BBLSurfLaw@aol.com wrote: >>I am  looking for information on the family of Bezeleel Baker who married Catherine.  They may be the Zelah Baker and Catherine Kendall married in 1803 in  Cavendish. They lived in Chester and Cavendish and had about 10 children.<< Sharlene ~ Here a a couple of "clues" I found on the family. Nothing yet to prove Zelah and Catherine as Bezaleel's parents, but I hope it helps anyway. Dianne * * * * * * * From: "Our County and its People: A Memorial Record of St. Lawrence County, New York" Edited by Gates Curtis, Syracuse, NY, D.Mason & Co. publishers, 1894 Pages 178/179 Personal sketches Baker, Lucius B., M.D., Russell, is a native of Russell, born February 17, 1846, a son of the Rev. Lucius S. Baker, the oldest Baptist minister in St. Lawrence County, who was born in Chester, Vermont, August 8, 1810. He was the oldest son in a family of 10 children, of Bezaleel Baker,born in New Hampshire, whose father was a native of Nova Scotia. Rev. L.S. Baker came to this county in 1842, where he has since lived. He was educated in Colgate University, formerly Madison, and commenced the ministry in 1837, which he has continued until within about five years, since which time he has ceased from active work. January 27, 1837, he married Hannah G. Walker, a native of Vermont, born April 21, 1814, died August 8, 1887, and they had three children: Celestine N., born March 28, 1838, died October 6, 1890; Lucius B., as above; and Roger J., born November 17, 1854, died February 6, 1882. Lucius B. was educated in St.Lawrence Academy, Potsdam, N.Y. and the medical department of the University of Vermont, from which he graduated in 1868. He began practice in Clifton, N.Y., and in September 1869, was appointed house physician in the Rochester City Hospital, where he remained three years, then was elected city physician practicing six years, and then came to Russell, where he has since lived, giving his time entirely to his chosen profession. He married in Rochester in 1874, Sarah C. Markley, a native of Winchester, Va., by whom he had one child, Kittie H., born June 28, 1875, died September 3, 1893. Dr. Baker is a charter member of the Rochester Free Dispensary and the Rochester Pathological Society; he is also a member of the St. Lawrence County Medical Society, and for several years, health officer of the towns of Russell, Clifton and Clare. He is liberal in religious belief and a Republican in politics. * * * * * * The 1850 census for Russell, Saint Lawrence County, NY shows "Bereleel" Baker, age 68, b. VT and Catherine Baker, age 63, b. VT. Year: 1850; Census Place: Russell, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: M432_590; Page: 405 * * * * * * The Kendall Family in America shows: Page 18. Vermont marriages include the following at Rockingham: Catherine Kendall and Zelah Baker, 15 December, 1805 * * * * * * ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.