Middlesex County MA Archives History - Books .....Baker Family Of Watertown 1860 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ma/mafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Leslie Sears http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006250 February 1, 2015, 4:33 pm Book Title: Genealogies Of The Families And Descendants Of The Early Settlers Of Watertown, Massachusetts, Includes Waltham And Weston - By Henry Bond, M.D., Boston, 1860. Subject: Baker Source: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Includes Waltham and Weston - by Henry Bond, M.D., Boston, 1860. p.10 Nathaniel Baker, proprietor, 1636/7. Jacob & Grace Baker of Waltham had: Hannah Baker b. Feb 8, 1742/3. Mary Baker of Waltham and Abijah Adams of Lexington m. Jan 19, 1742/3. Elizabeth Baker and Daniel Adams, both of Waltham m. Nov 23, 1743. Anna Baker & Joseph Underwood, both of Waltham, m. Feb 26, 1744. Robert Baker of Concord and Elizabeth Adams of Waltham m. Feb. 26, 1744. Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth Subject: Baker Source: Savage Dictionary of the first Settlers of New England BAKER, ALEXANDER, Boston, ropemaker, came in the Elizabeth and Ann, 1635, aged 28, from London, with wife, Elizabeth 23; and ch. Elizabeth 3; and Christian, 1; had Alexander, b. 15 Jan. 1636; Samuel, 16 Jan. 1638; John, 20 June 1640; Joshua, 30 Apr. 1642; Hannah, 29 Sept. 1644; all bapt. 5 Oct. 1645, as he and his w. were adm. of the ch. the preced. day, was freem. 1646; had, also, William, 15 May 1647; Benjamin, 16 Mar. 1653; Josiah, 26 Feb. 1655; and Josiah, again, 26 Feb. 1658, if we accept the rec. Not one of the four last were bapt. in first ch. which may provoke inq. for the reason. At Gloucester he had sat down on first coming; and in the gr. to Rev. Richard Blinman, 1642, the same land. is giv. that had before been offer. to Alexander B. His d. Christina m. 18 July 1654 Simon Roberts. CORNELIUS BAKER, Salem, m. 26 Apr. 1658, Hannah, d. of John Woodbury, had Hannah, b. 14 Oct. 1660, d. at 2 yrs. Hannah, again, 28 Nov. 1662; lived on Beverly side 1671-86. DANIEL BAKER, Yarmouth, s. of Francis, m. 27 May 1674, Elizabeth d. of William Chase the sec. had Daniel, b. 1675; Samuel, 1676; Elizabeth Hannah, 1696; Thankful, 1698; and Tabitha, 1700. EBENEZER BAKER, Salem, a soldier in Gardner's comp. wound. 19 Dec. 1675, in the gr. Narraganset battle. EDWARD BAKER, Lynn 1630, freem. 14 Mar. 1638, had w. Jane, certain. five s. perhaps other ch. beside d. Mary, wh. m. 7 Nov. 1662, George Sumner of Dorchester, hav. foll. her to Northampton where B. liv. many yrs. Leav. s. Joseph and Timothy at N. whose names are misprint. Batter in Geneal. Reg. IX. 88; he went back to LYNN, there d. Mar. 1687, giv. estate to s. John of Dedham, Edward, and Thomas, of Lynn. EDWARD BAKER, Lynn, s. of the preced. m. 7 Apr. 1685, Mary, d. of Capt. John Marshall, was ens. of the milit. and freem. 1691. FRANCIS BAKER, Boston, came in the Planter, 1635, aged 24, m. 1641, Isabel Twining, perhaps d. of William Twining, had Nathaniel, b. 27 Mar. 1642; rem. to Yarmouth, and there had John; Samuel, 1 May 1648; Daniel, 2 Sept. 1650; William; Thomas; Elizabeth wh. m. John Chase; and Hannah, wh. m. a Pierce, an he d. 1696, in 85th yr. In his will of 4 Mar. 1693, as all these ch. but Samuel are named it may be thought that he was dead. His wid. d. 16 May 1706. JAMES BAKER, Dorchcester, knOWN to us solely by the gravestone, wh. tells, that he d. 30 Mar. 1721, aged 69; but we may guess, that he was father of that James Baker whose gravestone says, that he "d. 24 Aug. 1734, aged 60 yrs. 20 days." JEFFREY BAKER, Windsor, m. 25 Nov. 1612, Joan, d. of William Rockwell, had Samuel, b. 30 Mar. 1644; Hepzibah, 10 May 1646; Mary, 15 July 1649; Abiel, a d. 23 Dec. 1652, d. young; and Joseph, 18 June 1655; and 7 July foll. the f. d. His wid. m. 1668, Richard Ingram. JOHN BAKER, Ipswich, 1634, freem. 14 May of that yr. perhaps, is in later yrs. ment. in the town rec. with prefix of respect;i.e. "Mr." yet so frequent is the concur. of this name of bapt. with the surname, as to justify doubt, whether that day's freeman were not JOHN BAKER, ment. by Frothingham, 80, as com. to Charlestown 1630, and rem. 1637, or that JOHN BAKER of wh. Winthrop II. 29, tells, how he rem. from Boston to Newbury, grew rich too fast, went thence to York, and back with contrition to B. Assignm. of resid. becomes especially difficult in such cases, as in the freem. of 2 June 1641, where twice John Baker is counted and after minute comparison of the incid. belonging to the names above and below each John, a confid. conject. may be offered that one was of Ipswich, perhaps he who was b. at Norwich, Co. Norf. a grocer, that came 1637, aged 39, to Boston, in the Rose of Yarmouth, with Elizabeth his w. 31, three ch. Elizabeth, John, and Thomas, four serv. Mercy, and Ann Alexarson, aged 24, and 20, respectiv. Bridget Bull, 32; and Samuel Ayres or Acres, 14, as certif. copy of rec. from her Majesty's Remembrancer Office instr. me. See 4 Mass. Hist. Coll. I. 96, print. 1852, or Geneal. Reg. XIV. 324, 5, print. 1860, where his last name is var. Ipswich, John had, also, Martha, w. m. Obadiah Antrim.To this Ipswich John and his w. Elizabeth the wid. Alice Ward, gave on her deathbed, Mar. 1653, her d. Sarah and her prop. to bring up the said ch. For the other, Charlestown is entitl. unless better claim. appear, for he had, by w. Rebecca, there bapt. Sarah 13 Sept. 1640, may be the JOHN BAKER wh. rem. 1642 to Dover, and was rep. 1650. JOHN BAKER, Boston, that early member of the church who by wife Charity had Charity, bapt. 12 Apr. 1635, may be the freem. of 18 May 1642. JOHN of Wells, wh. may be the man, that had house in 1675 on w. side of Kennebeck liv. near Arowsick isl. when the war broke out, was, we know sworn freem. 1653; but tolerably sure am I, that JOHN of Woburn was not, since he was sentenced to be whipped and to m. Susanna Martin (the inflict. of the latter part of the punish. being on 28 May 1654); by her he had John, b. 25 Mar. preced. Mary, 22 Feb. 1656; Joseph, 15 June 1657, d. soon; Joseph, again, 1 Feb. 1660; Susanna, 15 Mar. 1652, d. soon; Susanna, again, 12 Apr. 1663; a s. whose name is not seen on the rec. 8 Mar. 1664, d. next week; Samuel, 21 Apr. 1665; Benjamin, 24 May 1667; James, 10 June 1670; Jonathan, 2 Apr. 1674; and William, 18 Aug. 1679. JOHN BAKER, Boston, blacksmith, ar. co. 1644, had m. Joan/Jane, eldest d. of Thomas Swift, of Dorchester, sev. yrs. (prob. ten) bef. 5 Nov. 1657, wh. date from the MS. vol. in the Boston office of reg. usual. accept. as a rec. while it is only a copy, is truly print. from the false certif. of Gov. John Winthrop wh. d. 26 Mar. 1649 as the error may be read in Geneal. Reg. XI. 202. By her he had John, wh. d. young, 20 June 1654; Thomas, b. 12 Feb. 1654; Samuel, 16 Apr. 1650, d. in 3 mos.; Nathaniel, 4 Apr. 1656, d. soon; of wh. four ch. the false certif. on rec. would make all b. bef. the m. Also he had John, again, 17 July 1658, d. in few mos. and Elizabeth 26 June 1660; and d. I think in July 1666, leav. good est. but in his will of 26 Mar. preced. names only the s. Thomas, and d. Elizabeth For sec. w. he m. 8 Jan. 1664, Thankful, eldest d. of Hopestill Foster, had John, b. 26 Feb. 1665; and Silence, posthum. wh. d. soon. His w. long surv. d. 17 Jan. 1698. JOHN BAKER, Dorchester, s. perhaps of Richard, freem. 1673, m. 11 July 1667, Preserved, d. of Thomas Trott, had Sarah, b. 12 July 1668; Mary, 10 Nov. 1670, d. at 2 mos. John, 25 Nov. 1671; James, 4 Aug. 1674; Mary, again, 24 Aug. 1676; Thankful, 13 Apr. 1679; Hannah, 22 July 1682, d. at 1 yr.; Elizabeth 18 July 1684; Hannah, again, 11 July, 1687 d. at 3 yrs. and Abijah, posthum. 25 Feb. 1691. He d. 26 Aug. 1690, and his wid. d. 25 Nov. 1711. JOHN BAKER, Roxbury, had only Thomas, h. there 20 May 1676. JOHN BAKER, Ipswich, s. of John of the same, brot. from Eng. m. 13 May 1667, Catharine, d. of Rev. William Perkins, had Elizabeth b. 1670; John; and perhaps others. JOHN BAKER, Yarmouth, s. of Francis, by w. Alice had John, b. May 1672; Bethia, Nov. 1673; Sarah, Sept. 1677; Jonathan; Isaac; Mary; and Elizabeth JOHN BAKER, Hull, freem. 1677. JOHN BAKER, Hartford, was there as early as 1665, m. Lydia, d. of John Baysey, had John, Baysey, and Joseph, all s. and perhaps other ch. His w. d. 16 May 1700. JOHN BAKER, Dorchester, freem. 1677. JOHN BAKER, New London 1678, perhaps s. of William. JOHN BAKER, Dedham, son of Edward, was living there 1678, may have been father of that Daniel, b. 18 Apr. 1686, H. C. 1706, who was minister of Sherborn, ordained 713. JOHN BAKER, Woburn, perhaps s. of John of the same, m. 18 Oct. 1682, Hannah, d. of George Polley, had Hannah, b. 5 Dec. 1683, d. soon; Hannah, again, 3 Aug. 1685; and John, 27 June 1687, perhaps more. JOSEPH BAKER, Northampton, s. of Edward, m. 5 Feb. 1663, Ruth, d. of William Holton, was kILLED by the Indians on 29 Oct. 1675, with his s. Joseph, b. 20 Jan. 1665; leav. Ruth, b. 6 May 1668; Mary, 5 Sept. 1670; and Samuel, 11 Sept. 1672. Joseph was the name given to his posthumous s. b. 25, bapt. 30 Jan. foll. His wid. m. 1678, Thomas Lyman. JOSEPH BAKER, Boston 1675, a tailor. JOSEPH BAKER, Windsor, s. of Jeffrey of the same, m. 30 Jan. 1677, Hannah, wid. of Thomas Buckland the younger, d. Nathaniel Cook, had Joseph, b. 13 Apr. 1678; Lydia, 5 July 1681;and Samuel, 17 Oct. 1684, wh. d. 16 Oct. 1685. The f. d. 11 Dec. 1691; and his wid. m. John Loomis. Yet the recent hist. of Windsor, p. 526, gives two more ch. Hannah, 19 Dec. 1686, wh. d. next yr.; and Ebenezer, 17 July 1689, wh. may be correct. But great is my doubt of the accuracy of his add. of sec. w. 8 July 1702, Hannah Pomeroy of Northampton, and ten more ch. the latest, 14 May 1722. Hinman, in his Catalog of 1852, p. 110, says, his will was made 1691, and he d. that yr. refer. to Windsor rec. Prob. Stiles confils. two persons. JOSEPH BAKER, Woburn, prob. s. of John the first, of the same, m. 4 Oct. 1686, Hannah Bauk, if rightly this name be writ JOSHUA, New London, s. of Alexander, m. 13 Sept. 1674, Hannah, wid. of Tristram Minter, had Elizabeth b. 9 May 1676; Alexander, 16 Dec. 1677; Joshua, 5 Jan. 1679; John, 24 Dec. 1681; Hannah, and Sarah, tw. Jan. 1684, Mercy; Benjamin; and Patience; and he d. 27 Dec. 1717, his w. surv. His d. Elizabeth m. Richard Atwell. LANCELOT BAKER, Boston,by w. Judith had Elizabeth b. 13 Dec. 1644; rem. to New Haven, and had John, b. 31 Dec. 1651. MARK, Hampton 1678. NATHANIEL BAKER, Hingham 1635, by w. (wh. is ment. but not nam. in the will of her f. William Lane of Dorchester), had Mary, bapt. July 1639. wh. m. 16 Dec. 1657, John Loring, perhaps his only ch. and d. 3 June 1682. In his will of 11 May preced. after provis. for his wid. and two Ind. slaves, he gave most of his prop. to gr.childr. yet with 3 reasona. mem. to six ch. of his late br. Nicholas, of Scituate. See Lincoln, Cent. Addr. 39. Farmer mistook him for s. of Nicholas. NATHANIEL BAKER, Yarmouth, eldest s. of Francis, had three s. Samuel, b. 29 Oct. Nathaniel, 27 Jan. 1672; and prob. the other was nam. Silas, says Mr. Otis. Both he and his w. d. Dec. 1691, as Mr. O. assures me. NICHOLAS BAKER, Hingham 1635, br. of the first Nathaniel, freem. 3 Mar. 1636, rep. 1636 and 8, rem. to Scituate, there was ord. 1660, third min. of the first ch. and was of such good temper as to reconcile the two chs. wh. had quarrel. for thirty yrs. He had Samuel, bapt. 7 Oct.1638; John, 6 Nov. 1642; Elizabeth Nov. 1644; and Deborah, 6 June 1652. Mather, with his habitual carelessness, says, in the Magn. III. 219, "he had but a private educat." taking occasion to utter one of his brilliant clauses; yet I found at St. John's Coll. Cambridge, that he had his A. B. 1631-2, and A. M. 1635. A short time he stopped at Roxbury. His w. that prob. was mo. of all his ch. d. 4 Apr. 1661, and he next yr. took ano. of wh. the bapt. name Grace only is kn. and d. 22 Aug. 1678, aged 67. Her he made Extrix. of his will, in wh. he names six ch. Samuel, Nicholas, Elizabeth Sarah, Deborah, and Mary. The wid. Grace d. 22 Jan. 1697. All the ds. were m. Mary, 26 Feb. 1662, to Stephen Vinal; Elizabeth m. 1664 to John Vinal; Sarah m. 1671, Josiah Litchfield; and Deborah m. 1678, Israel Chittenden. Deane, pp. 181-3. NICHOLAS BAKER, Marblehead, wh. Willis, I. 135, says m. Elizabeth d. of George Bartlett of Scarborough, may have been s. of the preced. but we want the illumin. of a date. Of one Nicholas, late of Boston, mariner, wh. may have been a grandson of Rev. Nicholas, admin. was gr. 8 Oct. 1695, to his mo. in law, Jane Colyer of Hull. RICHARD BAKER Dorchester, 1639, freem. 18 May 1642, ar. co. 1658, by w. Faith, d. of Henry Withington, wh. d. 3 Feb. 1689, had Mary, b. 27 Apr. 1643, beside five other ds. perhaps, and certain. two s. only one having, date, and one even without a giv. name, as by his will of 7 Oct. 1689 is shown, viz. John; James; Thankful, w. of William Griggs; Elizabeth w. of a Pratt; Hannah, b. 9 Jan. 1663, wh. had m. 5 May 1685, John Wiswall; Sarah, then dec. wh. had been w. of James White, m. 22 Feb. 1665, tho. the Hist. of D. makes her b. three yrs. later than this m. p. 106;--also, for one r. Mary; and one, the w. of Samuel Robinson. He had been selectman 1653, constable, 1663, and d. 25 Oct. 1689, as Geneal. Reg. V. 395 teaches. ROBERT BAKER, Salem, wh. had grant of land. 1637, was killed by casualty 1640. See Winthrop II. 24. ROBERT BAKER Roxbury, by w. Mary had Robert, b. 29 Oct. 1673, wh. d. at 11 yrs.; Mary, 11 Oct. 1675; Sarah, 24 Dec. 1676; Matthew, 5 Sept. 1678, wh. d. at 17 yrs.; Joseph, 4 Nov. 1680; Benjamin, 15 Aug. 1682; and Ann, 8 June 1685; and he d. 25 Oct. 1720. Ment. on the rec. of d. is seen of two ch. viz. Elizabeth 11 Sept. and Jonathan, 24 Sept. 1694, of neither of wh. can the b. be found. SAMUEL BAKER, Lynn, came in the Elizabeth and Ann 1635, aged 30, from London; but he was of County Kent, England, says tradit. and d. 16 Dec. 1666. SAMUEL BAKER, Marshfield, not son of Nicholas, as was once thought, m. 29 Dec. 1656, Elinor, dau. of Kenelm Winslow, had Kenelm, b. 23 Mar. 1658, Lydia, 18 Feb. 1660; Elizabeth 18 Mar. 1662; Alice, 19 May 1663; and Elinor; 1665; beside others in 1667, 9, and 71, of whose names, in the mutilated state of the record, no certainty can be attain. His wife died/or was buried 27 Aug. 1676, and he m. 21 Feb. foll. Patience, wid. perhaps of the first Moses Simmons of Duxbury, had Samuel. SAMUEL BAKER, Windsor 1669, then among freem. m. 30 June 1670, Sarah, eldest d. of Nathaniel Cooke of the same. SAMUEL BAKER, Hull, son of Rev. Nicholas BAKER, freeman 1677, m. Fear, dau. of Isaac Robinson, rem. to Barnstable, there had adm. with his w. 1687, to that ch. on dism. from Hull. THOMAS BAKER, Milford 1639, Easthampton, L. I. 1650, was, perhaps, that Assist. of Conn. from 1658 to 1663. THOMAS BAKER, Roxbury, son of John the first of Ipswich, freem. 1619, by w. Elizabeth had Elizabeth b. 2 Oct. 1641; John; Joseph, 24, bapt. 27 Feb. 1648; Sarah, 24, bapt. 28 Apr. 1650; Mary, bapt. 6 June 1652, d. in 5 weeks; Mary, again, 11 Sept. 1653; and for sec. w. took 27 Mar. or May 1663, Mary, d. of Robert Gamlin, had Thomas, b. 7 Jan. 1664; and Mary, 27 July 1667; and he d. 28 Jan. 1684, "old, blind, godly," in the express. rec. of ch. His son Thomas was killed by the Indians at Sudbury fight Apr. 1676, surely a very young soldier, under Wadsworth, but he had served in the Narraganset campaign as one of Johnson's company, in Dec. before, i. e. less than twelve yrs. old. No incid. of those days more striking. gives proof of the extensensive reach of the perils. Sarah m. 19 Apr. 1671, Sebas Jackson; and Mary m. Roger Adams. THOMAS BAKER, Boston, by w. Leah had Rachel, b. 7 Feb. 1659. THOMAS, Lynn, s. of the first Edward of the same, m. 10 July 1689, Mary Lewis, perhaps d. of John. In June 1730, he testified that he was 77 yrs. old, and that Andrew Townsend of Lynn wh. he had well known 55 yrs. was wounded in the gr. Narraganset fight, 19 Dec. 1675, under Capt. Gardner. THOMAS BAKER Topsfield, s. of the first John of Ipswich, brot. by his f. 1637, freem. 1665, m. 26 Mar. 1673, Priscilla, d. of Dept. Gov. Samuel Symonds, had Priscilla, b. 8 Dec. 1674; Martha, 14 Oct. 1682; Rebecca, 16 Nov. 1685; Thomas, 17 Feb. 1688; John, 6 Jan. 1691; and Elizabeth bapt. 17 Sept. 1693. He d. 18 Mar. 1718, aged by fam. tradit. 81 yrs. 6 mos. 5 days; so b. 13 Sept. 1636; and the wid. d. 2 Jan. 1733, aged 85. Priscilla m. Isaac Appleton. was a milit. officer, and rep. 1686, 9, and 90. THOMAS BAKER, a minister 1678, at Newport, I hear nothing, more of. THOMAS BAKER, New London 1686, may have been s. of William, and certain. left ch. but names and dates of them are unknOWN. One THOMAS, of Boston, was head of a fam. 1691; and another THOMAS at Lynn was freem. 1691. THOMAS BAKER, Yarmouth, youngest s. of Francis, by w. Bathsheba had Mary, b. 7 Apr. 1701; and Thomas, 4 Mar. 1703. TIMOTHY BAKER, Northampton, s. of Edward, freem. 1676, m. 16 Jan. 1672, Grace. d. of John Marsh of Hadley, had Grace, b. 1673, a. soon; Timothy, 1675; and his w. d. 31 May 1676. For sec. w. he took Sarah, wid. of Rev. Hope Atherton, dau. of John Hollister, and had John, b. 3 Feb. 1680; Thomas, 14 May 1682; Edward, 12 Nov. 1685 ; Prudence, 14 May 1687; and Deliverance, 13 Nov. 1689. His w. d. 8 Dec. 1691; and he d. 30 Aug. 1729. His third s. was the youth, wh. m. Christina, d. of Richard Otis, that was taken by the Ind. at 3 mos. old, from Dover; with her mo. when they k. her f. 1689, and car. to Canada, there after a priestly educat. made a Catholic by bapt. and married a Frenchman, wh. had by her, two ch. bef. his dau Baker had been made a prisoner by the Indians & prob. taken to Canada in 1704, and in differ. capacity in 1719, accomp. Col. Stoddard to bring home the prisoners from Quebec. Many descend. in N. E. and remote parts spring from this m. among others Hon. John Wentworth, late M. C. from Chicago, and present mayor of that prospererous city. WALTER BAKER, Scituate, was suspect. in 1651, of murder of John Winter; but no support was found for that surmise. WILLIAM BAKER, Charlestown 1633, freem. 3 Sept. 1634, hav. join. the ch. in Aug. 1633, was one of the petititioners in favor of Wheelwright, but seasona. chang. his mind, and contin. in good stand.; by w. Joan had Sarah (Mr. Wyman calls her Mary), bapt. 20 May 1638; Stephen, 20 Feb. 1642; and Martha, 21 Apr. 1644; was a selectman 1646, and d. 8 Nov. 1658. His wid. d. 26 Sept. 1669. Frothingham, 82, 5. WILLIAM BAKER, Plymouth 1643, may, I think, have been first of R. I. as early as 1638, and prob. went thither again, being count. among the freem. 1655, at Portsmouth. WILLIAM BAKER, Boston, pump-maker, m. 23 Sept. 1651, Mary, d. of Edmund Eddington, had Mary, b. 16 May 1602, d. at 3 mos.; John, 14 Dec. 1653; and William, 19 Oct. 1650. His w. d. 12 Dec. foll. and he married, 22 Apr. next, Pilgrim Eddy, eldest dau. of John Eddy of Watertown. But great uncert. or confils. appears after this, for Bond, 203, and 755, makes a doubt, whether she were wife of P. Stedman before or after Baker. Yet she was young, when Baker m. her, and he removed, prob. to Concord, and there he or another William died leaving wid. Mary and s. William. His inv.is of 17 June 1679. See Concord History excerpt below WILLIAM BAKER, New London 1652-60, was perhaps wife of Thomas. WILLIAM BAKER, Yarmouth, s. of Francis, by w. Mercy had Mercy, b. 6 Jan. 1698; William, 8 Jan. 1694; Dorcas, 15 Nov. 1696; Experience, 8 Jan. 1698; Judah, 2 Mar. 1701; Elizabeth 11 Feb. 1703; Josiah, 16 Dec. 1704; Joanna, 8 Feb. 1707; and Patience, 27 Feb. 1709; and d. 1727. His wid. d. 1753. Of this name, 1834, Farmer counts nine gr. at Harv. seven at Yale, four at Dart. and seven at the other coll. in N. E. Prob. as the name is so very common, some fams. are omitted. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subject: BAKER Source: History of Concord, Mass. by Lemuel Shattuck, 1835. Subject: Baker Source: History of Concord, Mass. by Lemuel Shattuck, Boston, 1835. p.361 William Baker owned land here before 1665. He, or a son of the same name came from Charlestown, Mass., married and had several children between 1680 and 1696. James Baker, Amos Baker and Nathaniel Baker of Concord and Lincoln in 1828, were grandsons of Jacob Baker, who according to tradition came from Killingly, Conn. History of Lincoln from the History of Concord p.295 The inhabitants in the southeasterly part of Concord petitioned that town several times between 1734 and 1743, to be set off into a separate precinct or town; but, being unsuccessful, a petition was preferred to the General Court August 10, 1744, which obtained favor, though opposed by a committee of the town; and the following individuals, living in the easterly part of Concord, the westerly part of Lexington and the northerly part of Weston were incorporated as the Second Precinct of Concord April 24, 1746: Joshua Brooks Thomas Garfield Benjamin Brown James Brooks Robert Gage Ephraim Segard John Whitney Benjamin Allen Ebenezer Hunt Thomas Baker Samuel DAkin Joseph Parks John Wright Ambrose Tower Daniel Reed Mary Conant Jeremiah Clark Thomas Garfield, Jr. Benjamin Brown, Jr. Hannay Corey Jonathan Wellington Jonathan Gove George Pierce Zebediah Smith Ebenezer Lampson John Headley Timothy Wesson Benjamin Monroe John Gove Samuel Bond Thomas Wheeler Ephraim Flynt Joseph Pierce, Jr. Joshua Brooks, Jr. John Garfield Ebenezer Cutler Nathan Brown Edward Flynt Stephen Wesson John Adams John White. p.358 Military notices of the peopleof Concord in the Revoltion September 1, 1779 Charles Shepherd Lot Lamson Francis Baker Timothy Wesson Nathan Page Asa Piper Timothy Sprague Nathaniel Breed Charles Hanley John Stratten Ezekiel Hager Jeremiah Shepherd Nathaniel French Josiah Melvin, Jr. Joshua Stevens Philip Barrett Lemuel Wheeler Chandler Bryant Daniel Cole p.37/38 Tax List 1666 Proprietor No. of Lots Acres Residence of: William Baker 5 43 Nathaniel Billings, Sr. 4 51 S. Amos Baker's Nathaniel Billings, Jr 7 196 S. Amos Baker's John Billings 6 185 S. Amos Baker's Insert: Amos Baker & Ann Prescott Source: Prescott Memorial p.64 Ann Prescott b. June 7, 1750, dau of Col. Charles Prescott and his wife, Elizabeth Barrett of Concord, Mass. Anne Prescott m. Amos Baker of Lincoln, Mass. p.362 History of Concord, Mass. Joseph Barrett descendant of Humphrey Barrett, Concord, 1640 from England thru his son Humphrey Barrett Jr. Joseph Barrett m. Rebecca Minott 1701 & lived with his father, Humphrey Barrett Jr. He was a Captain; he d. April 4, 1763 aged 83; she d. June 23, 1738. They had eight children: 1. Mary Barrett who m. George Farrar. 2. Joseph Barrett of Grafton. 3. Rebecca Barrett who m. Elnathan Jones. 4. Oliver Barrett of Bolton. 5. Humphrey Barrett who m. Elizabeth Adams in 1742 and d. March 24, 1783,leaving two sons, Humphrey and Abel and six daughters. 6. Elizabeth Barrett who m. Charles Prescott. 7. John Barrett who m. Lois Brooks. 8. Samuel Barrett. p.51 Prescott Memorial Col. Charles Prescott b. Aug 15, 1711, son of Dr. Jonathan Prescott & his wife Rebecca Bulkley of Concord, Mass. Col. Charles Prescott m. abt. 1736, Elizabeth, the dau. of Joseph and Rebecca (Minott) Barrett, b. Jan 9, 1717. They resided in Concord, Mass. where he was a Selectman in 1756, 1757 and 1758; and in 1762, 1765 and 1766 and a Representative to the General Court from 1758 to 1763, inclusive, and from 1765 to 1767 inclusive. He was also colonel of the militia. He also served 3 years in the War of the Revolution. He was an influential, enterprising and highly honored citizen, and died much lamented, Feb. 2, 1779, aged 68. She died April 23, 1799 aged 82. There children: p.64 Issue of Colonel Charles Prescott and his wife, Elizabeth Barrett of Concord, Mass. 1. Elizabeth Prescott b. Aug. 31, 1737; m. (1) Jesse Hosmer. He died and she m. (2) Capt. Aaron Jones of Weston, Mass., on Dec 31, 1767. 2. Lucy Prescott b. Dec 21, 1738; died unm. Dec 22, 1819 aged 81. 3. Mary Prescott b. Aug 9, 1742; died unm. May 4, 1797 aged 55. 4. Charles Prescott b. Sept. 24, 1744; died unm; from dropsy May 12, 1810 aged 65. 5. Rebecca Prescott b. Oct. 19, 1746; m. Joseph Hayward, a farmer. Removed from Concord, Mass. to Dublin, N.H. in 1781. 6. John Prescott b. Oct. 18, 1748; died Sept. 12, 1753. 7. Ann Prescott b. June 7, 1750; m. Amos Baker of Lincoln, Mass. Record ends. Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ma/middlesex/history/1860/genealog/bakerfam20gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mafiles/ File size: 25.4 Kb