Joshua Baker Sr. (1642 - 1717)

Born 30 Apr 1642 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Hannah (Tongue) Baker — married 13 Sep 1674 in New London, CT

Descendants

Died 27 Dec 1717 at age 75 in New London, New London, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Joshua was born in Boston on 30 Apr 1642. He was the fourth son of Alexander Baker^[1][2] and Unknown-387099

Joshua Baker was the ancestor of the Baker families in Montville. He removed from Boston and settled at New London, Connecticut about 1670. He received shares in the town plot and became a large landholder. About the year 1700 he received a deed from Owaneco, the Chief of the Mohegans, for a large tract of land in Mohegan, Connecticut, on which his sons afterwards settled. A portion of the same tract some of his descendants still occupy. This tract of land was located in the vicinity of the famous Cochegan Rock.

He married, 13 Sep. 1674, Hannah Tongue Mintern, relict of Tristram Mintern of New London^[3]. She was a daughter of George Tongue, b 20 July 1654. A sister of hers married Gov. John Fitz Winthrop.

He died and apparently was buried at New London, 27 Dec 1717, aged 75 years.^[4]{geni:place_name} New London, New London, Connecticut ^[5]

Joshua and Hannah Baker had, in New London:^[1][3]

• Elizabeth, b. 4 May 1676, m. Richard Atwell
• Joshua, b. 5 Jan 1677, m. Mariam Hurlburt
• Alexander, b. 16 Dec 1679, m. Mary Pemberton
• John, b. 24 Dec 1681, possibly m. Sarah Hurlburt and removed to Woodbury, CT^[6]
• Hannah, b. 18 Jan 1683-4, never married
• Sarah, b. 18 Jan 1683-4, m. Andrew Davis
• Benjamin, b. say 1686
• Mercy, b. say 1688, m. James Greenfield
• Patience, b. say 1690, m. ____ Rouse

Note

The following data appears sourced from Page 28 Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 for Hannah Tonge Volume V Baker Family <https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61175/colonialfamiliesv-003355_28?pid=450059204/>

Note: {geni:about_me} Joshua Baker Sr.. Born 30 Apr 1642 in Boston, Suffolk, MA. Baptism 5 Oct 1645 in Boston, Suffolk, MA. Died 27 Dec 1717 in Montville, New London, CT. Buried in Montville, New London, CT. Resided Boston, MA & New London, CT He married Hannah Tongue (417.), daughter of George Tongue & Margery __________, 13 Sep 1674 in New London, CT. Born 20 Jul 1654.

His wife Hannah Tongue Mintern, was the relict of Tristam Mintern of New London, CT. Her sister Elizabeth married John Fitz Winthrop, Governor of Connecticut Colony

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Baker, Henry A., "History of Montville, Connecticut: formerly the North Parish of New London"], pp.152-154
2. ↑ New London Vital Statistics from the Collated Copy from the Original Records, Vol. 1. Transcription, pages 10-19. http://www.ctgenweb.org/town/ctcnewlondon/nl1_text1.html
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Susan Gascoigne Taylor, transcriber, New London Vital Statistics from the Collated Copy from the Original Records, pp. 12, 14,. 19, 23, http://www.ctgenweb.org/town/ctcnewlondon/nl1_text1.html
4. ↑ New London Vital Statistics from the Collated Copy from the Original Records, Vol. 1. Transcription, pages 50-59. http://www.ctgenweb.org/town/ctcnewlondon/nl1_text5.html
5. ↑ Joshua Baker Find a Grave
6. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines. Two John Baker Families of Woodbury, Conn . The American Genealogist 47(1971):100-105, pg. 100.

• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Records

• New London, Connecticut Vital Records

• Baker, Henry A., "History of Montville, Connecticut: formerly the North Parish of New London"

• Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, "The Groton Avery Clan", 1912

• Colonial Families in the US Volume 5 Page 28

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122334201/joshua-baker

Acknowledgments

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