Ebenezer Baker (abt. 1783 - abt. 1870)

Born about 1783 in Connecticut, United States

Husband of Mary (Miller) Baker — married before 1810 in Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died about 1870 at about age 87 in Michigan, United States

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Biography

Ebenezer Baker was born about 1783 in Connecticut ^{[1] [2] [3]}. He married Mary "Polly" Miller in Pennsylvania before 1810. Their oldest surviving child, Betsey (Baker) Worden, was born about 1809. Ebenezer Baker appears in the 1820 census in Clifford, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. His household includes a male (26-44 = Ebenezer), a female 16-25, no doubt Mary Miller Baker, though she should be about 30 years old, and two girls (10-15), one of whom is probably Betsey. Mary Miller's brothers, Charles and William Miller, were listed on the same page of the 1820 Clifford census.

The daughter of Ebenezer and Mary, Betsey (Baker) Worden, appears in the 1850, 1860 and 1870 census. All census listings put her birth in Pennsylvania, as does her death registration in Davison, Genesee, Michigan. Two other known children of Ebenezer and Mary, Luana E and Charles Ebenezer Baker, were both born in New York, according to their listings in the census. Luana was born about 1829 which puts Ebenezer and Mary Baker somewhere in New York before 1830. I have not been able to locate Ebenezer in either the 1830 or 1840 census. Betsey Worden had children, born in New York, by 1825. Land records put her husband (Archibald Worden) and his fahter in Genesee County, New York before 1824. It is thus likely that Ebenezer and Mary moved to Genesee County in the early 1820s.

The 1850 (Middlebury, Wyoming, New York) and 1860 (Warsaw, Wyoming, New York) census lists Ebenezer and Mary in Wyoming County. In the 1850 census their unmarried son, Ebenezer C Baker, was living with them. The 1860 census shows the now-married son, Charles E Baker, in the next dwelling to his parents.

At some point during the 1860s most of Ebenezer Baker's family moved to Michigan. Polly Miller Baker died on 3 December 1869. The 1870 census shows Ebenezer living with the Veitch family, one house away from his daughter, Betsey Worden, with her husband and children. Betsey's husband, Archibald Worden, died 10 December 1870 in Davison.

Land Transfer

In 1852 Ebenezer and "Nancy" Baker sold their lot in Middlebury, Wyoming County, New York, to Betsey Worden, Luana Whaley, and Ebenezer C. Baker for $100. The property was also encumbered by a $69 mortgage which it sounds like the buyers assumed. The property contained 56/100 of an acre.^[4]. This land record confirms the relationship between Ebenezer and Mary (aka "Polly" and "Nancy") to their three children. Both Charles Ebenezer (or Ebenezer Charles) Baker and his older sister Betsey Worden died in Michigan. Their death records confirm that Ebenezer and Mary "Polly" were their parents. Luana remained in Wyoming County, New York. She married twice. The record of her second marriage (to Harley R Lake in 1886) shows that her maiden name was Baker.

Occupation

In 1850 Ebenezer was a carriage maker^[5]. His son, Ebenezer C., was a farmer. In 1860 both 78-year-old Ebenezer and his son, Charles E Baker, were farmers. Charles owned $1250 in real estate while Ebenezer was listed with only personal property.^[6] Whatever assets Ebenezer possessed had probably been transferred to his son by this point. The 1870 census in Genesee County, Michigan shows Ebenezer as a "mechanic."^[7]

Note: Some family researchers have confused this Ebenezer Baker, born about 1783 in Connecticut, with Ebenezer Baker, MD (1783-1820) who was born in Brooklyn, CT and is buried there.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #1850-census
2. ↑ Source: #1860-census
3. ↑ Source: #1870-census
4. ↑ Source: #1852-deed
5. ↑ Source: #1850-census
6. ↑ Source: $1860-census
7. ↑ Source: #1870-census

• Source: 1820-census. Repository: "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGQ-RLH : accessed 2 March 2022), Ebenezer Baker, Clifford Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 112.

• Source: 1850-census. Repository: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTS-BMS : 1 March 2022), Ebenezer Baker, Middlebury, Wyoming, New York, United States; citing page 226b, family 88, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.) roll 617.

• Source: 1860-census. Repository: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCQH-MK1 : 18 February 2021), Ebenezer Baker, Middlebury, Wyoming, New York, United States; citing page 695, family 50, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.) roll 883.

• Source: 1870-census. Repository: "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHV-XCH : 29 May 2021), Ebenezer Baker in entry for John Veitch, Davison, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing page 45a, family 130 NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.) roll 671.

• Source: 1852-deed. Repository: Wyoming County, New York Deeds. Vol. 29, page 268. Citing Ebenezer and Nancy Baker (grantor) to Betsey Worden, Luana Whaley, and Ebenezer C. Baker

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