Individual Details

Probate

Probatehttps://www.americanancestors.org/databases/essex-county-ma-probate-file-papers-1638-1881/image?volumeId=13744&pageName=1699:1&rId=244897695  Nathan Barker did not leave a will and his estateentered probate 5 February 1822 with only son Jedediah H. Barker namedadministrator at the request of widow Sarah Barker. Real estate was valued at$3,784 and personal estate was $1,492.40. The dower was set to the widow SarahBarker. Distribution of real estate was made to son Jedediah H. Barker, theheirs of daughter Sally Carleton deceased, and daughter Susanna Barker.[1][1] Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers,1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org.New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Case 1699

Property

On 26 September 1825, LeonardCarlton acting as guardian to Samuel B. Carlton and Sarah H. Carlton enteredinto a lease agreement with Jedediah H. Barker for two acres of the propertyfrom the estate of Nathan Barker. On 6 April 1827, Sarah Barker widow andSusanna Barker single woman of Andover, in consideration of ten dollars,quitclaimed their interest in part of the barn from the estate of Nathan Barkerto Jedediah H. Barker. On the same date, Susanna, in consideration of onehundred dollars, quitclaimed her interest in a tract of land from the estate ofNathan Barker to Jedediah H. Barker.[1][1]Massachusetts Land Records, Essex County, 239:271, 245:265, 245:266On 15 February 1797,Nathan Barker yeoman of Andover, for payment of $600, purchased the farmproperty that had belonged to his great-uncle Timothy Barker from his widowMehitable and the children of Timothy and Mehitable. The property was in foursections containing just over 18 acres.[1] [1] MassachusettsLand Records, Essex County, 162:179