John Barton (Quaker)

John Barton (1755–1789) was one of the nine English Quaker members of the "Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade" set up in 1787 by William Wilberforce and two other Anglicans.^[1] Their efforts ultimately led to the passing of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, 1807^[2] by British Parliament on 25 March in that year. He was father of the poet Bernard Barton and the educational writer Maria Hack.

References

↑ "Library Guide 9: Library sources on Quakers and the origins of the abolition movement" Britain Yearly Meeting web site Accessed 26 March 2007
↑ "Parliament and the British Slave Trade 1600-1807" British Parliament web site Accessed 26 March 2007

The Barton/Hack family tree

Mary Done
(1752–1784)

John Barton
(1755–1789)

Elizabeth Horne
(1760–1833)

Lucy Jesup
(1781–1808)

Bernard Barton
(1784–1849)

Maria Hack
(1777–1844)

Stephen Hack
(1775–1823)

John Barton
(1789–1852)

Edward FitzGerald
(1809–1883)

Lucy Barton
(1808–1898)

Bridget Watson
(1806–1881)

John Barton Hack
(1805–1884)

Stephen Hack

Elizabeth Marsh Wilton
(1815-1915)

Thomas Sandon Hack
(1811–1865)

Theodore Hack
(1840–1902)

Wilton Hack
(1843–1923)

Notes

References:

"Thomas Sandon Hack: architect of Southampton, 1841-49" (PDF). southampton.gov.uk.
"Edward FitzGerald (poet)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9548. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
"Bernard Barton". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/1595. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
"Maria Hack". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11834. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
"John Barton (economist)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37160. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Family tree of the Barton/Hack family