When William Barker was born on 6 January 1715, in Long Whatton, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Barker, was 40 and his mother, Mary Joynes, was 36. He married Rebecca Cocker on 10 September 1738, in Long Whatton, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in 1784, in Long Whatton, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 69, and was buried in Long Whatton, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.
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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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