Brief Life History of Henry
When Henry Baker was born about 1782, in Westfield, Union, New Jersey, United States, his father, William Baker, was 24 and his mother, Jemima Woodruff, was 19. He married Hannah Ross in 1805, in Westfield, Union, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 4 August 1848, in Westfield, Essex, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Westfield, Union, New Jersey, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Henry Baker, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
- Henry Baker, "Find A Grave Index"
- Henry Baker, "New Jersey, Church Records, 1675-1970"
Spouse and Children
1782–1848 Male
1786–1861 Female
Children (4)
1809–1891 Male
1814–1846 Female
1817–1845 Female
1821–1898 Male
Parents and Siblings
1759–1833 Male
1764–1818 Female
Siblings (7)
1782–1848 Male
1788–1831 Male
1791–1805 Female
1794–1818 Male
1797– Male
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World Events (8)
1783 · A Free America
Age 1
1794
Age 12
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 18
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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