Thanks Cousin John for the information!! I descend from 2 lines of Bakers! Gerri Hoskins ----- Original Message ----- From: <RLTJPS@aol.com> To: <KYCLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 11:19 PM 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 > >