This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ebayna Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.jefferson/12831.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm not sure this helps but I have this information. The Baker Family GEORGE BAKER, an immigrant from Ireland, emigrated to America and settled first at Killingly, Conn., moving thence possibly to Pownal, Vermont, and about 1798 to Deerfield, Oneida Co., (now North Utica) N.Y. He was born 1731; died ca. 1811, probably at Deerfield. His wife's name is not known. Among his children were: 1. Nathan: ca. 1758; m. Abigail Westcott. 2. Hannah: (1771-1860); m. Gardner Westcott Jr. (1770-1853) and had 8 children: Elisha; Johnson m. Arah Nevins; Gardner 3d m. Mary Ann _____; Laura m. Daniel Spencer; Sophia m. Hiram Burton; Hannah, unmarried; Sally m. Joel Knight; Axey. 3. Susannah: (1781-after 1860); m. Palmer Westcott (1775-after 1850). Had 5 children; Aruna m. Polly Carley; Palmer m. Mary _____; Shubal m. Clarissa Fields; Huldah m. Garrett B. Read; Hannah m. T. Jackson. Palmer Westcott served in the War of 1812; was Captain 1815 of the 108th N.Y. Infantry. He lived in Field's Settlement, Hounsfield. *NATHAN BAKER [George]; born probably near Killingly, Conn., ca. 1758; m. Abigail Westcott, dau. of Gardner and Mary (Knight) Westcott of Cranston, R.I. who settled near Camps Mills (Hounsfield), Jefferson County, N.Y. in 1805, coming from Deerfield, Oneida County. Abigail was born at Cranston June 1764, and died in Hounsfield later than 1825. Nathan died May 4, 1819 in Hounsfield. Haddock's History of Jefferson County (1895) p. 586, says: "Nathan Baker was among the early comers (in Hounsfield) locating some time previous to 1807 near the South line of the town." His widow was listed (census of 1825) as head of a family (2 males, 1 female) and with 20 acres of land. Nathan Baker was a private in the Connecticut Continental Line, in the Revolutionary War, being pensioned, Act of 1819, as a resident of Jefferson County, N.Y. {16} Nathan Baker of Cheshire, Mass. (he lived there briefly before he came to Deerfield) was on the muster roll June 23, 1778 of "nine months men" muste! red for the State of Massachusetts, town of Marlborough in Cheshire County. {17} Children, order uncertain: 1. Mahala: m. (1) Nicholas Douglas; (2) _____ Parmenter. 2. Lucy: July 17, 1793; m. Samuel Holloway. He born Plattsburg, N.Y. 1786, and settled in Hounsfield. Served in War of 1812. Had children: Marinda, William, Chloe, Nathan, Fanny, Phoebe, Samuel, Lucy, Caroline, Lydia, Martha, Mary, Daniel, Stephen. 3. daughter; m. _____ Owens. 4. George: head of family in Hounsfield 1825. 5. Olive: Sept. 24, 1799; m. George Lee. 6. John: (1803-80); m. Rocksena Weed (1803-1891)-see below. 7. Freeborn: 1805; m. Julia Ann _____ 8. Vincent: 9. Nathan Jr.: (1816-67); m. Angeline Spalding-see below. JOHN BAKER {18} [Nathan; George]; born 1803 in Deerfield, N.Y; died at Stowells Corners, Hounsfield, Dec. 3, 1880; m. Rocksena Weed (Roccena on tombstone); she born at Sodus, Wayne Co., N.Y., Jan. 22, 1803 and died Nov. 1, 1891. Both buried in Sulphur Springs cemetery, Hounsfield. In 1827 John Baker bought of Elisha Camp 55 acres of land in Hounsfield. {19} His children (order of birth uncertain): 1. Jefferson: (1830-1899). 2. Orville W.: 1827; died Hounsfield 1880; m. Olive Read of Sackets Harbor who died in 1891. He was a teacher, farmer, justice of the peace 14 years, railroad commissioner of Hounsfield. 3. Edwin R.: 1829; died Nov. 2, 1854. 4. Chloe A.: 1832; m. Alfred T. Dorchester, as a second wife (his first was Susan Grow, b. 1821, d. 1852). He was a son of Alex. and Anna Dorchester-- being listed June 1, 1840 as a widow, pensioner for her husband's service in the Revolutionary War. Alfred T. and Susan had: Clarissa, Hooker and perhaps others. Alfred T. and Chloe had: Edwin; Delia (unmarried); and Sarah who m. Erskine J. Gilmore of Hounsfield, and had one child, Edna Marjorie. 5. Zilpha A.: 1835. 6. Sarah D.: 1837; m. _____ Maxson. 7. Lucy F.: 1839; m. _____ Reed. 8. Maria: 1841; probably unmarried. NATHAN BAKER Jr. [Nathan; George]; born ca. 1816; died Hounsfield 1867; m. 1841 Angeline Spalding; she born at Burrville, town of Rutland, Jefferson County, March 19, 1822; died at Watertown, N.Y. Oct. 19, 1907; daughter of Evander and Betsey (Van Hooser) Spalding. Evander was son of Uriah and Eliza (Adams) Spalding who came to Rutland in 1801 from Oneida Co. Evander settled in Hounsfield 1826; was a veteran of 1812. After Nathan's death, Evangeline [sic] moved from Hounsfield to Pillar Point and seven years later (1878) to Watertown. She was buried at Dexter. Her sister, Hanahetta, married Washington Lee. Children (order uncertain), all born in Hounsfield: 1. George F. 2. Herbert R.; m. Ida Baker. 3. Henry E.: 1863; died at Huling, China, Aug. 1940. He lived in Watertown with his mother until her death; then to China as construction engineer. He built paper-mills, hospitals, schools, churches, spending 31 years in the Orient. Unmarried. 4. William T.: died 1877; veteran of Civil War. 5. Nathan E.: m. Hattie Williams. He was a farmer on Pillar Point, veteran of the Civil War; died 1867 in Hounsfield. 6. Adelbert: died 1863. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.