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Facts and Events
Samuel Pecker (Baker) was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley's:
- Vol. 2 - Marriage Record: 1791--September 24, Saml. Pecker and Barbara Sherley, daughter of Valentine Sherley (German); surety, Valentine Sherley (German).
- Vol. 2 - 1796 (A to M). - Casper Mefford vs. Mathias Amon, Mathias Dout, Adam Bowlas, Jacob Kronck, Jacob Scott, Robert Mallory, Jacob Whitmore, James Beard, Martin Whitmer, Jacob Willberger, John Willberger, Adam Howe, Joseph Sevely, Daniel Williams, Joseph Long, John Kiblinger, Mathias Willberger, Michael Earmin, John Wideck, John Slasher, Peter Hoe, Jacob Koe, Valentine Softly, John Baker--Petition for road in Rockingham, 1793, from Mathias Amon's Mills crossing, North River, at Coal's Ford, near Jacob Scott's, thence to Rockfish Road, near Peter Kiblinger's. John Carthrae, John Kiblinger, William Trorabaugh, Alexander Fisher, affidavit viewers. Road passes through lands of Mathias Ockeltree, Thomas Hannah, John Baker, Casper Mefford, Jacob Scott, James Beard, Samuel Baker, Valentine Softly. [Note: this reference is without a doubt this Samuel Baker, as it shows his father-in-law, Valentine Shirley (listed as "Valentine Softly") living nearby. Also, the John Baker is very likely related, possibly Samuel's father or sibling, needs research].
- Page 50.--3d September, 1811. Valentine Shirley's will--To son. Henry; daughter, Betsey; daughter, Anna; wife, Catherine; to John and Jacob Rush, on account of son Charles, who owes them; to daughter, Barbara Baker, wife of Samuel Baker; to son, Adam; son Jacob Sherley and Jacob Bear, executors. Teste: John Barnett, Wm. Craig, Adam Bear, Jas. Craig. Proved, 23d September, 1811. Executors qualify. [Note: Valentine Shirley was the father-in-law of Samuel Baker].
References
- ↑ Find A Grave.
Samuel Baker
Birth: May, 1770
Indiana, USA
Death: Apr., 1842
Washington County
Indiana, USA
Family links:
Spouse:
Mary Barbara Shirley Baker (1772 - 1831)*
Children:
Infant Son Baker*
Catherine Baker Bush (1792 - 1866)*
Elizabeth Baker Wyman (1795 - 1885)*
Mary Baker Wilson (1801 - 1867)*
Jane Baker Wyman (1804 - 1829)*
Sarah Baker (1806 - 1825)*
Zachariah Baker (1815 - 1861)*
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7888124&ref=acom
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Our first known Baker ancestor in this country was SAMUEL Baker who, family legend has it was a Hessian Soldier, brought to this country to fight in the U.S. Revolution. But as many did he deserted the British and joined up with the Colonists to finish the War. At the end of the War, again family tradition had it; he was given a land grant in Pennsylvania as payment for his time of service in the Revolution. We have not yet found any definite proof of this.
The next definite mention we find of our Samuel is in Augusta County, Virginia, where on the 24th of September 1791, he married BARBARA SHIRLEY, daughter of VALENTINE and CATHERINE (BEAR) Shirley - all listed as Germans in the old Marriage Bond.
We know Samuel and Barbara were living in the neighboring Rockingham County, Virginia, in 1807, at which time they deeded away a track of land. Perhaps it was at that time that they moved to the Indiana Territory. Therefore, their children or most of them- perhaps all except Zachariah-would have been born in Virginia. Their children were:
Barbara Baker - born in 1792; died 1858; buried in the tiny Baker Family Cemetery on the tract of land that Samuel was granted in Pierce township, Washington County, Indiana. This Barbara was probably a twin sister to Catherine, next, and probably died as a single person.
Catherine E. Baker - born August 28, 1792; married John Bush (son of John Bush Sr. who was another Hessian Soldier); she and her husband granted the land for Big Spring Church, which stands today; in the cemetery of that church is where she and her husband are buried. He died March 9, 1848; she died August 30, 1866. They had ten children.
Valentine Baker born probably in 1793; he was married twice. First to Nancy Overton who bore him three children before she died in 1830. Then September 22, 1832 he married a second time-to Mary "Polly" Mahala Hamilton. They had seven children. Valentine was an outstanding man - - being a county doctor, a farmer, a miller, county coroner, and a legislator to the State House of Representatives. He was a Colonel in the Militia during the Mexican War of 1846. He died August 7, 1859 leaving the widow and ten children.
Annie Baker was born in 1796; married Nathaniel Wilson in 1818; they had 6 or 7 children; she died in 1834, probably in Orange County, Indiana.
Elizabeth Baker was born about 1798-1900; married Frederick Wyman; had seven children before he died in 1832; she lived 53 years a widow, and died January 8, 1885 and is buried beside her husband in the Martinsburg cemetery, Martinsburg, Indiana.
Jane Baker- birth data unknown so far; married Leonard Wyman, brother of Frederick above; they were married on April 1, 1824, Washington County, Indiana; had at least four children; she died about 1844
Zachariah Baker was born April 2, 1815; He married 1st Elizabeth Bixler (1818 - 1841); after her death he married Sophia Green on February 21, 1843; They had eight children before she died May 10, 1860; he died less than a year later on May 3, 1861, leaving the children orphans at a young age.
http://genquest.com/surname/bakersurname.htm
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