Seipp Family Genealogy:Information about John Baker
John Baker (b. 1598, d. Aft. June 28, 1680)
Notes for John Baker:EARLY INHABITANTS OF IPSWICH, MASS. By Abraham Hammatt , pages 22-25
EARLY INHABITANTS OF IPSWICH, MASS. By Abraham Hammatt , pages 22-25
BAKER, John, possessed an house lot on High street in 1638. He appears to have been a man of property, his name standing against one of the 44 highest of 157 subscriptions to the compensation of Major Denison, the military leader, in 1648. He married Kathrin Perkins, May 13, 1667. He died in 1710. His widow Katherine took out letters of administration on his estate, April 14, of that year. His sons were Thomas 2, born Sept. 13, 1636, who settled in Topsfield, and married Priscilla, daughter of the Honorable Samuel Symonds, Nov. 26, 1672, and died March 18, 1718. John 2, and William 2, were probably his sons. He had a daughter Elizabeth who was married June 30, 1690, to Benjamin Dutch. In 1661, Sept. 20, he conveyed to his son Thomas 2, lands in Topsfield upon condition of the payment of ten pounds yearly to him and his wife during their lives.
He took the oath of freeman on 2 Jun 1641. He died after 28 Jun 1680 in Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He was a grocer. He was married to Elizabeth before 1633.
John Baker
Ledger, 1769-1834
Mss: 1
1769-1834
B167
Historical Note:
John Baker, a farmer living in Ipswich, Massachusetts, kept a ledger detailing amounts owed for agricultural products grown on his land as well as labor he provided to others. In addition to farming and related activities, Baker mended shoes, cut wood and shoed horses for others.
Scope and Content:
This collection consists of one volume and an index for the years 1769 through 1834 with entries by name of individual. Ledger entries include date of transaction, product purchased, or task performed, and amount charged. Account names include John Farley, John Patch, "my Honored Father", Samuel Ross, Benjamin Brown, Abraham Knowlton, Jeremiah Perkins, Allen Baker, John Brown, Simeon Safford, Isaac Burnham, Edmund Patch, John Hubbard, Robert Dodge, James Brown, Samuel Porter, Adam Brown, Benjamin Averill, Captain William Putnam, Nathaniel Potter, Anthony Jones, Captain William Wade, Daniel Brown, Samuel Wallis, Joseph Hodgkins, Enoch Porter, Samuel Fairfield, Ezra Bachelder, Jeremiah Page, Joseph Adams, Ebenezer Mills, Thomas Jones, Joshua Giddings, Barnabas Dodge, Daniel Ross, Samuel Adams, Edward Samson, Matthew Samson, Thomas Wade and Daniel Low. Also included is a separate index of names with page numbers.
NOTE: microfilm available. (Film number: 714597)
Provenance : Purchase.
Amount: 1 volume, 1 box
Container List:
Vol. 1 Ledger, 1769-1834
Box 2 Index to Ledger.
More About John Baker and Elizabeth:
Marriage: Bef. 1633
Children of John Baker and Elizabeth are:
- +Sarah Baker, b. March 09, 1640/41, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts369, d. January 20, 1708/09, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts369.