Thomas Baker (1540 - 1625)

Born 1540 in Ashford, Kent, England

Ancestors

Husband of Grysselles (Barnes) Baker — married 28 Oct 1572 in Ingatestone, Essex, England

Husband of Constance (Kingsmill) Baker — married 24 Dec 1601 in Church Oakley, Hampshire, England

Descendants

Died 10 Apr 1625 at about age 85 in Ashford, Kent, England

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Biography

Thomas Baker was born in England.

"Thomas Baker (1540-1626), a younger son of Richard Baker of Sissinghurst, Kent"^[1] and his father's first wife, Catherine Tyrrell, daughter of John Tyrrell of Heron, Essex.^[2]

He married first Griselda Barnes c. 1602 and second Constance Kingsmill.^[2]

Sir Thomas Baker of Whittingham Hall, Suffolk, and Leyton, Essex, was the 2nd son of Sir Richard Baker of Sissinghurst, Kent, by his 1st wife, Catherine Tyrell (dau. of John Tyrell of Heron, Essex). He m. (1) Griselda Barnes and (2) Constance Kingsmill 2 or 3 s, 1 da. He d. 10 Apr. 1625, and his will was contested and upheld by sentence 16 Feb 1626 in favor of his elder son Thomas against younger brother Richard and sister Elizabeth.^[3]

Children

1. Thomas, (b. c.1606-1657) heir of his father 1626. he m. Alice Leman, eldest da. of Robert Leman of Brightwell, Suffolk who m. (2) in 1659 Charles Goring, 2nd Earl of Norwich and retained his leasehold property and Forest House, while his freehold property was inherited by Elizabeth's son Sir John Hanmer, 3rd Bt.^[4][5]
2. Richard (b. c.1609-bef 1657)^[6]
3. Elizabeth Baker, sister and heir to her brother Thomas m. Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Bt, 1s. Sir John Hanmer, 3rd Bt.^[7][8]

Research Notes

His wife Dame Constance made a will in 1625 which names all 3 children (see her profile).

There is an unsourced gedcom which has him as the son of John Baker (b. 1504, Sissinghurst, Kent, England, d. Dec 1558, Norwich, Norfolk, England) and Elizabeth Dineley (b. 1515, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England, d. 1550, Cranbrook, Kent, England), married 1539 in Kent.^[9] This doesn't match information in the History of Parliament.

Sources

1. ↑ Kathy Lynn Emerson, "GRISELDA BARNES (d.1570+)," A Who's Who of Tudor Women, (2008-2014), Retrieved 26 July 2015 from http://www.kateemersonhistoricals.com/TudorWomenB-Bl.htm
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "BAKER, Thomas (d.1625), of Whittingham Hall, Suff. and Leyton, Essex." Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982. Retrieved 28 July 2015 from http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/baker-thomas-1625
3. ↑ BAKER, Thomas (d.1625), of Whittingham Hall, Suff. and Leyton, Essex.
4. ↑ A Leyton: Manors and estates: History of the County of Essex: Volume 6. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1973.
5. ↑ wikipedia:Charles Goring, 2nd Earl of Norwich
6. ↑ According to the Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Thomas matriculated Wadham College at Oxford University on 10 Oct 1623, aged 17. His brother Richard matriculated there a year later at age 15 on 29 Oct 1624. This puts Thomas almost of age when the will was upheld in 1626. Neither one graduated.[1]
7. ↑ Complete Baronetage: English baronetcies, 1611-1625 and Irish, 1618-1625 p. 152
8. ↑ Elizabeth Baker, thepeerage.com
9. ↑ http://www.jeremygb.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=P1171&tree=tree1

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 25 August 2022, 21:16), entry for Thomas Baker (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:GFF1-JJM ); contributed by various users.
• Burke, Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies, 32; Al. Ox. 1500-1714, i. 59; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 63-4; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 21; Wards 7/73/105; PCC 44 Clarke, 28 Hele, 46 Dixy, 29 Drake; C142/244/110, 246/114; APC, 1618-19, pp. 134, 139, 140.
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/9792317/person/-718372805/facts