Henricus Backer (bef. 1660 - 1734)

Born before 26 Sep 1660 in New Amsterdam, New Netherland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 4 Feb 1734 after age 73 in Elizabethtown, Essex, Province of New Jersey

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Biography

Henricus Backer was baptized September 26, 1660 in the Reformed Dutch Church of New York City, child of Jacobus Backer and Margrietie Stuijvest. Witnesses: Govert Loockermans, Margareta Riemers ^[1]

Henry married Susannah Winans. She was born February 9, 1667, in New Haven, Connecticut. Susanna was baptized in the Reformed Dutch Church of New York City, a daughter of Jan “John” Winans and Susanna Melyn. Henry and Susannah were married prior to the date that her father wrote his Will, which was in 1687/88.

On April 19, 1695, Henry Backer transferred land in New York City, New York, to his half brother, Daniel De Hart, son of their mother, Margariet Stuyvesant and her second husband, Balthazar De Hart. ^[2]

Children of Henry and Susannah are:

1. Henry Baker born 1700, in Elizabethtown, died 17 March 1760 in his 60th year, married Mary Hatfield, who died April 13, 1755 in her 50th year. His will dated January 29, 1760 was proved April 7, 1760. Both are buried in Rahway, N. J. (see Research Notes)
2. Jacob Baker died before April 9, 1730 as he is mentioned as deceased in his father's will. The will mentions Jacob's son Lawrence Baker and daughter Susanna Baker. He and family were residents of Staten Island.

Henry Backer (aka Baker) died February 4, 1734, in Elizabethtown, Essex, Province of New Jersey, and is buried in the churchyard of the First Presbyterian Church. ^[3] The inscription on his headstone reads: “Her lies y Body of Mr Henry Baker who Died Feb y 4: 1734, Aged 76 years. ^[4] From the inscription, we can deduce that his date of birth was circa 1657, even though he was baptized in 1660. This was a common occurrence in that day.

Will

Abstract of the will of Henry Backer, Sr.

1730, April 9. Baker, Henry, Sen'r. of Elizabeth Town, Essex Co., tanner.

Children: Henry, Nicolaus. Deborah, Joanna. Susannah, Margaret, Elizabeth, Sarah, Lydia and Hannah. 50 acres joining lands of George Jewel, Benjamin Lyon and Benjamin Bond ; also 6 acres joining meadow of Richard Baker, deceased. Tools for carrying on trade of shoemaker or cordwainer. Grandchildren: Lawrence and Susanna Baker, children of son Jacob deceased. Executors: (his 2nd wife) wife Lydia and son Henry. Witnesses: Jonathan Dickinson, Ephraim Price, Peter Hagawout. Proved April 7, 1735. Lib. C, p. 117.

Church Records

Baptism

• 1660. den 26 Sept. Jacobus Backer, Margrietie Stuÿves't. Henricus. Witnesses: Govert Loockermans, Margareta Riemers.

Research Notes

Son of Henry and Susanna Winans:

From, "The Baker Family and the Edgar Family of Rahway, NJ and New York City, by John Milnes Baker, 1972, Trumbul Publishing, Middletown, NY, pages 19 & 27.:

"Henry Baker (Jr.) was born in Elizabethtown in 1700 and was the son of Henry Baker Senior's first wife Susanna (Winans). He was a cordwainer, and w as so styled in his will, having inherited along with his brother Nicholas, His father's leatherworks-tanyards, tanpits and "tools for carrying on the trade of cordwainer. He lived first in Elizabethtown in the house he inherited from his father in 1734 and later moved to Rahway, Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County and became a member of the First Presbyterian Church there.

Sources

1. ↑ Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Volume 2, 1901, page 58
2. ↑ "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4VCQ-XL2M : 18 May 2020), Henry Backer, 1695
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9595634/henry-baker
4. ↑ https://ia802300.us.archive.org/7/items/inscriptionsonto03whee/inscriptionsonto03whee.pdf

• http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/church/rdcbapt4.shtml
• https://ia902700.us.archive.org/1/items/calendarofnewjer01newj/calendarofnewjer01newj.pdf
• Melyn Antwerp Title: New York Genealogical and Biographical Record: The Antwerp Ancestry of Cornelis Melyn, Volume: 67 Author: Paul Gibson Burton Publication: July 1936 Paranthetical: Y

Acknowledgements

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