Karen, familysearch.org has a Henry Baker baptized 1645 in Rotherfield, father Thomas. Rotherfield is just a few miles from Rotherfield and various families went back and forth between the two villages. Gloria > 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:53:53 +0000 (GMT) > From: CHRIS MALE <[email protected]> > Subject: [SXP] MALE and MATTHEWS > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > My ggg grandfather, Samuel Male, married Mira/Miriam/Mirian/Miriah/Marian > Matthews (she was never referred to by the same name twice!)?in April 1825 in > Portsmouth. I know that Miriah came from Chidham (christened in 1808)?and I > strongly believe Samuel did as well. I was told that Miriah had a child prior to > 1825 but have no details and I believe she died before?the 1841 census, > presumably in Portsmouth as that is where Samuel (and the Males) remained. > > If anyone has any further information about either family?and can put me out of > my misery, possibly putting a small dent in my brickwall, it would be greatly > appreciated. > > Many thanks > > Chris Male > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the SUSSEX-PLUS list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the SUSSEX-PLUS mailing list, send an email to [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of SUSSEX-PLUS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 15 > ******************************************