Patience Skinner was born in Niagara Falls, Upper Canada in 1796. She was the youngest child of Timothy and Patience Skinner.
She married Henry Baker in 1816.
On 28 Jan 1817, Patience Baker appeared at the court house in Adolphus Town to petition for land as the daughter of Timothy Skinner, A U.E. LOYALIST. She was given 200 acres, Lot 7, Con 7, Tay Tp, Simcoe County which adjoined her husband's (Henry Frederick Baker) by ticket of location 15 Apr 1828, patented 17 Sep 1831.This lot was subsequently sold to Robert T. Cartwright 14 Sep 1836 for L35.
Patience also inherited from her father a half-interest in 200 acres of Lot 19, Con cession12, Blenheim Township, with her sister Louisa. She sold this on 20 Jan 1853 to William Hill, although later her sons lived on and sold parts of the lot as well.
At the age of 56, Patience died of inflammation of the bowels.
Sources
WILLIAM D. REID The Loyalists in Ontario The Sons and Daughters of The American Loyalists Of Upper Canada [1]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Patience by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Patience: