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Baker ? BAKER Spouse: ? Children: Nicholas married (1) ? (2) Grace Dipple, A.B. St. John's College Cambridge 1631-2, A.M. 1635; Nathaniel. both came to Hingham 1635
Nathaniel BAKER, yeoman, Watertown proprietor before 1636, Hull 1642, Hingham, died 6/3/1682. Active in King Philip's War. Spouse: Sarah LANE born ENG, died 8/19/1695 at daughter's house in Hull Children: Mary baptized 8/1639 Hingham, only child
Mary BAKER baptized Hingham 8/1639, died 7/13/1679, married 12/16/1657 Spouse: John LORING born Axminster, Devonshire, ENG 12/22/1630 baptized 12/27/1630 died at Hingham 9/19/1714 at the home of his son Thomas. Freeman oath 1673. He married (2) Rachel (Wheatley) Buckland of Braintree 9/22/1679 Children: by (1) Mary Baker: John born 9/19/1658 died 1/2/1678; Joseph born 3/10/1659-60 married Hannah Leavitt; Thomas born 3/1/1661-2 married Leah Buckland; Sarah born 1/1/1664 died 12/16/1678; Isaac born 1/22/1666 married Sarah Young; Mary born 2/4/1668 married Thomas Jones; Nathaniel born 34/5/1670 married Susanna Butler; Daniel born 2/8/1672 married Priscilla Mann and (2) Susanna Breck; Rachel born 2/29/1664 died at Hull 3/8/1607-7; Jacob born 4/21/1676 married 2/9/1708-9 Sarah Lewis and (2) Hannah Jacob on 5/8/1728; Israel born 3/29/1678 died 12/31/1678 Children of (2) Rachel Wheatley: John born 6/28/1680 died 2/26/1719-20 married Jane Baker; Israel born 4/1682 married Mary Hayman; Sarah born 6/6/1684 died unmarried; Caleb born 1/2/1689 died at Hull 9/16/1756 married Elizabeth Baker and (2) History of Hingham: Nicholas was a delegate from Hingham to the General Court in May 1636 and again in May 1638. He was twice married. His first wife died (prob. at Scit.) 23 April 1661 and on the 29 of April 1662 he took a second wife which Christian name was Grace. He removed early (1644 or 1645) to Hull, where he lived and was an extensive land-owner, until he received an invitation to preach at Scit., which invitation was accepted. He was ordained minister at Scit. in 1660. he died 22 August 1678. Nathaniel, brother of the preceding, married Sarah, daughter of William Lane of Dorchester, Mass. She was born in England and died at the house of her son-in-law, John Loring of Hull, 19 Aug 1695. He died in Hingham 3 June 1682. "Farmer," and a large land-owner. Constable, 1668; Selectman, 1661 and 1676. Was in active service in King Philip's War. Resided on East Street on land now owned by the Hingham Ag'l and Hort'l Soc'y. In his will of May 11, 1682, he provides for wife Sarah, and gives to the children of his son-in-law, John Loring; also 10s to each of the children of his deceased brother Nicholas, late of Scit. Child -- Mary, baptised in Hingham August 1639, married December 16, 1657, John Loring of Hull, and died 13 July 1679, mt. 40th year. Pioneers of MA: Baker, Nathaniel, yeoman. Watertown, propr. before 1636. He deposed 9/21/1677, ae about 66 years, regarding Dexter's purchase of Nabant in 1632 or 1633. Hull propr. 1642. Hingham propr. and resident. Town officer. Deeded lands 1/15/1672 to his dau. Mary and her husband John Loring. He d. 6/3/1682. Will dated 5/11 prob. 7/25/1682. Wife Sarah; son-in-law John Loring and his ch. Joseph, Jacob, Marah, Rachel, Nathaniel, Isaac and David; to the six ch. of his bro. Nathaniel B., dec. The widow d. at her dau.'s house 8/19/1695. History of the Town of Hingham: January 1 1660. Those whose names are hereafter mentioned do dissent
from having Capt Hubbard freed from paying his rates to the public
charge of the town for the maintenance of the ministry. Nathaniel Baker,
John Otis, Michael Peirce, John Jacob, William Spraguc, John Tucker sen, John
Tucker jr, William Johns, Thomas Leavitt, Onesiphorus Marsh, Joseph Jones,
Henry Chamberlin, William Hcrsey - Town Records NE Historical & Genealogical Register: William Lane had two sons George 2 and Andrew both of whom came it is supposed from England with their father. They were early settlers at Hingham Mass. William had also four daughters viz Elizabeth 8 who married Thomas Rider lived in Boston, Mary 2 married Mr Long lived in Hingham widow in 1690 married Joseph Famsworth, the other daughters married one to Thomas Lincoln the cooper the other to Nathaniel Baker both of Hingham. Suffolk Deeds: To all Christian People to whom these presents shall come Nathan ffarrow of the Towne of Hingham in the County of Suffolke in New England Carpenter and Mary his wife Sendeth Greeting Know Yee that they the aforesaid Nathan ffarrow & Mary his wife for & in con Farrow sideration of the full and Just Sum of threescore john on pounds in money and Lands to them in hand well and truely paid by Isaac Johnson of said Hingham Carpenter the receipt whereof they the said Nathan ffarrow & Mary his wife doth hereby acknowledge and themselves therewith fully Satisfyed contented and paid and thereof and of every part & parcel thereof Doth clearly acquit exonerate and discharge the said Isaac Johnson his heires Executors & Administrators for ever by these presents Have given granted bar 406 gained Sold aliened enfeoffed and Confirmed and by these presents Doe fully cleerly and absolutely give grant bargaine Sell alien enfeofl e and confirme Unto the saiil Isaac Johnson his heires & Assignes for ever his houses & several peels of Land lying & being in the said Town shipp of Hingham to witt his Dwelling house with the barne & all that peice of Land on which the houses doth stand which contain three quarters of an Acre of land as it is now fenced in & it ia bounded with the lane that leadeth toward the County Bridge toward the South & with the Land late in the possession of Nathaniel Baker of said Hingham Deceased toward the East & toward the North & toward the west with the Orchard & garden & all the fences thereunto belonging which said fences about the said Bargained peice of Land must for ever be kept up & maintained by the said Isaac Johnson his heires & assignes & by such persons as shall Iweomc proprietors of said Land according as was ingaged by John Farrow that purchased the said Lund of the said Nathaniel Baker Also one small peel or strip of Land granted by the Inhabitants of said Hingham to the said John Farrow lying between the fresh meadow of the heires of said Nathaniel Baker & the Causey that lead to the Bridge the said Strip of Land runneth to the River Reserving alwayes and it is hereby reserved a liberty for the Owners of the said ffresh meadow that was formerly Nathaniel Bakers their heires & Assignes to pass & repass quietly with a Cart or Carts throw the said Strip or parcel of land from time to time for ever for the Carting their hay that shall grow upon the said Meadow Also four Acres of Land lying & being in said Hingham necr to Turkey Hill and it is bounded with the great lott that was Nathaniel Bakers toward the West & with the Towne land Eastward Northward & Southward ... An Address Delivered Before the Citizens of the Town of Hingham: Nicholas Baker a freeman in March 1635 6 a deputy at the May Court 1636 and again in 1638 lived at the foot of Baker's Hill which received its name from him or his brother Nathaniel. In 1642 he made application for lands at Seekonk but he did not remove there. In 1657 he received several grants of land in Hull among them a home lot and resided there. After the death of President Dunster Pastor of the First Church in Scituate Mr Baker was invited to preach there. Mr Deane says where and when he had qualified himself for the ministry we have not learned but the probability is that without a regular education by the force of his own talents he had acquired a respectable degree of theological knowledge and by the virtues of his life he had recommended himself to the public. He was ordained in Scituate in 1660. He was instrumental in producing a reconciliation of the two Churches at Scituate which had held no communion with each other for thirty five years. Cotton Mather gives a favorable notice of him in the Magnalia. Mr Baker died August 22 1678 at Scituate where he left descendants. /P/ Nathaniel Baker brother of the preceding was a large landholder. He died June 3 1682. In his will executed May 11 1682 he disposes of his estate chiefly among his grand children Joseph Loring and others children of John Loring. He also makes provision for his wife, his two Indian servants, and he gives 10s a piece to the children of his brother Nicholas late of Scituate. Lane Genealogies: SARAH9 b England wife of NATHANIEL BAKER original settler in Hingham and brother of Rev Nicholas Baker of Hingham and Scituate Mass. He drew a five acre house lot in Hingham Sept 1 8 1635, was farmer, constable 1668 ,selectman 1661 and 1676, in active service in Philips War 1675 ,died 3 June 1686 .Will May n 1682 provides for wife Sarah and gives legacies to two Indian servants to his grandchildren and to children of his deceased brother Nicholas late of Scituate, Mrs Baker d at the house of her son in law John Loring of Hull Mass 19 Aug 1695 Loring Genealogy: 3 JoHN LORING Thomas1 born at Axminster England as his son Rev Israel Loring tells us December 22 1630 baptized December 27 1630 married first December 16 1657 Mary only child of Nathaniel and Sarah Lane Baker who was baptized at Hingham in August 1639 and died July 13 1679, "a pious woman of whose conversion her husband was the instrument." He married second September 22 1679 Mrs Rachel Buckland widow of Mr Benjamin Buckland of Reho both and daughter of Mr John Wheatly of Braintree, she died September 20 1713 aged seventy years. He resided in Hull was town clerk seventeen years one of the selectmen nine terms representative in 1692. His son Israel became a minister and wrote a very affectionate and particular obituary upon his father which is preserved in the archives of the Massachusetts Historical Society and in the copy of that document in Mr James Spear. Loring's manuscript volume in the New England Historic Genealogical Society Several items of interest are worth quoting. Mr John Loring while a boy of five years definitely determined to be a good child of his heavenly Father and was earnestly religious all through his life. His wife attributed her own conversion to his influence. He was very solicitous to secure the conversion of his children .He began with them when they were young tender and flexible to put them in mind of God their Creator and the things that belong to their everlasting peace. He was a great reader. His was a religious family the morning and evening sacrifice were duly offered up and on the Lord's Day evenings the sermons which at meeting he took down in characters were repeated. He cut his foot at one time and the wound developed into a malignant sore which gave him extreme pain. After a famous physician of Boston had treated the foot and failed to cure it or relieve the agony a friend of Mrs Loring, Mrs Whitmore of Medford a doctress, came to visit the family and applying her balsom to his angry wounds he presently had rest and ease and slept soundly the night following and with the blessing of heaven upon her endeavors she effected a curem He recovered his health and lived some time thereafterm He died Lord's Day morning September 19 1714. Children: Richard; Thomas of Roxbury
Richard BAKER, of co. Kent ENG, born circa 1614, died Dorchester 10/25/1689, member of A & H Artillery Co. 1658 Spouse: Faith WITHINGTON born 1620 died 2/3/1688-9, married about 1639 Children: Sarah; John baptized 4/30/1643, died 8/26/1690, married Preserve Trott; Mary baptized 2/14/1641, died 8/27/1714, married Samuel Robinson; Thankful baptized 3/19/1646-7 married William Griggs; Elizabeth baptized 10/27/1650 died young; James baptized 4/30/1654 died 3/30/1721; Elizabeth baptized 7/20/1656 married William Pratt; Hannah baptized 11/9/1662 died 9/18/1690 married John Wiswell
Sarah BAKER baptized 6/22/1645 Dorchester; married 2/22/1664-5, died 10/13/1688 Spouse: James WHITE born 1/1/1637 Dorchester Suffolk MA, died 11/11/1713, married 2/22/64 Children: Edward born 8/4/1683; Sarah 11/8/1665 died 11/2/1665; Thankfull born 8/18/1667; Ichabod born 4/26 died 5/12/1669; John born 6/7/1670; Experience born 3/2/1673; Martha born 8/28/1675;Mary born 1677; James born 5/29/1679; Richard born 3/2/1681; Edward born 8/2/1683; Ebenezer born 7/3/1685 graduated Harvard in 1704 History of the Town of Dorchester MA: Edward White came from Branbrook in Kent to Dorchester with his wife Martha and two daughters in the Abigail Hopewell from London 1635. Mr White was born in 1593, his wife in 1596, his daughter Martha in 1625 and Mary in 1627. His son James joined the church in 1662. He married Sarah Baker a daughter of Richard 22 ( 12) 1664; died Nov 11 1713 The New England historical and genealogical register, Volume 75: Withington, England i FAITH 2 bapt 13 Oct 1616 came with her father and stepmother to New England d at Dorchester 3 Feb 1688-9 m about 1639. RICHARD BAKER said to have been born in co Kent Eng about 1614, d at Dorchester 25 Oct 1689. He came first to Boston as first mate of the ship Bachelor leaving England 18 Aug 1635 and lived in Dorchester after his marriage. He was a brother of Thomas Baker of Roxbury and an uncle of John Baker of Boston. He was admitted freeman in 1642 was a selectman in 1653, a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1658, and in 1668 was elected ruling elder of the church in Dorchester but declined to serve. He was an ancestor of Walter7 Baker the chocolate manufacturer of Dorchester whose grandfather James Baker bought the original chocolate mill of Henry Stone 6 ii (4 REGISTER vol 43 pp 279 et seq). Children 1 Mary bapt 14 Feb 1641, d 27 Aug 1714, m in 1664 Samuel2 Robinson, bapt 14 June 1640, d 16 Sept 1718 s of William 1. 2 John bapt 30 Apr 1643, d 26 Aug 1690, m 11 July 1667 Preserved Trott. 3 Sarah bapt 22 June 1645. d 13 Oct 1688. m 22 Feb 1664-5 James White s of Edward1 vide infra 3. 4 Thankful bapt 19 Mar 1646 7, m William Griggs. 5 Elizabeth bapt 27 Oct 1650 d young. 6 James bapt 30 Apr 1654 d unm 30 Mar 1721. 7 Elizabeth bapt 20 July 1656 m William Pratt of Weymouth they set out for South Carolina 22 Oct 1695. 8 Hannah b 9 Jan 1662, d 18 Sept 1690, m 5 May 1685 John2 Wiswell (Enoch1). A history of the Dorchester Pope family. 1634-1888: Richard Baker was a member of the Dorchester church in 1639 and a freeman of the colony in 1642, a man of good standing in the community. He married Faith daughter of Henry Withington who bore him a good number of children,one of whom Sarah mentioned above became the wife of James White. Faith died Feb 3 and Richard followed her Oct 25 1689. His will is in Suffolk files. A descendant of his Dr James Baker made himself his family and his town famous by the manufacture of chocolate from 1780 onward. The following jottings in England may not come amiss to the future historian of this family. The index to wills at Taunton Somersetshire gives Richard Baker Wayford 1609. Among Totness wills at Exeter Devon indexed but missing Richard Baker Dartmouth 1559, Richard Baker Broadwood Kelly 1595, Parish register of Winwick Lancashire chronicles Richard Baker buried Aug 23 1630. Richard Baker buried Oct 2 1633. The Western antiquary, Volume 4: 715 RICHARD BAKER AND DORCHESTER MASS In the History of the Town of Dorehester Massachusetts by a Committee of the Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society Boston 1859 8vo is the following pp 105 6 which I transcribe as there may be no copy of the book in England Richard Baker joined the Church in 1639 made freeman May l8th 1642 was one of the early grantees of lands one of the raters ie assessors in 1647 50 and 60 a Selectman in 1653 constable in 1663 was once chosen a ruling elder but it does not appear that he accepted was a memlier of the Artillery Company in 1658 He married Faith the daughter of Elder Henry Withington probably after his arrival in this country He died Oct 25th 1689 His wife died Feb 3rd 1689 He lived in the part of the town known as Savin Hill and was owner of a large real estate in Dorchester a piece of which is now in possession of his descendants near his homestead at the place mentioned His son John married Preserved Trott il 5 1667 James died a bachelor March 30th 1721 aged 69 M ry liorn 27 2 1643 marred Samuel Robinson Thankful married William Griggs Hannah born 9 I i 1662 married John Wiswell May 6th 1685 Sarah born 12 5 1668 married James White Elizabeth married Pratt of Weymouth A fac siinile of the signature of Richard Baker to a town document dated 7 12 1641 is given in Annals of the Town of Dorchester Boston 1846 Svo being N o 2 of the Collections of the Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society In the Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston which was printed in 880 and is devoted to the Town Records of Dorchester are numerous references to Richard Baker but I will only notice two In 1674 he lent the Selectmen for the use oí the town three pounds ten shillings repayment of which i acknowledged in 1 191 by James Baker In 1680 the Elder and Deacons and the rest of the Selectmen and Richard iîaker were appointed a Committee to look out for the supply of the Ministry until a man could be found to take the office of Minister The will of Richard Baker dated October 7th 1689 was proved February igth 1689 00 and is recorded in Book XL p 122 of the Suffolk Probate Registry at Boston Baker seems to have been possessed of considerable property but as no record remains of his inventory the amount cannot be staled He was interested in certain ironworks at Taunton Mass and gave his right in them to his grandchild John Baker No mention is made of his wife so that probably she pro deceased him and the date of her death should read February 3rd 1688 9 In the old hurying ground of Dorchester are the memorials of various members of the Baker family he earliest which I noticed bearing the date of 1745 One inscribed with the name of John Baker who died October 91 1 1746 in his kcrcnty lifth year may possibly commemorate the grand child already mentioned of the emigrant |
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