Col. Thomas Corbie Baker

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Col. Thomas Corbie Baker

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania
Death: January 10, 1777 (66)
Culpeper County, Virginia, United States (Arms factory explosion)
Immediate Family:

Son of William Baker and Mary Baker
Husband of Dorothy Baker
Father of Thomas Baker, Jr.; Mary Mallory; Crotia Gouge; Josiah Baker; Henry Baker and 8 others

Occupation: Colonel, Arms Manufacture
Managed by: Scott Smith
Last Updated:

About Col. Thomas Corbie Baker

Baker Family legend has it that Thomas Baker manufactured gunpowder for the Continental Army during the Revolution, was killed when his factory in Culpeper County blew up in 1777. Attempts to corroborate the claim have been unsuccessful.


  • Primary Source:"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SP6Q-HGV : accessed 27 July 2012), entry for Thomas Sr /BAKER/.
  • http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caswellco...
    • Note that all the Baker family information was taken from the Pamunkey Davenport website at: Davenport, John Scott; Russell, Judy G.; and Davenport, Linda E. The Pamunkey Davenport Papers: The Saga of the Virginia Davenports Who Had Their Beginnings in or Near Pamunkey Neck. Pamunkey Davenport Family Association: 2009. Compact Disc. The contact person is Judy G. Russell

http://www.pamunkeybakers.com/p11.htm#i846

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=139058156

Col.Thomas Baker, was commisioned by George Washington to manufacture gun powder for the Continental Army, and was engaged in that duty when the powder magazine exploded killing him. His body was not recovered.

Thomas married Dorothy Davenport in 1734 in Culpeper Co.,VA.

Together they were the parents of: William b 1735 Thomas b 1737 Mary Mallory b 1739 Martin b 1741 Crotia Gouge b 1743 Josiah b 1745 Henry b 1747 David b 1749 Dorothy Baxter b 1751 Richard b 1753,(KIA-Trenton) James b 1755 John b 1758 Charles b 1762

Family links:

Spouse:
 Dorothy Davenport Baker (1716 - 1790)

Children:

 David Hollis Baker (1749 - 1838)*
 Charles Baker (1762 - 1850)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Thomas Baker Burial Ground Culpeper County Virginia, USA


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Col. Thomas Corbie Baker's Timeline

1711
January 8, 1711
Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania
1725
1725
Prince George's County, MD, United States
1735
July 20, 1735
England
1737
April 6, 1737
Hanover, Hanover County, Virginia, United States
1739
April 5, 1739
Hanover County, Virginia, Colonial America
1743
1743
Louisa, Louisa County, Virginia, United States
1745
April 23, 1745
1747
May 10, 1747
Virginia, United States
1749
June 3, 1749
Culpepper, Virginia, United States