Hi Chris, I was starting to go through sources for Nathaniel Baker and Desire Gray, when your note arrived. You cited the facts so well, little more needs be said. Those who claim Desire Gray married Nathaniel Baker instead of Southworth need to come up with an acceptable source. For curiosity, I searched the Rootsweb World Connect files for Nathaniel Baker and Desire. Some 77 files are found. Of these, 18 cite a source. No one source that relates to the marriage is in any way acceptable or useable. Thanks for your succinct and well put summary and citations. Bob Bob & Dee Carroll. Westport, NY, on Lake Champlain Relations of Bob & Dee http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=rcarroll On Apr 29, 2006, at 12:45 PM, David & Chris Chirokas wrote: > I descend from Nathaniel BAKER, 27 January 1641/42, son of Francis and > Isabel, and have always been confused about his spouse/spouses as I've > read > conflicting information. > > I've seen his wife given by other researchers as Desire GRAY, dau of > Edward, > which I question. According to Mayflower Families Silver Book on > Chilton and > More, this Desire GRAY was b. Plymouth 6 Nov 1651, m. Nathaniel > SOUTHWORTH > 10 Jan 1671/2. She d. Plymouth 4 Dec 1690, ae 39, referred to in her > death > record as Desire, wife of Nathaniel SOUTHWORTH. She had children with > N. > SOUTHWORTH born 1674 to 1688/89. So in my opinion this particular > Desire > couldn't have been a wife of Nathaniel Baker. > > I have also seen his wife as Mary, possibly PIERCE. > > Torrey's New England Marriages: Nathaniel BAKER, b. 1642, d. 1691, > married > Mary (PIERCE?) who died in 1691, birth of first child 1670, lived in > Yarmouth. > >> From Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy, "The BAKER Family of > Yarmouth, Descendants of Francis," No. 73, CW Swift Publisher, > Yarmouthport, > MA, 1912: Nathaniel was born 27 March 1642. He married _____. He and > his > wife died Dec. 1691. Children: Samuel, Nathaniel, Silas. > > I haven't seen children Bethya and Sara attached to him. His estate > settlement mentions son Samuel by name and children are referred to as > his > "oldest son" and "other two sons." No daughters mentioned. > > In Anderson's The Great Migration Begins...Vol 3, the sketch of Abraham > PIERCE says daughter Mary was born about 1645 and married Nathaniel > BAKER > about 1670. Marriage based on evidence that their son Samuel in YVR was > cited as "4 years old the 29th of October 1674." > > So seems to me that Nathaniel BAKER, son of Francis, married Mary > PIERCE. > But where did the Desire GRAY come from and am I missing something?! > > Would love to hear anyone's thoughts on this, Chris Chirokas > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Kew [mailto:david.kew@verizon.net] > Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 11:43 AM > The recent posts about the multiple Nathaniel Bakers spurred me to > look at > my links again, and I have questions about the previous generation. > I have: Nathaniel Baker, s/o Francis Baker & Isabel Twining, b. 27 Mar > 1642 in Yarmouth, m. Desire Gray. Both died Dec 1691? Their children > were > Nathaniel, Samuel, Bethya and Sara. > What Nathaniel Baker married Mary Peirce, b. Duxbury ~1645, d/o Abraham > Peirce & Rebecca? >