Communication of Hannah Barker, Read at a Gathering of the Barker Family at the Garrison House, Pembroke, in 1830 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Communication of Hannah Barker, Read at a Gathering of the Barker Family at the Garrison House, Pembroke, in 1830 Although I am absent, allow me to feel that I am in the midst of you and address you, not from my chamber in the Metropolis, but from the seat prepared for those who are disposed to contribute their mite upon this occasion. We are assembled at this place, not only to edify and improve one another, but to commemorate the erection of this building, and it devolves on me, as the oldest of the family (not quite forty), to give some account of the decendents of the first settler, particularly of those who have lived and died within these walls. Francis Barker and his brother were among the Plymouth adventurers, and in 1628 or 30, they took a boat and coasted along the shore until they came to a river (North River), this they ascended as far as it was navigable, and landed upon a certain rock just below the mill, and went in pursuit of a place to locate themselves, they selected this, and built a house of brick one story high, consisting of one room, this is that room, the front wall is the original one, the fire-place around which we are seated was theirs, it has been so modernized as to conceal its first dimensions, but its height, width, depth and stock-hole can be seen if examined. Soon after, the brother settled at Scituate where Samuel P.Barker lives, and was Dr. Samuel Barkers progenitor, but Francis remained here, married Lucy Williams and had five children. His sons were Francis, Isaac and Robert, his oldest daughter married a Snow, the other a Rogers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.