| William Baker migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm |
He was born about 1616 and his parents were Mary Frances (Ingram) and Nicholas Thomas Baker.
William BAKER married about 1633 in Colchester, Essex, England to Mary EVERSHAM and their children included ...
In 1635 Roger Williams went to Aquidneck Island which is the old name for Rhode Island on which Newport, RI is now situated.
In 1638 "he and others were admitted to be inhabitants of Aquidnect Island, having submitted themselves to the government that is or shall be established".
On 23 August 1638 "he had a lot granted him and was to build on it the following spring at farthest, or else his lot was to be disposed of".
On 13 July 1654 he "was one of the witnesses to the deed from Cheif Toccamanen to the Warwick purchases of a tract called "Potawomut".
On 01 April 1669 he and his wife Mary gave a receipt to Abiah Carpenter for a yearling heffer.
Anderson in "Great Migration Begins" says there were 5 men who migrated to New England by the name of William Baker. [1]
This profile most closely matches the William Baker of Portsmouth who Anderson says was listed as a freeman in 1638. Anderson, however, does not give surname of wife or parents; and does not list children. Great Migration Directory entry: Baker, William: Unknown; 1638; Portsmouth [RICR 1:59, 91, 92; GMB 79; Austin 10].
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