Individual Details
William Barker
(1 Jun 1782 - 15 Jan 1860)
Events
Families
Spouse | Anna Gunn (1785 - 1841) |
Child | Lucy Barker (1804 - 1889) |
Child | William Barker (1806 - 1867) |
Child | Phebe Ann Barker (1808 - 1892) |
Child | Abigail Barker (1809 - 1812) |
Child | Abel Gunn Barker (1811 - 1886) |
Child | Henry Barker (1813 - 1819) |
Child | Maria Louisa Barker (1815 - 1895) |
Child | Joseph Barker (1818 - 1894) |
Child | Samuel Gunn Barker (1821 - 1891) |
Child | George R. Barker (1823 - 1880) |
Child | James Barker (1825 - 1826) |
Child | Thomas B. Barker (1828 - 1898) |
Spouse | Hannah Smith (1792 - 1860) |
Father | Asa Barker (1745 - 1789) |
Mother | Lydia Pierce (1750 - 1823) |
Sibling | Phebe Barker (1770 - 1849) |
Sibling | Asa Barker (1773 - 1836) |
Sibling | Elizabeth Barker (1775 - 1837) |
Sibling | Nehemiah Barker (1778 - ) |
Sibling | Henry Bowers Barker (1780 - ) |
Sibling | Lydia Barker (1783 - 1865) |
Notes
Property
On 30 September 1844,William Barker of Kingston with his wife Hannah, in consideration of onethousand dollars, conveyed to Abel Barker of Binghampton, New York a tract ofland in Kingston. On 2 April 1845, William Barker of Kingston and his son Abel Barkerof Binghampton entered into an agreement related to Abel providing support andhousing for his father and stepmother during their natural lives.[1] Luzerne County grantor index – there are severalhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHM-6DF2?i=714&cat=228810deed bookshttps://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/228810?availability=Family%20History%20Librarygrantee index – 11:80, 12:6 and could be othershttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-TS9Z-3?i=170&cat=22881011:80 is William getting a patent for an invention– machine for raising water – and in the one following sells his patent forfifty thousand dollarshttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSNR-4GXP?i=45&cat=22881012:6 – buying property in Kingstonhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSNR-4PMC?i=300&cat=228810 52:331 – William and Abelhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSNR-QD55?i=507&cat=228810 12:427https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSNR-4GJT?i=515&cat=228810 19:172 – not sure this is about himSheriff seizing property of William Barker yeomanin 1818https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSNR-M9QR-K?i=94&cat=228810 41:60https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSNR-79TS-M?i=29&cat=228810[1] PennsylvaniaDeeds, Luzerne County, 41:60, 52:331Biography
12 children in the Barker book;https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/16741/images/dvm_GenMono000814-00157-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=296&rcstate=dvm_GenMono000814-00148-1%3A677%2C477%2C781%2C505%3B878%2C1467%2C973%2C1496%3B294%2C1503%2C391%2C1532 P 639 – little mention and also is a source forAnna Gunn’s parents in the footnote – and also information on children and hissecond wifefile:///C:/Users/patri/OneDrive/Desktop/Genealogy/Schumacker%20book.pdfhttps://archive.org/details/michaelshoemaker00blai/page/638/mode/2upThe portion of the Barker book for son Samuel GunnBarker describes him as an expert mechanic who worked with his fatherhttps://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/16741/images/dvm_GenMono000814-00171-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=324&rcstate=dvm_GenMono000814-00148-1%3A677%2C477%2C781%2C505%3B878%2C1467%2C973%2C1496%3B294%2C1503%2C391%2C1532 some information herehttps://books.google.com/books?id=H8c4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA348&lpg=PA348&dq=william+barker+anna+gunn&source=bl&ots=Ck7Ui0yf7G&sig=ACfU3U0tzadPXxq62Sk9K7WQxWoDbgHRcA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwink9zdoKOCAxUSD1kFHd34DKs4FBDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=william%20barker%20anna%20gunn&f=falseEndnotes
1. Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1830; Census Place: Kingston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Series: M19; Roll: 145; Page: 371; Family History Library Film: 0020619.