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JOHN BARKER (d. 1652)
ANN WILLIAMS (d. 1658), daughter of JOHN WILLIAMS and ANN UNKNOWN
John died in 1652. [GALG] He married Ann Williams, the daughter of John Williams. [GALG]
Ann Williams married died in 1658. [GALG] She married second Abraham Blish of Barnstable. [GALG]
John might be the John Barker who was granted 40 acres of upland on 5 November 1638. [NBS1] On the same date the court noted that John had covenanted to keep the ferry at Joanes River and to have two pence for each passenger until there was a bridge. [NBS1]
In the division of John's estate on 9 June 1653, the portions of his daughters Ann, Deborah and Mary were to be paid at 21 or after marriage. Abraham Blish settled with Ann's husband John Pratt on 27 October 1666; with Deborah's husband William Burden on 1 March 1660 and with Mary's husband Samuel Pratt on 2 November 1668. [GALG]
Children of John Barker and Ann Williams:
i. Ann Barker married John Pratt by 27 October 1666.
ii. Deborah Pratt married William Burden by 1 March 1660.
iii. Mary Barker was born about 1647. She died between 15 May 1711 and May 1718. She married first Samuel Pratt. She married second Francis Coombs. She married third David Wood.
References:
NBS1. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, vol. 1, Court Orders, 1633–1640 (Boston: William White, 1855).
GALG. "Barker, Pratt, Coombs, Wood," in The Genealogical Advertiser, 4 vols. (Cambridge, MA: Lucy Hall Greenlaw, 1896–1901), vol. 4: 31–32.
Last revised: 13-Jun-2021