Lt.
Thomas
Barker
Born in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Province
Ancestors 
Son of Jacob Barker Jr.
and Mary (Spofford) Barker
Brother of
Elizabeth (Barker) Stickney, Infant Barker, Jacob Barker, Mary Barker, Margaret (Barker) Larlee, Nathaniel Barker and Sarah Barker
Husband of
Sarah (Estey) Barker
— married
7 Dec 1761 in Rowley, Essex Co, Mass.
Descendants 
Father of
John Barker, Sarah (Barker) Smith, Anthony Barker, Hannah (Barker) Coburn, Thomas Barker and Mary Spafford (Barker) Coy
Died
at age 44
in Maugerville, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 19 May 2016
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Biography
Thomas Barker was born on 20 Jul 1737 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Province, son of Jacob Barker Jr. (1713 - 1783) and Mary (Spofford) Barker (<1714 - ).
His siblings were:
- Elizabeth (Barker) Stickney (1740 - 1831)
- Infant Barker (1741 - ~1741)
- Jacob Barker (1743 - 1798)
- Mary Barker (1744 - )
- Margaret (Barker) Larlee (1746 - 1842)
- Nathaniel Barker (1750 - )
- Sarah Barker (1753 - 1839)
Thomas (24) married Sarah Estey (25) (born in Rowley on 12 Oct 1736; died in Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada on 3 Feb 1795), daughter of Richard Estey and Ruth Fiske, on 7 Dec 1761 in Rowley. Their children were:
- John Barker (1763 - 1824)
- Sarah (Barker) Smith (1765 - 1852)
- Capt. Anthony Barker (1771 - 1858)
- Hannah (Barker) Coburn (1771 - 1826)
- Thomas Barker (1773 - 1838)
- Mary Spafford (Barker) Coy (1775 - 1864).
Thomas died on 1 Mar 1782 in Maugerville, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada aged 44. He is buried in Sheffield United Church Cemetery, Sheffield, New Brunswick.
Sources
- Birth Record
- https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC3H-GBM
- Maugerville Land Grant List 1761
- http://www.genealogy.restigouche.net/histry3.htm
- Find A Grave
- Find A Grave: Memorial #112105656
- https://loyalist.lib.unb.ca/node/4261
- George Brainard Blodgette and Amos Everett Jewett. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts. 1933. Reprinted by the New England History Press, Somersworth, New Hampshire. 1981. Page 18. Also available at: [1]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
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~1.95%
Faith Nixon
:
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Dale Dickinson :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Stephen Woodbridge :
23andMe, GEDmatch UM3152614 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZE6104770 [compare], Ancestry member StephenWoodbridge
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~0.78%
Martin Hanson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A029588 [compare], Ancestry member mvhanson
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch LB4195985 [compare], FTDNA kit #926992
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~0.78%
David L. Stewart :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch 9295 [compare], Ancestry member dstewart193
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~0.78%
Donna (Cliff) Schwartz :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Heather (Larlee) Feuerhelm :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal CAT3a54f7b9, Ancestry member CathyHeatherF
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~0.78%
Robert Phillips :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #213390
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~0.78%
Lynn Dickinson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, yourDNAportal LYN93d82ac4, FTDNA kit #MK81465
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Autosomal DNA Test
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~0.78%
Joyce (Fournier) Fife :
MyHeritage DNA
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