Reuben Baker (1756 - 1834)

Born 8 Feb 1756 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Charlotte (Howe) Baker — married 4 Jan 1781 (to about 1786) in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Elizabeth (Woodbury) Baker — married 18 May 1789 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 29 Sep 1834 at age 78 in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Private Reuben Baker served with 1st Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Reuben Baker is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 107297
Rank: Private

Reuben was born Feb. 8, 1756 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts. ^[1] (On page five of Reuben's Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, it states in an affidavit of his statement, "that he was born in Shrewsbury, Feb 8th, 1756 - That he has no record of his age except one made in his bible copied from a record made by his father")

Reuben was a Revolutionary War patriot. A few days after the Battle of Lexington, Reuben went to Cambridge, Massachusetts where he enlisted with a company of the Massachusetts militia for the Continental Army. He served in Captain Richard Gridley's Company of Artillery and he was injured in the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Reuben was a Private in Capt. Job Cushing's company, Col. Jonathan Ward's 1st Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment in 1775. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Reuben married Miriam Smith on 5 Sep 1778 in Shrewsbury. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Miriam died, and he married Charlotte Howe as his second wife. ^{[5] [6] [8]} Charlotte died after having three children with him: ^[5]

1. Eunice, b. June 27, 1781.
2. Luke, b. June 27, 1784.
3. Charlotte Howe Baker, b. Dec. 2, 1786.

Reuben married his third wife, Elizabeth (Betsey) Maynard née Woodbury, on 18 May 1789. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Reuben and "Betty" had these children born in Shrewsbury: ^[5]

1. Miriam, b. Feb. 3, 1791.
2. Jesse, b. Jan. 21, 1794.
3. Edeth, b. April 16, 1798

He passed away in 1834.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Leominster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
2. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
3. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
4. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} Vital Records of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Mass. Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
8. ↑ Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, Vol. 1, John of Sudbury and Marlborough, NEHGS; Boston;1929;), p63

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122313635/reuben-baker : accessed 18 January 2022), memorial page for Reuben Baker (8 Feb 1756–29 Sep 1834), Find A Grave: Memorial #122313635, citing Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Leon Christoforo (contributor 48290935) .

• The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America https://archive.org/stream/genealogicaland00genegoog#page/n11/mode/1up

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-K6SM : 17 March 2018), Reuben Baker, 28 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,020,566.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-K5QM : 17 March 2018), Reuben Baker, 16 Jun 1775; citing Military Service, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,020,566.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-27WG : 17 March 2018), Reuben Baker, 13 Nov 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,020,566.

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 1, p. 494

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQK-DLM : 10 November 2020), Reuben Baker, 5 Sep 1778; citing Marriage, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011135.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQK-6YZ : 10 November 2020), Ruben Baker, 1 Dec 1780; citing Marriage, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011135.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQK-L8D : 10 November 2020), Ruben Baker, 18 May 1789; citing Marriage, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011135.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH7D-Q5G : 10 November 2020), Reuben Baker, 16 Jun 1789; citing Marriage, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009632.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH7D-LX7 : 10 November 2020), Reuben Baker in entry for Betty Maynard, 16 Jun 1789; citing Marriage, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009632.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH7D-LXW : 10 November 2020), Betty Maynard, 16 Jun 1789; citing Marriage, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009632.

• Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files for Reuben Baker

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-Q33B : 1 March 2021), Reuben Baker, 01 Aug 1775; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711081.

• Vital Records of Leominster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1911); p. 11 "BAKER, Reuben, Feb. 8, 1755. At Shrewsbury. G.S."

• Vital Records of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1904); p. 121, p. 13