Caleb Barker (1760 - 1850)

Born 6 Apr 1760 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Eddy) Barker — married 2 Dec 1795 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 2 May 1850 at age 90 in Granville, Washington, New York, United States

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Biography

Caleb Barker, son of William Barker and Amie Wood, was born in Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay, 6 Apr 1760.^[2] Settled by Europeans in about 1652 and named for the town of the same name in Devon, England, the town of Dartmouth hugs the southern coast of modern Massachusetts, bordered on the north by Fall River, east by New Bedford, west by Westport and south by Buzzard's Bay.^[3]

1780 Map Showing Dartmouth (click 3x for full scale)[4]

Caleb's Gravestone[5]

Caleb died in Granville, Washington County, New York, 2 May 1850, at age 90.^[8] He's buried in Green Meeting House Cemetery on Quaker Street in Granville.^[8] He was survived by his wife, Sarah, who died in Granville, 21 Mar 1857, at age 82, and is buried beside him.^[9]

Children

Children of Caleb and Sarah:

• William Barker.^[7]
• Job Barker.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Have information, documentation or photos? If so, please contact me, Christopher Smart. Also, if you’re directly descended from this person, I’d be happy to make you the profile manager.
2. ↑ Sources: (1) Birth Record (citation, p. 35): "Caleb, ch. William and Amey (second w.), 6th, 4 mo. 1760, C.R.3." (2) Monthly meeting records, Births - Marriages - Deaths 1699 - 1880, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, Mass.), p 32. (3) Gravestone ("AE 90y's 28 d's."), posted at Find A Grave: Memorial #99212172 (citation). Given that age at death, and the date of death (2 May 1850), yields, with an online calculator, a birth date of 4 Apr 1760.
3. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Dartmouth, Massachusetts," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, accessed 11 Dec 2021.
4. ↑ Excerpt from Hinton, John. 1780. A New and Accurate Map of the Colony of Massachusets. London: J. Hinton. Available without restriction courtesy of the Library of Congress. For full version of the map click on the link above.
5. ↑ Photo posted at Find A Grave: Memorial #99212172 (citation) and used with permission of photographer, Jen Snoots (FAG ID 4661415) ("Please feel free to use my photos ... if it is going elsewhere on the web, just provide a photo credit stating my name as the photographer").
6. ↑ Sources: (1) 1795 Marriage Record: "Caleb, s. William and Amie (dec'd) of D[artmouth], and Sarah Eddy, d. Zephaniah and Anna of D[artmouth], 2d, 12 mo. 1795, C.R.3." New England Historic Genealogical Society. 1930. Vital Records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Vol. II Marriages. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Page 51. Available online without restriction courtesy of Hathitrust. (2) Monthly meeting records, Births - Marriages - Deaths 1699 - 1880, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, Mass.), p 625.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} Monthly meeting records, Removals 1792 - 1821, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, N.Y.), p 31.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Sources: (1) Gravestone ("Caleb Barker died 2 of 5 mo. 1850"), posted at Find A Grave: Memorial #99212172 (citation) and used with permission of photographer, Jen Snoots (FAG ID 4661415) ("Please feel free to use my photos ... if it is going elsewhere on the web, just provide a photo credit stating my name as the photographer"). (2) 1850 US Census Mortality Schedule. New York State Education Department, Office of Cultural Education; Albany, New York; U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, New York, 1850-1880; Archive Roll Number: M2; Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Granville, Washington, New York. Courtesy of Ancestry.com. (3)Find A Grave: Memorial #99212172 (citation) . Click here for a list of persons with Wikitree profiles who are shown as buried in Green Meeting House Cemetery. Click here to search the cemetery on Find a Grave.
9. ↑ See Profile of Wife Sarah (Eddy) Barker (1774-1857).

General Citations

• New England Historic Genealogical Society. 1929. Vital Records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Vol. I Births. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Available online without restriction courtesy of Hathitrust: "We have determined this work to be in the public domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright. Users are free to copy, use, and redistribute the work in part or in whole."
• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/99212172/caleb-barker : accessed 05 December 2021), memorial page for Caleb Barker (unknown–2 May 1850), Find A Grave: Memorial #99212172, citing Green Meeting House Cemetery, Granville, Washington County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Jen Snoots (contributor 4661415). Click here for a list of persons with Wikitree profiles who are shown as buried in Green Meeting House Cemetery. Click here to search the cemetery on Find a Grave.