Barker, James

Birth Name Barker, James 1a 2a 3a 4a 3b
Gramps ID I167244
Gender male
Age at Death about 79 years

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Nobility Title [E257851]     Gov.
 
Birth [E257852] about 1623 co. Essex, Eng  
1b 2b
Death [E257853] 1702 Newport, RI  
5 1c 2c
_FA6 [E257854] 1634-05-14 arr. New Eng.  
1d 2d
_FA7 [E257855] 1635 Newbury  
1e 2e
_FA8 [E257856] 1638 Hampton  
1f 2f
_FA9 [E257857] 1644 Corporal Newport, R.I.  
1g 2g
_FA10 [E257858] 1648 Mem of Gen. Court of Elections  
1h 2h
_FA11 [E257859] 1655 roll of Freemen, Newport  
1i 2i
_FA12 [E257860] 1655 Mem of Court of Commissioners  
1j 2j
_FA13 [E257861] 1676 Deputy  
1k 2k

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Barker, James [I166898]WFT 1572-16011634
         Barker, James [I167244] about 1623 1702
    Sister     Barker, Christianna [I166904] WFT 1599-1634 WFT 1600-1693

Families

    Family of Barker, James and Dungan, Barbara [F51691]
Married Wife Dungan, Barbara [I54724] ( * about 1628 + WFT 1665-1723 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E348322] about 1644 Newport, RI  
5 1l 2l
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Barker, Elizabeth [I166903]1646WFT 1647-1740
Barker, James [I166899]16481722-12-01
Barker, Joseph [I166908]1650WFT 1651-1740
Barker, Mary [I167178]about 16521723-09-19
Barker, Sarah [I54722]about 1654WFT 1655-1748
Barker, Peter [I166909]about 1656WFT 1657-1746
Barker, Christianna [I166910]about 1659WFT 1660-1753
Barker, William [I166907]1662WFT 1663-1752

Narrative

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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.

Pedigree

  1. Barker, James [I166898]
    1. Barker, James
      1. Dungan, Barbara [I54724]
        1. Barker, Elizabeth [I166903]
        2. Barker, James [I166899]
        3. Barker, Joseph [I166908]
        4. Barker, Mary [I167178]
        5. Barker, Sarah [I54722]
        6. Barker, Peter [I166909]
        7. Barker, Christianna [I166910]
        8. Barker, William [I166907]
    2. Barker, Christianna [I166904]

Ancestors

Source References

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        Bishops Transcripts, Wells, Eng.
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  3. Brøderbund Software, Inc.: World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1 [S2754]
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