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BAKER, Richard

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  • Name BAKER, Richard 
    Birth 1614  Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 17 Jul 1614  Chartham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 25 Oct 1689  Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 25 Oct 1689  Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    WAC 5 Feb 1926  SGEOR Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Father BAKER, Sir John ,   b. 14 Jan 1570, Norwich, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationNorwich, Norfolk, Englandd. Mar 1632, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth ,   b. 1573, Mancroft, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationMancroft, Norfolk, Englandd. 23 Apr 1661, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 1594  Mancroft, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5427  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    • BIOGRAPHY: He was the first mate of the ship Bachelor.

      He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. According to Colket (q.v.), Richard Baker arrived in Dorchester, Massachusetts about 1639 (first mention in America) and died in Dorchester on 25 October 1689. He was a Proprietor, Master's mate, and a Freeman. Source: "Register" 43:279 (desc.) Information gathered by Trevor Allen. Some notesillegible. LDS Ancestral File shows place of birth asDorchester, Suffolk, MA. [McLaughlin-Middleditch.ged] [Middleditch.ged]

      RICHARD BAKER was born about 1614 in Norwich, Norfolk, England the son of John and Elizabeth Baker. However, nothing more is known about his early life. His brother, Thomas also came to New England and was a resident of Roxbury where he was the owner of the tide-mill. They also had a nephew, John Baker of Boston who described himself as “smith” and “mariner” and was a prominent and enterprising citizen of Boston.

      Richard arrived in New England, 28 Nov. 1635, aboard the Bachelor, on which he was second in command or “master’s mate.” The ship was a small “North-sea boat” or “barque” of twenty five tons which had been purchased by the London Company of Lord Say and Seal, Lord Brook, Lord Rich, Sir Richard Saltonstall, and others of influence politically and socially. They had obtained a grant of territory which included what is now the state of Connecticut, and were anxious to get military control of the region by establishing a fort at the mouth of the Connecticut River in anticipation of a like movement on the part of the Dutch of New Amsterdam, who also claimed possession or right of trade there. The Bachelor was to be used to ply between Boston and the mouth of the Connecticut River during the building of the fort. The record does not state that Richard Baker assisted in sailing the Bachelor along the coast. However, his contract required him to do so if the owners desired and it is certain that the vessel was thus employed. If he was in that service part, at least, of his time between1635 and 1639 would be accounted for.

      The next date of record concerning Richard Baker is 4 Nov. 1639, when he became a member of the church at Dorchester. It is probable that he was married about this same time. He wife, Faith Withington, is recorded as a member of the church some time earlier. Faith was born, 13 Oct 1616, at Leigh, Lancashire, England, the daughter of Henry Withington, the ruling elder of the church in Dorchester and Ann Leech.

      Richard was made a freeman of the colony 18 May 1642. He became a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1758. In nearly every year from 1642 to 1685 his name is of record as exercising some office in the town administration of Dorchester. He appears not to have aspired to the highest station, and during only one year, 1653, is he recorded as a selectman and he served as constable, 1663.

      In 1668 he was elected a ruling elder of the church, but declined the office. Both in the town and the church records his name appears from time to time with those of others who were among the principal citizens in the making up of important committees. He was a proprietor in all the “Divisions” of town lands subsequent to the date of the “Great Lots.”


      Faith died, 3 Feb 1688/1689, at Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts and Richard died 25 Oct. 1689. The inventory of his estate amounted to £1,315, 15s, 00p. He was a man of superior capacity.

      Children of Richard Baker and Faith Withington:

      1. MARY BAKER, chr. 14 Feb. 1641 at Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts; married Samuel Robinson; died 27 Aug. 1714.

      2. JOHN BAKER, chr. 30 Apr 1643 at Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts; married Preserved Trott, daughter of ____________;

      3. SARAH BAKER, chr. 22 Jun 1645 at Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts, married, 22 Feb. 1664, James White; she died 13 Oct 1688.

      4. THANKFUL BAKER, chr. 19 Mar 1646 at Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts; married William Griggs.

      5. ELIZABETH BAKER, chr. 27 Oct 1650 at Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died young.

      6. JAMES BAKER, chr. 30 Apr 1654 at Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts; he died single, 30 Mar. 1721.

      7. ELIZABETH BAKER, chr. 20 Jul. 1656 at Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts; married William Pratt of Weymuth, Massachusetts.

      8. HANNAH BAKER, born 9 Jun. 1662 at Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts; married, 5 May 1685, John Wiswall.

      Reference:

      Edmund J. Baker, “Genealogy of Richard Baker,” NEHGR, Vol. 43. (Jul. 1889); pp. 279-282.