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Name Major Benjamin BARKER
Birth 3 Nov 1729, Stratham, Rockingham, NH
Death 14 Aug 1801
Father Noah BARKER (1689-1749)
Mother Martha FIGGOTT (1696-1772)
Spouses:
1 Deborah POTTLE
Notes for Major Benjamin BARKER
Rev. War Veteran
834Was major in the first regiment of the provincial militia under Col. William Whipple; member of the provincial congress which met in Exeter, December 21, 1775, and January 5, 1776, resolved itself into a house of representatives. Although he protested against this change, he was on a committee of the house later in January to commission a privateer. He was a member again in 1776 and 1777, and a member of the committee of safety in both those years. In June 28, 1781, he was made first major of a regiment to be commanded by Col. Daniel Reynolds.
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