 1745 - 1805 (60 years)
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| Name |
Lawrence Simmons Baker |
| Title |
Maj. |
| Birth |
1745 |
Chowan Co., North Carolina  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
6 Sep 1805 |
Cole Hill, Gates Co., North Carolina |
| Person ID |
I1421 |
Gregory Gen |
| Last Modified |
12 Aug 2023 |
| Father |
Henry Baker, b. 1715, Nansemond Co., Virginia d. Between 1769 and 1770, Hertford Co., North Carolina (Age 54 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Catherine Booth, b. Abt 1715, Isle of Wight Co., Virginia d. Abt 1775 (Age ~ 60 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
Between 1735 and 1740 |
Isle of Wight Co., Virginia |
| Family ID |
F1508 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Ann Jones, b. Abt 1752 d. 1775, Hertford Co., North Carolina (Age ~ 23 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1770 |
| Children |
| | 1. Dr. Simmons Jones Baker, b. 15 Feb 1775, Hertford Co., North Carolina d. 18 Aug 1853, Raleigh, Wake Co., North Carolina (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 2. Albridghton Jones Baker, b. 15 Feb 1775 [Father: natural] |
| | 3. Henry Baker, b. Abt 1773 d. 1775, Hertford Co., North Carolna (Age ~ 2 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 4. Agatha Baker, b. Abt 1771 [Father: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F531 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
12 Aug 2023 |
| Family 2 |
Anna Maria Burgess, b. Abt 1760, Halifax Co., North Carolina d. 19 Feb 1808, Gates Co., North Carolina (Age ~ 48 years) |
| Marriage |
Between 1780 and 1782 |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F532 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
12 Aug 2023 |
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| Notes |
- [Simmons Jones Baker Manuscript]
"...My father was a large man six feet high & weighing two hundred & sixty pounds - He was cheerful but generally grave a kind husband Father & master, prudent & direct in the management of his affairs & was universally respected. as proof of his standing in his County - he when a candidate for the Convention that was to consider & decide on The Federal Constitution (of which he was a warm advocate) received every vote in the County but five. He was Clerk of the Court of Gates from the time it was separated from Hertford until his death, many years. He married Ann Jones daughter of Capt. Albridgton Jones of Southampton Virginia (whose father was a Welshman,) his wife a sister of Col. Charles Simmons of an English family. My mother had several children, twins twice, of which I was
one. My twin Brother Albridgton Jones with one or two others died at the time my mother did - The disease was Dysentery & there is reason to believe badly treated. After -- --- There were four children left, - Henry, who died when nearly grown Elizabeth, Agatha & myself. My two Sisters were extensively known & need no commendation - The were both most excellent women.
Soon after the death of my mother my Father went in to the Army - he was Col. of a regiment
Col. Jonas Johnston of Edgecombe being in command. He was in the battle of Stone River near Charleston in South Carolina under Command of Gen. Lincoln - it was a hard fought battle & I have been told by some who were present that my honored Father acquitted himself like a brave man. He was a member of the Convention at Halifax but did not stay to sign it, having been appointed Col. of a regiment & went home to prepare for active service. He did not attend the Convention at Hillsborough to which as before mentioned he had been elected in consequence of the death of my Brother Henry about the time. After the return of my Father from the Army he married not long after Anna Maria Burgess who made him a most-- excellent wife & very kind stepmother - She was the daughter of the Rev . Thomas Burgess of Halifax an Englishman & of the Episcopal Church -"
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