Pvt. Francis Barker

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Francis Barker</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <A NAME="pvt__francis_barker"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Century Schoolbook" ><I><B>Pvt. Francis Barker</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B>1756-1805</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#epitaph" TITLE="Pvt. Francis Barker"><U><I><B>Epitaph</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id25_massachusetts_soldiers_and_sailors_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Acton Minutemen and Militia Companies "><U><B>Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#grand_musick_and_the_concord_conflict" TITLE="Pvt. Francis Barker"><U><B>Grand Musick and the Concord Conflict</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#descendants_of_francis_barker" TITLE="Pvt. Francis Barker"><U><B>Descendants of Francis Barker</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Pvt. Francis Barker, Drummer</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="69818750.jpg" border=0 width="280" height="373" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  <A NAME="epitaph"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Century Schoolbook" ><B>Epitaph</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> Memorial</div> <div> Francis Barker</div> <div> Solider of Revolution</div> <div> Francis Barker as Drummer Luther Blanchard </div> <div> as fifer played the White Cockade in Capt.</div> <div>  Isaac Davis Co. of Minute Men from Acton that </div> <div> lead first organized column that returned </div> <div> fire on Troops of King George III at </div> <div> North Bridge, Concord, Mass. </div> <div> April 19, 1775</div> <bR> <div> It was then between nine and ten o'clock in the morning of April 19, 1775. Colonel Barrett retired to the rear on higher ground, and Major Buttrick hastened to execute the order. His choice for a company to lead was naturally one from Concord but the captain of the one designated replied that he would rather not. In any event it is now a matter of inescapable record that Buttrick turned to Davis and asked him if he was afraid to go, to which he responded promptly, “No, I am not; and I haven't a man that is”.</div> <bR> <div> He immediately gave the command to march, and the men of Acton wheeled from the left of the line to the right, and with <B>Barker and Blanchard once more playing his favorite tune</B>, <B>the White Cockade</B>, he led his company down the hillside and along the causeway to the bridge.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <A NAME="grand_musick_and_the_concord_conflict"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.concordma.com/magazine/jan99/musik.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.concordma.com/magazine/jan99/"><U><B>Grand Musick and the Concord Conflict</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> Musicians Most Likely at Concord, 19 April:</div> <bR> <div> Concord: drummer Daniel Brown; fifers John Buttrick, Samuel Derby</div> <div> <B>Acton: drummer Francis Barker; fifer Luther Blanchard</B></div> <div> Lincoln: drummer Daniel Brown; fifers Elijah and Joseph Mason</div> <div> Bedford: drummer Oliver Bacon; fifers David Lane and Jonas Welch</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="623" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 101 WIDTH="607"><div>  <A NAME="barker_francis_massachusetts_solider_of_the_revolution"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >Barker</FONT>, <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >Francis</FONT>, Acton.Drummer, Capt. John Hayward's co., Col. Abijah Pierce s regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 5 days; <I>also</I>, Capt. William Smith's co., Col. John Nixon's regt.; receipt for advance pay dated Charlestown, July 7, 1775; <I>also</I>, muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 24, 1775; service, 3 mos. 15 days; <I>also</I>, company return dated Sept. 30, 1775; <I>also</I>, Capt. Israel Heald's co., Col. Eleazer Brooks's regt.; marched to Roxbury March 4, 1776; service, 6 days. </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="101" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="622" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 163 WIDTH="618"><div>  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >Barker</FONT>, <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >Francis</FONT>, Acton.Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce Continental Army for the term of 6 months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780; age, 24 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 7 in.; complexion, ruddy; residence, Acton; arrived at Springfield July 15, 1780; marched to camp July 15, 1780, under command of Capt. James Cooper; <I>also</I>, list of men raised for the 6 months service and returned by Brig. Gen. Paterson as having passed muster, in a return dated Camp Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780; <I>also</I>, pay roll for 6 months men raised by the town of Acton for service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched July 15, 1780; discharged Dec. 29, 1780; service, 5 mos. 24 days. </div> <div> <I>From: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution</I>, - Vol. I-XVII (17). </div> <div>           <I> Boston: Wright and Potter Printing Co., 1896.</I></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <A NAME="descendants_of_francis_barker"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Batang" ><I><B>Descendants of Francis Barker</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>1.</B>  F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >RANCIS</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >4</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARKER</FONT><I>  (F</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>RANCIS</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >3</FONT><I>, J</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>OHN</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >2</FONT><I>, J</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>OHN</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >1</FONT><I>)</I> was born March 07, 1756 in Acton, Middlesex, MA., and died September 20, 1805 in Acton, Middlesex, MA..  He married (1) A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >BIGAIL</FONT>.    He married (2) L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OIS</FONT> D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AVIS</FONT> September 04, 1777 in Acton, Middlesex, MA., daughter of E<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ZEKIEL</FONT> D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AVIS</FONT> and M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARY</FONT> G<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >IBSON</FONT>.  She was born April 07, 1760 in Acton, Middlesex, MA., and died November 08, 1778 in Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> More About F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >RANCIS</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARKER</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <div> Military service 1: SAR 1775</div> <div> Military service 2: April 19, 1775, Revolutionary War</div> <div> Minuteman: September 29, 1774, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OIS</FONT> D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AVIS</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >RANCIS</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARKER</FONT> and L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OIS</FONT> D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AVIS</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: September 04, 1777, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <div>      </div> <div> Child of F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >RANCIS</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARKER</FONT> and A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >BIGAIL</FONT> is:</div> <div>      i.     L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OIS</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >5</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARKER</FONT>, b. April 15, 1788, Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div>      </div> <div> Child of F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >RANCIS</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARKER</FONT> and L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OIS</FONT> D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AVIS</FONT> is:</div> <div>      ii.     C<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >HILD</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >5</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARKER</FONT>, b. October 28, 1778; d. November 08, 1778, Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> More About C<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >HILD</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARKER</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>