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Well, this page is a mess, isn't it? [2 September 2018]
The 1743 will of William Baker of Ipswich shows his wife to be Anna, i.e., Family:William Baker and Ann Ordway (1).
William Baker of Concord died in 1702, his death record identifying him as husband of Elizabeth.
The 1702 Middlesex probate file shows a widow Abigail (later Abigail Wheat), only son Joseph, daughters Mary, Elizabeth, Susanna and Sarah. These appear to be the children of William and Elizabeth, given that sons Thomas and John died young.
William Baker, s/o of Francis, lived in Yarmouth and married Mercy Lawrence, dying in 1727.
Superficial searches indicate all three are born in 1655, but the marriages overlap and towns differ, so clearly, ten minutes of work is sufficient to show these are three different men. --Jrich 14:04, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
- Actually this might be parts of four men, as I believe the man b. Boston 1655 was separate from any of the marriages or deaths shown here. William Baker m. (1) Mary Eddington, m. (2) Pilgrim Eddy, and died in Boston 1676. His will in Suffolk probate calls himself of Boston, names wife Pilgrim and children without naming them. He had a son William by his first wife b. 1655. (Incidentally, he had a son Nathaniel by his second wife, who had a son William b. 1695, m. 1718 Sarah, d. Boston 1724. There is also a William Baker of Boston who had a wife Eleanor that is son of Alexander, not known to have had a son William.)
- A William Baker of Boston and wife Susanna had a daughter Ann 1 Jul 1681. I believe it is likely this is the son of the above William. 1681 would be a typical time for a man b. 1655 to have a child.
- A book called Descendants of William Baker Jr. says the above William, husband of Pilgram, d. Concord in 1679. However, there is a separate probate file in Middlesex for the 1679 death containing only an inventory, but combined with the Concord death record in 1679 and the fact that the Suffolk probate file shows that William Baker of Boston d. 1676, is sufficient to show this is a different man. He is most likely the father of the William Baker that married (1) Elizabeth Dutton, (2) Abigail Waite (later married Samuel Wheat), and d. 1702. One might speculate he is the three year old that came from England with his father in 1660, but regardless, he is probably not the man born in Boston in 1655.
- I will try to clean up this page, though the answer may not be conclusively known. This page will become the Boston man b. 1655 with new pages for the other various William Bakers. --Jrich 15:12, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
- The clue to this William Baker is found in his brother John's probate which indicates that before 1680 this William Baker was living in Ipswich, so he died in 1743. Anna was his widow, but not his only marriage. --Jrich 00:18, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
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