Rev Thomas Baker

1771 - 1850  (79 years)

• Name	Thomas Baker
  Title	Rev
  Birth	28 Sep 1771	Groton, Middlesex, MA
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Oct 1850	Oakland Co, MI
  Census	8 Oct 1850	Highland, Oakland, MI ; age 78, born MA, B Clergyman
  Burial		West Highland Cemetery, Highland, MI
  Person ID	I14477	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Thomas Baker,   b. 11 Oct 1732, Littleton, Middlesex, MA d. 31 May 1786, Groton, Middlesex, MA (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Beulah Dakin,   b. 22 Mar 1735, Sudbury, Middlesex, MA d. 1 Apr 1807, Lincoln, Middlesex, MA (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	6 Mar 1755	Concord, Middlesex, MA
  Notes	from "Concord, Massachusetts births, marriages, and deaths, 1635-1850", 1895 Thomas Baker of Littleton & Baulah Dakin of Sudbury were Married by Justice Minot March : 6 : 1755
  Family ID	F5410	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jerusha Waldo,   b. 10 Jul 1777, Alstead, Cheshire, NH d. 16 Jan 1851, Highland, Oakland, MI (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	25 Mar 1799	Alstead, Cheshire, NH
  Children	+ 1. Larkin Baker,   b. 29 Nov 1799, Newfane, Windham, VT d. 22 Jul 1832, Detroit, Wayne, MI (Age 32 years) + 2. Royal Baker,   b. 19 Dec 1801, Newfane, Windham, VT d. 10 Apr 1853, Highland, Oakland, MI (Age 51 years) + 3. Thomas Baker,   b. 3 Jul 1804, Newfane, Windham, VT 4. Almira Baker,   b. 17 Dec 1806, Newfane, Windham, VT d. 6 Dec 1890, Rew, Clinton, MI (Age 83 years) 5. Jerusha Baker,   b. 11 Jun 1809, Windham, Windham, VT d. 12 Sep 1855 (Age 46 years) 6. Florinda Baker,   b. 23 Jan 1812, Windham, Windham, VT d. 25 May 1843, Oakland Co, MI (Age 31 years) 7. Mary Ann Baker,   b. 17 Sep 1812, Windham, Windham, VT d. 12 Mar 1867, Oakland Co, MI (Age 54 years) + 8. Edward Waldo Baker,   b. 1820, New York d. 5 May 1889, Lansing, Ingham, MI (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F5414	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2017

  
  

• Headstones		Thomas & Jerusha (Waldo) Family Grave Site Left to Right:
  		Rev Thomas Baker Gravestone Inscription Rev. / THO. BAKER. / DIED / Oct. 1, 1850 [unreadable]

  
  

• Notes

  from "Vital records of Groton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849" Thomas Baker, son of Thomas, was born Sept. 28, 1771. from the Highland Township Historical Society The Rev. Thomas Baker, Jr. was born September 28, 1771, at Groton, Massachusetts (although one account claims he was "a native of the Green Mountain State," i.e., Vermont). He married Jerusha Waldo on March 15, 1799, at Alstead, New Hampshire, and soon after became an itinerant Baptist minister, travelling throughout the Genesee region of western New York. At the time he made his purchase in Highland Township in 1836 he was apparently a resident of "Upper Canada" (i.e., modern Ontario). Following his arrival in Michigan he continued to preach throughout Oakland and Livingston counties. On April 14, 1838, he attended a meeting of Baptists in Livingston County which led to the founding of the Howell Baptist Church, in which he served as the first pastor. The Rev. Baker died on October 4, 1850; most likely in Highland Township (although one account erroneously says he died in 1845). His wife, Jerusha (Waldo) Baker, died January 16, 1851, at age 73 years, 6 months, 5 days. Their son, Royal Baker, was also an original Highland Township landowner. from "Portrait and Biographical Album of Oakland County, Michigan", (1891) ANSON W. BAKER, a farmer on section 7, Highland Township, is a son of Royal Baker, a son of the Rev. Thomas, a native of the Green Mountain State. To him and his good wife Jerusha Waldo were born four sons and four daughters. The Rev. Thomas Baker came to Michigan in 1838. Here he engaged in the work of the ministry, and traveled on foot for many weary miles and preached in various parts of Oakland County. His work in this county continued until his death in 1845. He was then a man of four-score years and his ministry had extended over forty years. In 1849 his wife followed him to the grave at the age of seventy-five years. In his early boyhood he had been left an orphan by the death of his father who was killed by the Indians. One of his uncles was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and drew a pension through the remainder of his life of $100 a year. He was shot in the arm and the bullet went through and landed in his cartridge box and he kept this interesting relic for many years.