Josiah Barker and daughter Mary Barker Ellis

I recently got this note from Jim Ellis. it concerns the will of Josiah Barker, and clarifies some information. This is great stuff! Click the first link to see the will. The image is very messy, which is why I never posted it to the site. The transcript has to suffice.

Jim's note:
Josiah Barker and Faith Washington did have a daughter, Mary Barker, who married John Ellis. They settled in NC.

The will of Josiah Barker is not worded very well. The will states, in part, "I give and bequeath to my son Lemuel Barker the plantation whereon I dwell and all land belonging to me from the Reedy Branch to John Barker line..........(snip).....he will pay to his sister Faithy Barker......(snip)...Sarah Faithy and Mary Ellis twenty shillings a piece.......

The will mentions in all sons Arthur, John, Rivers, and Lemuel. It also mentions his wife, Faith. I believe the will indicates Sarah, Faith, and Mary were daughters of Josiah Barker. Mary is mentioned by her married name, Ellis.

Check out an online transcript of the will at http://www.genealogy.com/users/b/a/r/Mike-Barker-VA/FILE/0016text.txt


John and Mary Ellis had several children baptized in the Albemarle Parish Register which covers Surry and Sussex Counties.

You should also check out a transcript of a Bible record belonging to a descendant. It mentions the Barker and Ellis connection. It records the death of the youngest child of John Ellis and Mary Barker. It identifies Mary Ellis, the wife of John Ellis, as a daughter of Josiah Barker.

Check it out at

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/roane/bibles/talleyfa10gbb.txt