Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
NameCaptain John Francis Barker
Birthabt 1616, England
Death14 Dec 1652, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts
FatherSir Robert Barker (~1580-1618)
MotherLady Catherine Ackworth of Southwell (~1584-~1616)
Spouses
Birthabt 1615, England
Death16 Feb 1658, Scituate, Plymouth Colony, Province of Massachusetts
FatherJohn Williams (~1592-~1667)
MotherAnn Watkins (~1597-~1658)
ChildrenMary (1647-1711)
Notes for Captain John Francis Barker
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About John Barker
John BARKER was a proprietor in Marshfield, about 10 miles north of Plymouth, as early as 5 Nov 1638. He was a bricklayer and also served as ferryman over the Jones River. John had purchased this ferry from John, son of Elder BREWSTER. About 1652 he was drowned from the ferry and his estate was administered 17 Dec 1652.
Note: emmigration of Robert Barker was actually 1632 and it is likely that John came later ... ca 1636.
NEGHS:
Otis and Deane claim that John Barker married in 1632 Ann Williams, daughter of John Williams of Scituate, also claiming that the latter came in 1632 with Timothy Hatherly. There are a number of problems with this. First, the earliest record of John Williams is on 5 March 1638/9, when he was propounded for a freeman of Plymouth Colony [ PCR 1:116], and the first record of John Barker is as a proprietor of Marshfield on 5 November 1638 [ Pope 32]. Second, the other known children of John Williams marry or first appear in the records in the late 1640s and early 1650s. Third, John Barker's children were three daughters who married between 1660 and 1668, indicating births in the 1640s. The likely time of arrival for both John Barker and John Williams is late in the 1630s.
Older notes follow: The Nathan Barker Descendancy Compiled by WILLIAM G. LORD 1931
The first of our line in America is John Barker of Duxbury, Mass., who with his brother Robert arrived at Plymouth about 1628. After some cruising for a suitable location John settled in the northerly part of Plymouth, which in 1637 became a part of the then new municipality of Duxbury. Here he followed his trade as a brick mason until 1638 when he invested in a ferry across the Jones River in the adjoining town of Marshfield and removed there, where he continued to carry passengers at two pence per person until an accidental drowning at his ferry ended his career on December 14, 1652. During his residence at Marshfield he served for a time in its military company and was made a freeman there a year and a half before his death.
JOHN BARKER SR., b. abt 1610 in England [29], died by drowning bef. 14 Dec.1652 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony, for on that date an inquest was held into his death by drowning in the river at Marshfield.[18] John m. ANNE or HANNAH WILLIAMS in 1632 in the Plymouth Colony. She was the daughter of JOHN WILLIAMS SR. and his wife ANNE _____.[30] Many sources give her name as Anne but in the Records of the Plymouth Colony it states of Abraham Blush that "he buried his wife Hannah about the 16th of March, 1658".[9] She was the daughter of John Williams and Ann _____ . Hannah was born in England and died 16 Mar 1657/58 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA. Hannah married Abraham Blish in 1653. She had by him Abraham Jr.[9]
On 5 Nov. 1638 John Barker Sr. had a busy day. He reached an agreement with the General Court of the Plymouth Colony to run the ferry at Jones River. He was to recieve 2 pence for each passenger. The court promised to cover any losses he might incur should a bridge be constructed over the river before he made back his investment for labor and improvements. [8]
He was then turned over tothe Court Of Assistants where he was granted forty acres of upland "lying by Joseph Rogers". The grant was to be viewed and laid out by William Collier and Jonathan Brewster, "as shall be thought most convenyent."
The court of assistants that day also wrote up a final agreement for the ferry.
"John Barker hath couenanted {covenanted}to keep the ferry ofer Joanes River, and is to have two pence a peece for carrying a psn over untill there be a bridg erected over the sd riuer. And if he make causes on eich side for passage to the boate, and do not hold the same so long as may recompence his labour & charge thereof, that then the countrey to allow him what shalbe thought fitt to countervaile his charges when hee leause it, and is to beginn the xij th of Novembr, & so to continue as foresd."[12]
On 10 Jan 1638/39 in the Plymouth Court of Assistants:
"The Xth of Januar., 1638 Whereas Willm Barden was the couvenant servant of Thom. Boardmen for the terme of seauen yeares, now the said Thomas Boardman, Wth the consent of the said Willm, hath sould all his interrest for the terme of yeares he should haue serued him Vnto John Barker, bricklayer, Wch are yet vnexpired, vizt, six yeares and a half from the first of December last past before the date hereof. And the said John Barker is to teach the said Willm Barden the trade of a bricklayer, and in thend of his terme to giue him twenty bushells of Indian Corne, two suites of apparell, & a ewe goate lambe."
In January of 1641 Robert and John Barker along with Thomas Howell and Raph Chapman paid sixty pounds to Jonathan Brewster for his farm of 100 acres on the North River and the ferry, ferry boat and ferry house on the property.[24]
On 7 March 1742/43 John and Robert Barker "of the North River" were fined five and ten shillings respectively for their "Misdemeanors"[9]
In 1643 John Barker was a member of the Marshfield training company, ie. the Militia.[29]
On 28 Oct 1645 John and Ann Barker were in court to answer charges made against them by Roger Cook and William Latham "in an action of trespass upon the case, to the dam.of XX li., "for the said Anns burneing of their house accedentally." As things turned out the jury couldn't render a verdict one way or the other so "the matter was ended, and the said John was content to give the plaintiffs XXs towards their losses."[V.7, p.41, ]
On 3 Mar. 1645 Robert Barker sold at the ferry at Marshfield to Raph Chapman. A provision of the sale was that Robert Barker, John Barker and Thomas Howell were to ride free as long as the ferry was kept in that place.[24]
On 1 March 1648 John Barker Sr. witnessed a deed of land sold by Nicholas Sympkins to John Williams Jr. his brother-in-law.[28]
On 7 Jun 1648 John Barker was appointed to serve on the grand inquest jury.[14] Grand Inquest again on 7 Jun 1648.[16]
On 9 Jun 1648 after negotiatiJohn Barker Sr. signed an agreement concerning a boundry line with John Phillips. John Alden and Myles Standish had been directed by the Court to "'set at rights such differences as are betwixt them"[26]
On 9 Jun 1650 John Barker Sr. "bricklayer, of Marshfield" recieved on South River in Marshfield from Edmund Weston by deed. This property had previously been part of the estate of "Thomas Howell, bricklayer."[27]
On 5 June 1651 John Barker was proposed for Freeman,[15] and again on 2 Jun 1652.[17]
On 3 May 1653 The report of a a coroner's jury of 12 men concerning the deaths of John Barker and John Browning was finally entered into the Court records. One of the men on the Jury was Barker's brother Robert.
"Whereas the jury hath gone upon the Bodyes of John Barker and John Browning we find that these men came by their death by the casualty of the sea, and by noe other way, by our best apprehencions, December the 14th, 1652."[18]
On 9 Jun 1653:
"ltres of adminnestration are granted by the court unto Anna Barker, Widdow, the late wife of John Barker, Deceased, to administer upon his estate; and she hath given cecuritie unto the court to give in an account of her said adminnestratorship when she shall be thereunto required; and John Williams Junier standeth bound unto the Court for her for the same."
"Furthermore the said Anna Barker, Widdow doth by these psents engage and give unto her three daughters, Anna, Debora, and Mary, the summ of ten pounds apiece, to be paied unto them when they are of the age of twenty one yeares; and as any of them shall come to be of the said age, that then their said ten pounds shall be delivered unto the in good and currant pay. or six month after the day of their marriage; and in case any of them shall die before they be of the age of twenty one yeares or be married, that then the said summe of thirty pounds be notwithstanding equally devided amongst those of them that shall survive."[19]
Concerning the preceeding it should be noted that later Abraham Blush took over John Williams Jr.'s "engagements" and posted security which was later cleared when the ten pounds each had been paid out to his stepdaughters. One of the most likely reasons for this change is seen below.
On 3 May 1659 a complaint was filed by Robert Barker in Court against John Williams Jr. "for the hard usage of a daughter [Deborah] of John Barker, deceased". The girl was described as "weake and infeirme" and was ordered into the keeping of Thomas Bird of Scituate until the next Court. During that time Bird was try to "procure means for her cure" and to appear at the next Court to give testimony in the case between Williams and the girl.[20] Both Robert Barker and John Williams Jr. were uncles to Deborah.
The next month on 7 June, the Court allowed "Ensigne" John Williams Jr. six shillings for the four days spent in attendance to the court answering the complaint of Robert Barker on behalf of his niece Deborah Barker.[21]
On 6 Oct 1659 John Williams Jr. was cleared of the charges of "misuse" of his niece and ward Deborah Barker. "Notwithstand, upon some considerations" the court refused to continue her as his ward and permitted her to choose her own guardian, "and either live with him or be disposed of to some other honest man to service as he should think meet." Deborah chose Thomas Bird, who was present in the court, as her guardian.[22]
CHILDREN:
1. Deborah Barker was born in 1639 in Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA She married William Barden on 11 Jul 1660.[7] Barden had been John Barker's apprentice.[6][13]
2. Anna Barker was born in about 1643, probably in Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA and died after 27 Apr 1695 at Oyster Bay, Long Island.[7] She married John Pratt in about 1663 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA. He was born in about 1631 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA and died on 16 Mar 1696/97 at Oyster Bay, Long Island. Eight children.
3. Mary Barker was born in 1647 at Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA.[7] She married Samuel Pratt. Mary married Francis Coombs. She married David Woods on 5 Mar 1685[7]
About John Barker
John BARKER was a proprietor in Marshfield, about 10 miles north of Plymouth, as early as 5 Nov 1638. He was a bricklayer and also served as ferryman over the Jones River. John had purchased this ferry from John, son of Elder BREWSTER. About 1652 he was drowned from the ferry and his estate was administered 17 Dec 1652.
Note: emmigration of Robert Barker was actually 1632 and it is likely that John came later ... ca 1636.
NEGHS:
Otis and Deane claim that John Barker married in 1632 Ann Williams, daughter of John Williams of Scituate, also claiming that the latter came in 1632 with Timothy Hatherly. There are a number of problems with this. First, the earliest record of John Williams is on 5 March 1638/9, when he was propounded for a freeman of Plymouth Colony [ PCR 1:116], and the first record of John Barker is as a proprietor of Marshfield on 5 November 1638 [ Pope 32]. Second, the other known children of John Williams marry or first appear in the records in the late 1640s and early 1650s. Third, John Barker's children were three daughters who married between 1660 and 1668, indicating births in the 1640s. The likely time of arrival for both John Barker and John Williams is late in the 1630s.
Older notes follow: The Nathan Barker Descendancy Compiled by WILLIAM G. LORD 1931
The first of our line in America is John Barker of Duxbury, Mass., who with his brother Robert arrived at Plymouth about 1628. After some cruising for a suitable location John settled in the northerly part of Plymouth, which in 1637 became a part of the then new municipality of Duxbury. Here he followed his trade as a brick mason until 1638 when he invested in a ferry across the Jones River in the adjoining town of Marshfield and removed there, where he continued to carry passengers at two pence per person until an accidental drowning at his ferry ended his career on December 14, 1652. During his residence at Marshfield he served for a time in its military company and was made a freeman there a year and a half before his death.
JOHN BARKER SR., b. abt 1610 in England [29], died by drowning bef. 14 Dec.1652 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony, for on that date an inquest was held into his death by drowning in the river at Marshfield.[18] John m. ANNE or HANNAH WILLIAMS in 1632 in the Plymouth Colony. She was the daughter of JOHN WILLIAMS SR. and his wife ANNE _____.[30] Many sources give her name as Anne but in the Records of the Plymouth Colony it states of Abraham Blush that "he buried his wife Hannah about the 16th of March, 1658".[9] She was the daughter of John Williams and Ann _____ . Hannah was born in England and died 16 Mar 1657/58 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA. Hannah married Abraham Blish in 1653. She had by him Abraham Jr.[9]
On 5 Nov. 1638 John Barker Sr. had a busy day. He reached an agreement with the General Court of the Plymouth Colony to run the ferry at Jones River. He was to recieve 2 pence for each passenger. The court promised to cover any losses he might incur should a bridge be constructed over the river before he made back his investment for labor and improvements. [8]
He was then turned over tothe Court Of Assistants where he was granted forty acres of upland "lying by Joseph Rogers". The grant was to be viewed and laid out by William Collier and Jonathan Brewster, "as shall be thought most convenyent."
The court of assistants that day also wrote up a final agreement for the ferry.
"John Barker hath couenanted {covenanted}to keep the ferry ofer Joanes River, and is to have two pence a peece for carrying a psn over untill there be a bridg erected over the sd riuer. And if he make causes on eich side for passage to the boate, and do not hold the same so long as may recompence his labour & charge thereof, that then the countrey to allow him what shalbe thought fitt to countervaile his charges when hee leause it, and is to beginn the xij th of Novembr, & so to continue as foresd."[12]
On 10 Jan 1638/39 in the Plymouth Court of Assistants:
"The Xth of Januar., 1638 Whereas Willm Barden was the couvenant servant of Thom. Boardmen for the terme of seauen yeares, now the said Thomas Boardman, Wth the consent of the said Willm, hath sould all his interrest for the terme of yeares he should haue serued him Vnto John Barker, bricklayer, Wch are yet vnexpired, vizt, six yeares and a half from the first of December last past before the date hereof. And the said John Barker is to teach the said Willm Barden the trade of a bricklayer, and in thend of his terme to giue him twenty bushells of Indian Corne, two suites of apparell, & a ewe goate lambe."
In January of 1641 Robert and John Barker along with Thomas Howell and Raph Chapman paid sixty pounds to Jonathan Brewster for his farm of 100 acres on the North River and the ferry, ferry boat and ferry house on the property.[24]
On 7 March 1742/43 John and Robert Barker "of the North River" were fined five and ten shillings respectively for their "Misdemeanors"[9]
In 1643 John Barker was a member of the Marshfield training company, ie. the Militia.[29]
On 28 Oct 1645 John and Ann Barker were in court to answer charges made against them by Roger Cook and William Latham "in an action of trespass upon the case, to the dam.of XX li., "for the said Anns burneing of their house accedentally." As things turned out the jury couldn't render a verdict one way or the other so "the matter was ended, and the said John was content to give the plaintiffs XXs towards their losses."[V.7, p.41, ]
On 3 Mar. 1645 Robert Barker sold at the ferry at Marshfield to Raph Chapman. A provision of the sale was that Robert Barker, John Barker and Thomas Howell were to ride free as long as the ferry was kept in that place.[24]
On 1 March 1648 John Barker Sr. witnessed a deed of land sold by Nicholas Sympkins to John Williams Jr. his brother-in-law.[28]
On 7 Jun 1648 John Barker was appointed to serve on the grand inquest jury.[14] Grand Inquest again on 7 Jun 1648.[16]
On 9 Jun 1648 after negotiatiJohn Barker Sr. signed an agreement concerning a boundry line with John Phillips. John Alden and Myles Standish had been directed by the Court to "'set at rights such differences as are betwixt them"[26]
On 9 Jun 1650 John Barker Sr. "bricklayer, of Marshfield" recieved on South River in Marshfield from Edmund Weston by deed. This property had previously been part of the estate of "Thomas Howell, bricklayer."[27]
On 5 June 1651 John Barker was proposed for Freeman,[15] and again on 2 Jun 1652.[17]
On 3 May 1653 The report of a a coroner's jury of 12 men concerning the deaths of John Barker and John Browning was finally entered into the Court records. One of the men on the Jury was Barker's brother Robert.
"Whereas the jury hath gone upon the Bodyes of John Barker and John Browning we find that these men came by their death by the casualty of the sea, and by noe other way, by our best apprehencions, December the 14th, 1652."[18]
On 9 Jun 1653:
"ltres of adminnestration are granted by the court unto Anna Barker, Widdow, the late wife of John Barker, Deceased, to administer upon his estate; and she hath given cecuritie unto the court to give in an account of her said adminnestratorship when she shall be thereunto required; and John Williams Junier standeth bound unto the Court for her for the same."
"Furthermore the said Anna Barker, Widdow doth by these psents engage and give unto her three daughters, Anna, Debora, and Mary, the summ of ten pounds apiece, to be paied unto them when they are of the age of twenty one yeares; and as any of them shall come to be of the said age, that then their said ten pounds shall be delivered unto the in good and currant pay. or six month after the day of their marriage; and in case any of them shall die before they be of the age of twenty one yeares or be married, that then the said summe of thirty pounds be notwithstanding equally devided amongst those of them that shall survive."[19]
Concerning the preceeding it should be noted that later Abraham Blush took over John Williams Jr.'s "engagements" and posted security which was later cleared when the ten pounds each had been paid out to his stepdaughters. One of the most likely reasons for this change is seen below.
On 3 May 1659 a complaint was filed by Robert Barker in Court against John Williams Jr. "for the hard usage of a daughter [Deborah] of John Barker, deceased". The girl was described as "weake and infeirme" and was ordered into the keeping of Thomas Bird of Scituate until the next Court. During that time Bird was try to "procure means for her cure" and to appear at the next Court to give testimony in the case between Williams and the girl.[20] Both Robert Barker and John Williams Jr. were uncles to Deborah.
The next month on 7 June, the Court allowed "Ensigne" John Williams Jr. six shillings for the four days spent in attendance to the court answering the complaint of Robert Barker on behalf of his niece Deborah Barker.[21]
On 6 Oct 1659 John Williams Jr. was cleared of the charges of "misuse" of his niece and ward Deborah Barker. "Notwithstand, upon some considerations" the court refused to continue her as his ward and permitted her to choose her own guardian, "and either live with him or be disposed of to some other honest man to service as he should think meet." Deborah chose Thomas Bird, who was present in the court, as her guardian.[22]
CHILDREN:
1. Deborah Barker was born in 1639 in Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA She married William Barden on 11 Jul 1660.[7] Barden had been John Barker's apprentice.[6][13]
2. Anna Barker was born in about 1643, probably in Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA and died after 27 Apr 1695 at Oyster Bay, Long Island.[7] She married John Pratt in about 1663 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA. He was born in about 1631 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA and died on 16 Mar 1696/97 at Oyster Bay, Long Island. Eight children.
3. Mary Barker was born in 1647 at Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA.[7] She married Samuel Pratt. Mary married Francis Coombs. She married David Woods on 5 Mar 1685[7]