Hi John, Can you, or anyone, be more specific about where John "Rockhouse" is buried in that cementary? I have been there, lot's of markers, but most of them unreadable. Has it been passed down by anyone, exactly which grave is his? I have a Baker in my family tree. Samuel Baker, married Martha Reavis/Reevis, 1911. Martha appears as a widow in the 1930 Leslie Census. Martha was born about 1887. One of their son's, married my dad's cousin. Anyone know anything about this Samuel, or his wife Martha? Thanks, Pauline ----- Original Message ----- From: <RLTJPS@aol.com> To: <KYCLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 12:19 AM Subject: [KYCLAY] BAKER - McINTOSH - LEWIS > This is a summary of the LEWIS family belief of Ancestry. Not all data has > been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. Eleven Authors of Genealogy from 1940 to > 1990 have reported the following lineage of The Progenator of JOHN BAKER, Jr. > lineage in the 1810 era of CLAY County, PERRY County, and subsequently in > 1878 became land of LESLIE County, KY. > > Do NOT confuse with descents of Capt. John Rentie Baker who died Owsley Co., > KY a famous Long Hunter Baker of PA birth whose ancestor came from England > prior to the Boston, MA, Rope Maker Baker’s. > > This compiled data, since 1990, is beyond present resource material posted in > CLAY archives: > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SNIP<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > SIMON Baker b. abt 1500 England (See other descents of KING's of England) > Child: John Baker I , born before 1535 England > > His Child: Christopher Baker born Before 1558 Cente, England > > His Child: GEORGE Baker born Before 1580, Kent, England > Emigrated to Colonies and Died in Boston, MA (date unk) > md. Anne Swain, born Ca 1578/1580, Kent, England > > Child of GEORGE & ANNE: > > ALEXANDER Baker, Sr. b. Abt 1607 London, England, md. 1631 Gloucester, MA, > to Elizabeth Flourney b. 1611, London, England. Alexander died 1685 Boston, > MA, Elizabeth died in 1690, Boston, MA This family was in the BOSTON,MA Hemp > ROPE MAKING business. > > One child related of Alexander is: SAMUEL BAKER: > > SAMUEL BAKER, born 1636, Boston, MA; md. #1 wife, 29 Dec. 1656, Marshfield, > MA to ELEANOR WINSLOW > > Their child related: is WILLIAM Baker, b. 1675 Marshfield, MA md. In 1710 , > MARY Crabtree b. 13 Nov. 1691 East Hadden, CT. WILLIAM died 10 Jan. 1777, > Culpepper Co., VA > > > Their Child Related: is: THOMAS Baker, b. 8 Jan 1711, Lancaster, PA, md. > 1734 Hanover, VA to DOROTHY Davenport, b. 2 Nov. 1716 King William Co., VA. > THOMAS died on 10 Jan 1777 age 66, Dorothy died 1790 age 74, Morgantown, Burke > Co., NC > > > Their child related: is JOHN BAKER, Sr. (Am Rev. War CAPT. in NC) b. 4 May > 1759 in Bakersville, NC. John Sr. md first wife (unknown data), and > (unproven) is that JOHN remarried md. on 24 June 1777, Burke Co., NC, to his 2nd wife, > NANCY ANN NORFLEET (Disputed name Data by others) > JOHN Sr. child has been proven as: > > JOHN BAKER, Jr. (CAPT.) (Am. Rev. War in NC & TN) b. 1774 Burke Co., NC md. > His first wife: on 4 May 1789, in LEE Co., VA, SARAH ALPHA b. 1778 (I/2 > Indian). Sarah bore two male children to John but died giving birth to #2 son > WILSON Baker. John Jr. remarried rather quickly to wife #2 CHLOE McINTOSH b. > 1777 NC, d/o John R. McIntosh b. Bef 1740 in Highlands of Scotland who came to > America as General in the English Army. > > > CHLOE McINTOSH, then bore TWINS in 1794 in Ashe Co., NC. The first born > was MARY, then second birth NANCY Baker arrived. > > NANCY BAKER born 1794 in ASHE County,NC and, had a"TWIN" sister "Mary > Polly". > >>>>> Mary Polly Baker 1794NC married ROE CAMPBELL in NC > > NANCY 1794 met RODERICK McIntosh 1775 who had traveled down to Tennessee, > she then married 1810, in Hancock Co, TN (formerly Green Co.,TN) just above > Jefferson City, TN to husband > "Roderick McIntosh b.(1775 Scotland)" son of English General John R. > McIntosh of the British Army. NANCY bore all her children in Kentucky, on Clay Co. > land that Roderick had claimed in 1798, of then Floyd County, KY. That land is > now called "McIntosh Creek" and since 1820 when it was declared in Perry > County and in YEAR 1878 the land became > "LESLIE Co." with HYDEN as the County seat of government only 15 miles away > by trail. > > > Nancy Baker died of heart failure in Dec.1855 & "Roderick" buried her near > her Grandfather "John Baker Sr. 1759VA-1806TN" at Jefferson City, TN. > Nancy died at age 61, with many descents in Kentucky. Roderick remarried > twice more. > > The home of NANCY BAKER and RODERICK McINTOSH claimed over 15,000 acres > before he died in 1879, "Roderick was 104". Their original home site is today > (2001), listed on the National Registry of Preserved Homes, owned by the former > 1990s Mayor of Hazard, Kentucky, who allows visitors 7 days a week. Tourists > Groups are welcome. It is a beautiful home site, that is awesome to see in the > mountains of Kentucky. Original buildings remain. All built and carved by hand > from the natural resources on the land. > > > A person can appreciate NANCY BAKER's hard pioneer lifestyle with her > children. It is a trip back to the early 1800 era when "wilderness" was a way of > life. > > > In the 1896 year a Great Granddaughter "MARY LEWIS" at her age 25 > established with a preacher, the first "Presbyterian Church" in Hyden, the County seat, > in memory and respect of RODERICK and she MARY died the > same year, after she had reburied RODERICK McINTOSH alongside the new Church > with a prominent marker. The Marker was replaced in the 1960's. Other LEWIS & > MORGAN & John "Rockhouse" SIZEMORE descents are buried next to Pioneer > "RODERICK" where he rests in Peace today, in HYDEN, KY the County seat town of > beautiful LESLIE County, formerly CLAY County. > > NANCY BAKER McINTOSH bore 10 children all whom lived. > > > JOHN A McIntosh b. 1810 > > NANCY McIntosh b. 1811 - d. 1865 (Malaria) at Old location of Authon, TX > (Mrs. James L. LEWIS 1812KY-1869TX) > > VIRGINIA (JENNIE) McIntosh b. 1815-d. 1857KY (Mrs. John Hyden) State > Senator & Judge of Clay County, KY > > ELIZABETH (Betsy) McIntosh b. 1817 > > WILLIAM McIntosh b. 1821 > > SUSAN McIntosh b. 1827 > > MARGARET McIntosh b. 1828 > > JAMES McIntosh b. 1830 > > POLLY (Mary) McIntosh b. 1832 > > CLOAH McIntosh b. 1834 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > OTHER GENEALOGY CLAIMS MADE OF JOHN BAKER & NANCY ANN NORFLEET > > Generation No. 5 of BAKER in COLONIAL VIRGINIA > (UNPROVED) > > John Baker, Sr. (John4, Henry (Captain Henry)3, Henry2, Lawrence1) was born > Abt. 1753 in Bertie County VA, and died 22 December, 1829 in Montgomery > County TN. He married Elizabeth Ann (Nancy) Norfleet Abt. 1785 in Gates County NC, > daughter of John Norfleet and Elizabeth Riddick. > > > Notes for Elizabeth Ann (Nancy) Norfleet: > John Norfleet's daughter Elizabeth Ann (Nancy) Norfleet was his youngest > child born on 28 March 1751, appears to have been known by her middle name, Ann or > Nancy, as her mother was "Elizabeth Riddick Norfleet". > > In about 1785, Elizabeth Ann (Nancy) Norfleet married planter, John Baker,Sr. > of Hertford and Gates Co., N C. John Baker Sr. was a grandson of Capt. Henry > Baker who d. 1739, and, a half-first cousin of William Baker of Buckland > Plantation, who married Judith Norfleet, daughter of Marmaduke Norfleet > (1700-1774). Baker first cousins, John and William Baker, married Norfleet second > cousins, Ann (Nancy) and Judith Norfleet. > > John and Nancy Baker moved to Robertson County, Tennessee in 1796. One of > their sons, William, fought in the War of 1812, dying in 1815 at the Battle of > New Orleans. In 1802, their daughter Lucinda married Willie Blount, who became > Governor of State of TN. > > A daughter of Willie and Lucinda Blount, also named Lucinda, married a son of > Isaac and wife Martha (nee Norfleet) Dortch, Mr. John Baker Dortch. > > Martha Norfleet Dortch was a daughter of James Norfleet (1735-1780) of > Nansemond County, Virginia; thus she a niece of Elizabeth Ann (Nancy) Norfleet Baker. > > Children of John Baker,Sr. and Elizabeth Ann (Nancy) Norfleet are: > i. John Baker, Jr. > ii. Ann Baker. > iii. Lucinda Baker, born Abt. 1786 in Gates County NC; died about September > 1806 in present day Montgomery Co., TN. > iv. William Baker, died 21 January, 1815 in Battle of New Orleans. > v. James Baker. > vi. Robert Baker. > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT Rev. War CAPT. JOHN BAKER Pioneers in Southeastern > KY. > > One Capt. John Baker descends from the Boston, MA, Rope Maker family. > ( CLAY - PERRY - LESLIE County,KY ) Capt. John Baker, Jr. > > Another line CAPT. & LONG HUNTER , JOHN Rentie BAKER - Pioneer of KY. > > Their children descents populated Southeastern Kentucky in the 1800s and > continues to dominate all BAKER lineages in the modern era. > > Researchers will need to dig deep to prove the mothers of both men and DNA > testing of BAKER lines are now building a huge database in 2003. > > I would appreciate hearing from any interested parties and offer any > assistance. BAKER's have been among many of the FEUDS in KY and of course the "Capt. > John Baker, Jr." I descend from was murdered by two of his own slaves, as > reported in the John J. Dickey writings of 1892-1898. > His burial site marker can still be read on the original burial stones. > > A BAKER descent, > JOHN in CA > > >