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William R. Baker

Male 1759 - 1833  (74 years)


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  • Name William R. Baker 
    Born 5 Aug 1759 
    Gender Male 
    Died 30 Dec 1833  Westfield, Essex County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • William Baker, born 1759, according to the DAR Patriot Index-Centennial Edition, Vol. I, p. 128, he served in the American Revolution as a Private from NJ receiving a pension of $25. twice per year. (See Pension Roll 121 on LDS film No. 970, 121 under title Deacon William Baker Ancestor Service). William Baker of Elizabethtown/Westfield, Essex County, NJ served in the American Revolution as a private as follows: Data is recorded in The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D. C. National No. 684590. Application was examined and approved May 8, 1991.

      17763 months under Capt. John Scudder, NJ Militia, Amos Morse and Colonel Edward Thomas

      17772 months under Capt. John Scudder, John Craid and Colonel Samuel Potter

      17781 month under Capt. Amos Morse, 15 days in June

      1780under Capt. John Scudder in Battles of Connecticut Farms and Springfield, New Jersey

      17811 month under Capt. Scudder

      Additionally he was frequently called out on alarms and was in service until 1783 (Pension #S-2362)
      William R. Baker

      3rd Gen. BIRTH REC. WYOMING. U.S. SOCIAL SECURITY APP. 1900 CENSUS BUFFALO, WY WILL HALL SMITH HOUSEHOLD. DEATH CERT. CALIF. 1900 CENSUS BUFFALO, WY SIMEON J. LINCOLN HOUSEHOLD. LINCOLN FAMILY BIBLE RECORDS. DEATH CERT. CALIF. MARRIAGE BUFFALO, WYOMING. BUFFALO BULLETIN NEWSPAPER.

      4th Gen. BUFFALO BULLETIN 1909. VOL. ENLISTMENT CENTER, ROCK CO. WISCONSIN, BUFFALO WYOMING DEPOS. ELLSWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS DEPOS. DEATH REC. BIRTH/DEATH WYOMING. BUFFALO BULLETIN OBIT. MARRIAGE CERT. WISCONSIN.

      5th Gen. LITTELL 1ST SETTLERS PASSAIC VALLEY (1852) P. 22 JEWELL COUNTY, KANSAS CEMETERY, VOL. 1. BIRTH/DEATH 1850 CENTER, WISCONSIN. PAWNEE CITY, NEBRASKA CEM. BIRTH/DEATH. JERSEY ARCHIVES VOL. C P. 201 MARRIAGE. PRES. CHURCH RECO. MARRIAGE P. 458.

      6th Gen. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WESTFIELD, NJ, MCKINNEY, ETC. (IN DAR LIBRARY) P. 409. LITTELL SETTLERS P. 22. PRESBY. CHURCH P. 460 AND 461 BIRTH/DEATH. PRESBY. CHURCH MARRIAGE P. 450 LITTELL 1ST SETTLERS P. 22.

      7th Gen. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BAPT. P. 396. LITTELL 1ST SETTLERS ETC., P. 19 AND 22. PRESBY. CHURCH CEMETERY P. 460. PRESBY CHURCH BIRTHS P. 298. PRESBY. CHURCH CEM. P. 460. PRESBY CHURCH MARRIAGE P. 442. PENSION #S-2362

      8th Gen. GENEALOGICAL HISTORY FROM THOMAS BAKER TO PRESENT GENERATION. COMPILED BY CHARLES BAKER, JUNIOR (1963) P. 9 BIRTH/DEATH. JOHN LITTELL 1ST SETTLERS P. 19. SEE DAR PATRIOT INDEX VOL. 1, p. 29 FOR HENRY BAKER, SENIOR.
    Person ID I02117  Baker
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2019 

    Father Henry Baker,   b. Abt 1727, East Hampton, Suffolk Co., LI, NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 1780, Westfield, Essex County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Phebe Hedges,   b. 19 Jul 1730, East Hampton, LI, NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1813, Westfield, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 12 Aug 1750  East Hampton, LI, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The marriage date for Phebe Hedges and Henry Baker is from Francis Bazley Lee, Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County, NJ (n.p.).
    Family ID F0677  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jemima Woodruff,   b. Abt 25 Feb 1764, Westfield, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1818  (Age 54 years) 
    Children 
     1. Henry Baker,   b. 20 Mar 1786, Westfield, Essex County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     2. William R. Baker,   b. 18 May 1788, Westfield, Essex County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1831, Westfield, Essex County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)  [natural]
     3. Nancy Woodruff Baker,   b. 31 Jul 1791, Westfield, Essex County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     4. Jacob Baker,   b. 29 Aug 1797, Westfield, Essex County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     5. Mary Hedges Baker,   b. 4 Dec 1801, Westfield, Essex County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     6. Phebe Baker,   b. 30 Aug 1803, Westfield, Essex County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2019 
    Family ID F0303  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart


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