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Larkin Dudley Baker

Male 1795 - 1872  (76 years)


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  • Name Larkin Dudley Baker 
    Birth 17 Sep 1795  Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location
    Gender Male 
    Census 2 Nov 1850  Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 57, born NH, Judge of Probate
    Census 16 Jun 1860  Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 65, born NH, Judge of Probate
    Census 7 Jun 1870  Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 75, born NH, Retired Judge
    Death 3 Feb 1872  Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial   North Cemetery, Westmoreland, NH Find all individuals with events at this location
    Person ID I125  Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
    Last Modified 6 May 2016 

    Father AncestorsPeter Baker,   b. 5 Sep 1755, Littleton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1827, Mount Holly, Rutland, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother AncestorsLydia Dudley,   b. 11 Aug 1762, New Ipswich, Hillsborough, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1815 (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 14 Nov 1783  Littleton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Census 1790  Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location ; 2m<16(Asa[4],Unknown[?], 1m>=16M(Peter[35]), 3f(Lydia[28],Sarah[5],Lydia[2])
    Census 1800  Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location ; 1m<10(Alden[1]), 2f<10(Polly[3],unknown[?]), 1f26-44(Lydia[28])
    Notes 
    • from "Records of Littleton, Massachusetts"
      Marriage of Mr. Peter Baker of Littleton and Mrs. Lydia Dudley of New Ipswich on 14 Nov 1783
    Family ID F31  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 AncestorsCelina Cobb,   b. 27 May 1802, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Oct 1852 (Age 50 years)  [1
    Marriage 23 Jan 1823 
    Children 
    +1. Charlotte Adeline Baker,   b. 23 Apr 1824, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1851, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)
     2. Eunice Dudley Baker,   b. 8 Oct 1825, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1852, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
    +3. Simeon Larkin Baker,   b. 22 Dec 1827, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1854, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
     4. Mary Elizabeth Baker,   b. 5 May 1830, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1839, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 8 years)
     5. Baby Boy Baker   d. 1 May 1832, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married6. Albert Sprague Baker,   b. 29 Sep 1834, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1895, Middleton, Strafford, NH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
    +7. William Alson Baker,   b. 10 Mar 1837, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Mar 1897, Arlington, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     8. Mary Elmina Baker,   b. 10 Oct 1839, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1852, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 12 years)
    +9. Josephine Sarah Baker,   b. Dec 1844, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1923, Corinna, Penobscot, ME Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 79 years)
    Family ID F356  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Feb 2019 

    Family 2 Sarah White,   b. 4 Feb 1797   d. Sept. 12, 1880, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 1 Mar 1855  Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F2702  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 May 2012 

  • Headstones
    Larkin Baker Gravestone
    Larkin Baker Gravestone
    HON. LARKIN BAKER / died / Feb. 3, 1872 / AE 76 yrs
    Plot: 176-A

    Histories
    The History of Westmoreland (Great Meadow) New Hampshire 1741-1970
    The History of Westmoreland (Great Meadow) New Hampshire 1741-1970

  • Notes 
    • from "History of Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire"
      LARKIN BARKER was born in this town September 17, 1795, and remained until his decease, February 2, 1872. For many years his counsel was sought from far and near upon all legal matters. Possessed of a tenacious memory, an aptness for scholarship, he soon took a prominent place in both town and county. He held the commission of justice of the peace during nearly the whole of his business career, and transacted nearly all the business of the town in this line. He was assistant judge of the Court of Common Pleas seven years, judge of Probate for Cheshire County twenty-two years, resigning in 1864 by reason of poor health, and held, at different times, all the offices within the gift of his native town.
    • from "The New Hampshire Sentinel", 5 Feb 1872 (genealogybank.com)
      In Westmoreland, Feb. 3, after a brief illness, Hon. Larkin Baker, aged 76 years 4 mos. and 16 days. Judge Baker was born in Westmoreland Sept. 17, 1795, where he has always resided. In early life he was left without the care and counsel of a father. He acquired his education in the primary schools and in the academy at Chesterfield. He afterward taught school several years. He held for a few years a Captain's and Major's commission. In 1822 he was married to Celina Cobb, daughter of Gen. Simeon Cobb of Westmoreland. There were born to them nine children, four sons and five daughters. He devoted several years to agricultural and a few years to mercantile pursuits, assisting Gen. Cobb in the transaction of his business in its various branches. His wife with whom he had lived thirty years, died Oct. 4, 1852, age 50 years. He married his second wife, widow Sarah Wier, March 2, 1855. He faithfully served the town for many years in the capapcity of Justice of the Peace, Town Clerk and Selectman; he also represent the town two years in the General Court. He held the commission of Judge of the Court of Common Pleas nine years for Cheshire County and Judge of Probate over twenty-two years, which latter office he resigned by reason of ill health at the age of 69 years, after which he was admitted to the Bar under the Statute.He was ever ready to impart information to all who sought his counsel. In him the widow and the fatherless ever found a true and faithful friend, a wise and fatherly counsellor whose memory will be gratefully cherished by the people of the town and county whose interest he so long and so faithfully served. He was - to use the language of a near neighbor - "perfectly honest" - than which, there can be no higher social virtue; and of whom it may be justly said, "Good and faithful servant." All that love and affectin cound do was done for him by his dear wife and dutifull children and his kind and attentive neighbors. A wife, two sons and one daughter survive to mourn their irreparable loss. For nearly fifty years he ws ,until recently, an active and influential member of the Congregational church whose interests we was ever zealous to promote. May people from this and other towns were present at the funeral services to testify their respect for him whos memory they gratefully cherish and to sympathize with bereaved friedns. An appreciative audience listened with respectful attention to a discourse by the writer from Gen. 5:24.
      Jehiel Claflin, East Westmoreland, N.H., Feb, 10, 1872

  • Sources 
    1. [S33] Westmoreland History Committee, The History of Westmoreland (Great Meadow) New Hampshire 1741-1970 and Genealogical Data, (Westmoreland, NH: Westmoreland History Committee, 1976), 331.