Person:Alexander Baker (11)

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Alexander Baker
b.Abt 1607
  • HAlexander BakerAbt 1607 - Bef 1685
  • W.  Elizabeth (add)
  1. Joshua Baker1642 - 1717
  2. Christian Baker
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Name Alexander Baker
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1607
Marriage to Elizabeth (add)
Will[1] 18 Feb 1684/85 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Occupation[1] Ropemaker, collarmaker
Death[1] Bef 11 May 1685 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

On 17 Apr 1635, Alexander Baker, aged 28, "Uxor Elizabeth," 23, Elizabeth Baker, 3, and Christian, 1, were enrolled as passengers on the Elizabeth & Ann [Hotten 69].[1]

His will, he says he and his wife Elizabeth had 12 children, who are mostly settled and "disposed of into a married condition". Seven living, and he names John, Joshua, William, Josiah, Elizabeth Watkins, Christian Roberts, and Sarah Wales.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Alexander Baker, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011).

    Origin: London. Migration 1635 on the Elizabeth & Ann to Boston.
    Admitted to Boston Church 4 Oct 1645 [BChR 45, 299], freeman 6 May 1646 [MBCR 2:294]
    Birth: Abt 1607 (age 28 in 1635, said he was "in his 79th year" in 1684/5)
    Death: Between 18 Feb 1684/5 (will) and 11 May 1685 (probate)

The Elizabeth and Ann (1635)
The Elizabeth and Ann, also known as the Eliza and Ann sailed in the spring of 1635. The passengers are found scattered amongst a number of entries in Hotten's Emigrant Ancestors.
Sailed: May? 1635 from London, England under Master Roger Clapp
Arrived: July? 1635 at Boston, Massachusetts

Passengers:
~100
Joseph Alsop - Thomas Alsop - Baker family - Gamaliell Beomont - John Birden - Grace Bulkley - Robert Carr - Sara Cartrack - Clement Chaplin - James Cobbet - Josias Cobbet - William Courser - Henry Curtis - Thomas Dane - Eaton family - Joseph Faberr - Elizabeth Fabin - Richard Goard - Amivell Hall - O. Halsey - Robert Hans - Robert Hawkins - Thomas Hedhall or Hedsall - John Holloway - Thomas Hubbard - Percy King - Henry Jackson - Robert Jefferies family - Thomas Lord family - Morecock children - Oldham children - George Orris - George Parker - Thomas Pond - Vincen Potter - William Read - William Samond - Richard Sanpson - Nicholas Sension - Robert Standy - Christopher Stanley - William Swayne - M. Swynden - Jo. Thomson - John Whitney family - Washburn family - Edmund Weston - Richard White - Andrey Whitton - Henry Wilkinson - George Wylde - John Wylie

Resources: Transcription of records from Hotten Founders of New England (NEHGR)