Timothy Baker

1647 - 1729  (82 years)

• Name	Timothy Baker  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	1647	Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Fact 1	3 May 1676	Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  	Freeman
  Fact 2	14 Oct 1685	Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA   [3]
  	Ensign of foot company under Capt Aron Cook.
  Death	30 Aug 1729	Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
  Person ID	I4666	Master
  Last Modified	11 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Edward Baker,   b. 1608, Lavenham, Suffolk, England d. 16 Mar 1687, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Joan Lane,   b. 1618, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 9 Apr 1693, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1641	Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F1369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Hollister,   b. 1646, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 8 Dec 1691, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	1679	Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
  Children	+ 1. John Baker,   b. 3 Feb 1680, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA d. 8 Jan 1762, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA (Age 81 years)   2. Thomas Baker,   b. 14 May 1682, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA d. 1753, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA (Age 70 years)   3. Edward Baker,   b. 12 Nov 1685, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA d. 4 Mar 1758, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA (Age 72 years)   4. Prudence Baker,   b. 14 May 1687, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA d. Aug 1752, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA (Age 65 years)   5. Deliverance Baker,   b. 13 Nov 1689, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA d. 3 Nov 1709, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 19 years)
  Family ID	F1366	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1647 - Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Fact 1 - Freeman - 3 May 1676 - Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 1679 - Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Fact 2 - Ensign of foot company under Capt Aron Cook. - 14 Oct 1685 - Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Death - 30 Aug 1729 - Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S126] Nelson M Baker, Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Baker of Lynn, Mass, 1630, (Syracuse: Nelson M Baker, 1867), Page 8 (Reliability: 2). In 1657 he removed from Lynn to Northampton, Mass., only three years after the settlement of that town, where he had several grants of land from the town, purchased several lots besides, held important town offices, and remained many years, " respected and influential." In later years he settled his sons, Joseph and Timothy, there, and returned to Lynn, where he died March 16, 1687. Mr. Nowhall« says, "The will of Mr. Baker is dated 16th October, 1685, and having previously provided for some of his children by deed, not all of them are named in it. He exhorts his family to live peaceable and pious lives, and desires for himself 'a decent funeral/ suitable to his rank and quality while living.' " His burial- place is unmarked and unknown. None of his lands are in the hands of his descendants. He had five sons and one daughter", viz :— ('2) Joseph* b. (3) Mary- b. April 1, 104-2. (170) John" b. 1645. (7) Timothy-1 b. 1647. (4) Thomas" b. 1653. (6) Edward' b. il. are unable to account for his return to Lynn. His circumstances in Northampton seem far preferable every way. e. History of Lynn, by Alonzo Lewis and .Tames 1Í. X'ewha!!, 1865. It is a very interesting work, giving many curious details of early pioneer life. We were unable to ttml the Will, else we should insert it entire. /. It may of interest to explain, that prior to 1Î42, funeral expenses were offen very large, there being furnished by the estate, mourning apparel, gold rings', gloves, wines and liquors in very lavish stvle. In one instance 3000 pairs of gloves, and200 gold rings were given away at one funeral. InlH2alaw was passed prohibiting all this, except six pairs of gloves to'the bearers, and one pair to the minister.-Hiitory of , . 248. . This is probably the order of their ages, from comparing the dates of marriages and birlhs. Possibly he had another daughter. Elizabeth. The Lynn records say that "John Witt and Elizabeth Baker, was married (lie 14th day of January, IfiTG," and give Ilieir family. The lire- sumption, however, is against it. Perhaps, also, there were other children who died young. Nearly all the town records of Lynn, for ttie first II fly years or more, having been lost, w'e have no means of knowing more than these. It may be that Edward was older than Thomas ; he appears to be named before him in his father's will. It seems that the two latter never had lunch to do with the rest, and were lost sighl of more than a hundred years ago. It was nearly so with John at Dedham, which was owing, probably, to the distance apart, and the difficulties of making journcvs in those times. [S127] Nathaniel B Shurtleff, MD, compiler, Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay, New England, (Boston: Legistature of Massachusetts, 1854), Vol 5, 1674-1686, Page 537 (Reliability: 2). Persons made free this session [May 3, 1676] were,— Mr Sam: Aleock, Boston. John Goodwin. Sam: Smith. Mr Dani: Russell, Charls. Tim Baker, Northam. Mr Jne Youngloue, Zech: Johnson, Joseph Person, Hadly. Isaack Foule, Jne Bridgman, Samuel Wentworth, Dov. Zech: Ferris, Judah Wright, [S127] Nathaniel B Shurtleff, MD, compiler, Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay, New England, (Boston: Legistature of Massachusetts, 1854), Vol 5, Page 504 (Reliability: 2). It is ordered that Mr Joseph Hawley be leiftennt, & Timothy Baker ensigne, to the foote company of Northampton under the conduct of Aron Cooke, captain. [S32] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.), Source number: 3330.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BFO. Name: Timothy Baker Birth Date: 1647 Birth Place: MA http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=48409&ti=0&indiv=try http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=48409&ti=0&indiv=try [S126] Nelson M Baker, Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Baker of Lynn, Mass, 1630, (Syracuse: Nelson M Baker, 1867), Page 8 (Reliability: 2). In 1657 he removed from Lynn to Northampton, Mass., only three years after the settlement of that town, where he had several grants of land from the town, purchased several lots besides, held important town offices, and remained many years, " respected and influential." In later years he settled his sons, Joseph and Timothy, there, and returned to Lynn, where he died March 16, 1687. Mr. Nowhall« says, "The will of Mr. Baker is dated Kith October, 1685, and having previously provided for some of his children by deed, not all of them are named in it. He exhorts his family to live peaceable and pious lives, and desires for himself 'a decent funeral/ suitable to his rank and quality while living.' " His burial- place is unmarked and unknown. None of his lands are in the hands of his descendants. He had five sons and one daughter", viz :— ('2) Joseph* b. (3) Mary- b. April 1, 104-2. (170) John" b. 1645. (7) Timothy-1 b. 1647. (4) Thomas" b. 1653. (6) Edward' b. il. are unable to account for his return to Lynn. His circumstances in Northampton seem far preferable every way. e. History of Lynn, by Alonzo Lewis and .Tames 1Í. X'ewha!!, 1865. It is a very interesting work, giving many curious details of early pioneer life. We were unable to ttml the Will, else we should insert it entire. /. It may of interest to explain, that prior to 1Î42, funeral expenses were offen very large, there being furnished by the estate, mourning apparel, gold rings', gloves, wines and liquors in very lavish stvle. In one instance 3000 pairs of gloves, and200 gold rings were given away at one funeral. InlH2alaw was passed prohibiting all this, except six pairs of gloves to'the bearers, and one pair to the minister.-Hiitory of , . 248. . This is probably the order of their ages, from comparing the dates of marriages and birlhs. Possibly he had another daughter. Elizabeth. The Lynn records say that "John Witt and Elizabeth Baker, was married (lie 14th day of January, IfiTG," and give Ilieir family. The lire- sumption, however, is against it. Perhaps, also, there were other children who died young. Nearly all the town records of Lynn, for ttie first II fly years or more, having been lost, w'e have no means of knowing more than these. It may be that Edward was older than Thomas ; he appears to be named before him in his father's will. It seems that the two latter never had lunch to do with the rest, and were lost sighl of more than a hundred years ago. It was nearly so with John at Dedham, which was owing, probably, to the distance apart, and the difficulties of making journcvs in those times.