Brief Life History of Susanna Dexter
When Susanna Dexter Barker was born on 20 December 1807, in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, her father, David Barker, was 47 and her mother, Rebecca Sewall Burdett, was 33. She married Dr. Samuel Johnson on 21 November 1827, in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States in 1850.
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- Susanna Johnson in household of Samuel Johnson, "United States Census, 1850"
- Susanna Dexter Barker, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Susanna Barker, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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