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| 834(II) Barzillai Barker, son of James Barker (1), was born at Rowley, in 1640. He married in Rowley, December 5, 1666, Anna Jewett, daughter of Maximilian and Ann Jewett. She was born in Rowley, February 26, 1644. Maximilian was one of the original twenty who came with the Rev. Ezekiel Rogers, bringing his wife with him. He was one of the first dcacons of the church in Rowley, and for twenty years represented the town in the general court. Barzillai was a farmer and an active churchman. His orthodoxy was illustrated when he became one of the thirty-three who formally protested against the settling of Jeremiah Shepard as preacher in 1674, because he had not been regularly ordained. He died intestate November 16, 1694, and his real estate was divided April 15, 1697. Anna his widow died May 12, 1727. Their children were: 1. Jonathan, born November 5, 1667, died in Rowley, May, 1689. 2. Ebenezer, born December 16, 1669, died April 10, 1711, probably never married. 3. Hannah, born January 5, 1671-2, married June 30, 1693, Joseph Johnson, Jr., of Haverhill. 4. Lydia, born May 13, 1674, died December, 1675. 5. Ezra, born January 1, 1675-6, died November 6, 1697, never married. 6. Esther, born May 31, 1679. 7. Ruth, born November 1, 1681. 8. Enoch, born October 21, 1684, married Bridget Cate, October 20, 1709; he moved to Portsmouth, and about 1715 settled in Greenland, New Hampshire. 9. Bethiah, born March 8, 1686, died September, 1688. 10. Noah, mentioned below. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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