Pane-Joyce Genealogy
William Barker (50692) & Sarah Payson
60779. Mary Hale Barker. Born on 15 Dec 1795 in Rindge, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Mary Hale died on 16 Apr 1819; she was 23.290
60780. William Barker. Born on 15 Dec 1796 in Rindge, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.290 William died on 30 Jul 1823; he was 26.290
60781. Sarah Barker. Born in 1801 in Rindge, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.290
60782. Gen. George Payson Barker. Born on 25 Oct 1807 in Rindge, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.290 George Payson died on 28 Jan 1848; he was 40.290 Occupation: Lawyer.

From Elizabeth Barker’s Barker Genealogy:290
    George Payson Barker entered Amherst College at 16, went to Union College in 1826, graduated 1827, admitted to the Bar in 1830, elected to Congress in 1834, Representative in the Legislature in 1836, accepted commission of Capt. in the Militia, and in two years was Brig. General in 1839. He joined a law firm in Buffalo, N.Y., and in 1842 was elected Att. Gen. of New York State. William Cullen Bryant said of him “Gen. Barker was a man of fine talents and his career as a public man was highly honorable, also his abilities, his integrity, and his courage.”
George Payson married Abby Coit. Born on 27 May 1806.290 Abby died on 5 Feb 1874; she was 67.290
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