Individual Details
Stephen Barker
(6 Jul 1659 - 21 May 1740)
Events
| Birth | 6 Jul 1659 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts | |||
| Residence | 1683 - 1721 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts |  | ||
| Marriage | 13 May 1687 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts - Mary Abbott | |||
| Death | 21 May 1740 | Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts | | ||
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Families
| Spouse | Mary Abbott (1664 - ) |
| Child | Stephen Barker (1688 - 1750) |
| Child | Zebadiah Barker (1689 - 1761) |
| Child | Nehemiah Barker (1691 - ) |
| Child | Lydia Barker (1693 - 1776) |
| Child | Mary Barker (1696 - 1706) |
| Child | James Barker (1700 - 1740) |
| Child | Timothy Barker (1702 - 1707) |
| Child | Sarah Barker (1704 - 1764) |
| Child | Ebenezer Barker (1706 - 1771) |
| Child | Mehitable Barker (1707 - 1775) |
| Father | Richard Barker (1621 - 1692) |
| Mother | Joanna Barker mnu (1622 - 1687) |
| Sibling | John Barker (1643 - 1722) |
| Sibling | William Barker (1645 - 1717) |
| Sibling | Sarah Barker (1647 - 1728) |
| Sibling | Esther Barker (1651 - 1713) |
| Sibling | Ebenezer Barker (1651 - 1746) |
| Sibling | Richard Barker (1654 - 1729) |
| Sibling | Hannah Barker (1656 - 1687) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Barker (1663 - 1750) |
Notes
Property
Grantee deeds to look at51:202, 107:121
51:202
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ZZ-BPTV?i=211&wc=MCBG-6P6%3A361613201%2C361911301&cc=2106411
107:121 – 1749 – Stephen Barker to son Stephen (this is likely the son Stephen to his son Stephen)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZZ-BX4V?i=414&wc=MCBG-LMS%3A361613201%2C361959801&cc=2106411
Stephen Barker, John Gutterson, and Thomas Astin formerly of Andover purchased 98 acres on the north side of the Merrimack River (the area that became Methuen) from widow Lydia Griffin and John Griffin. On 15 June 1726, Lieut. Stephen Barker, John Gutterson, and Thomas Astin entered an indenture agreement for the division of this property.1
81:241 – Stephen to Zebediah in 1731
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9ZZ-BZ21?i=249&wc=MCBG-KZ9%3A361613201%2C361938301&cc=2106411
1 Massachusetts Land Records, Essex County, 51:202
On 12 March 1730/31, Stephen Barker yeoman of Methuen, in consideration of parental love and natural affection, conveyed to his son Zebadiah Barker husbandman of Methuen an 80-acre parcel in Methuen that adjoined that of Stephen Barker.1
1 Massachusetts Land Records, Essex County, 81:241
Biography
in Historical Sketch of Methuenhttps://archive.org/details/historicalsketch00howej/page/n5/mode/2up?q=barker
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, U.S., Craftperson Files, 1600-1995 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014).
2. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).
3. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).