• General Notes

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  [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 22, Ed. 1, Tree #3104, Date of Import: Dec 9, 1998]
  
  Came aboard ship Mary and John with father, who died 1634 on board. The ship Mary and John, of London, Robert Sayres, master, left Southampton 24 Mar.1634 for New England.  Nicholas Easton came in her with his two sons Peter and John, and so, it would seem by family manuscript, did James Barker and his son James. (p.110)
       He was first in care of his sister Christianna and her husband Thomas Beecher.. stayed with them until death of Thomas Beecher 1637; then prob. with the Eastons until his majority. ca.1638.James Barker was a Baptist, "a teaching brother amongst the Baptists many years." Active in the community of Newport, becoming in 1678, 1679 Deputy Governor after death of Gov. Coddington. James Barker and his wife, Frances (Dugan) had 8 children, "all born about 1 miles from Sachuest beach where their father lived."
  James Barker is said to have been born in Essex Co, Eng. his sister Christiana m. as 2nd husband Thomas Beecher and sailed with him to America in 1634, settling in Charlestown, MA  James' mother having d. ca. 1620, it was but natural for the father, James, to plan to join his eldest dau. in America.
       Came to Portsmith, RI 1638/9; Corporal in 1644 for Newport; Ensign in 1648; freeman 1655; Member of Court of Commissioners 1655,61,63; Member of General Court of Elextions. Deputy Gov. 1676-78; Assistant 1678; One of Petitioners for charter land from Charles II 8 Jul 1663.

Details of James' family with Barbara Dungan