James Barker (abt. 1648 - 1722)

Born about 1648 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island

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Died 1 Dec 1722 at about age 74 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island [uncertain]

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Biography

James Barker Jr. was born about 1648, son of James and Barbara (Dungan) Barker. ^[1][2]

• 1667: Enlisted in the 'troop of horse' to protect the island. ^[1]
• 1675: Admitted Freeman ^{[1] [2]}
• 1676: Member of the Court Martial at Newport in the trial on Indians who were charged with being engaged by King Philip. ^[1]
• 1678: 90: 96: 1703: 05-09: 16: Deputy ^{[1] [2]}
• 1687: Served on the Grand Jury. Called 'Captain' from this date, forward. ^[1]
• 1695: 96: 98: 99: Assistant. ^[1]
• 1702: February 2 - 1715: On a committee to divide the common lands. ^[1]
• 1707: Captain James Barker with others chosen and empowered to proportion and affix rates of grain and other specie to be received as pay for a tax. ^{[1] [2]}

He married about 1673, Sarah Jefferay who was born about 1649, daughter of William and Mary (Gould) Jefferay. ^{[1] [3]}

William Jefferay names his daughter Sarah, wife of James Barker, in his will written on December 8, 1674. ^{[3] [1]}

James died on December 1, 1722. ^[1]

His will was proved on January 7, 1723. In it he named:

• wife Sarah
• son James executor
• sons William, Jeremiah and Nicholas
• daughters Abigail Wright, Priscilla Lawton, Jane Lawton
• grand daughter Sarah Winsor
• negro man Jack, given to his son James ^[1]

Sarah died in February, 1736. ^[1]

Children

1. James born on December 4. 1675 ^[1]; died in 1768; was for fifty years a member of 2d Baptist church. He marrried in 1699, Mary, daughter of Robert and Tamar (Tyler) Cook.
2. William born ___^[1]; died unmarried. ^[2]
3. Nicholas born ___ ^[1];married ___ Rogers. ^[2]
4. Mary born March 13, 1678 ^[1]; married Joshua Winsor. ^[2]
5. Abigail born ___ ^[1]; married John Wright (see will) vs ?married John Work of Long Island. ^[2]
6. Priscilla born ___ ^[1];married Robert Lawton. ^[2]
7. Jane born ___ ^[1]; married Thomas Lawton. ^[2]
8. Jeremiah born on January 16, 1699 ^[1]; married Penelope Hicks. <^[2]

[ Note: unable to confirm: James Barker of Newport 1651; a friend of John Clark, married as his first wife a daughter of Hon. Jeremiah Clark. His second wife was Sarah, daughter of William Jeffrey. From: Whittemore, Henry. Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America: With a Brief History of Those of the First Generation and References to the Various Local Histories, Originally Published 1898. Reprint: Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland 1967 p. 26]

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 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21} Austin, James Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers who Came Before 1690, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland 1887 p. 14-15: 111
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} The Newport Historical Magazine, Volume 1, July,1880, Newport Historical Publishing Company, Newport, Rhode Island, 1881 p. 44-45: p. 256-7
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Anderson, Robert C. Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995 p. 1083-4 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)

Acknowledgments

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