Nathaniel Barker

Brief Life History of Nathaniel

When Nathaniel Barker was born in 1808, in Traphill, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, his father, Hezekiah Barker Sr, was 43 and his mother, Susannah Mildred Sebastian, was 37. He married Amelia Cockerham on 14 November 1829, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States in 1830. He died in 1830, at the age of 22.

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Family Time Line

Nathaniel Barker
1808–1830
Amelia Cockerham
1810–1875
Marriage: 14 November 1829
Meredith Barker
1830–1919
Nancy Adeline Barker
1831–1901

Sources (12)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Nathaniel Barker - birth: about 1808; Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
  • Nathaniel Barker, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Nathaniel Barker in entry for Meredith Barker and Carah J Willy, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

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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.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

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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