Mary Baker

Children of Nathaniel Baker, son of Francis, b. 27 Mar 1642, whose wife's name we do not know, are as follows:

• 1. Samuel, b. Oct 29, 1670; m. Elizabeth Berry
• 2. Nathaniel b. 27 Jan 1672; m. Elizabeth Baker
• 3. Silas, maybe, m. Deliverance O'Kelly

Disambiguation

According to Bertha W.Clark, author of Descendants of Francis Baker of yarmouth (data for the first six generations) pub. 1951: Nathaniel Baker's (b. Mar. 27, 1642, d. Dec 1691) wife is unknown. She was not as has been claimed, Desire Gray (Edward). Desire married Nathaniel Southworth in 1670 and was still his wife in 1688. Nor was she, as also claimed, Sarah Lane. Sarah married another Nathaniel Baker, born much earler and of Hingham. Nathaniel of Yarmouth and his widow both died in Dec. 1691.

Most likely Mary Pierce b. 1645 in Duxbury; d. 1691 in Yarmouth.

Origins

From The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (document attached)

Abraham Peirce was the first member of the family who settled in Plymouth Colony and from him are descended most of the name. He married by 1638 Rebecca _____. She does not appear to have survived him since her son made no acknowledgement of or provision for her dower. She was the sister of "Goody (possibly Hannah) Scudder" (probably wife of John Scudder of Barnstable) who took Rebecca's daughter Alice to be baptized 21 Jul 1650.

"That her sister took her youngest child implies that either Rebecca was ill, unable to nurse, or deceased following the birth."

He died by 3 Jun 1673 when "Abraham Peirse, Junior" transferred 22 acres of land to his brother Isacke, part of the land of "his father Abraham Perise deceased, dying intestate."

Abraham Peirse Junior also gave 20s apiece to "his three sisters, viz: Rebeckah Wills, Mary Baker, and Allice Baker..."

Children

1. Abraham, b ___ January 1638/9?; m1 by 1665 Hannah Baker. (In his will, dated 4 March 1692/3, Francis Baker made a bequest to "my daughter Hannah Pearse".) Abraham m2 in Scituate on 29 October 1695 Hannah _____ (said to be Hannah Glass).
2. Isaac, b say 1641; living 1673; no further record.
3. Rebecca, b say 1643; m by 1673 Samuel Wills.
4. Mary b say 1645; m by about 1670 Nathaniel Baker ("Samuel Baker the son of Nathanell Baker was 4 years old the 29th of October 1674")
5. Alice, bp Barnstable 21 Jul 1650; m by 1672 John Baker (eldest child b 31 My 1672)

References

1. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). Abraham Pierce pages 1466-69 < AmericanAncestors >
2. Ancestry.com. New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635, [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3; The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-6. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011. Abraham Pierce pages 1466-69 < AncestryImage >