Person:Thomas Baker (124)

1653. Town.
Thomas of John & Joan Baker born 12th Feb.

Thomas, Dea. Baker 4 May 1719 age 67y

link Will of Thomas Baker, proved 15 May 1719 IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN the sixteenth day of April Anno / Dommi 1719 I THOMAS BAKER of Boston in New England / Blacksmith being grown in Years, and sencible of the / mortallity of my Body, and the uncertainty of the time of my continuance in this Life, do make and Ordaine / this my Last Will and testament. That is to say Principally / and first of all I do recommend my Soul Into the handes / of God my Creator, hopeing to Obtain Mercy, and find / acceptance with him through the Merrits and Satisfaction / of the Lord Jesus
Chnst my Redeemer, And my Body I do / Recommend to the Earth to be buryed in decent manner at / the discretion of my Executors hereafter Named. And as touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath / pleased God to Bless me in this life: I do give devise & / dispose thereof in Manner following viz: / IMPRIMIS I give and bequeath unto my Eldist Son JOHN / BAKER and to his heires and heirs and assignes forever, All that my / peice or parcel of Land next adjoyning to the house be land / of my said son abutting on Salem Street in Boston. / Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife MARY BAKER / all my Right title and interest in and claim unto, all the Housing, / Lands, goods and moveable Estate Which of Right was belonging / to my said wife during her Widowhood or before the tirne ot / my being Married to her, to be at her disposal as she shall / see meet. ITEM I give and bequeath unto my said beloved / Wife, the use benefit and improvement of so much of my / House hold goods as she shall think meet and convenient / for her use, Together with one of my Negro men, and also / two third parts of the Income of the remaining part of my / Real Estate during her continueing my Widdow

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And in case my said Wife shall Inter Marry after my / deceace, That then give unto her one Third part of ye Income / of my said Houseing and Land during her Natural Life, she / allowing out of the same one third part of the Necessary repairs / thereof, and also one third part of my personal Estate / after all my just debts and Funeral Charges and satisfied & / paid, to her and her heires and Assignes for ever. / ITEM I give unto the Second Church of Christ in Boston where / of I am a Member the sume of Ten pounds to be disposed of by the / Deacons of all their discretion. Item I give and bequeathe whole / Residue of all my Estate both Real and personal unto my two I Sons JOHN BAKER and THOMAS BAKER in Equall halves to them / and their heires and assignes forever. IITEM I do nominate and appoint my beloved son JOHN BAKER / and my beloved wife
MARY BAKER as Executor & Executrix / of this my Last will and Testament, And I do hereby disallow and make voyd any other Will or Executor by me at any time / heretofore made or named. And do declare this & no other to / be my Last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have / hereunto set my hand and seal ye 'day & year first above written. / Signed Sealed & what is herein contained I was by the sd THOMAS BAKER declared / to be his Last Will & Testamt in presence / of us the subscribers John Barnard, Edward Procter, Samuell White
THOMAS BAKER

Suffolk By the Honble Samuel Sewall Esqr Judge of Probate / The foregoing Will being presented for Probate by JOHN BAKER / and MARY BAKER Executor within named John Barnard / Edward Proctor and Samuel White made Oath that they /

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[did see] THOMAS BAKER the Subscriber Sign Seal and heard him publish I and declare the same to be his last Will and Testament and / that when he so did he was of Sound disposing mind and / Memory and that they set to their names as Witnesses / thereof in the said Testators presence Samuel Sewall Boston May 25th 1719.

1719 MaY 23 The lnventary of The Estate of Deachin / Thomas Baker desest Prisd by the three / Jent:men sining ... John Barnard, Edward Procter, Ephraim Hunt.

Suffolk Co. Deed Vol 11 p 186 dated 20 Jul 1696/7 "....that I James Carr of Salisbury...Shipwright [brother of Sarah (Carr) Baker] acknowledge to have received of my Brother in law Thomas Baker of Boston in the County of Suffolk in said providence Blacksmith...formerly granted to my father George Carr late of Salisbury...in or at the now dwelling house of sd Thomas Baker in Boston..."

Suffolk Co., MA, Deed Book 11, p. 54, dated 16 Aug 1678, rec. 7 Sept 1678, THOMAS BAKER of Boston, shopkeeper, and wife SARAH, for £ 40, to Isaac Walker, a tract of land on the South end of Boston, adj. Deacon Eliot, westward to the sea by Jacob Elliot, 63' X 62' X 225' deep; witnesses: John Bradish, John Hayward.

Suffolk Co., MA, Deed Book 12, p. 145, Elizabeth Smith, formerly Kelley, relict of David, to Thomas Harvey of Portsmouth, land adj. her son David Kelley, Mrs. Abigail Hanniford, THOMAS BAKER, smith, son in law Thomas Harvey.

Suffolk Co., MA, Deed Book 21, p. 573, dated 20 Jan 1703/4; John Stevens of Boston, cooper, and Thomas Phipps of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, attorney for Elizabeth Harvey of Portsmouth, widow, joint heirs of the estate of David Kelly of Boston, yeoman, to THOMAS BAKER of Boston, blacksmith, £ 100 the said John Stevens, Elizabeth Harvey, THOMAS BAKER had and now have differences about or concerning bounds and estate of their lands; to be settled by John Barnard, William Roby, Thomas Barnard, and Robert Cumbey; one line on the South side of Baker's salt house upon his wharf and then to the North corner
of Scarlett's wharf.

Suffolk Co., MA, Deed Book 22, p. 362, John Barrell of Boston, cooper, for love for (i) his wife, Abiah, formerly the wife of George Beard, late of Boston mariner, deed; (ii) his daughter Anna Barrell, daughter of his wife Abiah; (iii) to George Beard, son of his said wife by George deed; land expressed to John
Attwood of Boston, cordwainer, and THOMAS BAKER of Boston, blacksmith, the two deacons of the North Church of Christ; land to be held in trust by the above mentioned: land purchased of Augustin Lyndon late of Boston, mariner, heretofore the husband of Mary Ardell of Boston, aforesaid iron monger, mother of the said Abiah; land from John Scottow and Mehetable his wife; land on the South side street to town dock, to old church passed under hands of Josias Lyndon of Newport, Rhode Island, joiner (son of said Augustin Lyndon), and Samuel Lyndon, son of said Josias Lyndon and Joseph Hobbard of Windham, Conn., in right of his wife Abigail, daughter of said Josias Lyndon; rec. 20 Nov 1705.

Suffolk Co., MA, Deed Book 22, p. 453, dated 24 Apr 1686; SILENCE BAKER, spinster, daughter of JOHN BAKER, deed., £80 to loving brother THOMAS BAKER of Boston, aforesaid, blacksmith, adj. lands of Samuel Scarlett, , deed., Capt. Elisha Hutchinson, Mr. Kelley, John Jacobs, seaman; witnesses; Hezekiah Henchman, Eliezar Moody; rec. 21 Feb 1705.

Suffolk Co., MA, Deed Book 30, p. 166, dated 18 Aug 1706; John Atwood, cordwainer, and Robert Cumbey, cooper, disagreement between THOMAS BAKER of Boston, blacksmith who intermarried with REBECCA relict of Sampson Waters, late, deed., mariner of Boston; John Jarvis, Obediah Wakefield, and John Wakefield, on behalf of themselves and their wives Mary Jarvis, Rebecca, and Anne Wakefield, three daughters and only surviving children of said Sampson Waters deed; to THOMAS BAKER and REBECCA the brick building and wharf rec. 6 June 1716.

Suffolk Co., MA, Deed Book 30, p. 272, deed of gift from THOMAS BAKER of Boston, blacksmith, to JOHN BAKER, blacksmith; land on the North end town toward the Charlestown ferry, 42', West by Green lane, 99'; South end of THOMAS BAKER, 40', East by THOMAS BAKER, 100'; witnesses: Robert Cumbey, David Copp, Jr., Nathaniel Goodwin; THOMAS BAKER appears 18 May 1716 and acknowledges deed; rec. 6 Feb 1716.

Suffolk Co., MA, Deed Book 30, p. 273, dated 12 July 1706; THOMAS BAKER of Boston, blacksmith, deed of gift to his son THOMAS BAKER, of Boston, shipwright; land on the North end of Boston left by JOHN BAKER late of Boston, blacksmith, deed; North on the street to the North burying place, South by me the
said THOMAS BAKER, East adj. Mansfield, West by JOHN BAKER, 42'4" X 102'; REBECCA, wife of THOMAS BAKER, releases dower; witnesses: Richard Waitt, John Stevens, Jr.

Suffolk Co., MA, Deed Book 37, p. 23, dated 26 Oct 1688; THOMAS BAKER of Boston, blacksmith, and SARAH his wife, £ 9, to John Mansfield, shipwright; land in the North end of Boston, adj. John Rainsford, land toward the Charlestown ferry, adj. Col. Charles Ledgett; witnesses: John Moore, Thomas
Kemball, rec. 4 May 1723.

Suffolk Co., MA, Deed Book 37, p. 37, MARY BAKER of Boston, widow; £15 paid by John Sale of Boston, merchant; land behind dwelling house on King St., now in the possession of John Sale, measured from window in rear of house 22' to back of property; witnesses; Joseph Turell, James Marion; rec. 27 May
1723.