Note: Several John Bakers are found in early Virginia records. This profile is intended to represent the John Baker who married Priscilla Palmer, but other information (birth/death dates and children) may not be his.
John Baker patented 650 acres in Charles City County on 20 November 1637. The acreage included 50 acres due "in right of his first wife Priscilla Palmer, 50 acs. by deed of guift from his Mother in Law Jone Palmer 2 Jan. 1633 & 550 acs. due for his own per adv., the per adv. of his late wife Alice, of his wife Dorothy & for trans, of 8 pers: Kath. Henborne, Michaell Tibbs, Robt. Squire, Jon. Clason, Anthony Lee, Jervis Dick, Hugh Baker, Alice Drewrye."[1]
Dorothy outlived him. In May 1655, Captain Daniel Luellin patented Charles City County land that included 63 acres "purchased of Dorothy Baker, relict of John Baker".[2][3]
Research Notes
This profile is in Category: US Southern Colonies, Conflated Profiles because the birth date fits the John Baker who arrived aboard the Anne and was 20, and servant to Captain Eppes. in 1624/5, who appears to be a different John Baker than the one who patented land in 1637.[4]
Assorted facts about men named John Baker:
A John Baker is shown as "kild" on the February 1623 "Jamestowne Living and the Dead Census" (also a Morice Baker).[5]
One John Baker immigrated to Jamestown, Virginia Colony aboard the Anne in 1623.[6]
The John Baker who arrived in 1623 aboard the Anne was included in the 1624/25 Jamestown muster, where he was listed as a servant under the muster of Capt William Epes, at "Easterne shore over the Baye" in Elizabeth City. At the time of the muster (7 February 1624/5), he was 20 years old.[7][8]
In 1635, "Jon. Baker" is listed as a headright for a patent by Captain Francis Eppes.[1]
The entry for John Baker in a FamilySearch Pedigree File[9] says that he was recorded in 1637 as patenting property in Charles City County, with his wife Priscilla Palmer Baker and her mother Jane (Joan) as head rights". Tracking down the source for this (Cavaliers and Pioneers ) led to the redevelopment of this profile. The FamilySearch entry also listed his wives as (1) Priscilla Palmer, (2) Alice, (3) Dorothy Harris, and notes that "it appears that he was married before Priscilla because there are children attached that were born to early for Priscilla to have been their mother (unless they were attached in error and are not children of THIS John Baker."
↑Early Virginia Families Along the James River, Volume 2, pages 26-27 (accessed 4 April 2021).
↑ Some say the maiden name of Captain Llewellyn's wife Anne, widow successively of John Price and Robert Hallom, was Baker, some say it was Mathews. Dorman's Adventurers of Purse and Person does not include a maiden name. One source of Baker is a blog post that includes details that rule her out as a daughter of either the John Baker who was 20 in the 1624/5 Jamestown Muster or the Priscilla Palmer (first wife of this John Baker) who was 11 in that Muster: "John Price, whose wife, 21 year old Anne, and their three children had traveled to America on the same ship as Robert Hallom in 1620." (2017 Blog post)
Dorman, John Frederick. 2004. Adventurers of Purse and Person: Virginia 1607-1624/5, Volume 1, Fourth Edition. Geneaological Publishing Company, Inc., p. 789
Thanks to WikiTree profile Baker-6500 created through the import of GerkeFam.ged on Jun 14, 2012 by Matthew Gerke.
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Hi Barbara, i have been going through the Jamestown colonists to be sure they are proven. 3 of your sources appear dead links. I added a viable packrat source which does support John Baker's immigration. The 1623 muster is proven as that is when he sailed. I never found his name for 1625-25. Here is hoping you find other sources for him.
The two sources I found do not show a wife, or child. John Baker is listed as servant. . Barbara or another person listed the FamilySearch. I checked it - is the FamilySearchpart which can be edited. [MR]
Mary - I tracked down the source for info in the FS Pedigree File entry... it mentioned a 1637 land patent & I found it in Cavaliers and Pioneers. I redid the profile to indicate it is intended to represent the John Baker who married Priscilla Palmer and birth/death info & children may not be his. Although... a lot can happen in 12 years, so it's possible that the servant in 1624/5 is the same man who patented 650 acres in 1637 (but a long shot).
That said... should we change we leave the Jamestown sticker or change it to Virginia?
Cheers, Liz
P.S. The only possible arrival I found in Anne's packrat files was a Jo Baker aboard the Expectation in 1635, which is after Jone Palmer gifted him 50 acres. I thought maybe he was returning with his "transportees", but I don't see their names listed as passengers.
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That said... should we change we leave the Jamestown sticker or change it to Virginia?
Cheers, Liz
P.S. The only possible arrival I found in Anne's packrat files was a Jo Baker aboard the Expectation in 1635, which is after Jone Palmer gifted him 50 acres. I thought maybe he was returning with his "transportees", but I don't see their names listed as passengers.