Thomas Barger of Berks Co., Pennsylvania
[Haplotype R - M269]
Thomas Barger I was born about 1668 in Somersetshire Co., England, or possibly at Watshot, Ireland. He married Elizabeth Weldon on 24 May 1692 in Cashel, Tipperary Co., Ireland. He immigrated in 1717 to Pennsylvania. He died there in 1750, having had four sons:
*1. John Barger I (1693-1757) of Berks Co., PA
2. Joseph Barger I (1697- )
3. Abel Barger (1701- )
4. Benjamin Barger (1704- )
First Branch: John Barger Sr.
John Barger Sr. was born on 10 November 1693 in Boytonrath, Ireland. He immigrated with his father to Pennsylvania in 1717. He married Mary __ about 1723. He died at Berks Co., Pennsylvania on 27 November 1757, having had four sons:
1. Joseph Barger II (1724- )
*2. Simeon Barger (1726-1790) of Berks Co., PA
3. Thomas Barger II (1731- )
4. John Barger Jr. (1733- )
Second Son of John
Simeon Barger was born on 6 October 1726 in Berks Co., Pennsylvania. He married Sarah Jane Fisher on 25 January 1759 in Berks Co. He died there in January 1790, having had three sons:
1. John Barger III (1766- )
2. Simeon Fisher Barger (1778-1860) of Catawba Co., NC
*3. Isaac Barger (1780-1845) of Jefferson Co., AL
Third Son of Simeon
Isaac Barger was born in 1780 in Berks Co., Pennsylvania. He married Polly Collance on 5 February 1809 in Lincoln Co., North Carolina. He died there in 1838, having had two sons:
1. Eli Barger (1812-1860) of Noxubee Co., MS
*2. Hosea L. Barger (1817-1879) of Holmes Co., MS
Second Son of Isaac
Hosea L. Barger was born 1817 in Lincoln Co., North Carolina. He married Nancy Jordan about __. He is listed in the 1845 state census and 1850 federal census for Noxubee Co., Mississippi, and in the 1866 state census for Holmes Co., Mississippi. He died there in 1879, having had at least one son:
1. Hosea Lafayette “Lloyd” Barger (1853-1932) of White Co., AR
Hosea Lafayette “Lloyd” Barger is the ancestor of I. T. Barger.
Test results received from one representative in this line do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.