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Rebekah <I>Gibson</I> Barker

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Rebekah Gibson Barker

Birth
Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
15 Mar 1824 (aged 69)
Heath, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Heath, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
R13-01
Memorial ID
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dau of Stephen Gibson & Sarah (Goss) Gibson

m. Rev. Stephen Barker on 8 June 1772
at Concord, Mass.
int. 23 May 1772, m. by Justice Whiting
Rev Stephen was a Baptist minister, serving in a number of places including Whately, Mass. from 1807 to 1820 and Heath, Mass.
Rev. Stephen Barker was in Heath by 1786, having previously been at Ashby and Stow. He was born Jan 21,1741 he died, recorded Heath, 15 Aug 1834

according to an article in the Boston Evening Transcript, dated 10 Aug 1904 posted by a family researcher, their children were:

Joseph (1774-1853) m. Elizabeth Washburn
Stephen
Timothy
Anna
Rebecca
Sallie
and perhaps Mary Brown who is buried in this lot

[John Gibson of Cambridge, Massachusetts: and his descendants, 1634-1899 By Mehitable Calef Coppenhagen Wilson; History of the town of Whately, Mass., including a narrative of leading events from the first planting of Hatfield: 1661-1899; Boston Evening Transcript, dated 10 Aug 1904 avail on google newspapers; thanks Kevin]

dau of Stephen Gibson & Sarah (Goss) Gibson

m. Rev. Stephen Barker on 8 June 1772
at Concord, Mass.
int. 23 May 1772, m. by Justice Whiting
Rev Stephen was a Baptist minister, serving in a number of places including Whately, Mass. from 1807 to 1820 and Heath, Mass.
Rev. Stephen Barker was in Heath by 1786, having previously been at Ashby and Stow. He was born Jan 21,1741 he died, recorded Heath, 15 Aug 1834

according to an article in the Boston Evening Transcript, dated 10 Aug 1904 posted by a family researcher, their children were:

Joseph (1774-1853) m. Elizabeth Washburn
Stephen
Timothy
Anna
Rebecca
Sallie
and perhaps Mary Brown who is buried in this lot

[John Gibson of Cambridge, Massachusetts: and his descendants, 1634-1899 By Mehitable Calef Coppenhagen Wilson; History of the town of Whately, Mass., including a narrative of leading events from the first planting of Hatfield: 1661-1899; Boston Evening Transcript, dated 10 Aug 1904 avail on google newspapers; thanks Kevin]


Inscription

In
memory of
Mrs Rebekah Barker
wife of Elder
Stephen Barker
died March 15 1824
AE 70 years
__________
And they called Rebekah and said
unto her will thou go with this man
And she said I will go



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  • Created by: Anonymous
  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99479349/rebekah-barker: accessed ), memorial page for Rebekah Gibson Barker (31 Mar 1754–15 Mar 1824), Find a Grave Memorial ID 99479349, citing Center Cemetery, Heath, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 47283828).