1696
Baptised
16 September 1696
September 16th 1696 Carlton Juxta Snaith (born Rawcliffe)— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
Christopher Barker
1696 – 1782
Christopher Barker was baptised on 16 September 1696, son of Christopher Barker and Ann Ward. He married Margaret. Christopher was buried on 11 May 1782.
A distillation, assembled from sourced records · 2026
- Baptism
- September 16th 1696 Carlton Juxta Snaith (born Rawcliffe)
- Marriage
- To Margaret
- Burial
- May 11th 1782 Bubwith aged 85 years
- Parents
- Christopher Barker and Ann Ward (Marriage: September 19th 1695 Carlton by Snaith)
- Siblings
- Christopher Barker baptised September 16th 1696, Carlton Juxta Snaith William Barker baptised August 25th 1698, Carlton Juxta Snaith John Barker baptised August 2nd 1701 Rawcliffe Anna Barker baptised February 18th 1704, Rawcliffe
- Children
- Elizabeth Barker baptised Bubwith 1730 {under births of papists} William Barker John Barker born 1733/34
- 1730
- Living in Gribthorpe {baptism record}
- 1732
- Moves to Spaldington in the parish of Bubwith
- 1735
- Recusancy {Papist} Records for Bubwith Spaldington: Christopher Barker and his wife, Margaret
- 1754
- Holme Upon Spalding Moor Roman Catholic Church Marriage On the 19th day of January in the year 1754, John Singleton, son of Thomas Singleton and Alice his wife of Asselby, farmer took to his lawful wife, Elizabeth Barker, daughter of Christopher Barker, and Margaret his wife, Farmer of Spaldington in ye parish of Bubwith and received the Nuptual Benediction in the presence of Thomas Pinder, John Barker and several other witnesses. N.B. The Act of parliament taking place at this time whereby Catholicks (sic)were put under an obligation of bring marryed (sic) at church and registered there otherwise the registers be declared null and to no effect as to all intents and purposes. It was judged useless to continue the Register any longer, as their Marriages are to be found in the Church Regesters (sic)
- 1762
- Wife Margaret dies and is buried in Bubwith on April 11th 1762.
- 1767
- Archbishop Visitations: Recusants Christopher Barker of Spaldington, farmer, aged 71, resident in the parish 35 years.
- 1771
- 26th December: Application from son, John, for Licence for Meeting House for Protestant Dissenters in the house of John Barker , Henry Ball, Mary Bell, Richard Buttle, Mary Buttle, Ann Barker. Certificate issued 31st. December 1771
- 1778
- Baptism Aughton of Joseph Barker says that Joseph is the son of John Barker of Spaldington Outsides, farmer, son of Christopher and Margaret Barker of Spaldington, farmer
- 1782
- May 11th 1782 dies aged 85 years of "old age"
- 1784
- William Barker son of Christopher Barker of Spaldington, August 30th buried at Bubwith, Suicide
- 1804
- Son, John, dies. An obituary in the Methodist Magazine says "Mr. John Barker was born at Spaldington near Howden in the year 1733 or 34. His father was a member of the Church of England but his mother was of the Roman Catholic persuasion and endeavoured to educate her children in the same profession. However it appears that John, at the age of 14, made a formal renunciation of the Popish tenets before the Priest……………nevertheless he pursued the vanities and follies of the world till after his marriage………After hearing his first sermon by a Methodist preacher he was converted and eventually preached in adjacent villages. About 17 years before he died he gave up the farming business and went to reside in Howden where he was for several years employed as Agent to one of the Banking Houses in Hull."
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Family
Marriage
Children
Life
Confirmed — anchored to a recordEstimated — inferred
1730
In 1730
1730
Living in Gribthorpe {baptism record}— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1732
In 1732
1732
Moves to Spaldington in the parish of Bubwith— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1735
In 1735
1735
Recusancy {Papist} Records for Bubwith Spaldington: Christopher Barker and his wife, Margaret— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1754
In 1754
1754
Holme Upon Spalding Moor Roman Catholic Church Marriage On the 19th day of
January in the year 1754, John Singleton, son of Thomas Singleton and Alice his wife of Asselby, farmer took to his lawful wife, Elizabeth Barker, daughter of Christopher Barker, and Margaret his wife, Farmer of Spaldington in ye parish of Bubwith and received the Nuptual Benediction in the presence of Thomas Pinder, John Barker and several other witnesses. N.B. The Act of parliament taking place at this time whereby Catholicks (sic)were put under an obligation of bring marryed (sic) at church and registered there otherwise the registers be declared null and to no effect as to all intents and purposes. It was judged useless to continue the Register any longer, as their Marriages are to be found in the Church Regesters (sic)
— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1762
In 1762
1762
Wife Margaret dies and is buried in Bubwith on April 11th 1762.— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1767
In 1767
1767
Archbishop Visitations: Recusants Christopher Barker of Spaldington, farmer, aged 71, resident in the parish 35 years.— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1771
In 1771
1771
26th December: Application from son, John, for Licence for Meeting House for Protestant Dissenters in the house of John Barker , Henry Ball, Mary Bell, Richard Buttle, Mary Buttle, Ann Barker. Certificate issued 31st. December 1771— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1778
In 1778
1778
Baptism Aughton of Joseph Barker says that Joseph is the son of John Barker of Spaldington Outsides, farmer, son of Christopher and Margaret Barker of Spaldington, farmer— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1782
In 1782
1782
May 11th 1782 dies aged 85 years of "old age"— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1782
Buried
11 May 1782
May 11th 1782 Bubwith aged 85 years— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1784
In 1784
1784
William Barker son of Christopher Barker of Spaldington, August 30th buried at Bubwith, Suicide— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1804
In 1804
1804
Son, John, dies. An obituary in the Methodist Magazine says "Mr. John Barker was born at Spaldington near Howden in the year 1733 or 34. His father was a member of the Church of England but his mother was of the Roman Catholic persuasion and endeavoured to educate her children in the same profession. However it appears that John, at the age of 14, made a formal renunciation of the Popish tenets before the Priest……………nevertheless he pursued the vanities and follies of the world till after his marriage………After hearing his first sermon by a Methodist preacher he was converted and eventually preached in adjacent villages. About 17 years before he died he gave up the farming business and went to reside in Howden where he was for several years employed as Agent to one of the Banking Houses in Hull."
— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.