James Baker

1792 - 1868  (76 years)

• Name	James Baker
  Birth	11 Mar 1792	Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH
  Gender	Male
  Move	1836	Cambria, Niagara, NY
  Census	27 Aug 1850	Cambria, Niagara, NY ; Age 58, Born NH, Farmer
  Census	20 Jun 1855	Cambria, Niagara, NY ; age 62, born NH, Farmer, resident of Cambria for 19 years
  Census	13 Jul 1860	Cambria, Niagara, NY ; Age 67, Born NH, Farmer
  Census	13 Jun 1865	Cambria, Niagara, NY ; age 62, born NH, married once, Farmer
  Death	18 Nov 1868	Cambria, Niagara, NY
  Burial		Hillside Cemetery, Cambria, NY
  Person ID	I50	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2017

  
  

  Father	Peter Baker,   b. 5 Sep 1755, Littleton, Middlesex, MA d. 25 Nov 1827, Mount Holly, Rutland, VT (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Lydia Dudley,   b. 11 Aug 1762, New Ipswich, Hillsborough, NH d. 9 Sep 1815 (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	14 Nov 1783	Littleton, Middlesex, MA
  Census	1790	Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH ; 2m<16(Asa[4],Unknown[?], 1m>=16M(Peter[35]), 3f(Lydia[28],Sarah[5],Lydia[2])
  Census	1800	Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH ; 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	Mary Palmer,   b. 7 Dec 1798, Northumberland, Saratoga, NY d. 11 Apr 1864, Cambria, Niagara, NY (Age 65 years)  [1]
  Marriage	14 Sep 1815	Northumberland, Saratoga, NY
  Census	1820	Wilton, Saratoga, NY ; 1M <10 (Palmer[4]); 1M 26-45 (James[28]); 1F 16-26 (Mary[21])
  Census	1830	Gorham, Ontario, NY ; 1M <5 (Oscar[1]); 2M 5-9 (George[9], Alden[7]); 1M 10-14(Palmer[14]); 1M 30-39 (James[38]; 1F <5 (Lydia[3]); 1F 30-39 (Mary [31])
  Census	1840	Cambria, Niagara, NY ; 1M <5 (Omar[1]); 1M 5-9 (Ira[9]); 1M 10-14 (Oscar[11]); 2M 15-19(George[19], Alden[17]); 1M 20-29 (Palmer[24]); 1M 40-49 (James[48]); 1F <5 (Sarah[2]); 1F 5-9(Mary[6]); 1F 10-14 (Lydia[13]); 1F 40-49 (Mary[41]}
  Children	+ 1. Palmer Nicholas Baker,   b. 29 Jul 1816, Saratoga Co, NY d. 2 Feb 1876, Shelby, Macomb, MI (Age 59 years)   2. George Baker,   b. Mar 1821, Saratoga Co, NY d. 10 May 1845, Cambria, Niagara, NY (Age ~ 24 years) + 3. Alden Dudley Baker,   b. 28 Jul 1823, Saratoga Co, NY d. 15 Mar 1891, Cambria, Niagara, NY (Age 67 years) + 4. Lydia Jane “Liddie” Baker,   b. 15 Jun 1826, Gorham, Ontario, NY d. 20 Jan 1895, Lyons, Wayne, NY (Age 68 years) + 5. Oscar F Baker,   b. 2 Jan 1829, Gorham, Ontario, NY d. 22 Aug 1861 (Age 32 years) + 6. Ira Baker,   b. 31 May 1831, Gorham, Ontario, NY d. 18 Sep 1909, Cambria, Niagara, NY (Age 78 years) 7. Mary Baker,   b. 1834, Cambria, Niagara, NY d. 9 Jun 1863 (Age 29 years) 8. Sarah Baker,   b. 23 Sep 1836, Cambria, Niagara, NY d. 4 Feb 1879, Cambria, Niagara, NY (Age 42 years) + 9. Omar Baker,   b. 26 Feb 1839, Cambria, Niagara, NY d. 28 Dec 1884, Cambria, Niagara, NY (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F18	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 May 2015

  
  

• Headstones		James Baker Family Gravestone Contains inscriptions for James Baker, Mary (Palmer) Baker, George Baker and Mary Gregory. Five headstones at base of main monument are unreadable. A sixth is for Hubert Baker, grandson to James and Mary.
  		Inscription for James and Mary Baker Family Gravestone James Baker / died / Nov. 18, 1868 / AE ??? (remaining hard to read - here is best guess) Mary / His Wife / Died Apr 11 1864 / AE 64 years

  
  

  Histories

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

  
  

• Notes

  from Niagara Falls Gazette, May 30, 1860 (www.fultonhistory.com) Mr. James Baker, of Cambria, a man 78 years of age, who has been laboring for some days under mental aberation, was taken to the Asylum at Utica, Monday. ____ from "The Lockport Journal & Courier", 2 Jun 1860 INSANE - Mr. James Baker, aged 78 years, a respectable farmer in the town of Cambria, was taken to the Lunatic Asylum at Utica on Monday last. He was subject to attacks of mental aberration, and has been an inmate of the Asylum before. A rush of blood to the head a short time since, left his mind deranged, but it ti thought not permanently, and his friends thought best to take him to the Asylum for medical treatment. He was good humored adn very talkative on his way down. from "The Lockport Daily Journal", 16 Oct 1867 (fultonhistory.com) John Fox, well known as the coffee and spice man, has just arrived in town with a car-load of choice apples, from Niagara county, N.Y. One barrel is filled with 215 which are said to be the largest apples ever put together in one barrel. He will sell today at the western railroad freight depot-Springfield (Mass.) Bepublican. The apples alluded to in the above item were raised by James Baker, in the town of Cambria, and were shipped by Messrs. Baker & Manger of this city. Mr. Fox in a private letter states that he stood all day at the depot in Springfield, showing the apples, and a large crowd collected about the car. from "The Lockport Daily Journal", 18 Nov 1868 (fultonhistory.com) ANOTHER OF OUR PIONEER SETTLERS CALLED AWAY We are again called to record the death of one of our aged pioneer citizens, who, one by one, are passing away from the stage. James Baker, an aged and respected citizen of Cambria, died At his residence, in the town of Cambria, yesterday, 18th inst., at the advanced age of 76 years. Mr. Baker came to this county from New England more than thirty years ago, and is among those who, by hardy industry, wise foresight and good example, laid the foundation for the present prosperity and for the religious and educational privileges for which Western New York is now so highly favored. The death of this venerable citizen will be mourned by a large concourse of warmly attached friends. from "The Lockport Daily Journal", 1 Dec 1881 (fultonhistory.com) LEGAL: The people of the State of New York, by the grace of God, free and independent: To William P. Baker, Frederick Baker, Frank Baker and Charles Baker, all residing at Wellville, Lake Co., Mich.; Burt Baker and Florence Baker, residing in Romeo, Mich.; Alice Sommers, residing in Beaver Lake, Ogena Co., Mich.; and Carrie E. Mobin, residing at Canton, Mo.; Dudley Baker, Omer Baker and Ira Baker, residing at Cambria, Niag. Co., N.Y; William B. Gregory, residing at Porter, Niag. Co., N.Y.; being all the persons interested as heirs-at-law, next of kin. and creditors in the estate of SARAH SCOTT, late of the town of Cambria, in the county of Niagara, deceased, greeting: You are hereby cited and required to appear before our surrogate of our county of Niagara, in our surrogate's court, on the 12th day of December 1881, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day, at the surrogate's office, in the city of Lockport, N. Y., then and there to attend the judicial settlement of the accounts of Homer Scott, sole administrator of said deceased. Signed, D. Elwood Jeffrey, Clerk to the Surrogates' Court

  
  

• Sources

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