1751 - 1815

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• Birth	19 Oct 1751  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Jul 1815  [1]
  Buried	Green Cemetery,Middleboro,Plymouth Co.,Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I92678	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2003 00:00:00
  Father	Joseph BARKER
  Mother	Elizabeth FOOTE, b. 15 Feb 1721/1722, Colchester, New London, Connecticut
  Family ID	F4324	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Graduated at Yale Collage 1771. was settled in the ministry, in Middleborough,Ma 1781. Was a Member of Congress from Massachusetts in the 10th and 11th Congresses. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1805-09; member ofMassachusetts state legislature. Died July 5, 1815. Interment at Green Cemetery, Middleboro (Plymouth County), Massachusetts BARKER, Joseph, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Branford, Conn., October 19, 1751; attended the common schools in Branford, Harvard College for two years, and was graduated from Yale College in 1771; studied theology; licensed to preach January 3, 1775; ordained to the ministry December 5, 1781, and was installed as pastor of the First Congregational Church of Middleboro, Plymouth County, Mass.; elected as a Republican to the Ninth and Tenth Congresses (March 4, 1805-March 3, 1809); wasnot a candidate for renomination in 1808; member of the State house of representatives in 1812 and 1813; continued in the ministry at Middleboro, Mass., untilhis death, July 5, 1815; interment in Green Cemetery.

• Sources

  [S58] New England Genealogy.