Brief Life History of Jeremiah
When Jeremiah Barker was born on 16 January 1699, in Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, his father, James Barker, was 51 and his mother, Sarah Jeffreys, was 43. He married Penelope Hicks in 1724. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 4 April 1760, at the age of 61.
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- Jeremiah Barker in entry for Penelope Barker, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Jeremiah Barker in entry for Susanna Barker, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Jeremiah Barker in entry for Calib Barker, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
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1703
The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, as it was from June 22, 1703, when it created the counties of Providence Plantations and Rhode Island, to June 16, 1729, when Providence Plantations County was renamed Providence, Rhode Island County was renamed Newport, and Kings County was created from Providence.
1723 · Pirates Hung in Newport
On July 17, 1723, twenty-eight pirates are hung in Newport, Rhode Island.
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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