Born in Yarmouth.1

Mentioned in Will.2

of Benjamin Norfor
Described as :-
"my brother in law Samuel Barker of Great Yarmouth aforesaid Merchant and to Samuel Barker John Barker and Elizabeth Palgrave late Elizabeth Barker but now the wife of William Palgrave Junior Merchant the three children of my said Brother in Law"

Married Mary RAY in Tannington.13,14,15,16

Groom's parish - Yarmouth

From the Bury and Norwich Post :-
"John Barker, Esq. of Yarmouth, to Mary daughter of W. Ray, Esq. of Tannington Place, Suffolk."

Birth of daughter Georgiana BARKER in Tannington.11

Birth of daughter Katharine Ray BARKER in Tannington Place.12

Mentioned in Will.3

Of Catherine Clayton - died 1846
Annotated as :-
"Mrs. Mary Barker the wife of John Barker Esquire Mrs. Lydia Eaton the wife of Mr. Thomas Damant Eaton Esquire and Miss Catherine Ray the three daughters of William Ray late of Tannington"

Occupation Agent.4

Recorded in census in Norwich, Mancroft (St Giles).4

Head of household
Staff x 1

Mentioned in Codicil to Will.5

Of Lydia Ray née Clayton - died 1848
Annotated as "Georgine and Catherine Barker daughters of John Barker"

Mentioned in Will.6

of Deborah Clayton
Described as :-
"Mary the wife of John Barker Esquire of Norwich"

Wrote will.7

Occupation Wine Agent in Norwich.1

Recorded in census in Norwich, West Wymer (St Giles, Chapel Field).1

Head of household
Staff x 1

Codicil to Will.7

Second codicil

Died in Norwich.8,9,10

From the Norfolk News :
"BARKER. - On the 11th inst, at his house in Chapelfield, in the city, John Barker, Esq., aged 74"

Probate in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.7

Research Note :-
The original probated copy is in the Norfolk Record Office
"Probate
of the Will and two codicils of
John Barker deceased
Dated 7th July 1855
Extracted by Bowdler and Bathurst
Proctors Doctors Commons"
RNO - ETN 11/1/8

Research Note.8

From "The Black Book" in the Norwich Record Office:-
"He had been a sailor and was called "Capt. Barker". He was present at the Battle of Copenhagen & on one occasion brought despatches from India from Wellington (before he became Duke). He lived at Tannington on death of Wm. Ray his father-in-law, at Hastings in 1833 & finally at Chapel Field in Norwich in a house demolished long prior to 1900. He was knocked down by a rider running against him as he walked home one evening from Thorpe & died from concussion"