John Baker III (1604 - 1654)

Born 26 Dec 1604 in Horsemonden, Kent, England

Husband of Priscilla (Palmer) Baker — married 1629 in Shirley Hundred, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died 1654 at about age 49 in Surry, Surry, Virginia Colony

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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.

Biography

John Baker III was a Jamestown colonist.

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."

^{[citation needed]} for marriage to Priscilla Palmer, 1629 in Shirley Hundred, Virginia (deleted "Surry" - Virginia counties were established in 1634; Surry County was formed from James City County in 1652) and children Maurice Morris Baker and Susannah Baker.

Additional unsourced information:

Parents:

• Sir John Baker
• Mrs John Baker

Facts:

• Christening (1 Apr 1605) Horsmonden, Kent, England
• England to Charles Towne (1637)
• Residence England

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Nell Marion Nugent, Cavaliers and pioneers; abstracts of Virginia land patents and grants, 1623-1800, online courtesy of archive.org (full text copy, accessed 4 April 2021).
2. ↑ Early Virginia Families Along the James River, Volume 2, pages 26-27 (accessed 4 April 2021).
3. ↑ 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)
4. ↑ https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/anneVA1623.htm Hotten P of Q pages 201-265
5. ↑ 1623 Jamestowne Living and the Dead Census
6. ↑ From the Hotten P of Q pages 201-265 (source for Anne Stevens' packrat-pro list).
7. ↑ Jamestown Muster (online database): search results for John Baker. Ann passengers, which includes one entry noting arrival in August of 1623.
8. ↑ Muster 1624/25
9. ↑ "Family Tree," database, entry for John Baker II (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LR1R-LGD); contributed by various users.

• Dorman, John Frederick. 2004. Adventurers of Purse and Person: Virginia 1607-1624/5, Volume 1, Fourth Edition. Geneaological Publishing Company, Inc., p. 789

• http://english-america.com/spls/623ma001.html#Anne Dead link
• http://www.alden.org/documents/otherships.htm Dead link
• http://www.pilgrimhall.org/FortuneAnneLittleJames.htm Dead Link

• Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members): http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=33965356&pid=1710

Acknowledgements

Thanks to WikiTree profile Baker-6500 created through the import of GerkeFam.ged on Jun 14, 2012 by Matthew Gerke.