On Jan. 18, 1676/7 of record in Barnstable, Desire m. as the first of his three wives, John Barker, Jr., s. of John Barker and Ann Williams, b. on an unrecorded date in 1651 in Marshfield, Mass. He d. Dec. 1, 1729 of record in Scituate, Mass., Æ 79 (g.s.) Desire was the sole mother of John Barker's seven known children (surname Barker): John 3rd, Desire, Anne (d.y.), Anne, Samuel Williams, Barnabas and Mary.
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On Jan. 18, 1676/7 of record in Barnstable, Desire m. as the first of his three wives, John Barker, Jr., s. of John Barker and Ann Williams, b. on an unrecorded date in 1651 in Marshfield, Mass. He d. Dec. 1, 1729 of record in Scituate, Mass., Æ 79 (g.s.) Desire was the sole mother of John Barker's seven known children (surname Barker): John 3rd, Desire, Anne (d.y.), Anne, Samuel Williams, Barnabas and Mary.
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Inscription
Here Lyes Ye Body
of Desier Barker
Wife of John Barker
Who Departed This Life
July ye 24th 1706 in
ye 53 Year of Her Age
On the day Desire died she was 52 years old, and Ætatis suæ (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of her Age) 53, inferring she was b. on or after July 25, 1653. She was baptized of record Oct. 16, 1653 at Barnstable by Rev. John Lothrop.
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