Brief Life History of Daniel
When Daniel Baker was born on 24 January 1717, in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Humphrey Baker, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Lathum, was 27. He married Mary Day on 16 September 1744, in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died in his hometown.
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- Daniel Baker in entry for Sarah Baker, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Spouse and Children
1717– Male
1721– Female
Children (8)
1745– Male
1746– Female
1748– Female
1753– Male
1756– Male
+3 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1684–1770 Male
1689–1758 Female
Siblings (10)
1707– Female
1709– Male
1711– Male
1715– Male
1717– Male
+5 More Children
World Events (3)
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 84
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
Age 91
1815
Age 98
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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