Robert BARKER

Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

Family 1: Unknown

  1. Isaac BARKER
  2. Francis BARKER
  3. Rebecca BARKER
  4. Robert BARKER
  5. Abigail BARKER
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Notes

Updated February 4, 2023. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) New England Historic Genealogical Society Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Robert Barker

"Birth: Robert BARKER was born about 1616."

"Death: He died between February 18, 1689, the date of his will, and March 14, 1691/2, when his lands were divided."

"Life in New England: The first mention of Robert BARKER in the Plymouth Colony records is a complaint by him about his master, carpenter John THORP, reported to the Court on January 20, 1632/3. Seven months later, his master having died, his apprenticeship was given to William PALMER, who was to teach him the trade of nailer. There is no evidence that BARKER practiced either trade as an adult. He was a ferryman in Marshfield in 1645 and an innkeeper there from 1646. He moved to Duxbury in 1653. He served on a number of juries and was a surveyor of highways in Marshfield in 1645 and in Duxbury several times bewteen 1654 and 1679."

"He married Luce/Lucy _____ by 1642 if she was the mother of all his children. She was still living on March 7, 1681/2."

(2) New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins via Ancestry.com

Robert BARKER:

- "ORIGIN: Unknown"
- "FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth"
- "REMOVES: Marshfield by 1643, Duxbury by 1653"
- "BIRTH: By about 1616 based on terms of apprenticeship"
- "DEATH: Duxbury between 18 February 1689 (date of will) and 14 March 1691/2 (date of division of lands to the sons of his son Isaac)."
- "MARRIAGE: By 1663 (and by about 1662 if she was the mother of all his children) Luce (or Lucy) ____ [PCLR 5:412]; no other record gives her name... (most secondary sources identify her as daughter of John and Anna WILLIAMS of Scituate, but she is not named in the will of John WILLIAMS)"
- OCCUPATION: Ferryman (1641-1656/6); Innkeeper (1646 - )
- "OFFICES: Plymouth Colony grand jury, 1 June 1669, 2 June 1685 [PCR 5:18, 6:165]; petit jury, 3 June 1668 [PCR 4:187]; coroner's jury, 14 December 1652 [PCR 3:28]; Marshfield surveyor of highways, 4 June 1645, 7 June 1648 [PCR 2:84, 124]; Duxbury surveyor of highways, 6 June 1654, 8 June 1655, 5 June 1672, 5 June 1677, 3 June 1679 [PCR 3:49, 82; 5:93, 232; 6:11]; Marshfield constable, 2 June 1646 [PCR 2:102]. In Marshfield section of 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms [PCR 8:196]"
- "BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: The 1899 article on the family of Rober BARKER, by James Atkins Noyes [NEHGR 53:226ff.], and the 1927 Barker Genealogy by Elizabeth Frye are not fully documented and have many errors..."

(3) U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 via Ancestry.com

- Name: Robert BARKER
- Gender: Male
- Birth Year: About 1616
- Death Year: About 1691/1692
- Spouse: Lucy BARKER