Patience Baker

Not the wife of Kenelm Baker

Biography

https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr02/rr02_409.html#P10242

3179. Patience Barstow. Born on 3 Dec 1643 in Dedham, MA.190 “Patience, the Daughter of William & Ann Beawstow, was borne the 3 of the 10 mo. 1643. “Patience was baptized in Dedham, MA, on 9 Jun 1644.14

Patience married first Moses Simmons, second Samuel Baker.

By 1664 Patience Baker first married Moses Simmons, son of Moses Simonson (ca 1605-ca 1689/1691) & Sarah (-bef 15 Dec 1691).14 Born say 1639. Moses died in Duxbury, MA 28 Mar 1675/6. Buried 20 Mar 1675/6 in Duxbury, MA. Moses Simonson, or Simmons.

Their children include:

1. Moses Simmons (Died unmarried) (ca 1666-8 Feb 1697)
2. John Simmons (ca 1667-)
3. Sarah Simmons (ca 1670-24 Oct 1742)
4. Job Simmons (26 Sep 1671-26 Sep 1761)
5. Aaron Simmons (ca 1672-8 Aug 1757)
6. Patience Simmons (ca 1676-30 Oct 1723)

21 Feb [1677/8 Patience second married Samuel Baker in Marshfield, MA.60,14 “Samuell Baker [worn] Simmons were m[worn[] 21 of ffebruary [worn]”. Samuel died in 1699.180

Samuel first married Ellen Winslow, second Patience (Barstow) Simmons, widow of Moses Simmons.

The Marshfield vital records are very worn for the five younger children of Samuel Baker: a daughter born May 1663, a child born 1665, a child, a daughter 1669, and a child.

It’s not clear who Samuel’s father was. It wasn’t Rev. Nicholas Baker of Hingham. His son Samuel, baptized 2 Oct 1638 at Hingham, married first Fear Robinson and second Abigail Lathrop. Alexander Baker had a son Samuel born 16 Jan 1636/7 at Boston and baptized there 5 Oct 1645 “being 7 years about 9 months old”, but in Alexander’s will of 18 Feb 1684[/5] there is no mention of a son Samuel Baker. For more information about Alexander Baker and his family see Robert Anderson’s The Great Migration, 1634-1635, A-B, Vol. l.

Their children include:

1. Eleanor Baker (10 Apr 1679-)
2. Samuel Baker (16 May 1680-16 Jan 1720/1)
3. Thomas Baker
4. Josiah Baker (1 Feb 1685-)

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References

• https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr02/rr02_409.html#P10242 cites
  • 190. The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths, and Intentions of Marriage in the town of Dedham: 1635-1845, Don Gleason Hill, Town Clerk, Dedham, Mass, 1886.
  • 14. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston
  • 60. “The Vital Records of Marshfield, Mass.,” edited by George Ernest Bowman, Mayflower Descendant, 2: 3-7, 110-112, 179-183, 249-252; 3: 41-43, 187-189; 4: 125-126, 5: 233-237, 6: 18-21, 67-70; 7: 118-122, 131-134; 8: 42-44, 176-179; 9: 183-187.
  • 180. Justin Winsor, History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts, with genealogical registers, Crosby & Nichols, Boston, 1849.
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Barstow-260 cites
  • Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995)vol 1 A-B p 177