Nathaniel Barker

Brief Life History of Nathaniel

When Nathaniel Barker was born on 22 May 1718, in Saint Johns Parish, Prince George's, Maryland, British Colonial America, his father, Samuel Barker, was 30 and his mother, Mary Ballard, was 28. He married Susannah Clayton in 1740, in Saint Johns Parish, Prince George's, Maryland, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 3 March 1789, in Loudoun, Virginia, United States, at the age of 70.

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Family Time Line

Nathaniel Barker
1718–1789
Susannah Clayton
1720–
Marriage: 1740
William Barker
1741–
Susanna Barker
1748–1830
Nathaniel Barker
1750–1833
Susanna Barker
1752–1815
John Barker
1755–
Randolph Barker
1759–

Sources (5)

  • Nathanel Barker, "Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995"
  • Nathaniel Barker in entry for Susanna Barker, "Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995"
  • Nathaniel Barker in entry for Susanna Barker, "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"

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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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