Joseph Baker

1748 - 1792  (43 years)

• Name	Joseph Baker
  Birth	11 Sep 1748	Littleton, Middlesex, MA
  Gender	Male
  Death	1792	Littleton, Middlesex, MA
  Person ID	I130	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2017

  
  

  Father	Joseph Baker,   b. 22 Jan 1721, Littleton, Middlesex, MA d. 8 Jul 1776, Littleton, Middlesex, MA (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Sarah Hook Wheeler,   b. 4 Feb 1724, Littleton, Middlesex, MA d. 22 Sep 1803, Acton, Middlesex, MA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1742	Littleton, Middlesex, MA
  Family ID	F32	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Dix,   b. 25 Mar 1748, Littleton, Middlesex, MA d. 30 Jul 1803, Boston, Suffolk, MA (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	7 Nov 1779	Littleton, Middlesex, MA
  Notes	from "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988" (ancestry.com) On Oct. 23d 1779, "Then the Intentions of marriage was Entered between Lieut Joseph Baker and Mrs. Anna Dix both of Littleton (from Littleton town records)
  Children	+ 1. Anna Baker,   b. 27 Sep 1780, Littleton, Middlesex, MA + 2. Sarah Baker,   b. 10 Sep 1782, Littleton, Middlesex, MA d. 2 Dec 1806, Boston, Suffolk, MA (Age 24 years)   3. Infant Baker,   b. 1790
  Family ID	F1766	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2020

  
  

• Notes

  from "Records of Littleton, Massachusetts", 1900 (archive.org) Joseph Baker Son of Joseph Baker and Sarah Baker born Sept 11 : 1748 Joseph Baker (also given Joseph Baker Jr.), Littleton. 2nd Lieutenant, Capt. Samuel Gilbert's co., Col. William Prescott's Regt.; list of officers; commissioned June 25, 1775; also, muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 30, 1775; service, 92 days; also, company return dated Cambridge, Sept. 28, 1775; also, order for recompense for losses at Bunker Hill, dated Littleton, April 2, 1776; also, return of men enlisted into Continental Army from Capt. Jewett's co., Col. Reed's 6th Middlesex Co. Regt., dated Littleton, Sept. 17, 1777; joined Capt. Samuel Darby's co., Col. John Bailey's Regt.; enlistment, 3 years; also, Col. Bailey's Regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to April 1, 1779; reported resigned April 1, 1779; also, Capt. Darby's co., Col. Bailey's Regt.; return of men in service at Valley Forge Jan. 25, 1778; also, order for clothing payable to Lieut. Col. Ezra Badlam, dated Camp at White Plains, Aug. 19, 1778; also, return for clothing dated Dorchester, Sept. 28, 1778; also, return for clothing dated Boston, Oct. 6, 1778; also, list of officers in need of clothing, dated Dorchester, Oct. 22, 1778; also, certificate signed by said Baker, dated Littleton, Feb. 1, 1779; also, list of officers dated Boston, May 19, 1779; reported not recommended on the new establishment. Joseph is listed among the officers in Metcalf's Original Members and other Officers eligible to the Society of the Cincinnati 1783-1938. He is also mentioned as an "Eligible Non-Member" of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati in the New England Historical and Genealogical Society Register (January 1946) 100:61. from Middlesex County Probate Records (familysearch) Refers to Joseph Baker late of Littleton in the county of Middlesex, gentleman. Dated 12 Jun 1792. On 25 May 1792, Anna Baker, widow of late Capt. Joseph Baker names On Administrator Richard Goldsmith, yeoman, of Harvard, Worcester, MA. On 12 Jun 1792 Bond of 10 thousand pounds by John Hartwell & John Dix both of Littleton, yeomen Two journeys to Lancaster & two to Luningburg to recover the money which the land was sold for