Norfolk County MA Archives Biographies.....Baker, D.D., Rev Abijah Richardson August 30, 1805 - April 30, 1876
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Author: E. O. JAMESON

ABIJAH RICHARDSON BAKER, son of David and Jemima (Richardson) Baker, was born 
Aug. 30, 1805, in Franklin, Mass. He pursued his studies in Medway, and 
graduated in 1830, from Amherst College. After graduating he opened a private 
classical school in Medway Village. He graduated in 1835 from Andover 
Theological Seminary, Massachusetts. The Rev. Mr. Baker preached in Ware, 
Mass., West Hartford, Conn., and in Albany, N. Y. He was at length settled, 
April 25, 1838, in Medford, where he was greatly blessed in a ministry of ten 
years. He resigned his pastorate in 1849, and gave himself to literary, 
Sabbath School, and general Gospel work. He received the degree of D.D. in 
1S70 from Austin College. He labored for a while in the Gospel in South 
Boston, Mass. The Rev. Mr. Baker married, Oct. 1, 1835, Harriet Newell Woods, 
daughter of the Rev. L. Woods, D. 
D., of Andover, Mass. They had six sons, four of whom entered the ministry, 
one was a physician, and one died in infancy. The Rev. Dr. 
Baker died April 30, 1876, at the age of seventy years.


Additional Comments:
THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT PERSONS, AND The Genealogical Records 
OF MANY EARLY AND OTHER FAMILIES 
IN MEDWAY, MASS. 1713-1886.

Illustrated
WITH NUMEROUS STEEL AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS.

BY
E. O. JAMESON,

THE AUTHOR OK "THE COGSWELLS IN AMERICA," "THE HISTORY OF MEDWAY, MASS.." ETC.

MILLIS, MASS. 1886.

 Copyright, 1886.

E. O. JAMESON, MILLIS, MASS.

All Rights Reserved.

 J. A. & R. A. REID, PRINTERS, PROVIDENCE, R. I.



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