Birth: 1774 Headley, Hampshire, UK
Father: Nicolas (Nicholas) Baker 1736-1808
Mother: Mary Hurst 1738-1801
Christening: 23 December 1774 All Saints, Headley, Hampshire, UK
Marriage: 30 May 1805 All Saints, Headley, Hampshire, UK
Wife: Anne (Ann) Swann c1782-1841
Death: 1 November 1851 Simmonstone, Headley, Hampshire, UK
Buried: 5 November 1851 All Saints, Simmonstone, Headley, Hampshire, UK
Charles Baker 1805-1824
Abraham Baker 1807-1853
John Baker 1808-1899
Jane Baker 1809-1870
Mary Baker 1813-1875
Sarah Baker 1815-1888
William (Wm) Baker 1816-1892
Edward Baker 1818-1818
Henry Baker 1819-1887
Robert Baker 1821-1885
Christening of George Baker in the IGI on 23 December 1774 in Headley, Hampshire, parents Nicolas Baker and Mary.
Marriage of George Baker and Ann Swanne in the IGI on 30 May 1805 in Headley. The marriage of George Baker and Ann Swann 30 May 1805 is also in Headley Marriages, adding the witnesses as Harriott Jeffery and William Collens.
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973 for the marriage of George Baker and Anne Swann on 30 May 1805 in Headley, Hampshire.
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973 for George Baker and Anne Swann on 30 May 1805 in Headley, Hampshire.
Two entries in Ancestry All Hampshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1536-1812 for the marriage of George Baker and Ann Swann in one and George Baker and Anne Swann in the other on 30 May 1805 in Headley, Hampshire. "Marriages at Headley in the Deanery of Alton County of Southampton ferom September 16th 1804 to 19th Sept 1805 [...] 1805 [...] George Baker Ann Swann both of this Parish were married by Banns on the 3oth of May" and "1805 [...] Married [...] May-30 George Baker to Anne Swann".
His daughter was baptised on 11 November 1809 at All Saints, Headley.
His daughter was baptised on 28 April 1813 at All Saints, Headley when he was a farmer living at Simmonstone.
His daughter was baptised on 10 February 1815 at All Saints, Headley when he was a farmer living at Simmonstone.
His son was baptised on 9 July 1816 at All Saints, Headley when he was a farmer living at Simmonstone.
His son was baptised on 11 March 1818 at All Saints, Headley when he was a farmer living at Simmonstone, and buried on 10 June 1818 at All Saints, Headley.
His son was baptised on 4 April 1819 at All Saints, Headley when he was a farmer living at Simmonstone.
His son was baptised on 29 April 1821 at All Saints, Headley when he was a farmer living at Simmonstone.
Entry in the Headley 1822 valuation No 85 for George Baker, occupier of Simmons-stone:
| Name | Acres | Roods | Poles | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homestall, Garden, etc | 0 | 2 | 4 | Arable |
| Puddick adjoining | 0 | 3 | 34 | Arable |
| Hill field | 2 | 1 | 23 | Arable |
| Coppice adjoining | 1 | 0 | 20 | Wood |
| House field | 3 | 1 | 37 | Arable |
| Home field | 1 | 2 | 25 | Pasture |
| Upper House field | 4 | 0 | 26 | Arable |
| Row below Apsons | 0 | 0 | 30 | Wood |
| Outer Apson field | 5 | 0 | 5 | Arable |
| Inner Apson | 5 | 0 | 30 | Arable |
| Upper field adjoining Wishanger Common | 7 | 0 | 7 | Arable |
| Middle field | 5 | 0 | 27 | Arable |
| Lower field | 4 | 1 | 22 | Arable |
| Moor adjoining Mr Parker's Moors | 2 | 1 | 17 | Pasture |
| Total | 37 | 2 | 35 | Arable |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 2 | Pasture |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 10 | Wood |
In the 1841 census as George Baker aged 65 (rounded down to a multiple of 5) born in Hampshire, employed as a farmer and living with Ann (wife?), Henry, Robert and Sarah (children?) at Simmondstone, Headley a John Baker (his son?), James Jetten, and Hannah West were living at the same property (Frensham Pond Hotel/White Horse is the next property).
His wife died on 21 November 1841 and buried on 27 November 1841 att All Saints, Headley.
In the 1851 census as George Baker aged 76, born in Headley, widowed, employed as a farmer using 44 acres employing one man and one boy, and living with three sons (Albert (actually a grandson, son of William), Henry and William), daughter (Sarah), a visitor (John Baker aged 40, born in Headley, unmarried and a farmer of 49 acres employing three labourers - was this his son?), and two servants (William Mills aged 23, unmarried and employed as an agricultural labourer and Martha Shrube (sic - Shrub on the original) aged 16 and born in Headley (my great grandmother)) at Simmondstone, Headley.
Entry in Headley Burials for George Baker on 5 November 1876 aged 76 at Simmondstone.
Entry in Headley Monumental Inscriptions for George Baker in Plot S07 Stone 91 north of the tower - Sacred to the memory of/George Baker/who died/November 1, 1851/aged 76 years/also of/Ann/wife of the above/who died/November 21, 1841/aged 59 years/"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord".
Entry in Headley Wills for George Baker, yeoman, of Simmonstone in 1852, buried 5 November 1851.
From the Baker's of Headley: Nicholas seventh child, George, was born in Headley on 23 December 1774, and baptized that same day. On 30 May 1805 he married Anne Swann (born 1782), by whom he had ten children: Charles born in 1805, Abraham in 1807, John in 1808, Jane in 1809, Mary in 1813, Sarah in 1817, William and Edward in 1818, Henry in 1820 and Robert in 1821. Both the 1841 and 1851 censuses record George at Simmondstone Farm in Headley. Anne died on 21 November 1841, being buried at Headley six days later. George died on 1 November 1851, and was buried in Headley on the fifth.
I am not sure who the parents of his wife Ann were, but a Charles and a Jane Swann were both married in Headley in 1806.
Susan F Belsey has an entry for George Baker born/baptised on 23 December 1774, parents Nicholas Baker and Mary Hurst, his marriage to Anne Swann on 30 May 1805 in Headley, his ten children, and his death/burial on 5 November 1851 at Headley.
George Baker was my third great grand uncle.
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