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Joseph Barker

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Joseph Barker Veteran

Birth
Death
30 Jul 1827 (aged 74)
Burial
Byron, Genesee County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
C 11 1
Memorial ID
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Please if you use this information list Find A Grave as your source. This is a nice service they offer and I appreciate all the volunteers taking time, creating memorials, finding the grave sites and taking photos. C.Barker

About Barker, Joseph
'Joseph was a farmer and shoemaker, moving to Brandon, Vt. in 1776, thence to Paris, N.Y. during the Rev. war, he was captured by the Indians but after two days march, he was able to escape by strategy. His wife being unable to keep up with the march was left behind and found shelter in an abandoned cellar, where that night their third child was born, help came the following day when a cousin hearing of the raid, came in search. Joseph was twice chosen selectman in Paris and held many other important offices, about 1803, he moved to Rome, N.Y., later moving to Bryon, N.Y. where he died. He married 1/13/1777 Martha, dau. Capt. Thos. and Martha ( ) Tuttle. b.1764; d. 5/11/1831.'
Elizabeth Frye Barker
Census Notes
NOTE: Elizabeth Frye Barker places Joseph in Brandon,VT. Number of male/female and age on census matches her records.

Text: 1790 U.S. Census BARKER, JOSEPH and MARTHA VERMONT, RUTLAND, BRANDON Series: M637 Roll: 12 Page: 255 Source: Heritage Quest
Please if you use this information list Find A Grave as your source. This is a nice service they offer and I appreciate all the volunteers taking time, creating memorials, finding the grave sites and taking photos. C.Barker

About Barker, Joseph
'Joseph was a farmer and shoemaker, moving to Brandon, Vt. in 1776, thence to Paris, N.Y. during the Rev. war, he was captured by the Indians but after two days march, he was able to escape by strategy. His wife being unable to keep up with the march was left behind and found shelter in an abandoned cellar, where that night their third child was born, help came the following day when a cousin hearing of the raid, came in search. Joseph was twice chosen selectman in Paris and held many other important offices, about 1803, he moved to Rome, N.Y., later moving to Bryon, N.Y. where he died. He married 1/13/1777 Martha, dau. Capt. Thos. and Martha ( ) Tuttle. b.1764; d. 5/11/1831.'
Elizabeth Frye Barker
Census Notes
NOTE: Elizabeth Frye Barker places Joseph in Brandon,VT. Number of male/female and age on census matches her records.

Text: 1790 U.S. Census BARKER, JOSEPH and MARTHA VERMONT, RUTLAND, BRANDON Series: M637 Roll: 12 Page: 255 Source: Heritage Quest


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