Brief Life History of Solomon
When Solomon Barker was born on 6 May 1767, in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Abiel Barker Jr, was 30 and his mother, Sarah Hovey, was 32. He married Betsy Butler on 9 April 1797, in Pelham, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 9 daughters.
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- Solomon Barker, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Solo Barker in entry for Sarah Brown, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
- Solomon Barker, "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920"
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Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a tanner of leather, from Middle English barkere ‘tanner’, tree bark having been used as the tanning agent.
English: occupational name for a shepherd, from Middle English berker, bercher (Old French berchier, bercher, berkier, berker, Late Latin berbicarius, from berbex ‘ram’, genitive berbicis). With the change of -ar- to -er- in Middle English, this became indistinguishable from the preceding name (see 1 above).
Americanized form of German Berger or Barger .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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