Brief Life History of Seth Sanford
Seth Sanford Baker was born on 30 August 1801, in Oriskany, Whitestown, Oneida, New York, United States as the son of Munson Barker and Phebe Wright. He married Sarah Durfee on 8 February 1821. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Nunda, Livingston, New York, United States for about 20 years. He died on 5 January 1893, at the age of 91.
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Sources (8)
- Seth S Barker, "United States Census, 1860"
- Seth S Barker, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- L S Barker, "United States Census, 1870"
Spouse and Children
1801–1893 Male
1802–1884 Female
Children (5)
1822–1922 Male
1826–1897 Male
1829–1831 Male
1829– Female
1834–1911 Male
Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
1803
Age 2
1808
Age 7
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 24
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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