Isabel (Twining) Baker (abt. 1621 - 1706)

Born about 1621 in England [uncertain]

Wife of Francis Baker — married 17 Jun 1641 in Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 16 May 1706 at about age 85 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Isabel (Twining) Baker immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Parentage; Immigration to New England

Isabel Twining was born in England a daughter of William Twining. Isabel immigrated with her parents to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where in 1641, they were residents of Yarmouth, situated about thirty miles southeast of Plymouth.

Marriage and Children

On June 17, 1641, Isabel married Francis Baker,^[1][2] born in England about 1611. He is not the same Francis sailed from England aboard the ship Planter in 1635.^[3] He went from Plymouth to Yarmouth, where he was permitted to dwell on June 1, 1641, a few days before Isabel and he were married. In 1659, Francis and Isabel were living in Eastham, on ten acres "lying upon Poche," near the land of Isabel's father. Francis made his Will in 1693 and his death occurred July 23, 1696.

Issue:

1. Nathaniel Baker Sr, 1642-1691, lived in Yarmouth, married in Boston
2. John Baker, married in 1670 to Alice Pierce, daughter of Abraham Pierce
3. Samuel Baker, born 1648, married Martha (?nee)
4. Daniel Baker Sr, born 1650, married in 1674, at Yarmouth, Eliza Chase, daughter of William Chase
5. William Baker, married in 1690, Mercy (?nee) He died in 1727 and his wife died in 1753
6. Thomas Baker, married in 1699, Bathsheba (?nee) resided in Yarmouth
7. Elizabeth (Baker) Chase, married in 1699, John Chase
8. Hannah (Baker) Pierce, married name Pease or Pierce

Death

Isabel died on 16 May 1706 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. ^[4]

Isabel was born in 1615. She passed away in 1706.

Sources

1. ↑ Swift, Charles Francis. History of old Yarmouth : comprising the present towns of Yarmouth and Dennis : from the settlement to the division in 1794, with the history of both towns to these times. Yarmouth Port Mass. The author, 1884. pg 63
2. ↑ Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. pg 33 subscription needed
3. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3; The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011. pgs 132-133 subscription needed
4. ↑ Find-a-Grave. [1]

See also:

• The Twining family, by Thomas Jefferson Twining, born 1851, published by the author, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1905, pages 7-11
• Leon Clark Hills, Cape Cod Series Vol. I: History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters and First Comers to Ye Olde Colonie, (Copyright 1936, Hills Publishing Company, Washington D.C.)
• Florence W. Baker, Francis Baker and some of his Descendants to the Seventh Generation, Book 1 (Periodical: Library of Cape Cod History & Genealogy, No. 106)
• The Twining family, by Thomas Jefferson Twining, born 1851, published by the author, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1905, pages 7-11
• Find A Grave: Memorial #60405576