Birth: 1760 Symondstone Farm, Headley, Hampshire, UK
Father: Nicholas (Nicolas) Baker 1736-1808
Mother: Mary Hurst 1737-1801
Christening: 20 September 1760 All Saints, Headley, Hampshire, UK
Marriage: 22 November 1792 St Mary the Virgin, Frensham, Surrey, UK
Wife: Hannah Gill b1776-1799
Marriage: 10 June 1802 St Mary the Virgin, Frensham, Surrey, UK
Wife: Sarah Craft 1777-1848
Death: June 1836 Frensham, Surrey, UK
Buried: 23 June 1836 St Mary the Virgin, Frensham, Surrey, UK
By Hannah Gill
By Sarah Craft
Mary Baker [Grover] 1803-1846
Sarah Baker [Boxall] 1804-a1841
Edward Baker 1805-1884
Ann Baker 1806-1859
Richard Baker 1808-1809
Elizabeth Baker 1809
Hannah Baker 1811
Eliza Baker c1813-a1830
Jane Baker [Stannard] 1814-1843
James Baker 1817-1865
Caroline Baker [Channell] 1820-a1849
Samuel Baker 1822-1842
Andrew Baker 1825-1848
Christening of John Baker in the IGI on 20 September 1760 in Headley, Hampshire, parents Nicolas Baker and Mary. The same information is in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Entry in Headley Baptisms for John Baker on 20 September 1760 parents Nicolas and Mary Baker. His father was living at Symondstone according to an entry in Part Population of Headley in c1761.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 for John Parker (sic) baptised 20 September 1760 at Headley All Saints, parents Nicolas Parker (sic) and Mary Praker (sic). "1760 [...] Sept. 20. John the Son of Nicolas and Mary Baker was baptized.
Entry in Ancestry London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921 for John Baker of Headley, Hampshire All Saints and Hannah Gill of Frensham St Mary on 21 November 1792. This adds that Hannah Gill was a minor and she also made her mark.
Marriage of John Baker and Hannah Gill in the IGI on 22 November 1792 in Frensham, Surrey. The same information is in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973.
Entry in West Surrey Family History Society West Surrey Marriages for John Baker of Headley, Hampshire, and Hannah Gill of this parish by license in Frensham.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 for John Baker and Hannah Gill on 22 November 1792 at Frensham St Mary. "271 John Baker of the Parish of Headley in the County of Southampton Bat & Hannah Gill of this Parish Spin were married in this Church by License this 22d Day of Nov 1792 [both signed their names] In the Presence of William ?, Mary Frost, Richard ?".
His wife was buried on 11 February 1799, the same day as the christening of their youngest son.
Two entries in the IGI for the marriage of John Baker and Sarah Craft both in Frensham, on 4 June 1802 and 10 June 1802. The same information is in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 for 4 June 1802..
Entry in West Surrey Family History Society West Surrey Marriages for John Baker of this parish and Sarah Craft of this parish on 10 June 1802 in Frensham by banns.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 for John Baker and Sarah Craft on 10 June 1802 at Frensham St Mary. "1801&2 John Baker of this Parish Widower and Sarah Craft of the Same Spins Married in this Church by Banns this tenth Day of June in the Year One Thoufand eight hundred and two [he signed his name, she made her mark] In the Prefence of us Harrieta Smither and William Droper".
The burial of John Baker is in West Surrey Family History Society West Surrey Burials on 23 June 1836 aged 75 in Frensham. It is also in West Surrey Family History Society Frensham Burials.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1997 for John Baker on 23 June 1836 aged 75 at Frensham St Mary. "Page 58 Burials in the Parifh of Frensham in the County of Surrey in the Year 1836 [...] John Baker No. 464 of Frensham on June 23rd Yrs 75".
The following comes from Bakers of Headley:
Nicholas’ first child, John, was born on 20 September 1760. He married Hannah Gill in Frensham, Surrey on 22 November 1792, and they had five children: John born in 1793, George in 1795, Thomas in 1797, William in 1798 and Stephen in about 1799. Hannah died in 1799 and was buried at Frensham on 11 February, and on 10 June 1802 John married Sarah Craft, still in Frensham. John & Sarah had six children: Mary in 1803, Sarah in 1804, Edward in 1805, Ann in 1806, Richard in 1808 and Elizabeth in 1809. John died in 1836 and was buried at Frensham on 23 June; Sarah died (or had died) that same year.
[I am not sure where the information on Sarah's death comes from.]
There are eightyseven entries in Ancestry Public Member trees for John Baker.
John Baker is my third great grandfather.
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