On this date in our family history . . . the 3rd day of September . . . in the year 1679 . . . Mary Barker is born in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts . . . her parents are John Barker and Mary Stevens . . . little Mary will grow up to marry her first cousin, William Barker, Jr., who is a son of William Barker, Sr. and Mary Dix . . . Mary (b. 1679) and William, Jr. are 7th great-grandparents to the Keeper of this family history blog . . .
