This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Baker, Osborn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JCC.2ACEB/2033.2582.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello, I am not sure if there is a connection or not. The only information I have is that my great-great grandfather, John Baker (born 20 Mar 1825, Tompkins Co., New York, died bef 1910 in Michigan) came to Michigan in 1855, and he did have a daughter named Jessie (but not your Jessie as she was born and raised in Michigan), so Jessie might be a family name. I have John's parents listed as a Christopher Baker and a Nancy Mary Osborn (last name might be spelled differently for her). I show Nancy (43) (the mother), Freeman (22) and Benjamin (19) (John's brothers), and an Ann Belle Baker (8) living in Catharine, Chemung, New York in the 1850 census. I don't have any information on Benjamin or Ann Belle, but I do know that Nancy and Freeman came to Michigan some time later, at different times. I hope this helps. If you find out any other information on your Jessie, can you please let me know also just in case there might be a connection there. Maybe she is related through Benjamin, John's brother.???!!! Amy