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The Barker Name

According to the introduction in the Barker Genealogy by Elizabeth Frye Barker, "The name BARKER is supposed to come from the Anglo-Saxon word Beorc or from the Anglo-French word Berquier, meaning Shepherd, some say the first to use the name was a tanner and used the bark of trees in his trade. Variations of the name are Le Barkere; Barke; Barka and Barkar." Read/print the scanned pages.

Barker Books

Barker Genealogy: Robert of Plymouth Colony 1628; John of Duxbury, Mass. 1628; James of Rhode Island 1634; James of Rowley, Mass. 1638; Edward of Brandford, Conn. 1640; Richard of Andover, Mass. 1643; Samuel of Delaware 1682; Virginia Barkers 1700. By Elizabeth Frye Barker, Frye Publishing Co. New York, NY 1927, 553 pages. Scanned image of the title page. Available at Higginson Book Company - Specializing in Genealogy and History.

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BARKER Fam. of Plymouth Col. & Co., by B. Newhall. 102p.

BARKER Genealogy, giving the names & descendants of several ancestors who settle d in the U.S. previous to the Declaration of Independence, ad. 1776, by James C. Parshall. 36p. 1897.

BARKER. Story with genealogy of some of the descendants of Nathan Barker of Sandisfield, Mass., by Wm. G. Lord, et al. 101p. 1931. In effect, it is a subset of Elizabeth's book in that it expands on the John of Duxbury, Mass, line. William Lord, who was a banker in Athol, Mass., published it himself in 1931. [Details provided by John Baitsell johnbaitsell@erols.com. William was his first cousin twice removed.]

BARKER Pedigree (Repr. N.E.H.G.R.), by J.A. Noyes. 7p. 1899.

BARKER. (Repr. Newport Hist. Mag.) by J. Austin. 13p. 1880. See Bayles images for quotes.

From the New England Historic & Genealogical Society (N.E.H.G.S). The library has:

Edes, Harry H. A Memorial of Josiah Barker, of Charlestown, Massachusetts. (1871).

Parshall, James C. The Barker Genealogy: Giving the Names and Descendants of Several Ancestors Who Settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence, 1776. (1897).

BARKER, Newhall. The Barker Family of Plymouth Colony and County. (1900).

BARKER, Elizabeth F. Barker Genealogy: Robert of Plymouth Colony, 1628; John of Duxbury, Massachusetts, 1628; James of Rhode Island, 1634; James of Rowley, Massachusetts, 1638; Edward of Branford, Connecticut, 1640; Richard of Andover, Massachusetts, 1643; Samuel of Delaware, 1682; Virginia Barkers, 1700. (1927).

Mallory, Walter L. Role of the Descendants of Joseph Franklin Barker, 1882-1892, and His Wife, Elizabeth Johnson Barker, 1822-1895. (1951).

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