Individual Details

Marriage

Here is a record of the marriage of William andRhoda as 8 Feb 1758https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QY-H3SX?i=411&cc=2061550&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFCSZ-MMZ

Probate

will and there is also a probatehttps://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/445530:8996?tid=&pid=&queryId=216ba3d58a5845ebf59eb4ca1f067792&_phsrc=Fgz123880&_phstart=successSourceIn his will written 26October 1819 (proved 21 January 1822), William Barker of Nelson bequeathed tohis eldest son Theodore Barker two hundred dollars. Grandchildren William SmithBarker and Sally Richardson, children of son William Smith Barker, five dollarseach. Daughters Rhoda Lawrence and Anna Warren receive one hundred dollars eachand all the household furniture. Four children of son Jeduthan Barker receivetwenty dollars each when they reach age twenty-one. The children of son LeonardBarker receive ten dollars to divide equally. The remainder of the estate wasleft to son Thaddeus who was named executor.[1][1] New HampshireProbate, Cheshire County, Volume 77, pp 131-132

Biography

Deacon, war service, first selectman – bunch of stuffin the Nelson Picnic Association book In the Celebration of Nelsonhttps://archive.org/details/celebrationbytow00nels/page/n51/mode/2up?q=%22william+barker%22William resided in Acton,Massachusetts after his marriage to Rhoda Wheeler and the births of fivechildren are recorded there. William was one of the caretakers of the meetinghouse at Acton in 1765. In February 1774, Willliam Barker was paid four poundsby the selectmen of Acton for keeping school.[1][1] Phalen,History of the Town of Acton, p 55, p 383 

Military

William Barker served as a private in the companyof Capt. Samuel Dakin with service at Crown Point from 15 September 1755 to 18February 1756. William Barker, aged 23 years and born at Methuen, served from Concord,Massachusetts as Corporal in the company of Capt. Thomas Hartwell, regiment ofCol. Bagley, service at Fort William Henry in 1756.[1]https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/colonial-soldiers-and-officers-in-new-england-1620-1775/image?volumeId=13254&pageName=227&rId=236074884https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/colonial-soldiers-and-officers-in-new-england-1620-1775/image?volumeId=13254&pageName=12&rId=236069949[1] Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England,1620-1775. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org,New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013).

Property

William relocated toCheshire County, New Hampshire in 1779. On 18 April 1779, William Barker yeomanwas of Acton when he purchased 100 acres in the northeast quarter ofPackersfield beginning at the west edge of lot number nine in the eighth rangefrom Joshua Lawrence, cordwainer of Keene, for payment of fifty pounds. On 10September 1786, William Barker of Packersfield purchased part of lot three inthe eleventh range from Charles Rice for £22.16.[1][1] NewHampshire Land Records, Cheshire County, 34:217, 34:216On 26 October 1792, William Barker yeoman ofPackersfield, in consideration of fifty pounds, conveyed to Thaddeus Barker atract of land in Packersfield. On 3 September 1794, William Barker conveyedseventy acres in the northeast corner of Packersfield to Leonard Barker ofPackersfield for seventy pounds. On 11 October 1796, Jeduthan Barker was ofAddison, Vermont when he sold to his father William Barker of Packersfield atract of land in Stoddard, New Hampshire for payment of seventy dollars. On 7March 1803, Leonard Barker, in consideration of one thousand dollars paid byWilliam Barker and three hundred dollars paid by William’s wife Phebe, leasedto William Barker and his wife Phebe a certain farm in Packersfield duringtheir natural lives.[1]  Jeduthan to William – Cheshire County, 34:22041:319William to Thaddeus – 30:113Others in the indexhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3L-33VV-6?i=57&cat=5615234:220 – Jeduthan is in Addison Vermont in 1796when he sells to William Barker of Packersfieldhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSCM-F9QQ-3?i=706&cat=5615230:113 – 1792 – William to Thaddeus deed bookshttps://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/56152?availability=Family%20History%20Library[1] NewHampshire Land Records, Cheshire County, 30:113. 34:221, 34:220, 41:319