Looking for data for the following BAKERs : ABSOLOM (SPL/SIC) b c1740 MD JOHN ARMSTRONG, MAURICE, ENDEMION (MANY OTHER SPELLINGS), EDMUND. I am quite aware of the passes for Absalom Baker in 1803 and the one a few days later for Edmond Baker. I would love to be able to bring the 2 of them closer together. Absalom & Edmund followed each others footsteps to the point that I DO believe that they are father & son, but have no proof of course. Absalom ended up in Gallatin County Illinois in 1814 where he bought 320 acres in what later became Hardin County Illinois. Edmund Baker was appointed a road supervisor along this property also in 1814. Absalom later moved to Madison County Illinois where he bought 160 acres. He submitted for a pension c 1830 and died c1835 and is supposedly buried in the Hall Family cemetery in Madison/Sangamon County Illinois in what is now an unmarked grave. He had a son/grandson also named Absalom Baker who shows up in the census 1830 St Clair County Illinois census (name spelled ABASLUM) with him at age 40-50. Edmund Baker moved into Franklin County Illinois for the 1818 census and basically stays in the area from there on. Edmund was b 10/10/1776 Carolinas, m Saley Thorn 10/22/1800 in Richmond County North Carolina (Bondsman was a Slaughter) , they then re-appear as a family in Illinois in 1815 without Saley, but now with a new wife named Elizabeth Unknown. Edmund & Saley had 4 children : Edmon bc1807 TENN (M Sarah A Johnson d/o Johnson/Greer), Nelly bc1805 TENN (M Andrew Waddle), Elijah b c 1810 (M Elizabeth Bram/blet/t ) and Massey bc1810 (M John Thorn) With his 2nd wife Elizabeth Unknown, he had 10 more children. All of these were b in Illinois and ALL m families from TENN. (Dillon, Gulledge, Johnson,Donahue,Pearce, Moore) Elizabeth Unknown was bc 1793 TENN. It is believed that she may be related to one of those Tenn families, and probably m before they reached Illinois. Assumption being that Saley died in childbirth c 1810 - 1814 If anyone has anything I would be greatly delighted ! Please email me. Thanks !! Steve [email protected]