Individual Details

Martha Barker was the only daughter of Samuel Barker, Gentleman, of Barlborough, county Derby. Although her birth date is unknown, a letter from the rector of Barlborough to William J. Hill in 1965 states that a Martha "Bowlesby" died and was buried there 19 February 1761.

Martha (Barker) Bowlby's parents were such devout Quakers (Friends) that
they were imprisoned for three months in the winter of 1685/86, when Martha was about 14 or 15 years old, for refusing to swear oaths. We do not know whether or not Martha's parents were among the Quakers who did not celebrate special days and whether or not Martha chose not to do so; however, it is probably safe to assume that Thomas' siblings and their families celebrated Christmas like most families in England at that time, even if Martha preferred that she and Thomas and their children did not.

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Birth	ABT 1671	Barlborough, Derbyshire, England, UK
Marriage	9 APR 1693	Old Brampton, Derbyshire, England, UK - Thomas Bryan BOWLBY
Will	1755
Death	ABT 1761	Barlborough, Derbyshire, England, UK
Burial	19 FEB 1761

Spouse	Thomas Bryan BOWLBY (1665 - 1730)
Child	Jordan B. BOWLBY (1696 - 1726)
Child	Samuel BOWLBY (1698 - 1724)
Child	John M. BOWLBY Sr. (1703 - 1779)
Child	Elizabeth B. BOWLBY (1706 - 1782)
Child	Thomas BOWLBY (1708 - 1787)
Child	George B. BOWLBY (1711 - 1773)
Child	Martha BOWLBY (1713 - 1743)
Child	Jane BOWLBY (1714 - 1743)
Child	Richard BOWLBY Sr. (1719 - 1818)
Child	Edward BOWLBY ( - )

Father	Samuel BARKER ( - 1726)
Mother	Elizabeth SHAW/SHAWE (1647 - 1687)
Sibling	John BARKER (1679 - 1723)