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Mary A. (Barker) Davis (1793 - 1890)

Mary A. Davis formerly Barker
Born in Randolph County, North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Wife of — married 12 Mar 1814 in Cane Creek MM, North Carolinamap
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Died at age 96 in Westfield, Hamilton County, Indiana, United Statesmap
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Biography

  • Mary Barker was born on the 24th of November 1793 to Abner Barker and Lydia Osborn in Randolph County, North Carolina.[1][2][3][4][5]
  • In June of 1794 Abner moved his family, consisting of his wife, Lydia, his son, Nathan, and his daughter, Mary, from Orange County to Randolph County in North Carolina.
    • On the 3rd of May 1794 Lydia request a certificated for herself, her husband (Abner) and her two children (Nathan and Mary).[6]
    • On the 7th of June 1794 Abner Barker received a certificate for himself and his family, to the Back Creek Monthly Meeting from the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting.[7][8]
    • On the 28 of June 1794 Abner and his son Nathan received by certificate from the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting into membership at the Back Creek Monthly Meeting.[9][10]
  • The 1800 U. S. census finds Ruth's family living in Randolph Township, Randolph County, North Carolina.[11] In addition to her parents she has two sisters and a brother. See Research Note 2
  • In winter of 1804/1805 Mary moved with her family from Randolph County, North Carolina to Marlboro County, South Carolina.[1]
    • On the 24th of November 1804 Abner Barker requested, in the men's meeting, a certificate from Back Creek Monthly Meeting (Randolph, North Carolina) to Piney Grove Monthly Meeting (Marlboro County, South Carolina) for himself and his three sons (Nathan, Nicholas and Allen).[12] His wife, Lydia, made a similar request in the women's meeting for herself and her four daughters (Mary, Hannah, Ruth and Phebe).[13]
    • On the 29th of December 1804 the monthly meeting was not held due to small turn out as a consequence of the extreme weather. The only business discussed was Lydia Barker's request for a certificate. The friends appointed to produce the certificate report that their work is not complete and the matter is referred to the next monthly meeting.[14][15]
    • On the 12th of January 1805 the men's meeting met to take up the business missed in the December meeting. The men's meeting found that Abner's affair were not satisfactorily concluded and that consequently they could not produce a certificate.[16]
    • On the 26th of January 1805 the women's meeting produced a certificate for Lydia and her daughters.[17]
    • On the 28th of September 1805 Abner's request for a certificate was revisited and it as found that the issue was not sufficient to detain his certificate.[18]
    • On the 16th of November 1805 Abner Barker and his son's (Nathan, Nicholas, and Allen) were received by certificate from Back Creek Monthly Meeting (Randolph, North Carolina) to Piney Grove Monthly Meeting (Marlboro County, South Carolina).[19] See Research Note 3
  • The 1810 U. S. census finds Ruth's family living in Marlboro County, South Carolina.[20] In addition to her parents she has four brothers and three sisters. See Research Note 4
  • In 1813, at the age of 20, Mary moved with her parents from Marlboro County, South Carolina back to Randolph County, North Carolina.[1]
    • On the 20th of November 1813 Abner requested a certificate for himself and his family from the Piney Grove Monthly Meeting (Marlboro County, South Carolina) to the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting (Alamance, North Carolina)[21] See Research Note 3
    • On the 18th of December 1813 the certificate, which Abner had requested for himself and his family, was produced and signed.[22]
    • On the 4th of June 1814 Abner presented his certificate from Piney Grove Monthly Meeting, it was accepted and he and his sons were received into membership at Cane Creek Monthly Meeting. Lydia presented her certificate in the women's meeting, it was accepted and she and her daughters (Mary, Hannah, Ruth, and Phebe) were received into the Society.[23][24]
  • On the 20th of October 1814 Mary married John Davis in Randolph County, North Carolina.[1] Mary Barker and John Davis were married at the same time as Nathan (Mary's brother) married Ruth Davis (John Davis's sister).
  • For the next 18 years Mary lived in Randolph County, Indiana with her husband and raise a family of 10 children (six boys and 4 girls).[1]
  • In 1832 Mary and her family immigrated to Indiana. They initially stopped in Hendricks County, Indiana before continuing on settle on a farm northeast of Westfield, Hamilton County, Indiana in 1836.[1]
  • Mary lived on the farm with her husband until he died on 2nd of August 1878.[1]
  • Mary died on the 30th of January 1890 at the age of 96 years, 2 months and 7 days in Westfield, Hamilton County, Indiana.[5]
  • Mary was mother to twelve children, ten of which survived to adulthood.[1]

Children of Mary Barker and John Davis

  1. ) Charles Davis, born on 30 Sep 1815 in Randolph County, North Carolina,
  2. ) Abner Davis, born on 20 Feb 1817 in Randolph County, North Carolina,
  3. ) Hannah Davis, born 7 Jan 1819 in Randolph County, North Carolina,
  4. ) John Davis, born 28 Dec 1820 in Randolph County, North Carolina,
  5. ) Lydia Davis, born 28 Dec 1822 in Randolph County, North Carolina,
  6. ) Thomas Davis, born 20 Oct 1824 in Randolph County, North Carolina,
  7. ) Mary Davis, born 9 Sep 1825 in Randolph County, North Carolina,
  8. ) Enoch Davis, born 16 Jan 1828 in Randolph County, North Carolina,
  9. ) Elizabeth Davis, born 3 Feb 1830 in Randolph County, North Carolina,
  10. ) Nathan Davis, born 9 Jun 1832 in Randolph County, North Carolina.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Deaths, The Christian Worker, 13 Feb 1890, p. 109; citing, "U.S., Quaker Periodicals, 1828-1929," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 10 Feb 2022), The Christian Worker > 1889 Jan - 1890 Dec (Vol 19 - 20) > images 511 of 890.
  2. ↑ Religious Society of Friends, Cane Creek Monthly Meeting (Alamance, North Carolina), "Records: Births and Deaths" Vol. I (1746-1935), p. 33, Nathan Barker, North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes, Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina; "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935," database with images Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 4 Feb 2022), North Carolina > Alamance > Cane Creek Monthly Meeting > Records 1814, Volume II > image 26 of 102.
  3. ↑ Religious Society of Friends, Piney Grove Monthly Meeting (South Carolina), "Minutes (1802 - 1815)," p. 17, Abner Barker and Lydia Osborn and children, Indiana Yearly Meeting Records, Friends Collection and Earlham College Archives, Richmond Indiana; "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935," database with images Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 4 Feb 2022), South Carolina > Marlboro > Piney Grove Monthly Meeting > New Garden Quarter Piney Grove Monthly Meeting (Sc) Minutes, 1802-1815 > image 69 of 84.
  4. ↑ Religious Society of Friends, Holly Springs Monthly Meeting (Randolph, North Carolina), "Records," Vol. II (1814), p. 4, Nathan Barker, North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes, Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina; "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935," database with images Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 4 Feb 2022), North Carolina > Randolph > Holly Spring Monthly Meeting > Records Births and Deaths, Vol 01, 1746-1935 > image 11 of 106.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21655720/mary-a-davis : accessed 25 February 2022), memorial page for Mary A. Barker Davis (24 Nov 1793–30 Jan 1890), Find A Grave: Memorial #21655720, maintained by SunCacher (contributor 46634396); citing Old Friends Cemetery Park, Westfield, Hamilton County, Indiana, United States.
  6. ↑ Religious Society of Friends, Cane Creek Monthly Meeting (Alamance, North Carolina), "Minutes (Women's)," Vol. I (1751-1804), p. 186, 3 May 1794, Lydia Barker and family, North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes, Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina; "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935," database with images Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 4 Feb 2022), North Carolina > Alamance > Cane Creek Monthly Meeting > Women´s Minutes, 1751-1803 > image 95 of 116.
  7. ↑ Religious Society of Friends, Cane Creek Monthly Meeting (Alamance, North Carolina), "Minutes (Men's)," Vol. I (1751-1796), p. 218, 7 Jun 1794, Abner Barker and family, North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes, Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina; "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935," database with images Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 4 Feb 2022), North Carolina > Alamance > Cane Creek Monthly Meeting > Minutes, 1751-1796, Vol I > image 168 of 208.
  8. ↑ Religious Society of Friends, Cane Creek Monthly Meeting (Randolph, North Carolina), "Minutes (Women's)," Vol. I (1751-1804), p. 187, 7 Jun 1794, Lydia Barker and family, North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes, Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina; "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935," database with images Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 4 Feb 2022), North Carolina > Alamance > Cane Creek Monthly Meeting > Women´s Minutes, 1751-1803 > image 95 of 116.
  9. ↑ Religious Society of Friends, Back Creek Monthly Meeting (Randolph, North Carolina), "Men's Minutes," Vol. I (1792-1804), p. 26, 28 Jun 1794, Abner Barker and son Nathan Barker, North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes, Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina; "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935," database with images Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 4 Feb 2022), North Carolina > Randolph > Back Creek Monthly Meeting > Men´s Minutes, 1792-1840 > image 23 of 290.
  10. ↑ Religious Society of Friends, Back Creek Monthly Meeting (Randolph, North Carolina), "Minutes (Women's)," Vol. I (1793-1892), p. 13, 28 Jun 1794, Lydia Barker and her daughter Mary Barker, North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes, Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina; "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935," database with images Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 4 Feb 2022), North Carolina > Alamance > Cane Creek Monthly Meeting > Women´s Minutes, 1793-1892, Vol I > image 17 of 144.
  11. ↑ 1800 U.S. census, Randolph Township, Randolph County, North Carolina, p. 298 (Stamp, top left corner), line 21 (4 lines from bottom), Abner Barker; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R82-281 : 14 Feb 2022), United States Census, 1820 > North Carolina > Randolph > Randolph > image 3 of 5; citing NARA microfilm M32, roll 32, images 304 of 880.
  12. ↑ Religious Society of Friends, Back Creek Monthly Meeting (Randolph, North Carolina), "Minutes (1802-1815)," p. 172, 24 Nov 1804, Abner Barker and sons, North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes, Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina; "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935," database with images Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 4 Feb 2022), North Carolina > Randolph > Back Creek Monthly Meeting > Men´s Minutes, 1792-1840 > image 96 of 290.
  13. ↑ Religious Society of Friends, Back Creek Monthly Meeting (Randolph, North Carolina), "Minutes (Women's)," Vol I (1793-1892), p. 89, 24 Nov 1804, Lydia Barker and her daughters, North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes, Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina; "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935," database with images Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 4 Feb 2022), North Carolina > Randolph > Back Creek Monthly Meeting > Women´s Minutes, 1793-1892, Vol I > image 55 of 144.
  14. ↑ Religious Society of Friends, Back Creek Monthly Meeting (Randolph, North Carolina), "Minutes (1802-1815)," p. 173, 29 Dec 1804, Abner Barker and sons, North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes, Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina; "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935," database with images Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 4 Feb 2022), North Carolina > Randolph > Back Creek Monthly Meeting > Men´s Minutes, 1792-1840 > image 96 of 290.
  15. ↑ Religious Society of Friends, Back Creek Monthly Meeting (Randolph, North Carolina), "Minutes (Women's)," Vol I (1793-1892), p. 89, 29 Dec 1804, Lydia Barker and her daughters, North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes, Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina; "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935," database with images Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 4 Feb 2022), North Carolina > Randolph > Back Creek Monthly Meeting > Women´s Minutes, 1793-1892, Vol I > image 55 of 144.
  16. ↑ Religious Society of Friends, Back Creek Monthly Meeting (Randolph, North Carolina), "Minutes (1802-1815)," p. 173, 12 Jan 1805, Abner Barker, North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes, Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina; "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935," database with images Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 4 Feb 2022), North Carolina > Randolph > Back Creek Monthly Meeting > Men´s Minutes, 1792-1840 > image 96 of 290.
  17. ↑ Religious Society of Friends, Back Creek Monthly Meeting (Randolph, North Carolina), "Minutes (Women's)," Vol I (1793-1892), p. 89, 26 Jan 1805, Lydia Barker and her daughters, North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes, Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina; "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935," database with images Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 4 Feb 2022), North Carolina > Randolph > Back Creek Monthly Meeting > Women´s Minutes, 1793-1892, Vol I > image 55 of 144.
  18. ↑ Religious Society of Friends, Back Creek Monthly Meeting (Randolph, North Carolina), "Minutes (1802-1815)," p. 185, 28 Dec 1805, Abner Barker, North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes, Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina; "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935," database with images Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 4 Feb 2022), North Carolina > Randolph > Back Creek Monthly Meeting > Men´s Minutes, 1792-1840 > image 102 of 290.
  19. ↑ Religious Society of Friends, Piney Grove Monthly Meeting (Marlboro County, South Carolina), "Minutes (1802 - 1815)," p. 17, Abner Barker and Lydia Osborn and children, North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes, Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina; "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935," database with images Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 4 Feb 2022), South Carolina > Marlboro > Piney Grove Monthly Meeting > New Garden Quarter Piney Grove Monthly Meeting (Sc) Minutes, 1802-1815 > image 54 of 84.
  20. ↑ 1810 U.S. census, Marlboro County, South Carolina, p. 92A (Penned, top right corner), line 17 (6 lines from bottom), Abner Barker; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBM-SFT : 14 Feb 2022), United States Census, 1810 > South Carolina > Marlboro > Not Stated > image 7 of 17; citing NARA microfilm M252, roll 61, images 163 of 500.
  21. ↑ Religious Society of Friends, Piney Grove Monthly Meeting (Marlboro County, South Carolina), "Minutes (1802 - 1815)," p. 106, 20 Nov 1813, Abner Barker and family, Indiana Yearly Meeting Records, Friends Collection and Earlham College Archives, Richmond Indiana; "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935," database with images Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 4 Feb 2022), South Carolina > Marlboro > Piney Grove Monthly Meeting > New Garden Quarter Piney Grove Monthly Meeting (Sc) Minutes, 1802-1815 > image 69 of 84.
  22. ↑ Religious Society of Friends, Piney Grove Monthly Meeting (Marlboro County, South Carolina), "Minutes (1802 - 1815)," p. 106, 18 Dec 1813, Abner Barker and family, Indiana Yearly Meeting Records, Friends Collection and Earlham College Archives, Richmond Indiana; "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935," database with images Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 4 Feb 2022), South Carolina > Marlboro > Piney Grove Monthly Meeting > New Garden Quarter Piney Grove Monthly Meeting (Sc) Minutes, 1802-1815 > image 69 of 84.
  23. ↑ Religious Society of Friends, Cane Creek Monthly Meeting (Alamance, North Carolina), "Minutes (Men's)," Vol. I (1751-1796), p. 218, 7 Jun 1794, Abner Barker and family, North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes, Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina; "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935," database with images Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 4 Feb 2022), North Carolina > Alamance > Cane Creek Monthly Meeting > Minutes, 1751-1796, Vol I > image 168 of 208.
  24. ↑ Religious Society of Friends, Cane Creek Monthly Meeting (Alamance, North Carolina), "Minutes (Women's)," Vol. I (1751-1804), p. 187, 7 Jun 1794, Lydia Barker and family, North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes, Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina; "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935," database with images Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 4 Feb 2022), North Carolina > Alamance > Cane Creek Monthly Meeting > Women´s Minutes, 1751-1803 > image 95 of 116.




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Barker-16065 and Barker-400 appear to represent the same person because: Clearly the same person
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