Thomas Nelson Baker (1860 - 1941)

Born 11 Aug 1860 in Eastville, Northampton, Virginia, United States

Husband of Elizabeth (Baytop) Baker — married 18 Sep 1901 in Gloucester, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Feb 1941 at age 80 in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Thomas Baker is Notable.

Thomas Nelson Baker, Sr. was an ordained minister and the first African-American to receive a PhD in philosophy in the United States (Yale, 1903).^[1]

Thomas was born in 1860 into slavery in Northampton County, Virginia. His parents, Thomas Chadwick and Edith Nottingham Baker, were slaves on Robert Nottingham's plantation.^[2]

He passed away in 1941.

Slave Owners

• Robert Nottingham

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Thomas Nelson Baker Sr.
2. ↑ Rex, K. (2012, December 11). Thomas Nelson Baker Sr. (1860-1940). BlackPast.org. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/baker-thomas-nelson-sr-1860-1940/

• 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1870; Census Place: Eastville, Northampton, Virginia; Roll: M593_1668; Page: 653A
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #37457810 (accessed 13 February 2022)
  Nelson Baker (9), At School, in Eastville, Northampton, Virginia. Born in Virginia. With inferred parents Thomas and Edit, siblings

• 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1880; Census Place: Eastville, Northampton, Virginia; Roll: 1379; Page: 439D; Enumeration District: 082
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #42842318 (accessed 13 February 2022)
  Nelson Baker (20), single, Farm Laborer, in Eastville, Northampton, Virginia, USA. Born in Virginia.

• 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1900; Census Place: New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; Page: 16; Enumeration District: 0381; FHL microfilm: 1240146
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #7526447 (accessed 13 February 2022)
  Nelson Baker (38), single boarder, Preacher, in household of Garrison Johnson (34) in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. Born in Virginia, USA.

• 1901 Marriage: "Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940"
  Ancestry Record 60214 #86768 (accessed 13 February 2022)
  Thomas Nelson Baker (41) marriage to Elizabeth Baytop on 18 Sep 1901 in Gloucester, Virginia. Father; Thomas S Baker,mother: Edith Nottingham, spouse: Elizabeth Baytop. bp Northampton Co, Va

• 1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1910; Census Place: Pittsfield Ward 2, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_573; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0069; FHL microfilm: 1374586
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #10633175 (accessed 13 February 2022)
  T Nelson Baker (49), married, Clergyman, head of household in Pittsfield Ward 2, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA. Born in Virginia. With wife Lizzie, 4 children.

• 1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1920; Census Place: Pittsfield Ward 6, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_680; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 72
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #74545425 (accessed 13 February 2022)
  T Nelson Baker (59), married, Minister, head of household in Pittsfield Ward 6, Berkshire, Massachusetts. Born in Virginia. With wife Lizzie, 4 children.

• 1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1930; Census Place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0066; FHL microfilm: 2340620
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #16475669 (accessed 13 February 2022)
  T Nelson Baker (69), married, Clergyman, head of household in Robbins Ave., Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA. Born in Virginia. With wife Lizzie, 3 children.

• 1941Death: "Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1901-1980"
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3659 #2958553 (accessed 13 February 2022)
  T Nelson Baker death 1941 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA.

• 1922 Yale Divinity School List of alumni: Thomas Nelson Baker, b. eastville, Va, 11 Aug 60, B.A. Boston Univ 93, PhD Yale 03, ordained (Cong, Dixwell Ave Ch, New Haven, Conn) Feb 17, 97 where min 96091, 2nd Cong Ch Pittsfield, Mass, 01-present [avail at Ancestry paid site]

• Find A Grave: Memorial #226569687 Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Inscription: Pastor of the Second Congregational Church 1901-1939