Family:Thomas Baker and Leah Clarke (1)

Thomas Baker b. Bef 1630 d. 3 Jan 1697/98 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States	Parents: Thomas Clarke and Elizabeth Unknown Leah Clark b. Bef 1632 England d. Bef 10 Apr 1704

m. Bef 1653

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Marriage^[1]^[3]

Bef 1653

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Thomas Baker	Bef 1653 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
2.	John Baker	1 Oct 1654 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
3.	Joseph Baker	16 Aug 1657 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States	30 Aug 1657 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
4.	Rachel Baker	7 Feb 1657/58 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States	25 Nov 1706 Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States
5.	Martha Baker	3 Sep 1661 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Suffolk deeds. (Boston, Massachusetts: Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, 1880-1906)
Suffolk, Massachusetts, Book 9 p 73.

Dated 22 Nov 1676, acknowledged 3 May 1678, from "Thomas Clarke Sen'r of Boston in the Colony of the Massathusetts [sic] in New England Shop-keeper" to "my loving Son Thomas Clarke", to "my daughter Leah Baker wife of Thomas Baker", to "my daughter Elizabeth Stevens".
Suffolk, Massachusetts, Book 19 p 14, in Massachusetts. Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986.

link 25 Oct 1698 Leah Baker of Boston, widow and Nathaniel Byfield of Boston, merchant, whereas land purchased by Thomas Clark, Shopkeeper, Boston dec'd of Usal Wardell; did give grant to his daughter Elizabeth Stephens (afterwards Bligh) and unto the heirs of her body to be divided equally between his heirs, whereas the sd Elizabeth Stephens alias Bligh departed this life leaving no issue of her body.. the estate became the property of the sd Leah Baker and Deborah the wife of sd Nathaniel Byfield the two surviving children of the before named Thomas Clarke.
↑ Source:Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699 (A Report of the Record Commissioners), p. 46, shows birth of "John of Thomas & Leah Baker born 1st Oct [1654]" so marriage estimated to be before 1654.