Ocean-Atlantic County NJ Archives Biographies.....BAKER, Ezra Abt. 1765 - Unk. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nj/njfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ocean County GenWeb Project oceancogenweb@gmail.com May 19, 2007, 9:10 pm Author: THE GOVERNORS OF NEW JERSEY 1664-1974: BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS BAKER, Ezra, (ca. 1765 - Death date unknown) BAKER, Ezra, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Tuckerton, N.J., in 1765c; moved with his parents to the Province of East Jersey about 1765; educated for the medical profession and commenced practice; moved to Absecon, N.J., in 1799; served as collector of customs at the port of Great Egg Harbor, N.J., February 18, 1813-March 1, 1815; elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817); moved westward to the “Wabash country” with his sons in 1818 and engaged in the culture of castor beans for the New Orleans market; died in the “Wabash country”; death date unknown. Source: THE GOVERNORS OF NEW JERSEY 1664-1974: BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/njfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb