Timothy Baker (1730 - 1810)

Born 30 Nov 1730 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Dakin) Baker — married 1 Apr 1761 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 14 Apr 1810 at age 79 in Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Timothy Baker was born in Concord, Massachusetts on 30 Nov 1730 to Joseph Baker and Alice Jefts. Timothy married Mary Dakin on 15 Jan 1761 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[1]

Children:

1. Mary "Polley" (Baker) Kittredge (1762–1828)
2. Hannah (Baker) Whitcomb (1764–1825)
3. Nancy (Baker) Farnsworth (1766–1827)
4. Bulah (Baker) Kittredge (1768–1827)
5. Alice (Baker) Abbott (1770–1858)
6. Lydia Baker (1773–1854)
7. Samuel Daken Baker (1775–1845)
8. Abel Baker (1778–1867)
9. Stephen Baker (1781–1858)
10. Timothy Minott Baker (1786– )

Private Timothy Baker served with Middlesex County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Timothy Baker is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A005109.

On 19 Apr 1775, he enlisted with the revolutionary forces. He was a private in Capt Samuel Reed's Co in Middlsex, Col William Prescott's Regt.^{[2] [3]} He would have been 45 years old, leaving a six-months pregnant wife and six daughters (aged 2-12 years). He must have been delighted in September 1775 when his seventh child, and first son, Samuel was born. He continued to fight for his country until 1783.

He died in 1810 at age 79.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F82D-49W : 10 November 2020), Timothy Baker, 15 Jan 1761; citing Marriage, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
2. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-LZ8P : 1 March 2021), Timothy Baker, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711081.
3. ↑ DAR Patriot record A005109
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHC4-G3D : 5 November 2017), Timothy Baker, 14 Apr 1810; citing Death, Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 771,077.