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[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 22, Ed. 1, Tree #3104, Date of Import: Dec 9, 1998]
John Barker and Elizabeth his wife, had a son Edward, whose son was Rowland, to whom a coat-of-arms was granted. "Coat of arms, 5 escalop shells in a cross, was conferred by Robert Cooke, 17 Dec 1582, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, to Rowland Barker, of Wollerton, in the county of Salop, son and heir of Edward Barker, eldest son of John Barker and Elizabeth, his wife, sister and co-heir to Sir Rowland Hill, Lord Mayor of London." Wollerton, alluded to as the home of Rowland Barker, is a hamlet one mile from Hodnet and quite near "Hawkstone Park: where live the Hills. Rowland Barker had one son, James who d.1634 at sea.
John Barker m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Hill (the son of Humphrey and Agnes (Bird) Hill. Humphrey Hill llived in the time of Henry V (1413-1422) at Buntingdale, co.Salop (Shropshire), Eng. The residence of the hills in Salop can be traced to a period antecedent to the reign of Edward I (1272-1307); name, orignally Hull, or De la Hull. Sir Rowland Hill {first Protestant Lord Mayor of London 1549}, s. of Thomas d.1561, leaving no issue. Agnes, wife of Humphrey Hill, was the daughter of John Bird)
John Barker and Elizabeth, his wife, had a son Edward. who had Rowland, who had James.
Rowland Barker 
