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Peter Baker

Male 1755 - 1827  (72 years)


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  • Name Peter Baker 
    Birth 5 Sep 1755  Littleton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military Service Dec 1775  Littleton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Enlisted into Capt. Samuel Gilbert's Co. in Col Prescott's Regt of Massachusetts Line for 1 year term 
    Military Service 1 Jan 1777 
    Reenlisted for 3 years in Capt. Samuel Darby's Co, Col John Bailey's 2nd Regiment of Massachusetts 
    Death 25 Nov 1827  Mount Holly, Rutland, VT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Old Mechanicsville Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I118  Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2019 

    Father Joseph Baker,   b. 22 Jan 1721, Littleton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jul 1776, Littleton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Sarah Hook Wheeler,   b. 4 Feb 1724, Littleton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1803, Acton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 1742  Littleton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F32  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lydia Dudley,   b. 11 Aug 1762, New Ipswich, Hillsborough, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1815 (Age 53 years)  [1, 2
    Marriage 14 Nov 1783  Littleton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1790  Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    2m<16(Asa[4],Unknown[?], 1m>=16M(Peter[35]), 3f(Lydia[28],Sarah[5],Lydia[2]) 
    Census 1800  Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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
    Children 
    +1. Sarah “Sally” Baker,   b. 26 Jan 1785, New Ipswich, Hillsborough, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1863, Mount Holly, Rutland, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    +2. Asa Baker,   b. 31 Dec 1786, New Ipswich, Hillsborough, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Apr 1851, Lysander, Onondaga, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    +3. Lydia Baker,   b. 26 Jun 1788, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jun 1828, Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
    +4. James Baker,   b. 11 Mar 1792, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Nov 1868, Cambria, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    +5. Larkin Dudley Baker,   b. 17 Sep 1795, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1872, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    +6. Polly Baker,   b. 1797, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1849, Grafton, Windham, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
    +7. Alden Sprague Baker,   b. 10 Nov 1798, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 1878, Middleport, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     8. Charles Baker,   b. 1799, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F31  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2016 

  • Documents
    Peter Baker Rev War Pension File
    Peter Baker Rev War Pension File
    Copy of Revolutionary War Pension File

    Headstones
    Peter Baker Gravestone
    Peter Baker Gravestone
    Mr. / Peter BAKER / died Nov. 25, / 1827 / AE 72 years / revolutionary soldier

    Histories
    The History of Westmoreland (Great Meadow) New Hampshire 1741-1970
    The History of Westmoreland (Great Meadow) New Hampshire 1741-1970
    Peter Baker in the Revolutionary War
    Peter Baker in the Revolutionary War
    An attempt to uncover the details of Peter Baker's Revolutionary War service

  • Notes 
    • from "Records of Littleton, Massachusetts", 1900 (archive.org)
      Peter Baker Son of Joseph Baker Junr & Sarah Baker his Wife born September ye 5th 1755.
    • From Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution
      BAKER, PETER, Littleton. Return of men enlisted into Continental Army from Capt. Aaron Jewett's (3d) co., Col. Jonathan Reed's (6th Middlesex Co.) regt,. dated FEb. 19, 1778; joined Capt. Samuel Darby's (2d) co., Col. John Bailey's regt.; enlistment, 3 years or during war; also, Private, Col. Bailey's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, Capt. Samuel Darby's co., Col. Bailey's regt.; return of men in service at Valley Forge Jan. 25, 1778.
    • Peter Baker was not a typical 1800 century individual. He served in the Revolutionary War, possibly wintering in Valley Forge (very noble). However, he apparently bailed on Lydia and the children in 1800 (not so noble). Lydia remarried four years later. One account refers to her as being a widow. Peter, however, reappears in 1818 in the town of his daughter Sarah where he died a poor man (serves him right). Peter and Lydia's children were apparently raised by a variety of others and scattered across New England and the frontier of New York. They and their children become quite successful.
      From Pension File Peter states he was part of:
      1. Taking of Burgoyne (17th October 1777)
      2. Wintering in Valley Forge (19 Dec 1777 to 19 Jun 1778)
      3. Battle of Monmouth (June 28, 1778)

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

    2. [S46] Jenks, Margaret, Wallingford and Mount Holly, VT Cemetary Inscriptions, (Privately Published, 1991), 92.