Josiah Barker, son of Noah (5) and Mary Barker, was born in thehouse built by his grandfather Josiah in 1770, on the oldBrentwood road, on July 25, 1790. He died in Exeter on April 18,1874, in his eighty-fourth year. He followed his father on thehomestead, and was a farmer during his active years. He marriedin March, 1820, Betsey, daughter of Zebulon and Mary (Gilman)Durrell, of Acton, Maine. She died March 9, 1838. Their childrenwere: 1. Josiah Gilman, mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth, bornSeptember 20, 1822, died September 14, 1825. 3. John, bornJanuary 17, 1824, died January 18, 1825. 4. Mary Philbrook,April 2, 1825, married John Yurann. 5. Noah, born January 17,1827, married June 6, 1885. Emma V. Durrell, of Kennebunk,Maine. 6. Lydia Anderson, born June 16, 1829, married (???)Barlow. Barlow was a member of a Rhode Island regiment. 7. JuliaAnn, born December 14, 1830, married (???) James Wilkinson, ofExeter. He was a member of the 11th New Hampshire regiment,civil war. He died at South New Market (now Newfields), NewHampshire. 8. Elizabeth, born Mary 28, 1832, died January 9,1833. 9. Harriet Newell, born March 30, 1833, married Moses H.Stickney, of Exeter. He was a member of the 11th New HampshireVolunteers, and was killed in the mine explosion in the assaultbefore Petersburg, Virginia, July 30, 1864. 10. John JamesDurrell, born January 7, 1835; was a member of the 11th NewHampshire Volunteers, and died of fever at Vicksburg,Mississippi, during the siege, June 29, 1863.