Thomas Baker

1804 -

• Name	Thomas Baker
  Birth	3 Jul 1804	Newfane, Windham, VT
  Gender	Male
  Census	23 Jul 1860	Fenton, Genesee, MI
  	age 53, born VT, jeweller
  Person ID	I15197	Family Tree
  Last Modified	23 May 2017

  
  

  Father	Rev Thomas Baker,   b. 28 Sep 1771, Groton, Middlesex, MA d. 4 Oct 1850, Oakland Co, MI (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Jerusha Waldo,   b. 10 Jul 1777, Alstead, Cheshire, NH d. 16 Jan 1851, Highland, Oakland, MI (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	25 Mar 1799	Alstead, Cheshire, NH
  Family ID	F5414	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Hardiker,   b. 1811, New York
  Children	1. Ellen Baker,   b. 1841, Canada + 2. Emily Baker,   b. Feb 1845, Hamilton, ONT d. 2 Dec 1900 (Age 55 years) + 3. George W Baker,   b. 10 Apr 1847, Hamilton, ONT d. 20 Jul 1930, Rose, Oakland, MI (Age 83 years) + 4. Richard Hardiker Baker,   b. 1851, Buffalo, Erie, NY d. 5 Jan 1910, Topeka, Shawnee, KS (Age 59 years)   5. Jenny Baker,   b. 1854, Michigan
  Family ID	F5767	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2025

  
  

• Notes

  from "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908" Thomas Baker was born 3 Jul 1804 to Thomas and Jerusha Baker. (transcribed from Newfane town records) Likely died in Fenton, not Detroit, where most genealogies mention. There was a Thomas Baker who died in Detroit but he was an Englishman according to the newspaper article. from "History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, Michigan", by W.A. Whitney & R.I Bonner, Vol 2. 1879 (hathitrust.org) Cheselton worked upon this farm for some time, but afterward he went to Hamilton, Canada, to learn the jeweler's trade with his uncle, Thomas Baker, but, after remaining in Hamilton for about two years, his uncle was burned out, losing most of his property.