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D7674 - Barker family of Darley, Rowsley and East Lodge, Bakewell - 1476-1922
- B - Barker Family of Darley, Rowsley and East Lodge, Bakewell - 1601-1891
  - 6 - Correspondence and papers of William Barker (1738-1825), Smyrna Merchant and Captain Charles Barker (1811-1860), Royal Navy - 1773-1826
    - 3 - Estate and Personal - correspondence - 1791-1826

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D7674/B/6/3/21
Former Reference	BarD/800/39
Title	William Barker from Smyrna to his nephew John Barerk, esq., Bakewell
Date	5 Jun 1817
Description	Thanks for letter of 7 December; John now one of the ex’tors of Mr. Charlesworth; William hopes he will agree not to sell William’s house after his death, but that it be kept for his widow, children and legitimate grandchildren; consul ferry applied to Mr. Wilkinson for the letter of attorney, which he could not find, but gave a written undertaking to destroy it if found later: after William’s death, his ex’ors, of whom Mr Tomlinson in London is one, will apply to John for orders; if John wishes to appoint an agent in Smyrna, William proposes his brother-in-law Mr. George Perkins, as his son-in-law Mr. William Maltass is leaving, and has already sent his wife Mary (Mimica) and 6 children to England under care of William’s son Samuel; all his family at Smyrna well, except his wife who is rheumatic, and himself suffering from vertigo and failing sight; his son Richard engaged in counting house of Messrs. Hayes and Fontain, Henry with Messrs. Lee and Brant; Benjamin with his brother at Aleppo; Frederick in the counting house of Messrs. Webb and Co. at Leghorn; Edward in the secretaries office at Corfu; William has been troubled for the third time by his vagabond son George, whom he has fitted out again and who is now employed navigating a Swedish schooner to Algiers and Leghorn; his first wife is remarried in London, his 2nd he has left in Boston in America with two children; Grace has retired to Wales with her husband, and Sally (Sarula) is married to a Mr. Goodwin of Ludlow; respects to John’s wife and all relations at Bakewell. A/20.
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Barker Family of Darley, Rowsley and East Lodge, Bakewell
Format	Document
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