Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Baker was born on 21 November 1778, in Massachusetts, United States, her father, Abel Baker, was 25 and her mother, Sarah Smith, was 20. She married John Adams about 1801, in Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 daughters. She died on 2 August 1849, in Skaneateles, Skaneateles, Onondaga, New York, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Skaneateles, Skaneateles, Onondaga, New York, United States.
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Sources (2)
- Sally in entry for Emeline Mariah Adams, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Sally, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1778–1857 Male
1778–1849 Female
Children (7)
1802–1870 Female
1804–1838 Female
1806–1844 Female
1808–1837 Female
1812– Female
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Parents and Siblings
1753–1823 Male
1758–1835 Female
Siblings (3)
1776– Male
1778–1849 Female
1792–1872 Female
World Events (8)
1781 · The First Constitution
Age 3
1794
Age 16
1797 · Albany is Named Capital of New York
Age 19
Name Meaning
English: occupational name, from Middle English bakere, Old English bæcere, a derivative of bacan ‘to bake’. It may have been used for someone whose special task in the kitchen of a great house or castle was the baking of bread, but since most humbler households did their own baking in the Middle Ages, it may also have referred to the owner of a communal oven used by the whole village. The right to be in charge of this and exact money or loaves in return for its use was in many parts of the country a hereditary feudal privilege. Compare Miller . Less often the surname may have been acquired by someone noted for baking particularly fine bread or by a baker of pottery or bricks.
Americanized form (translation into English) of surnames meaning ‘baker’, for example Dutch Bakker , German Becker and Beck , French Boulanger and Bélanger (see Belanger ), Czech Pekař, Slovak Pekár, and Croatian Pekar .
History: Baker was established as an early immigrant surname in Puritan New England. Among others, two men called Remember Baker (father and son) lived at Woodbury, CT, in the early 17th century, and an Alexander Baker arrived in Boston, MA, in 1635.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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