John Baker Bt (abt. 1608 - 1654)

Born about 1608 in Kent, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Parkhurst) Baker — married 9 Dec 1628 in St Peter le Poer, City of London, England

Descendants

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Biography

John Baker (born c 1608) was the eldest son of Sir Henry Baker, Knt & Bt., and Katherine Smythe.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The marriage of Sir John 'Backer' and 'Mrs [Mistress] Mary Parckhurst' took place on 09 Dec 1628 at St Peter-le-Poer, City of London.^[6][7][8]

Mary Parkhurst was a daughter of Robert Parkhurst and Eleanor Babington.^[9]

Complete Baronetage^[2] referred to the wife of John Baker as 'Eleanor' Parkhurst. Hasted^[3], Burke^[4] and Akerman/King^[5] referred to her as 'Elizabeth' Parkhurst. However, the Parkhurst pedigree in the Visitation of Surrey^[2] did not identify a daughter of Robert Parkhurst named Eleanor, and his daughter Elizabeth married a Thomas Harvey then Edmund Sawyer. A daughter Anne married George Mynne and a daughter Rebecka died in childhood, leaving one unaccounted for daughter, Mary Parkhurst.

Children:^[7]

• Katherine Baker
• Mary Baker
• [Sir] John Baker^[2][4]
• Elizabeth Baker
• Robert Baker
• Daniel Baker

With the exception of John and Elizabeth the other children of John Baker and Mary Parkhurst died as infants or early in childhood.^[7]

Career

John succeeded to the Baronetcy around 04 Dec 1623.^[2]

John was Sheriff of Kent in 1633-1634 and MP for Hastings in 1640.^[2]

In 1644 he was fined £3000 for being a royalist supporter.^[2]

Death

He died 15 Jan 1653/1654^[2] and was buried 25 Jan 1653/4.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ The Visitation of Kent. Taken in the Years 1619-1621. The Publications of the Harleian Society Vol XLII. Edited by Robert Hovenden, 1898. Baker Pedigree pp 63-64 Internet Archive.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} The Complete Baronetage Vol. I 1611-1625. Published 1900, pp 71-72 Internet Archive.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Hasted, E. The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Vol. III, 1790, p 49 Google Books.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Burke, J and Burke, J B. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland. 2nd Edition, 1841, pp. 32-33 HathiTrust.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London. November 21, 1861, to June 16, 1864. Second Series Vol. II, p 169 Google Books.
6. ↑ St Peter le Poer, City of London. Register. Image accessed via Ancestry.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} Baker of Sissinghurst, baronets. Landed Families of Britain and Ireland Landed Families.
8. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKG5-2Y4 : 13 March 2020), Mary Mrs Parckhurst in entry for John Backer, 1628.
9. ↑ The Visitations of the County of Surrey 1530, 1572 and 1623. Edited by W B Bannerman. Publications of the Harleian Society Vol XLIII, 1899, Parkhurst Pedigree p 97 Internet Archive.