Alexander Baker, Master of the Barber-Surgeons' Company

Alexander Baker

• b. circa 1580
• buried in the north ambulatory of Westminster Abbey on 2nd October 1635.
• Parents: George Baker (1540-1612) & Anna Swayne
• Married: 1) Alice Jervys (d 1624) 2) widow Frances Pendleton (nee Grigg)
• Offices: Master of the Barber-Surgeons' Company; surgeon to James I and a Justice of the Peace.

Westminster Abbey - commemorations

His granddaughter Mary, second daughter of Alexander of New Windsor in Berkshire and his wife Elizabeth (Farrar), married John Dugdale, son of Sir William Dugdale, Garter King of Arms, in the Abbey on 3rd December 1662.

Further reading for George Baker:

• His will is in the National Archives. < Catalog >
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004.

Family

From http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/w/a/l/Kevin-Howard-Walters/WEBSITE-000...

Alexander Baker (son of George Baker and Ann Swaine) was born March 11, 1572/73 in London, Middlesex, Eng., and died 1620 in England.

He married twice.

1. Alice Jervis, daughter of Edward Jervis. She was buried in Westminster Abbey on 2nd December 1624.
2. Frances Grigg after 1624, daughter of Michael Grigg, and widow of Francis Pendleton.

Notes for Alexander Baker:

Justice of Peace, Middlesex County.

Children of Alice Jervis and Alexander Baker:

• 1. John Baker of Egham, co. Surrey, ob. circa 1660, m Frances Henley
• 2. Alexander Baker of Cliffords Inn, London m. Elizabeth, dau of Thomas Farrar of London. Mary, second daughter of Alexander of New Windsor in Berkshire and his wife Elizabeth (Farrar), married John Dugdale, son of Sir William Dugdale, Garter King of Arms, in the Abbey on 3rd December 1662.
• 3. Henry Baker, ob. coelebs [died unmarried]
• 4. Alice Baker, m. Henry Seamer
• 5. Mary Baker, m. Charles Havers
• 6. Ann Baker, m. Thomas Packington
• 7. Wunnefred Baker, m. Edward Widnaff

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Disambiguation

Marriage date seen of 24 Aug 1592 in London, Middlesex, England to Frances Pendleton. This is an error.

Origins

Medical History , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , April 1986 , pp. 203 - 211
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025727300045397

Baker married twice. His first wife was Anne, daughter of William Swayne of Hacking, Middlesex. They had four children: Alexander, JP, Master of the Company in 1622, surgeon to James I,d. 1635 and buried in Westminster Abbey; Frances, Dowglas, and Ann.

References

• < Westminster Abbey - Commemorations >
• Colonial Families of the US, Page 28. Author: George Norbury Mackenzie, LL.B.
• Seven Hundred Ancestors, Page 12, Author: Lewis Keeler Leaonard, Call Number: CS71.L58.
• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p6002.htm#... Last Edited 15 Mar 2017. Has errors
• The visitation of London, anno Domini 1633, 1634, and 1635. Made by Sr. Henry St. George, kt., Richmond herald, and deputy and marshal to Sr. Richard St. George, kt., Clarencieux king of armes. “Baker.” Page 39. < Archive.Org >
• The visitation of the county of Worcester, begun by Thomas May, Chester, and Gregory King, Rouge dragon, in Trinity vacacon, 1682, and finished by Henry Dethick, Richmond, and the said Rouge dragon, pursuivant, in Trinity vacacon, 1683, by virtue of several deputacons from Sir Henry St. George, Clarenceux kinge of armes. “Baker of Feckenham.” Page 5-7. < Archive.Org >
• < History of Parliament - Alexander Baker (1611-85) > Alexander Baker bap. 25 July 1611, 2nd s. of Alexander Baker, Barber-Surgeon, of Channel Row, Westminster by 1st w. Alice, da. of Edward Jervoise of Hampshire. educ. Cliffords Inn 1634. m. by 1635, Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Farrer of Harrold, Beds., 3da.1