from L&M Companion Leading Baltic merchant and navy contractor; assistant of the Eastland Company (app. 1654); Master of the Mercers' Company 1656-7. Son of Sir Robert, K.B.; and father of Sir William, Bt. Pepys refers to him as an alderman although he had avoided the office by fining on the day of his election in 1651.
William Barker, who married Martha, daughter of William Turner, and widow of Daniel Williams. His son William was created a baronet in 1676. ---Wheatley, 1899.
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from L&M Companion
Leading Baltic merchant and navy contractor; assistant of the Eastland Company (app. 1654); Master of the Mercers' Company 1656-7. Son of Sir Robert, K.B.; and father of Sir William, Bt. Pepys refers to him as an alderman although he had avoided the office by fining on the day of his election in 1651.
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William Barker, who married Martha, daughter of William Turner, and widow of Daniel Williams. His son William was created a baronet in 1676.
---Wheatley, 1899.