Birth: 1807 Headley, Hampshire, UK
Father: George Baker 1774-1851
Mother: Anne (Ann) Swann c1782-1841
Christening: 2 May 1807 All Saints, Headley, Hampshire, UK
Marriage: 26 November 1835 All Saints, Headley, Hampshire, UK
Wife: Jane Chalcraft 1814-1838
Marriage: 12 March 1849 St Paul, Canonbury, Islington, Middlesex, UK
Wife: Mary Ann Boulting 1825-1862
Death: 15 November 1853 Hornsey Road, Islington, Middlesex, UK
Burial: 20 November 1853 St Mary, Islington, Middlesex, UK
By Jane
William Baker 1837-1918
By Mary
Emily Baker [Hale] 1851-1884
Robert Baker 1852-1921
Christening of Abraham Baker in the IGI on 2 May 1807 in Headley, Hampshire, UK, parents George and Anne Baker.
The same information is in Headley Baptisms.
His sister was baptised on 11 November 1809 at All Saints, Headley.
His sister was baptised on 28 April 1813 at All Saints, Headley when they were living at Simmonstone.
His sister was baptised on 10 February 1815 at All Saints, Headley when they were living at Simmonstone.
His brother was baptised on 9 July 1816 at All Saints, Headley when they were living at Simmonstone.
Her brother was baptised on 11 March 1818 at All Saints, Headley when they were living at Simmonstone, and buried on 10 June 1818 at All Saints, Headley.
His brother was baptised on 4 April 1819 at All Saints, Headley when they were living at Simmonstone.
His brother was baptised on 29 April 1821 at All Saints, Headley when they were living at Simmonstone.
Marriage of Abraham Baker and Jane Chalcraft in the IGI on 26 November 1835 in Headley, Hampshire.
The same information is in Headley Marriages adding he was a batchelor, and it was witnessed by John Baker and Mary Chalcraft.
At the christening of his son William in 1837 he is stated to be a labourer of Headley.
His wife died in Headley in 1838.
I cannot find an entry in the 1841 census for him or his son, but they do not appear to be living in Headley.
There is an entry in Ancestry All London, England, Crisp's Marriage Licence Index, 1713-1892 for Abraham Baker of St Paul, Islington and Mary Ann Boulting of St James, Holloway on 12 March 1847 (sic - in the index, 1849 on the original). "John Bird, by Divine Providence, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Metropolitan. To our well-beloved in Christ Abraham Baker of the District of St Paul Islington in the County of Middlesex a widower Mary Ann Boulting of the District of Saint James Holloway in the County of Middlesex a spinster Grace and Health. Whereas ye are, as it is alleged, resolved to proceed to the Solemnization of true and lawful Matrimony and that you greatly desire the same to be solemnized in the Face of the Church: We being willing that these your honest Desires may the more speedily obtain a due Effect, and to the end therefore that this marriage may be publicly and lawfully solemnized in the District Church of Saint Paul Islington aforesaid [...] Given under the Seal of our Vicar General, this twelve Day of March in the Year of our Lord Obne Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Nine". Stamped 6.3.49
Marriage of Abraham Baker and Mary Ann Boulting in FreeBMD in January-March 1849 in Islington (3 178).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for Abraham Baker of full age, father George Baker and Mary Ann Boulting, father William Boulting, on 12 March 1849 at Canonbury St Paul, Islington. "Entry 497 1849 at the Church of St Paul Parish of Islington in the County of Middlesex 12 March Abraham Baker, a widower and a carpenter, living at 7 Frog Lane, father George Baker, a farmer, and Mary Ann Boulting, a spinster living at Pleasant Place, Holloway, father William Boulting, a woollen draper, by license witnessed by John Carter and Elizabeth Pattison."
In the 1851 census as Abraham Baker aged 43, born in Hadley, Hampshire, a carpenter and living with his wife (Mary Ann) and son (William) at 19 Bernard Terrace, Holloway, Islington West, London.
His daughter and son were born in Islington in 1851 and 1852 at 19 Burnard Terrace and christened at St James Holloway.
Death of Abraham Baker in FreeBMD in October-December 1853 in Islington (1b 163).
Entry in Ancestry All London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 for Abraham Baker, born in about 1807, on 20 November 1853 at Isington St Mary. "Entry 457 in the Parish of Islington in the County of Middlesex in the Year 1853 Baker Abraham of Hornsey Road on 20 November aged 46.
Baker's of Headley states George s second child, Abraham, was born in Headley on 2 May 1807. He was married twice: first, on 26 November 1835, to Jane Chalcraft, by whom he had a son, William, in 1837. Jane died soon after, and on 12 March 1840 Abraham married Mary Ann Boulting, by whom he had a son, Robert, in 1852. Abraham died on 15 November 1853, due to an accident ; Mary Ann s date of death is unknown.
Susan F Belsey has an entry for Abraham Baker born on 2 May 1807 in Headley, Hampshire, son of George Baker and Anne Swann, his marriage to Jane Chalcraft on 26 November 1935 and a son William, and to Mary Ann Boulting on 12 March 1840, son Robert, and his death on 15 November 1853 due to an accident.
There is an entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Abraham Baker born in Headley, Hampshire, his marriage to Mary Ann Boulting, a son Robert, and his death on 15 November 1853 in Holloway, North London.
Abraham Baker was my first cousin four times removed
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