Francis
Barker
Born [location unknown]
Son of Robert Barker
and Lucy (Williams) Barker
Husband of
Mary (Lincoln) Barker
— married
5 Jan 1675 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Father of
Francis Barker,
Joshua Barker,
Elizabeth (Barker) Bryant,
Josiah Barker,
Ruth (Barker) Briggs,
Francis Barker,
Thomas Barker Sr.,
Elisha Barker,
Ebenezer Barker and
Isaac Barker
Died [location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Francis Barker born about 1646, son of Robert Barker of Duxbury.
Francis married Mary Lincoln in Hingham 5 Jan 1674/75.[1]
"Francis was especially active in the civic affairs of the colony; in 1686 he was appointed to treat with Scituate, Mass. about the division of a tract of land in dispute with Duxbury, was a deputy to the General Court at Plymouth in 1686, 1694, 1701, 1701, was Selectman of Duxbury in 1685-86, was Constable in 1689, was commissioned an Ensign 10-2-1689. He built and operated the first iron furnace in America in 1702, in 1713 he had gained sufficient wealth to rank as "Gentleman" (166). [2]
Sources
- ↑ History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893) Vol II, p.21
- ↑ Barker, E. F. (1981). Barker genealogy. New York: Frye Pub. Co, p.166
- A History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts, with Genealogical Registers, Justin Windsor, (Boston: Crosby & Nichols, 1849), 223.
- New England Historical and Genealogical Register, James Atkins Noyes
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