Robert Barker, of Kent

Not the same as Sir Robert Barker, "Knight of the Bath"

• Norfolk, England Parish Record found of John Barker and his father Robert Barker put into the sources tab.
• Coat of Arms information in Media Tab
• The visitation of Shropshire, taken in the year 1623, p. 29: https://archive.org/details/visitationshrop00britgoog/page/n83/mode... [This refers to Sir Robert Barker, "Knight of the Bath", not this Robert Barker.]

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Parents unknown, not the son of George Barker, of Coulshurst

Marriage 1
Children

1. John BARKER b: BET 1610 AND 1613 in England
2. Robert Barker b: ABT 1616

Links

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=butchrose...

origins

THIS REFERS TO Sir Robert Barker, "Knight of the Bath"
NOT THIS ROBERT!

From http://troutwind.tripod.com/barker1.html

Barker, Robert abt 1580 in Co., Kent, Eng., d. in Kent, Eng. He m. Catherine Ackworth abt 1614 Co. Kent.

[A document on the web says Robert Barker, of Kent and Catherine Barker were married in 1600 at St.. Andrews in Plymouth, Devonshire, Eng.. This source continues by stating that Catherine was born about 1584 in Kent, and died in Kent, she being the daughter of George Ackworth. In addition it states there is a direct line of descent from "Randulph de Calverhall, 1200 of England". Again there were no sources indicated and I tend to shy away from extended English lines prior to emigration unless the line of descent is widely acknowledged and I've seen nothing else that would tend to support this. I would appreciate it if someone could supply proof of this line that is endorsed by modern sources.] - That is not this Robert Barker, but rather https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Robert-Barker-Knight-of-the-Bath/6000000007150932234.''''

Children:

• 1. JOHN BARKER SR.
• 2. Robert Barker [JR.], b. 1616 in Kent, England, d. 15 Mar. 1691 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA., age 74. Robert married Lucy Williams in 1639. [UNPROVEN]

Proof: https://archive.org/details/barkerfamilyofpl00newh/page/n32/mode/1u...
"He [Robt Jr.] married Lucy Williams, who died between Mar. 7. 1681-2, when she was fined for selling cider to the Indians, and Feb. 18. 1689, the date of her husband's will. The inventory of his estate was taken Mar. 15, 1691-2."

comments

As of July 2016, John & Robert Barker have been disconnected from Catherine Ackworth & "Sir" Robert Barker as parents. Please do not reconnect them without better evidence than we've seen so far, from a public discussion. Thank you.

Links

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=butchrose...

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IPSWICH1593Family and Education 1st s. of John Barker I of Ipswich by his 1st w. m. (1) Judith, da. of George Stoddart of London and Nottingham, Kent, 2s. 1da.; (2) Susan, da. of John Crofts of Saxham, 6 or 7s. 3da. suc. fa. 1589. KB 1603.1

Offices Held

Chamberlain of Ipswich 1587, bailiff 1590-1, Chamberlain 1596-7, j.p. 1591, 1597; j.p. Suff. 1601, sheriff 1614-15.2

Biography Like his father and grandfather, Barker was active in Ipswich local government and represented the borough in Parliament. He was almost certainly not the ‘Mr. Barker’ referred to in the journals of the 1593 Parliament. About 1597 he bought Grimston Hall, eight miles away, and went to live there. He inherited other lands in Suffolk from his father, and also acquired further property in Suffolk and Essex. Knighted—indeed made KB, as it appears—at James’s coronation, he became sheriff of his county. He died 8 Oct. 1618 and his will was proved the following 6 Dec. He then owed £2,000 to Sir Paul Bayning, supervisor of the will, £600 to Sir William Craven and £100 to Sir Thomas Cottells. He had made provision for his children by the terms of a conveyance to Thomas, his eldest son by his second wife, and joint executor with her. The eldest son of Barker’s first marriage, John, was not mentioned.3

There was another Robert Barker, brother-in-law of John More II of Ipswich, who with More was a puritan leader in the town, and acted as a business partner of William Cardinall II, the patron of the Dedham classis. This namesake, probably the man who was selling cloth in Antwerp as More’s factor in 1568, may have been the chamberlain of Ipswich in 1575: he was aged 30 in 1572.4

Ref Volumes: 1558-1603 Author: J.H. Notes 1. Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 112; W. A. Copinger, Suff. Manors, ii. 339; PCC 60 Leicester. 2. N. Bacon, Ipswich Annals, 306, 352, 360, 364, 382, 386. 3. Copinger, iii. 41, 99, 102, 106; Al. Cant. i(1), p. 87; PCC 123 Meade. 4. G. Unwin, Studies in Tudor Economic Hist. ed. Tawney, 275-6; Collinson thesis, 787, 864-6