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Abt 1702 - 1756 (~ 54 years)
Generation: 1
1. | James Baker was born about 1702 (son of Henry Baker and Mary Bennet Blake); died in 1756 in Pennsylvania. Notes:
[Simmons Jones Baker Manuscript]
"...My great Grandfather had a Brother by the name of James no opportunity has occurred before for naming him - He is represented to have been a handsome & elegantly formed remarkably swift of foot - He was the last who visited & was recognized by the Family in England. In the French war of 1756 he carried off a large number of the Nottoway tribe of Indians from Southampton Virginia - My old Aunt
Jerrell told me she saw him at the time dressed in the Indian costume. He was in a battle at or near to Fort Duquesne now Pittsborough Pennsylvania was severely wounded & refusing to throw away his musket, was drowned in attempting to swim the Ohio -"
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Generation: 2
Generation: 3
4. | Lawrence Baker was born before 1610 in England; died in 1681 in Surry Co., Virginia. Children:
- Lawrence Baker was born in 1639 in Glouchester Co., England; died between 1681 and 1717.
- 2. Henry Baker was born between 1631 and 1640 in England; died on 28 Jul 1712 in Nansemond Co., Virginia.
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6. | Col. John Blake was born in 1640 in England; died on 25 May 1700 in Wrentham, Norfolk Co., Massachuttes; was buried in Wrentham Centre Cemetery, Wrentham, Norfolk Co., Massachuttes. Notes:
From John Blake of Wrentham by Kenneth Pond Blake, Jr. - 1963: John Blake is called "late of Sandwich now of Wrentham in New England" in a deed dated 25 August 1686. The year before he admitted to selling rum, powder and bullets to the Indians and paid a fine. In 1689 he and his son John Blake, Jr. were convicted of "assaulting & beating of Ebner. Littlefield upon the highway & breaking of his head."
John married Bridget Unknown. Bridget was born about 1644; died on 30 May 1706 in Wrentham, Norfolk Co., Massachuttes. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Bridget Unknown was born about 1644; died on 30 May 1706 in Wrentham, Norfolk Co., Massachuttes. Children:
- 3. Mary Bennet Blake was born in 1664; died between 1732 and 1734 in Isle of Wight Co., Virginia.
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