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/CBB.2ACE/5892.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello, Connie. William Baker is the son of Joseph Baker and Mary Walker Baker. William was born around 1775 in NC. William and Elizabeth Dean Baker settled near William's parents and his brother Bryce in the Stinking Creek area of Knox Co. Elizabeth Dean's father John Dean received about 3000 acres in the Greasy Creek area for his service in the Revolutionary War. On a related note, the descendants of Joseph Baker are not of the same line of Bakers as the Rev Andrew Baker and Elizabeth Avent. This has been proven via genetic testing of the male descendants. You can find the results at www.bakerdna.net. There are a large number of Bakers related to the Rev Andrew Baker in this study. Happy family hunting, Michele