BARKER FAMILY NOTES

The Barker family has been in America from the early colonial period. The earliest known Barker was John who married Anna Williams and settled in Duxbury, MA. Three generations later, one of John's direct descendants would marry into the Brewster family, providing further descendants with a connection to Elder William Brewster of the Mayflower and Plymouth colony. Some descendants served in the Revolutionary War. There are a substantial number of descendants in the present day, a good number of which live in the Upstate New York area.

See this web page for more on the Barker family: Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: Barker [Vol. III, pp. 1339-1340].

See this web page for more on the Cornell family: Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: Cornell [Vol. II, pp. 878-879].

Letter: 12/09/1895 C.L. Barker to Rhoda A. Duncan.

Letter: 11/30/1864.

Special section: King Alfred the Great to present.



  1. John Barker (1610 ? Kent, ENG d. 12/14/1652 Duxbury, MA) m. Anna Williams (1618-1658).
    1. John Barker (1650-1729) m. Desire Annable (1653-1706).
      1. John Barker (1678 Barnstable, MA; d. 1745 Marshfield, MA) m. Hannah Eames (1684-1714).
        1. John Barker (1705 Marshfield, MA; d. 1757 Norwich, CT) m. Hannah Brewster (1710-1728).
          1. Jesse Barker (Sr.) (b. 6/11/1729 [Source: Ancestry.com U.S. Veterans Gravesites] Norwich, CT; d. 10/8/1778 Cambridge, MA) m. Ann Arnold. Jesse was a Private in Revolutionary War starting on 4/3/1777. Burial: 200 Duell Rd., Schuylerville, NY, Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Section M1 Site 33.
            1. Jesse Barker (Jr.) (b. 4/21/1761 Brimfield, MA; d. 3/19/1804 Edinburg, NY) [Census: 1800 Providence, NY] m. Prudence Paine.
              1. James Barker (1786-?).
              2. Jesse Barker III (1788-?).
              3. Anna Barker (1791-?).
              4. Ichabod Barker (1793-1874).
              5. Lydia Barker (1795-?).
              6. John Barker (1800-1864) m. Alice Cornell.
                1. William Fayette Barker (1824-1895).
                2. Edwin Lee Barker (1825-1898).
                3. Charles Humphrey Barker (1828-1867).
                4. Rhoda Angeline Barker (1831-1921) m. Fay DUNCAN.
                5. John Smith Barker (1834-1919).
                6. Henry Sherman Barker (1838-1886).
                7. Jay Lorain Barker (1843-1844).
                8. Amos Eliot Barker (1845-1926).

NOTES:

From www.Ancestry.com: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols.

p.612] Barker, Jesse, Brimfield.Private, Capt. Edward Seagrave's co., Col. Joseph Read's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 20, 1775; service, 2 mos. 17 days; also, company return dated Sept. 25, 1775; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money, dated Roxbury, Dec. 21, 1775; also, return of men enlisted into Continental Army, dated March 29, 1779; joined Capt. Seagrave's co., Col. John Bailey's regt.; enlistment, 3 years, to expire in 1780; also, 6th co., Col. John Bailey's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from April 3, 1777, to Oct. 8, 1778; reported died Oct. 8, 1778; also, Capt. Isaac Warren's co., Col. Bailey's regt.; return of men in camp at Valley Forge, Jan. 24, 1778.

Barker, Jesse. Private, Capt. Nathaniel Gage's co., Col. Jacob Gerrish's regt. of guards; enlisted Dec. 19, 1777; rolls made up to April 3, 1778; service, 3 mos. 17 days, guarding Gen. Burgoyne's troops at Winter Hill; pay roll for Feb. and March, 1778, dated Bradford.

Barker, Jesse. Private, Capt. John Abbot's co., Col. Nathaniel Wade's regt.; enlisted July 10, 1780; discharged Oct. 10, 1780; service, 3 mos. 11 days; enlistment, 3 months, for service at West Point.

Barker, Jesse, Jr., Brimfield.Return of men enlisted into Continental Army, dated March 29, 1779; joined Capt. Seagrave's co., Col. Bailey's regt.; enlistment, 3 years, to expire in 1780; also, Private, 6th co., Col. John Bailey's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from April 4, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, Capt. Isaac Warren's (6th) co., Col. Bailey's regt.; return of men in camp at Valley Forge, Jan. 24, 1778; also, Major's co., Col. Bailey's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; also, descriptive list of enlisted men dated West Point, Jan. 27, 1781; Capt. Seth Drew's co., 2d regt.; stature, 5 ft. 11 in.; complexion, light; hair, sandy; residence, Brimfield; enlisted April 3, 1777, by Lieut. Walker; enlistment, during war; also, Capt. Adams Bailey's co., Col. Bailey's regt.; return dated Boston, June 14, 1781; enlistment, during war.

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