born about 1666, likely at Newport, Rhode Island, son of James and Barbara (Dungan) Barker. ^[1]

He resided first at Newport, then later removed to Westerly, Rhode Island, where he was a prosperous farmer. ^[2]

• 1692: Peter, his wife Freelove and her mother Damaris were members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Newport. ^{[1] [3]}
• 1696: Made a Freeman at Newport. ^[2]
• 1704: 7: 15: (Oct. 15) Peter Barker and his wife were admonished by the church for missing their Sabbath, and the disorderly joining of another congregation. ^[3]
• 1706: Peter Barker among those who received a deed for additional land for the church, being one of the church Trustees. ^[3]
• 1708: July 25: Peter Barker and Freelove Barker, admitted to the Newport Sabbatarian Church. ^{[4] [3]}
• 1712: February 15: Peter and wife Susanna signed a deed, selling land to Jeremiah Clarke, his mother Barbara's stepbrother. ^{[1] [2]}
• 1714: Elected captain of the Second Company Newport, 1st Regiment of the Militia of the Islands. ^[2]
• 1718: He and wife Susanna were members of the church at Westerly. ^[1]

Peter married first, in about 1692, Freelove Bliss. She was born on Nov. 16, 1672, daughter of John and Damaris (Arnold) Bliss. Freelove died between 1708 and 1712. ^{[1] [2] [5]}

He married second in about 1712, Susanna Saunders the daughter of Tobias and Mary (Peckham) Saunders. ^{[1] [6]}

Peter died at Westerly in 1725, and was buried on farmland he originally owned at Westerly, in the Bliven burying ground, that is now called the Edward Bliven Lot. ^{[7] [2] [8]}

Administration of his estate was on Dec. 7, 1725; Bondsmen Edward Bliven and Joseph Barker. His wife Susanna also had Bondsmen: her brothers Edward and Stephen Saunders. ^{[1] [6]}

Inventory of estate of Peter Barker made Dec. 9, 1725: [Westerly, RI Council and Probate Records Vol 2. file 6: p. 171.] ^[6] and was valued at L902:5s: 2d. ^[2]

Capt. James Babcock is appointed guardian to Barbara and Susannah Barker, children of Peter Barker, deceased, of Westerly Aug. 28, 1732.[ fol 9: p 44.] (p. 198) ^[6]

After his death his widow Susanna married Peter Wells of South Kington, Rhode Island, as his second wife. ^{[2] [9]}

Children by Freelove:

1. Penelope (twin) born 1698. ^{[1] [2]}

2. Freelove (twin) born 1698 ^[1]; married first ___Swares; married second Edward Bliven on May 12, 1719. ^[2]

3. Peter born 1701. ^{[1] [2]}

4. Thomas born on Dec. 31, 1703. ^{[1] [2]}

5. Hannah. ^{[1] [2]}

Children by Susanna:

6. Joseph born ___. ^{[9] [2]}

7. John born ___; died in 1738. ^{[9] [2]}

8. Mary born ___ ^[9]; married her step-brother James Wells on April 21, 1731. ^[2]

9. Sarah. ^{[9] [2]}

10. Barbara. ^{[9] [2]}

11. Susanna. ^{[9] [2]}

12. Patience. ^{[9] [2]}

Entered by Chris Hoyt, Feb 20, 2012

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Austin, John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers who Came Before 1690, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1887 p. 14: 23
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19} Noyes, Charles. Noyes-Gilman Ancestry: Being a Series of Sketches, with a Chart of the Ancestors of Charles Phelps Noyes and Emily H. (Gilman) Noyes, His Wife, published by the author. Gillis Press, New York, 1907. p. 84-5
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} The Seventh-day Baptist Memorial, Volumes 1-3, Seventh-day Baptist Publishing Society, 1852. pp. 27: 28: 121: 174
4. ↑ Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : First Series : Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People, Vol. XI, Church Records. Newport Sabbatarian Church. Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 1900 p. 298
5. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages, Volume 1, page 87 found in New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. This reference (behind a paywall) provides the following sources: Austin GDRI page 14; Ludington-Saltus page 88; Clark #10, page 112; Barker 13; Rhode Island Vital Records Volume 6, page 24; Noyes-Gilman page 83-84; Peckham page 217; Weaver page 62; Westcott (1932) page 136; NEHGS Register 63:198
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Bates, Louise M. Saunders-Peckham notes: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol. 63. NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1909, p. 198
7. ↑ Denison, Frederick. Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island Westerly (Rhode Island) and Its Witnesses: For Two Hundred and Fifty Years, 1626-1876 : Including Charlestown, Hopkinton, and Richmond Until Their Separate Organization, with the Principal Points of Their Subsequent History. J.A. & R.A. Reid, Charlestown, Rhode Island, 1878. p. 277
8. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 104273508
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7} The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol. 57. NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1903, p. 32

• See also: S00178 Title: Genealogy of RI Families, Vol 2, Saunders-Peckham