Karen, Sorry, according to www.the weald.org the Henry in Rotherfield seems not be yours as wife listed is different and children don't match. But another Baker in Mayfield I have listed on a document is this: AMS 5442 (ESRO) 1657 27th April Conveyance (Feoffment) Consideration £67 John Sawyer of Mayfield, yeo to John Baker of Mayfield, esq. “Land called Bridgewaters croft (la.) with a barn, in Mayfield abutting E on the lands of Thomas May, SE on the highway from Mayfield Town to Colkinsmill bridge, W. on a lane leading to Mayfield Park and NE on the vicarage lands.“ Could John be Henry's father or uncle? another site http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~madgenealogist/ImmigrantAncestors.html This tells much more about Henry but only his birthplace as England. http://www.gurganus.org/ourfamily/browse.cfm/Major-Henry-Baker/p32853/recent Some very interesting information on Henry'd wife inheriting from a friend http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/court/history2.txt Another gives extensive information about Henry http://digitalarchive.wm.edu/bitstream/10288/2070/6/thesis_final_copy_for_archives.pdf Sorry not more on the English roots. Gloria I > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:51:09 +1000 > From: "Karen Baker" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SXP] Baker of Mayfield > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Thank you to all who replied to me. > > Here is some additional information about my Baker ancestors: > > My 3rd great grandfather wrote this account of the Bakers in 1847 > <http://pcn2051.tripod.com/narrativ.htm> > http://pcn2051.tripod.com/narrativ.htm Various accounts of the Bakers in > North Carolina and Virginia rely extensively on this document. > > I have photos of the watch and seal which Dr Baker describes. When I googled > Bakers of Mayfield this is what I got (pictures from St Dunstan's) > <http://news.webshots.com/album/578675181VUQmtY> > http://news.webshots.com/album/578675181VUQmtY which makes me hope I have > connected the Bakers on both sides of the Atlantic. > > I showed the picture of the seal to a British genealogy specialist (at a > conference last year in Utah) and asked him if there was any way to tell > which son in the family had this seal. I understand that the eldest son > inherits the coat of arms, and subsequent sons mark theirs in some way to > indicate they are the 2nd, 3rd, etc. son. The specialist said the coat of > arms had not been marked and he described what to look for (a line across > the top of the castle). > > About Henry Baker himself I don't know a lot. He is referred to as "Henry > the immigrant". Henry was born in England around 1645 and died in 1712 in > Virginia. He married Mary Blake, said to be part of Admiral Blake's family. > Henry and Mary had 4 sons: Henry, James, William and Lawrence. > > Karen > > > _____ > > From: Karen Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, 13 February 2011 6:08 AM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: Baker of Mayfield > > > Hello, > > My ancestor, Henry Baker, went to Virginia in the 1600s. His coat of arms is > the same as on the Baker memorial stones in St Dunstan's, Mayfield, a castle > between 3 keys. I am hoping to connect the Baker family in England with my > Baker family in Virginia. Does anyone have this Baker family in their tree? > > Karen > >