Robert was the third of ten children of Robert Barber, Sr., and Hannah Tidmarsh. According to records of the Friends meetings in Chester his birth date was the 10th month 10th day 1722 in the old calendar, which would be Dec. 10, 1722 in the Gregorian calendar used after 1752. He and his family moved in 1728 to Lancaster County on land just below where the town of Columbia was founded.
In 1746 he married Sarah Taylor in Hempfield Township following Quaker traditions. They had thirteen children: Hannah (died in infancy), Eleanor, Hannah (died in infancy), Robert, John, Samuel, Hannah, Thomas, Elizabeth, James, Sarah, Susan, and Rhoda.
In 1761, fourteen years after his father died, Robert, Jr., received 62 acres from his mother according to instructions written by his father. In 1775 he served as a first lieutenant in the first company formed in Hempfield Township. In 1782 he died at the age of 59.
In 1746 he married Sarah Taylor in Hempfield Township following Quaker traditions. They had thirteen children: Hannah (died in infancy), Eleanor, Hannah (died in infancy), Robert, John, Samuel, Hannah, Thomas, Elizabeth, James, Sarah, Susan, and Rhoda.
In 1761, fourteen years after his father died, Robert, Jr., received 62 acres from his mother according to instructions written by his father. In 1775 he served as a first lieutenant in the first company formed in Hempfield Township. In 1782 he died at the age of 59.
Robert was the third of ten children of Robert Barber, Sr., and Hannah Tidmarsh. According to records of the Friends meetings in Chester his birth date was the 10th month 10th day 1722 in the old calendar, which would be Dec. 10, 1722 in the Gregorian calendar used after 1752. He and his family moved in 1728 to Lancaster County on land just below where the town of Columbia was founded.
In 1746 he married Sarah Taylor in Hempfield Township following Quaker traditions. They had thirteen children: Hannah (died in infancy), Eleanor, Hannah (died in infancy), Robert, John, Samuel, Hannah, Thomas, Elizabeth, James, Sarah, Susan, and Rhoda.
In 1761, fourteen years after his father died, Robert, Jr., received 62 acres from his mother according to instructions written by his father. In 1775 he served as a first lieutenant in the first company formed in Hempfield Township. In 1782 he died at the age of 59.
In 1746 he married Sarah Taylor in Hempfield Township following Quaker traditions. They had thirteen children: Hannah (died in infancy), Eleanor, Hannah (died in infancy), Robert, John, Samuel, Hannah, Thomas, Elizabeth, James, Sarah, Susan, and Rhoda.
In 1761, fourteen years after his father died, Robert, Jr., received 62 acres from his mother according to instructions written by his father. In 1775 he served as a first lieutenant in the first company formed in Hempfield Township. In 1782 he died at the age of 59.
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