This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JCC.2ACEB/1773.1839.1 Message Board Post: Mike, I am a descendant of an Abraham (Abram) Baker, b. 1790 North Carolina. I can't find much information on him. By 1860 he was in Taney Co., Missouri, You might be of some help to me if you could tell me the parents of your William Baker b. 1807 in Ashe Co., North Carolina. Do you know anything about his parents or siblings? By the way, there were also Shipmans in Taney and Christian Co., MO. One of Abrahams grandsons married a Samantha Shipman in Taney or Christian Co., Missouri. Thanks so much. Any clues at all will be much appreciated. Toby Jean Baker Manker