Descendants of Edward Baker


Generation No. 1

1.  EDWARD1 BAKER1 was born Abt. 1610, and died Mar 1687 in Lynn.  He married JOAN/JANE.  She died 09 Apr 1693.

Notes for EDWARD BAKER:
--resident of Lynn by 1630.
--About 1658 Edward Baker removed with his family to help form a settlement at remote Northampton and ---.   After many years residence at Northampton Edward returned to Lynn accompanied by his wife Joan and sons Edward and Thomas but leaving Joseph and Timothy at Northampton.

More About EDWARD BAKER:
Burial: Mar 1687, Lynn
	
Children of EDWARD BAKER and JOAN/JANE are:
2.	i.	MARY2 BAKER, b. Abt. 1643; d. 01 Apr 1719, Milton.
	ii.	JOSEPH BAKER, b. Abt. 1645; d. 29 Oct 1675; m. RUTH HOLTON, 05 Feb 1663.

Notes for JOSEPH BAKER:
--killed by the Indians

	iii.	JOHN BAKER, b. Abt. 1647; m. ABIGAIL FISHER?, 17 Dec 1668.

Notes for JOHN BAKER:
--of Dedham;

Notes for ABIGAIL FISHER?:
--perhaps it was this John who married Abigail Fisher

3.	iv.	TIMOTHY BAKER, b. 1647; d. 30 Aug 1729.
	v.	EDWARD BAKER, b. Abt. 1650; m. MARY MARSHALL, 07 Apr 1685, Lynn.

Notes for EDWARD BAKER:
--of Lynn;

Notes for MARY MARSHALL:
--daugher of either John or  Thomas

	vi.	THOMAS BAKER, b. Abt. 1653; m. MARY LEWIS, 10 Jul 1689, Lynn.

Notes for THOMAS BAKER:
--of Lynn;

	vii.	JONATHAN? BAKER, b. 20 Feb 1657; d. May have died young.


Generation No. 2

2.  MARY2 BAKER (EDWARD1) was born Abt. 1643, and died 01 Apr 1719 in Milton.  She married GEORGE SUMNER 07 Nov 1662 in Northampton, Massachusetts, son of WILLIAM SUMNER and MARY WEST.  He was born 14 Feb 1635 in England, and died 11 Dec 1715.

Notes for GEORGE SUMNER:
--of Milton; born 1634 or 1635?

	
Children of MARY BAKER and GEORGE SUMNER are:
	i.	MARY3 SUMNER, b. 11 Feb 1664; m. UNKNOWN SWINERTON.
4.	ii.	GEORGE SUMNER, b. 09 Feb 1666; d. 1733.
	iii.	SAMUEL SUMNER, b. 19 Oct 1669.
	iv.	WILLIAM SUMNER, b. 07 Apr 1671.
	v.	EBENEZER SUMNER, b. 09 Dec 1673.
5.	vi.	EDWARD SUMNER, b. 29 Aug 1675; d. 1763.
	vii.	JOSEPH SUMNER, b. 26 Aug 1677.
6.	viii.	BENJAMIN SUMNER, b. 15 Dec 1683; d. 1727.


3.  TIMOTHY2 BAKER (EDWARD1) was born 1647, and died 30 Aug 1729.  He married (1) GRACE MARSH 16 Jan 1672, daughter of JOHN MARSH.  She died 31 May 1676.  He married (2) SARAH HOLLISTER Abt. 1679, daughter of JOHN HOLLISTER and JOANNA TREAT.  She was born Abt. 1648, and died 08 Dec 1691.

Notes for TIMOTHY BAKER:
--of Northampton;
	
Children of TIMOTHY BAKER and GRACE MARSH are:
	i.	GRACE3 BAKER, b. 1673; d. Died in infancy.
	ii.	TIMOTHY BAKER, b. 1675.

	
Children of TIMOTHY BAKER and SARAH HOLLISTER are:
	iii.	JOHN3 BAKER, b. 03 Feb 1680; m. REBECCA CLARK; b. 22 Nov 1687.
	iv.	THOMAS BAKER, b. 14 May 1682; d. 1753, Roxbury, Massachusetts; m. CHRISTINE/ MARGUERITE OTIS, 1715.

Notes for THOMAS BAKER:
--third son of Timothy
--one of his descendants was "Long John Wentworth," mayor of Chicago
--visiting Edward Sumner of Roxbury when he suddenly died in 1753.

Notes for CHRISTINE/ MARGUERITE OTIS:
--if I have this right: Christine was taken by the Indians at 3 months and taken to Canada with her mother.  Her father was killed by them in 1689.  She married the Frenchman and had two children;  I believe her future husband, Baker, brought her back from Canada.  Her first husband had died;

	v.	EDWARD BAKER, b. 12 Nov 1685.
	vi.	PRUDENCE BAKER, b. 14 May 1687.
	vii.	DELIVERANCE BAKER, b. 03 Nov 1689.


Generation No. 3

4.  GEORGE3 SUMNER (MARY2 BAKER, EDWARD1) was born 09 Feb 1666, and died 1733.  He married ANN TUCKER Abt. 1694, daughter of BENJAMIN TUCKER.  
	
Children of GEORGE SUMNER and ANN TUCKER are:
7.	i.	SAMUEL4 SUMNER, b. 13 Nov 1695.
	ii.	GEORGE SUMNER, b. Sep 1697.
	iii.	ANN SUMNER, b. 13 Sep 1699.
	iv.	MARY SUMNER, b. 02 Nov 1702.
	v.	WILLIAM SUMNER, b. 20 Oct 1704.
	vi.	SUSANNA SUMNER, b. 13 Apr 1707.
8.	vii.	ELIZABETH SUMNER, b. 30 Jun 1709; d. 1797.
	viii.	JOSIAH SUMNER, b. 13 Mar 1712.
	ix.	ABIGAIL SUMNER, b. 03 Nov 1718.


5.  EDWARD3 SUMNER (MARY2 BAKER, EDWARD1) was born 29 Aug 1675, and died 1763.  He married ELIZABETH CLAPP 25 Sep 1701, daughter of SAMUEL CLAPP and HANNAH LEEDS.  She was born 1679, and died 1758.
	
Children of EDWARD SUMNER and ELIZABETH CLAPP are:
	i.	NATHANIEL4 SUMNER.
	ii.	EDWARD SUMNER, b. 16 Jul 1702.
	iii.	ELIZABETH SUMNER, b. 30 Apr 1704; d. Died in infancy.
	iv.	JOHN SUMNER, b. 01 Aug 1705.
	v.	ELIZABETH? SUMNER, b. 07 Apr 1708.
	vi.	SAMUEL SUMNER, b. 21 Oct 1710.
	vii.	INCREASE SUMNER, b. 09 Jun 1713.
	viii.	UNKNOWN SUMNER, b. 08 May 1715.
9.	ix.	MARY SUMNER, b. 1717; d. 1798.
	x.	MARY SUMNER, b. 09 Oct 1717.
	xi.	EBENEZER SUMNER, b. 10 Jun 1722.
	xii.	BENJAMIN SUMNER, b. 29 Dec 1724.


6.  BENJAMIN3 SUMNER (MARY2 BAKER, EDWARD1) was born 15 Dec 1683, and died 1727.  He married ELIZABETH BABCOCK 03 May 1706.  
	
Children of BENJAMIN SUMNER and ELIZABETH BABCOCK are:
	i.	ZEBIAH4 SUMNER, b. 19 Nov 1707.
	ii.	BENJAMIN SUMNER, b. 26 Nov 1709; d. Died young.
	iii.	JOSEPH SUMNER, b. 13 Feb 1712; d. Abt. 1732.
	iv.	ABIJAH SUMNER, b. 06 Mar 1714.
	v.	DAVID SUMNER, b. 06 Jan 1717.
	vi.	DANIEL SUMNER, b. 03 May 1719.
	vii.	SAMUEL SUMNER, b. 04 May 1722.
	viii.	BENJAMIN SUMNER, b. 21 Feb 1725.


Generation No. 4

7.  SAMUEL4 SUMNER (GEORGE3, MARY2 BAKER, EDWARD1) was born 13 Nov 1695.  He married ELIZABETH GRIFFIN 20 Nov 1723 in Roxbury, daughter of JOSEPH GRIFFIN and SARAH DEVOTION.  She was born 02 Feb 1699.

Notes for SAMUEL SUMNER:
--of Pomfret, Connecticut
	
Children of SAMUEL SUMNER and ELIZABETH GRIFFIN are:
10.	i.	ANN5 SUMNER, b. 25 Sep 1724, Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut; d. 10 Jul 1808, Montague, Massachusetts.
11.	ii.	JOSEPH SUMNER, b. 19 Jan 1740; d. 09 Dec 1824.


8.  ELIZABETH4 SUMNER (GEORGE3, MARY2 BAKER, EDWARD1) was born 30 Jun 1709, and died 1797.  She married JOSEPH CHANDLER 1724, son of JOSEPH CHANDLER and SUSANNA PERRIN.  He was born 1710, and died 1780.
	
Children of ELIZABETH SUMNER and JOSEPH CHANDLER are:
12.	i.	PETER5 CHANDLER.
13.	ii.	JOHN CHANDLER, b. 1736; d. 1796.


9.  MARY4 SUMNER (EDWARD3, MARY2 BAKER, EDWARD1) was born 1717, and died 1798.  She married THOMAS BALCH 1737.  He was born 1711, and died 1774.
	
Child of MARY SUMNER and THOMAS BALCH is:
14.	i.	MARY5 BALCH, b. 1740; d. 1815.


Generation No. 5

10.  ANN5 SUMNER (SAMUEL4, GEORGE3, MARY2 BAKER, EDWARD1) was born 25 Sep 1724 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, and died 10 Jul 1808 in Montague, Massachusetts.  She married EDWARD RUGGLES 02 Apr 1747 in Pomfret, Connecticut, son of EDWARD RUGGLES and HANNAH CRAFT.  He was born 22 Jun 1724 in Roxbury, and died 25 Dec 1797 in Montague, Massachusetts.
	
Children of ANN SUMNER and EDWARD RUGGLES are:
	i.	BENJAMIN6 RUGGLES, b. 18 Aug 1747; d. 10 Jul 1794; m. ELIZABETH DURKEE.
	ii.	ABIGAIL RUGGLES, b. 23 Jun 1749.
15.	iii.	SAMUEL RUGGLES, b. 26 Feb 1752; d. 23 Oct 1778, Killingly, Connecticut.
	iv.	ELIZABETH RUGGLES, b. 10 Apr 1754.
	v.	ANNA RUGGLES, b. 01 Oct 1756.
	vi.	HANNAH RUGGLES, b. 15 Aug 1758.
16.	vii.	EDWARD RUGGLES, b. 03 Apr 1763.
17.	viii.	THOMAS RUGGLES, b. 11 Aug 1765; d. 1824.


11.  JOSEPH5 SUMNER (SAMUEL4, GEORGE3, MARY2 BAKER, EDWARD1) was born 19 Jan 1740, and died 09 Dec 1824.  He married LUCY WILLIAMS.  

Notes for JOSEPH SUMNER:
--Reverand; of Shrewsbury;
	
Child of JOSEPH SUMNER and LUCY WILLIAMS is:
	i.	LUCY6 SUMNER, b. 24 Dec 1771; d. 10 Apr 1863; m. JOSEPH WHEELER, 13 Jan 1793; b. 27 Aug 1766; d. 21 Jan 1852, Dixfield, Maine.

Notes for JOSEPH WHEELER:
--a cabinet maker who became a farmer at Dixfield, Maine;


12.  PETER5 CHANDLER (ELIZABETH4 SUMNER, GEORGE3, MARY2 BAKER, EDWARD1)  He married MARY HODGES, daughter of WILLIAM HODGES.  
	
Child of PETER CHANDLER and MARY HODGES is:
	i.	SUSANNA6 CHANDLER, b. 1771; m. JOHN WINTHROP CHANDLER, 1794; b. 1767; d. 1855.


13.  JOHN5 CHANDLER (ELIZABETH4 SUMNER, GEORGE3, MARY2 BAKER, EDWARD1) was born 1736, and died 1796.  He married MARY CHANDLER 1763.  

Notes for MARY CHANDLER:
--second cousin of her husband, John Chandler;
	
Child of JOHN CHANDLER and MARY CHANDLER is:
	i.	JOHN WINTHROP6 CHANDLER, b. 1767; d. 1855; m. SUSANNA CHANDLER, 1794; b. 1771.


14.  MARY5 BALCH (MARY4 SUMNER, EDWARD3, MARY2 BAKER, EDWARD1) was born 1740, and died 1815.  She married MANASSEH CUTLER 1766.  He was born 1742, and died 1823.
	
Child of MARY BALCH and MANASSEH CUTLER is:
	i.	EPHRAIM6 CUTLER, b. 1767; d. 1853; m. (1) UNKNOWN; m. (2) SALLY PARKER, 1808; b. 1777; d. 1846.


Generation No. 6

15.  SAMUEL6 RUGGLES (ANN5 SUMNER, SAMUEL4, GEORGE3, MARY2 BAKER, EDWARD1) was born 26 Feb 1752, and died 23 Oct 1778 in Killingly, Connecticut.
	
Children of SAMUEL RUGGLES are:
	i.	EBENEZER7 RUGGLES, b. 17 Dec 1773; d. 1823.
	ii.	JOHN RUGGLES, b. 03 Feb 1776; d. 19 Feb 1831, Rutland, Vermont; m. (1) POLLY GOULD; m. (2) EUNICE KINGSLEY; m. (3) SALLY BEAMAN.

Notes for JOHN RUGGLES:
--moved to Rutland, Vermont in 1801


16.  EDWARD6 RUGGLES (ANN5 SUMNER, SAMUEL4, GEORGE3, MARY2 BAKER, EDWARD1) was born 03 Apr 1763.  He married (1) JERUSHA 06 Jun 1784.  She was born Abt. 1760, and died 09 Jan 1785.  He married (2) SYBIL TAFT Abt. 1785.  

Notes for EDWARD RUGGLES:
--moved in 1794 to Montague, Massachusetts
	
Child of EDWARD RUGGLES and SYBIL TAFT is:
	i.	TWELVE CHILDREN7 RUGGLES.


17.  THOMAS6 RUGGLES (ANN5 SUMNER, SAMUEL4, GEORGE3, MARY2 BAKER, EDWARD1) was born 11 Aug 1765, and died 1824.  He married ALITHEAH SMITH Abt. 1790, daughter of JAMES SMITH and LOIS PRESTON.  She was born 05 Apr 1767, and died Mar 1843.

Notes for THOMAS RUGGLES:
--moved about 1800 to Windsor, Vermont and next to Rutland, Vermont about 1814.
	
Children of THOMAS RUGGLES and ALITHEAH SMITH are:
	i.	PRESTON7 RUGGLES, b. Abt. 1791; d. 22 Feb 1792, Abington.
18.	ii.	ELETHEAR RUGGLES, b. 25 May 1795, Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut.
	iii.	ADOLPHUS RUGGLES, b. 01 Nov 1796; m. SOPHRONIA PARTRIDGE, 1822.
	iv.	SUMNER RUGGLES, b. 25 Feb 1797; m. EMILY MAY.
	v.	LUCRETIA RUGGLES, b. 02 Aug 1799; m. DAVID HOUGH.
	vi.	LORINDA RUGGLES, b. 04 Apr 1804; m. NATHAN WOOD.
	vii.	STEPHEN RUGGLES, b. 04 Jul 1808; d. 28 May 1880.

Notes for STEPHEN RUGGLES:
--unmarried;


Generation No. 7

18.  ELETHEAR7 RUGGLES (THOMAS6, ANN5 SUMNER, SAMUEL4, GEORGE3, MARY2 BAKER, EDWARD1) was born 25 May 1795 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut.  She married EZEKIEL LADD BAILEY in Rutland, Vermont, son of JACOB BAILEY and MOLLY/MARY LADD.  He was born 12 Jun 1786.

Notes for EZEKIEL LADD BAILEY:
--of Newbury and Rutland, Vermont;
	
Children of ELETHEAR RUGGLES and EZEKIEL BAILEY are:
	i.	THOMAS R8 BAILEY.
	ii.	MARY L BAILEY.
	iii.	FRANKLIN L BAILEY.
	iv.	ELEANOR BAILEY.



Endnotes

1.  Ferris, Mary Walton, Dawes-Gates ancestral lines: a memorial--Rufus R Dawes. Milwaukee: Wisconsin Cuneo Press, 1931-43, 1773pgs.