Chester County PA Archives Biographies.....Joseph BAKER, d. 1716 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandra Ferguson [ferg@ntelos.net] from Futhey and Cope's History of Chester County (1881) JOSEPH BAKER, a brother of John, settled in Edgmont township, and probably gave it the name in memory of his former home, He was an influential citizen and a member if Assembly; died 1716. The name of his wife was Mary, and his children were Joseph, m. Susanna Packer; John, b. 1686, who inherited his father's lands in Edgmont; Sarah, m. Thomas Smedley, 1710. Joseph Baker, Jr., settled in Thornbruy, at the present site of the Glen Mills Station, where he died early in 1717, leaving two daughters and a son, Joseph, was born after his death. The widow married Dr. John Taylor, who became the owner of the Baker farm. Of the daughters, Sarah married Isaac Strode, and Hannah married Joseph Talbot. Joseph Baker (3rd) married, 2, 30, 1740, at Concord Meeting, Mary Chamberlin, daughter of John and Lettice, of Aston, and settled in Goshen, where he died a few years later, His children were John, who went to Price Edward Island; Lettice, m. Richard Barnard; Mary, unmarried; and Elizabeth, m. Thomas Brown. The widow married Andrew McCoy. This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/chester/wills/b/baker-j1.txt