Henry Baker

~• his land in PA is on this map
~• seems to have been a Falls Mtg. Quaker
~• buried at Slate Hill cemetery as detailed at findagrave dot com
~• Slate Hill on wikipedia, reputed to be oldest cemetery of Europeans in Bucks Co., PA

Note: there are some date differences (~1 year) between the FindAGrave information and the original "About" information below.

The Mary Radcliffe noted as Henry's 2nd wife is probably not the same one noted as the wife of his father (see 1605 Henry's FindAGrave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65132544 vs. his son: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65136085).

Source: https://archive.org/details/historyofbucksco03davi/page/486

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From FindAGrave:

A prominent Friend in Lancashire, England, and suffered persecution there for his principles. He and his family, "from Walton in Lancashire," arrived at Philadelphia on the Vine of Liverpool the 17th of July, 1684. "Henry Baker was foreman of the first grand jury of Bucks County in 1685, and a member of the commission appointed September, 1692, to divide the county into townships. He was made a Justice of the Bucks County Court, by order of the Provincial Council of 2nd day, 11th mo, 1689/90. He was also a Member of the Provincial Assembly in 1685, 1687, 1688, 1690, and 1698." His residence in Bucks County. was about 500 acres on the Delaware River in Makefield Township. He also owned land in Wrightstown, Newton and Falls Townships., and was one of the original lot holders in the borough of Bristol (Sources: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography vol. 30, pp. 491)

Married Margaret Hardman first, married Mary Radcliffe second.

The Baker Ferry Tavern, later McConkey's Ferry Inn used during General Washington's Crossing in December 1776 was on Henry Baker's land and operated informally until Henry's death. His son Samuel Baker rented out the Tavern for awhile, then sold the land and Tavern in 1774 to Samuel McConkey. McConkey sold the land and Tavern to Benjamin Taylor in 1777. This area today is known as Taylorsville. A story about life and times of this Henry Baker and family are in the book, "The Tavern at the Ferry" by Edwin Tunis, 1973.

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1. ID: I173
2. Name: Henry BAKER
3. Given Name: Henry
4. Surname: BAKER
5. Sex: M
6. Birth: 1 Mar 1632/33 in Newtown, Lancashire, England
7. Death: 1701 in Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
8. Event: REFN: User Reference Number
9. Note: Death Surety:0
10. Change Date: 19 Mar 2004 at 10:18
11. Note:

   Henry Baker resided in Bucks Co. PA. after coming to America. He married first Margaret Hardman, 6 Oct 1667 at Hardshaw West Monthly Meeting, Lancashire, England. Margaret was of Aspull, Lancashire. She was the eldest of ten children of John Hardman. She died in 1688. Henry married second Mary Radcliffe in 1692. Henry and Mary had one child. This information is from Baker descendant Aimee Pritchard out of the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 30, p. 491, and Immigrants to America Before 1750. Ancestral File has an Unk Hardman as Margaret's father AFN: JGD5-ZF, born abt 1605. Henry Baker is AFN BVJZ-KP, b. 1 Mar 1634 in Newton, Lancashire, married 6 Oct 1667 in West Monthly Meeting, died 1700/01 in Bucks Co., Pa. Henry's Ancestral File no. is BVJZ-KP.

   Deed: John Rowland to Henry Baker, 1692: Bucks County

   File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Robert Derber.

   bob@derber.com

   HENRY & MARGARET HARDMAN BAKER

   BUCKS CO., PA, DEED BOOK A-1, PP. 354-6.

   Deed: John Rowland to Henry Baker, 1692

   To all People before whom these presents shall come Know Ye that

   John Rowland of the County of Bucks and Province of Pennsylvania

   Yeoman and brother and only heir to Thomas Roland late of the

   aforesaid County deceased for and in consideration of seventy pounds

   current money of the aforesaid Province in hand paid and secured to

   be paid by Henry Baker of the aforesaid County of Bucks Yeoman to the

   said John Rowland the receipt whereof the said John Rowland doth

   hereby acknowledge and thereof doth acquit an discharge the said

   Henry Baker his heirs executors and administrators forever he the

   said John Rowland hath granted aleined bargained sold enfeoffed and

   confirmed and by these presents doth absolutely grante alien bargain

   sell enfeoff and confirm to the said Henry Baker his heirs and

   assigns A Certain piece or parcel of land lying and being in the

   County of Bucks aforesaid Situate bounded and limited according as is

   expressed in the patent hereafter mentioned Containing and laid out

   for five hundred acres of land and was granted to the said Thomas

   Rowland and his heirs by a Patent (from James Claypoole and Robert

   Turner Commissioners to William Penn Proprietary and Governor of the

   aforesaid Province) for granting lots and lands dated the fifteenth

   day of the fourth month one thousand six hundred eighty five and

   recorded in the Rolls office in Bucks aforesaid Book A Vol 1 page

   95-96-97 and all the estate right title interest use possession

   property claim and demand whatsoever of the said Thomas or John

   Rowland of in and to the said premises. To have and To Hold the said

   five hundred acres of land and premises with the appurtenances and

   every part and parcell of the same to the said Henry Baker his heirs

   and assigns forever to the only use and behoof of him the said Henry

   Baker his heirs and assigns forever At or under the yearly rents due

   or to become due to the Chief Lord of the soil of the said land and

   premises And the said John Rowland doth covenant promise and grant

   for himself and his heirs that they the said five hundred acres of

   land and premises to him the said Henry Baker and his heirs and

   assigns against him the said John Rowland and his heirs as also

   against him the said Thomas Rowland and all other the heirs executors

   administrators and assigns of the said Thomas Rowland as also against

   all others claiming by from or under him them or any of them or by

   his there or any of their means privity consent or procurement shall

   and will warrant and by these presents forever defend And that the

   said John Rowland his heirs and assigns shall and will at any time

   within the space of seven years now next ensuing at the request and

   charges of the said Henry Baker his heirs and assigns make do and

   execute or cause or procure to be made done and executed all such

   further and other acts and things in the law whatsoever for the

   further assuring and conveying the said five hundred acres of land

   and premises to the said Henry Baker his heirs and assigns as by any

   of their Counsel learned in the law shall be lawfully and reasonably

   devised advised or required so as the persons thus requested be not

   compelled for the doing thereof to travel above twenty English Miles

   from their respective habitations at the time of such request made

   and contain no further warranty or covenant but against their own

   respective act and acts and against the acts of their respective

   heirs.

   In witness whereof the said John Rowland hath hereunto put his hand

   and seale the eighth day of the tenth month one th9ousand six hundred

   ninety and one being the third year of the Reign of William and Mary

   King and Queen of England etc and 11th year of Proprietarys

   Government

   John Rowland (seal)

   Sealed and Delivered in the presence of us

   John Cooke

   John White

   William Croasdell

   The 8th day of the Tenth Month 1691 Received then of the within

   mentioned sum of seventy pounds being in full of the within mentioned

   consideration money. I say received by me.

   John Rowlland

   Witness hereunto

   Edward Lovett the mark +

   Abraman A Cox

   Edward Mayes

   (The place of the County seal) The eighth day of the Fourth Month

   one thousand six hundred ninety and two the within conveyance was by

   the within named John Rowland acknowledged and delivered in open

   Court in the County of Bucks unto the within named Henry Baker

   Certified under my hand and seal of the County Phineas Pemberton Cl.

   Com:

   Recorded the 10th day of the 4th month 1692.

   NOTES

   The deed is presented to the Court of Common Pleas at the session of

   the "9th day of the first month, 1691/2," at pp. 163, 262, Colonial

   Society, BUCKS CO. COURTS, which states:

   A deed of 500 acres of land in fee 8th 10 mo 1691 acknowledged and

   delivered in open Court by John Rowland Grantor to Henry Baker grantee

   The Vine

   7th month, 17, 1684, William Preeson, master

   Thomas Armes

   Henry and Margaret Baker and children: Rachell, Rebecca, Phebe, Hester,

   Nathan and Samuel

   John Ball

   Rebecca Barrow

   Mary Becket

   Deborah Boothe

   Thomas Canby

   John Cowp

   David Davis

   Alexander and Margaret Edwards and children: Margaret, Martha, Alexander

   and Thomas

   Edward Edwards

   Lowry Edwards

   Jane Evans (widow) and children: Sarah, Mary, Alice, Eliza and Joseph

   Joseph Ferror

   Thomas Fisher

   Susan Griffith

   Elinor Hall

   Martha Hall

   Mary Hall

   Rebecca Hall

   Thomas Harrison

   Daniel Harris (Harry)

   Hugh Harris (Harry)

   Wiliam and Eliza Hatton

   Charles Hues

   Joseph Hurst

   Ane Jones and daughter Ane

   Rees and Hannah Jones and children Richard, Evan and Lowry

   (Click on Jones to email a descendant)

   Joshua Lort

   Robert Lort

   Ann Owen

   Griffith and Sarah Owen and children: Robert, Sarah and Elinor (Email a descendant)

   Katherine Owen

   Robert and Jeane Owen and son Lewis

   Lawrence Parker

   Rees and Ann Prees and children: Mary, Sarah, Phebe, Richard and John

   John and Susan Richards and children: Hannah and Bridget

   Henry Siddell (Click Siddell to e-mail a descendant)

   John Siddell(Click Siddell to e-mail a descendant)

   Elizabeth Stedman and children: Sarah, and Joseph

   John Stedman

   Katherine Tidey and daughter Mary

   Richard and Margaret Turner and daughter Rebecca

   James Yates

   Jeanne, Bridget and Elizabeth Watt

   The first legal steps toward laying off townships were taken in 1690, when the Provincial Council authorized warrants to be drawn empowering the magistrates and grand juries of each county to subdivide them into hundreds, or such other divisions as they shall think most convenient in collecting taxes and defraying county expenses. Bucks did not take advantage of this act until two years afterward, when the court, at the September term, 1692, appointed a jury, consisting of Arthur Cook, who settled in Northampton, and was appointed a Provincial judge in 1686; Joseph Growden, John Cook, Thomas Janney, Richard Hough, Henry Baker, Phineas Pemberton, Joshua Hoops, William Biles, Nicholas Walne, Edmund Lovet, Abraham Cox, and James Boyden, and directed them to meet at Neshaminy meeting-house, in Middleton, the 27th to divide the county into townships. They reported at the December term, dividing the settled portions into five townships, viz: Makefield, Falls, Buckingham, now Bristol, Salem, now Bensalem, and Middletown, giving the metes and bounds. Four other townships are mentioned, but they are not returned as geographical subdivisions. (Davis Vol VII p 11-12)

   The name of the beneficiary and amount were both wrong in the first edition, according to the original minute book of Falls monthly meeting, which reads: "At a monthly meeting at ye meeting house, ye 5th 12th mon., 1695, Henry Baker reported to the meeting ye loss yt Thomas Canby had by his house being burnt by fire, and requested ye meeting's assistance, whereupon there was 49.10 pounds collected and paid to Henry Baker towards his loss." (Davis Vol VII. Pp 34-39)

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From "Historical, genealogical, and biographical account of the Jolliffe family of Virginia, 1652 to 1893":

Henry Baker was one of the first settlers in Makefield, Bucks County, PA; in 1684 he lived where Taylorsville now is. His first wife died soon after his arrival in America, June 5 1686, and he was married a second time at Middletown Meeting, Bucks County, August 13,1692, to Mary Radcliff, widow of James Radcliff.

He was dealt with by Falls Meeting in 1683 for buying a negro. The first grand jury of the county of Bucks was summoned for June session 1685 and consisted of Henry Baker, foreman, William Dark, Rich Ridgway, Thomas Atkinson, etc., twenty-two in all.

In 1690 he was one of a commission to divide the county into townships. He was justice of the peace January 2, 1689; a member of the Assembly from Bucks County 1685-1687, 1688-1690 and 1698. He was a large land-owner and prominent Friend and citizen.

Thomas Canby, who came over as his indentured servant, was a son of Benjamin Canby, of Thorn, Yorkshire, England. He was compelled to serve four years' time to pay his passage, which then amounted to the sum of four pounds five shillings for all persons over the age of twelve years, and for goods thirty pounds per ton. He was the ancestor of all the Canbys in America, and became a man of great prominence and influence. He was nephew of Henry Baker.

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A prominent Friend in Lancashire, England, and suffered persecution there for his principles. He and his family, "from Walton in Lancashire," arrived at Philadelphia on the Vine of Liverpool the 17th of July, 1684. "Henry Baker was foreman of the first grand jury of Bucks County in 1685, and a member of the commission appointed September, 1692, to divide the county into townships. He was made a Justice of the Bucks County Court, by order of the Provincial Council of 2nd day, 11th mo, 1689/90. He was also a Member of the Provincial Assembly in 1685, 1687, 1688, 1690, and 1698." His residence in Bucks County. was about 500 acres on the Delaware River in Makefield Township. He also owned land in Wrightstown, Newton and Falls Townships., and was one of the original lot holders in the borough of Bristol (Sources: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography vol. 30, pp. 491)

Henry BAKER, of Newton, Lancashire, Husbandman, married 1stly, in Lancashire, on 6 Aug 1667, Margaret HARDMAN of Aspull, Lancashire, Spinster; the witnesses included Ellin HARDMAN & Ann HARDMAN. His 2nd marriage took place in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on 13 Oct or Dec 1692, A Yeoman, to Mary RADCLIFF; the witnesses included Rebecka BAKER, John WILLSFORD & William YARDLEY. (Thank you to Chris Pigott for marriage information.) Henry had ten children. Nine born to Margaret and the last of ten, Margaret born to Mary Rawthorne Radcliffe Baker.

The Baker Ferry Tavern, later McConkey's Ferry Inn used during General Washington's Crossing in December 1776 was on Henry Baker's land and operated informally until Henry's death. His son Samuel Baker rented out the Tavern for awhile, then sold the land and Tavern in 1774 to Samuel McConkey. McConkey sold the land and Tavern to Benjamin Taylor in 1777. This area today is known as Taylorsville. A story about life and times of this Henry Baker and family are in the book, "The Tavern at the Ferry" by Edwin Tunis, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973. Note: Many of the burial records for the original Friends cemetery in Fallsington were burned in a 1910 fire. Many of the early burials were not marked with headstones.

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A prominent Friend in Lancashire, England, and suffered persecution there for his principles. He and his family, "from Walton in Lancashire," arrived at Philadelphia on the Vine of Liverpool the 17th of July, 1684. "Henry Baker was foreman of the first grand jury of Bucks County in 1685, and a member of the commission appointed September, 1692, to divide the county into townships. He was made a Justice of the Bucks County Court, by order of the Provincial Council of 2nd day, 11th mo, 1689/90. He was also a Member of the Provincial Assembly in 1685, 1687, 1688, 1690, and 1698." His residence in Bucks County. was about 500 acres on the Delaware River in Makefield Township. He also owned land in Wrightstown, Newton and Falls Townships., and was one of the original lot holders in the borough of Bristol (Sources: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography vol. 30, pp. 491)

Henry BAKER, of Newton, Lancashire, Husbandman, married 1stly, in Lancashire, on 6 Aug 1667, Margaret HARDMAN of Aspull, Lancashire, Spinster; the witnesses included Ellin HARDMAN & Ann HARDMAN. His 2nd marriage took place in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on 13 Oct or Dec 1692, A Yeoman, to Mary RADCLIFF; the witnesses included Rebecka BAKER, John WILLSFORD & William YARDLEY. (Thank you to Chris Pigott for marriage information.) Henry had ten children. Nine born to Margaret and the last of ten, Margaret born to Mary Rawthorne Radcliffe Baker.

The Baker Ferry Tavern, later McConkey's Ferry Inn used during General Washington's Crossing in December 1776 was on Henry Baker's land and operated informally until Henry's death. His son Samuel Baker rented out the Tavern for awhile, then sold the land and Tavern in 1774 to Samuel McConkey. McConkey sold the land and Tavern to Benjamin Taylor in 1777. This area today is known as Taylorsville. A story about life and times of this Henry Baker and family are in the book, "The Tavern at the Ferry" by Edwin Tunis, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Sep 14 2020, 14:52:30 UTC

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