Phyla Baker
1810 - 1850 (39 years)-
Name Phyla Baker Birth 15 May 1810 Charleston, Cheshire, NH 
Gender Male Death 1850 Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, MI
Person ID I14272 Family Tree Last Modified 22 May 2017
Father 
Samuel Dakin Baker, b. 20 Sep 1775, Littleton, Middlesex, MA d. 18 Jul 1844, Bradford, Orange, VT (Age 68 years) Mother Sarah Prince, b. 5 Jan 1777, Amherst, Hillborough, NH d. 8 Dec 1858, Bradford, Orange, VT (Age 81 years) Census 1810 Charleston, Cheshire, NH
; 1M<10 (Joseph[10], Ira[6], Orin[4], Jesse [2]), 1M26-44 (Samuel[35]), 1F10-15 (Mary[12]), 1F>=45 (Sarah[33])Census 1820 Charleston, Cheshire, NH
; 2M<10 (Samuel[7], Charles[3]), 1M10-15 (Jesse[12], 1M16-25 (Joseph[20]), 1M26-44 (Samuel[35]), 3F<10 (Phila[10], Sarah[5], Eliza[1], 1F16-25 (Mary[21]), 1F26-44 (Sarah[33])Census 1840 Bradford, Orange, VT
; 1M15-19, 1M60-69 (Samuel[65]), 1F20-29 (Sarah[25]), 1F60-69 (Sarah[63])Family ID F5282 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Guy Beckley, b. 25 Dec 1805 d. 26 Dec 1847, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, MI (Age 42 years) Marriage 10 May 1840 Bradford, Orange, VT
Notes - from "The Vermont Phoenix", 22 May 1840
MARRIED - In Bradford, May 10, Rev. Guy Veckley of Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Miss Phyla Baker of the former place.
Family ID F5334 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 22 May 2017
- from "The Vermont Phoenix", 22 May 1840
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Notes - The Reverend Guy Beckley (1805-1847), a devout abolitionist, came to Ann Arbor in 1839 with his wife Phyla and their eight children. In 1840 he purchased 28 acres of land adjoining the farm owned by his brother Josiah, to whom he sold all but the plot on which the Guy Beckley House at 1425 Pontiac Trail still stands. Beckley was well established in Ann Arbor as a minister and lecturer and active in the antislavery movement. He published an influential abolitionist paper, "The Signal of Liberty", edited by Theodore Foster. Beckley's house was an important "underground" station on one of the routes from the south. Beckley was member of the Michigan State Anti-Slavery Society, served on the Executive Committee from 1840 and functioned as Vice-President in 1845. The Reverend Beckley died in 1847, followed by his wife in 1850.