Solomon Barker

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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Family Time Line

Solomon Barker
1767–
Betsy Butler
1778–
Marriage: 9 April 1797
Sophia Butler Barker
1798–
Elizabeth Barker
1800–1870
Laura Barker
1802–1831
Solomon Barker
1803–1871
Jacob B Barker
1804–1888
Clarissa Barker
1806–1806
Julia Ann Barker
1807–
Clarissa Barker
1808–
Sarah Augusta Barker
1810–1864
Mary H Barker
1814–1844
Harriet Angeline Barker
1818–

Sources (32)

  • 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"

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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