Samuel Odken Baker (abt. 1769 - 1841)

Born about 1769 in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 7 Apr 1841 at about age 72 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

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Biography

Samuel Baker was a convict on the Third Fleet.

Samuel (Convict) Odken Baker is thought to have been born about 1769, in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, the son of Philip Baker and Mary Franklin.

Samuel was convicted in Bedford Assises on 3 July 1788 for stealing stockings and handkerchiefs to the value of 6 Pounds 15 Shillings and 3 Pounds 13 Shillings & 6 Pence in cash. He was sentenced to be hanged but his sentence was commuted to 7 years of Transportation. He left for New South Wales on the Convict Ship Matilda in January 1791 and arrived on 8 August, he was then sent on the ship Mary Ann to Norfolk Island.^[1] .^[2] .^[3]

On 31 January 1813, he received a pardoned.^[4]

Samuel Baker is listed on 15 February 1813 as owning a small dwelling, in Norfolk Island.^[5]

He married Mary Ann Brennan in 1825, in Tasmania, Australia. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters.

Their children were:

1. Mary Brennan (Baker) East (1816 - 1884)
2. Elizabeth (Baker) Brown (1817 - 1854)
3. Sarah Ann Brennan (Baker) Cole (1823 - 1899).

Samuel died on 7 April 1841 in the district of Launceston, Tasmania, aged 77.^[6] and was buried in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.[1]

Research Notes

There is no indication that despite being convicted at Bedford he was from Bedford. It seems more likely that he was from Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire.^[7]

From his death record, he was aged 77, which would mean that he was born about 1764.

Sources

1. ↑ Convict Transportation: "Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Third Fleet, 1791"
   Class: HO 11; Piece: 1
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1179 #80867 (accessed 6 March 2022)
   Name: Samuel Odkenbaker; Vessel: Atlantic, William and Ann, Britannia, Matilda, Salamander, Albemarle, Mary Ann, Barrington, Active; Fleet: Third; Convicted Date: 11 Mar 1789; Voyage Date: Jan 1791; Colony: New South Wales; Place of Conviction: Bedford, Bedfordshire, England.
2. ↑ Convict Muster 1811: "New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849"
   Class: HO 10; Piece: 42
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1185 #462044 (accessed 6 March 2022)
   Name: Samuel Baker; Vessel: Matilda; Fleet: Third; Province: Tasmania; Title: List of convicts (incomplete); Year(s): 1811; Place of Conviction: Bedford.
3. ↑ Convict Transportation: "Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899"
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60920 #143125 (accessed 6 March 2022)
   Alphabetical convict conduct registers - Northern Tasmania A to G, 1822-1844 Name: Samuel Baker [Samuel Odkin Baker]; Place: Tasmania, Australia; Record Type: Register; Ship: Minister V Marilda; Reference Number: CON78-1-1.
4. ↑ State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia; Card Index to Letters Received, Colonial Secretary; Reel Number: 601; Roll Number: 1250, Year: 1810-1814 (Reel 601) Samuel Odkin Baker pardon #222 Ancestry Sharing Link
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Special Bundles, 1794-1825 Correspondance "List of Properties at Norfolk Isalnd 26 January 1813 page 15; Ancestry Sharing Link
6. ↑ Libraries Tasmania Online collection, Death entry for Samuel Baker (aged 77, Chair[?] Maker, died of inflammation of the Lungs) died 7 April 1841 in the district of Launceston entry 515 page 36 citing resource, page RGD35/1/16 no Image 71 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-16$init=RGD35-1-16P71 : accessed 6 March 2022)
7. ↑ Cole, Rhonda, 1999, "Bedford Convicts 1789 - Lent Assizes" Tasmanian Ancestry, Journal of Genealogical Society of Tasmania Inc. Vol. 20 Number 2. (June), pp. 99-103. http://www.tasfhs.org/downloads/Volume20Number2_1999.pdf

See also:

• "Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, 1803-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27M-BPLQ : 3 October 2018)

• Convict Records https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/baker/samuel/135614

Name Elizabeth Baker Sex Female Baptism Date 1825 Baptism Place Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Baptism Place (Original) LAUNCESTON, Tasmania, Australia Birth Date 10 Aug 1817 Father's Name Samuel Baker Father's Sex Male Mother's Name Brenan Mary Baker Mother's Sex Female Event Type Baptism Line Number 1939 Registration Number 1928[2]

Name Mary Baker Sex Female Baptism Date 1825 Baptism Place Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Baptism Place (Original) LAUNCESTON, Tasmania, Australia Birth Date 10 Sep 1816 Father's Name Samuel Baker Father's Sex Male Mother's Name Brenan Mary Baker Mother's Sex Female Event Type Baptism Line Number 1938 Registration Number 1927[3]

Name Sarah Baker Sex Female Christening Date 22 Aug 1825 Christening Place Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia Christening Place (Original) Tasmania, Australia Father's Name Samuel Baker Father's Sex Male Mother's Name Mary Brenan Mother's Sex Female Event Type Christening[4]

Name Samuel Baker Sex Male Age 77 Death Date 7 Apr 1841 Death Place Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Birth Year (Estimated) 1764 Event Type Death Registration Number 515[5]

• "Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, 1803-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27M-BPLQ : 3 October 2018), Samuel Baker, 7 Apr 1841; citing Death 7 Apr 1841, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, line #46580, Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart; FHL microfilm 7,368,138.

• "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTX7-R9S : 28 January 2020), Samuel Baker in entry for Sarah Baker, 1825.

• "Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, 1803-1933", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27M-7ZY5 : 14 May 2021), Samuel Baker in entry for Mary Baker, 1825.

• "Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, 1803-1933", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27M-7844 : 14 May 2021), Samuel Baker in entry for Elizabeth Baker, 1825.

• https://www.geni.com/people/Samuel-Baker/6000000001751932952

• https://www.ancestry.com.au/genealogy/records/samuel-odken-baker-24-21bqv4z

• https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/baker/samuel/135614

Acknowledgements

This person was created on 16 March 2011 through the import of Tonkes_Morris_Ryles_Ellis.ged.