William Baker

From Sally Thomas:

William 2,

• Youngest son of Francis (b. 1611) in Eng. and Isobel Twining resided at Yarmouth.
  • He served in King Philip’s War.
• He married first Mary Pierce,
  • sister to his brother John’s wife and to his sister Hannah’s husband (three spouses from the same Pierce family in the same Baker generation).
  • She was still alive on 3 June 1673, when her father’s estate was distributed.
• William married second Mercy,
  • b. 4 Dec.1671, dau of George and Elizabeth Crispe Lawrence of Watertown.
  • His widow Mercy died 26 Jan 1753.
• William’s will was written 16 July and proved 14 Aug 1727.

Mercy and William had the following children:

• 1.Mercy
  • b. 4 Jan 1692;
  • married 17 Feb 1713 Samuel Smith
• 2.William
  • b. 8 Jan 1694.
    • That this William was son of William 2 is known from the fact that the latter in his will mentioned his daughter-in-law Dinah Young. William Jr. lived at Chatham and
  • married Dinah Harding,
    • born c 1700, dau of Capt. Joseph and Dinah Hedges Harding of Chatham.
  • William died very soon after and Capt Harding was on 20 Jan 1719 appointed to administer upon the estate of “your son-in-law, William Baker of Chatham”. William Baker probably died without issue.
    • Dinah married (int. 10 Mar 1721/2) John Young of Eastham, b 20 Mar 1694/5, son of David and Ann Doane.
    • Dinah died 3 Jan 1779.
      • John died 2 Apr 1786.
• 3. (read carefully) Dorcas
  • b. 15 Nov 1696;
  • m 20 Sept 1715 William Chase,
    • said to have been the son born to John Chase and Elizabeth Baker 8 July 1668.
  • Dorcas died c 1745 and
    • William Chase m. second 15 Oct 1747 Patience Walker,
      • born about 1710 , dau of Jabez and Elizabeth.
    • William died 1 Sept 1771.
      • If he was the William b. 1668, he was over a hundred when he died and 42 at his first marriage. We think he has been wrongly identified.
• 4.Experience
  • b. 8 July 1698
  • m. ________ Cash
• 5. Judah
  • b. 21 Mar 1700/01
  • (m. Jane Nickerson)
• 6. Elizabeth
  • b. 11 Feb 1702/3;
  • m. 5 Feb 1718/9 Robert Wixon,
    • b 29 May 1698 son of Barnabus and Sarah of Eastham.
• 7. Josiah
  • b. 14 Dec 1704
  • (m1. Experience,
  • m2. Charity Eddy)
• 8. Joanna
  • b. 18 Feb 1706/7;
  • m 25 Aug 1726 Michael Phillips or Micah Phillips of Harwich, banns were published to “Johanne Baker of Yarmouth 6 Aug 1726.”
• 9. Patience
  • b. 27 Feb 1908/9
  • m 29 June 1726 Benjamin Smalley of Harwich, son of Edward and Mary Woodman.
    • Benjamin was b c 1700 and
    • died before 1788.
      • Patience was an adept midwife.
• 10. Elisha
  • b. 11 Dec 1712
  • m1. Mercy Cahoon;
  • m2. Sarah Wilson;
  • m3. a late 3rd wife , name not known
• 11. James
  • b. 20 May 1715
  • (m. Keziah Eldredge)
• 12. Thankful
  • b. 6 Dec 1719;
  • m 6 Mar 1743/4 David Baker,
    • son of John and Hannah Jones.