 - 1672
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| Name |
Robert Baker |
| Birth |
Edgmond, Shropshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
25 Apr 1672 |
Edgmond, Shropshire, England |
| Notes |
- See "Erroneous Baker Genealogy" section of "Bakers of Edgmont" at http://www.springhillfarm.com/baker/index.html (Source 193) for a discussion of Robert Baker as the father of the immigrant Baker children rather than the often listed John Baker. "...it is pretty clear from Robert Baker's will, that Robert is the father of the emigrants."
«i»Who is the father of the Edgmond Emigrants?
«/i»Many researchers have claimed that the Baker emigrants were the children of a John Baker who died in 1672. He appears in the Quaker Records of Shropshire, and was buried in the Quaker Burial ground in Shrewsbury, but later secretly removed and reburied in Edmond. For this reason he is probably related to the Bakers of Edgmond, Shropshire. However, it is pretty clear from Robert Baker's will, that Robert is the father of the emigrants.
Robert Baker was probably the one baptised June 17, 1611 in Newport, son of Robert Baker. Some sources have given him born in 1606. The Newport Church Registries show a Robert Baker, son of Robert Baker, baptised Dec. 4, 1606 and buried Jan. 20 1606/7. So if the Newport Bakers are our Robert's family, he must be the one baptised 1611.
This research was done Oct. 12, 2000 by Edward Sinker at the Shropshire Record office. He says that Newport is only a few miles down the road from Edgmond, and that these are the only Bakers listed in the register for over a hundred years. For the complete transcript see Baker Sources.
The Hearth taxes of the Manor of Edgmond in 1671 show that John and his family lived in one house with one hearth; and that Joseph and his mother (and presumeably three younger sisters) lived in another house with one hearth. In 1672, after the death of Robert, Mary, his widow, signed a fostering agreement with a Walter Littleton for the tuition and education of Hanna, Sarah and Mary, who are minors. The other children who did not emigrate in 1684 presumeably were married and settled elsewhere than Edgmond. After 1684 there were no Bakers left in Edgmond.
However, for some reason, Gilbert Cope, the preeminent Chester county genealogist, claimed that John was the father of the emigrants, and many people have perpetuated this error. Cope was not often wrong, but this case is the exception.
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| Person ID |
I541 |
Ives-Leedom |
| Last Modified |
7 Nov 2022 |
| Family |
Mary (Baker) d. Aft 1678, Edgmond, Shropshire, England |
| Children |
| | 1. John Baker, b. Edgmond, Shropshire, England d. Aft 12 Jan 1684, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| | 2. Mary Baker, b. Edgmond, Shropshire, England d. Bef 1721, Chester Co, Pennsylvania |
| | 3. Sarah Baker, b. Edgmond, Shropshire, England d. Bef Jul 1698, Chester Co, Pennsylvania |
| | 4. Joseph Baker, b. Abt 1656, Edgmond, Shropshire, England d. Bef 24 Sep 1716, Edgmont, Chester, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 60 years) |
| | 5. Hannah Baker, b. 26 Jan 1664, Edgmond, Shropshire, England d. 1719, Willistown, Chester, Pennsylvania (Age 54 years) |
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| Family ID |
F236 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
15 Feb 2003 |
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