Thomas Baker

1654 - 1735

• Born	26 Jul 1654	East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Sep 1735	East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York   [3]
  Died	8 Sep 1735	East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York   [4, 5, 6]
  Notes	He married twice. He married Ann Topping April 24, 1686 in East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York. He married Elizabeth Westover May 1, 1695 in Connecticut. Elizabeth was born May 3, 1670 in Killingworth, New Haven County, Connecticut. Elizabeth was the daughter of Jonas Westover and Hannah Griswold. Elizabeth died July 18, 1753 in East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York at 83 years of age. She was interred July 1753 at the South End Burial Ground, in East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York. There is considerable disagreement regarding the marriages of this Thomas Baker as presented on page 206 of Jeanette Edwards Rattray's, "East Hampton History", (Garden City, NY: Country Life Press, 1953). Records appear to substantiate his marriage, in Southampton, to Ann Topping on April 24, 1686. The argument (The American Genealogist, April 1933, p. 201-204) for Elizabeth Westover being the wife who survived him seems relatively convincing and the best of those presented. The makeup of his family, based upon church records, leads me to believe that it is very probable that Ann Topping died young and that Elizabeth was the mother of most of his children. Neither of the two other possible marriages mentioned in "East Hampton History" seems likely. Subsequent to the death of his father in 1700, this Thomas Baker would have no longer been referred to as "Thomas Baker, junior". His eldest son Thomas would have, by convention, become Thomas, Jr., and was the individual who married Elizabeth Osborn on 6 December 1711. The suggestion that he was the Baker who married Elizabeth (Edwards) Stratton, widow of Richard, is highly improbable. Elizabeth (Edwards) Stratton died, again a widow, approximately thirty years before this Thomas Baker and was a generation older than he. Whoever the Baker that she married was, it was likely that he was not living in East Hampton at the time of their marriage. Thomas Baker's will, dated 11 February 1721 and proved 4 December 1735, names his wife Elizabeth; daughter Mercy, under 18; and sons, Daniel, Micah, Samuel, Jeremiah, and John. He leaves his son Nathaniel the bulk of his estate and names him executor. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~colonialfamiliestonewjersey/baker/d0/i0000681.htm#i681
  Person ID	I1126719	7_families
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2006

  
  

  Father	Thomas Baker,   b. 29 Sep 1618, Ashford, Hothfield, Kent, England ,   d. 30 Apr 1700, East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York
  Mother	Alice Dayton,   b. 21 May 1620, Ashford, Hothfield, Kent, England ,   d. 4 Feb 1708, Amagansett, Suffolk, New York
  Married	20 Jun 1643	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
  Family ID	F409478	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Ann Topping,   b. 9 Jun 1666, Of, East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York ,   d. Bef 1 May 1695, East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York
  Married	24 Apr 1686	East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York   [6]
  Children	> 1. Thomas Baker,   b. 1690, East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York ,   d. 30 Dec 1755, Union, Essex, New Jersey   2. Daniel Baker,   b. 1693, East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York ,   d. 16 Mar 1739
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2006
  Family ID	F421932	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Westover,   b. 3 May 1670, Killingworth, New Haven, Connecticut ,   d. 18 Jul 1753, East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York
  Married	1 May 1695	, , Connecticut
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2006
  Family ID	F421933	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 26 Jul 1654 - East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York Married - 24 Apr 1686 - East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York Married - 1 May 1695 - , , Connecticut Buried - Sep 1735 - East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York Died - 8 Sep 1735 - East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S7672] New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, Vol 24, No 4, pg 185 (Reliability: 3). [S7736] A chronicle of everyday people, Catherine Marshall Gardiner, ([S.l.] : UMI; out-of-print books on demand, [199-?]. Book #929.273 G168gc), Book #929.273 G168gc., 9: (Reliability: 3). [S7672] New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, Vol 54, Oct 1900, pg 427 (Reliability: 3). [S7672] New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, Vol 34, No 4, pg 251 (Reliability: 3). [S7987] New York, Suffolk, Long Island, East Hampton - Town Record, (Sag Harbor, N.Y. : J.H. Hunt, 1887-1905), 974.725/E1 N2e.. [S7736] A chronicle of everyday people, Catherine Marshall Gardiner, ([S.l.] : UMI; out-of-print books on demand, [199-?]. Book #929.273 G168gc), Book #929.273 G168gc., 9 (Reliability: 3).