Phyla Baker

1810 - 1850  (39 years)

• Name	Phyla Baker
  Birth	15 May 1810	Charleston, Cheshire, NH
  Gender	Male
  Death	1850	Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, MI
  Person ID	I14272	Family Tree
  Last Modified	22 May 2017

  
  

  Father	Samuel Dakin Baker,   b. 20 Sep 1775, Littleton, Middlesex, MA d. 18 Jul 1844, Bradford, Orange, VT (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Sarah Prince,   b. 5 Jan 1777, Amherst, Hillborough, NH d. 8 Dec 1858, Bradford, Orange, VT (Age 81 years)
  Census	1810	Charleston, Cheshire, NH
  	1M<10 (Joseph[10], Ira[6], Orin[4], Jesse [2]), 1M26-44 (Samuel[35]), 1F10-15 (Mary[12]), 1F>=45 (Sarah[33])
  Census	1820	Charleston, Cheshire, NH
  	2M<10 (Samuel[7], Charles[3]), 1M10-15 (Jesse[12], 1M16-25 (Joseph[20]), 1M26-44 (Samuel[35]), 3F<10 (Phila[10], Sarah[5], Eliza[1], 1F16-25 (Mary[21]), 1F26-44 (Sarah[33])
  Census	1840	Bradford, Orange, VT
  	1M15-19, 1M60-69 (Samuel[65]), 1F20-29 (Sarah[25]), 1F60-69 (Sarah[63])
  Family ID	F5282	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Guy Beckley,   b. 25 Dec 1805   d. 26 Dec 1847, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, MI (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	10 May 1840	Bradford, Orange, VT
  Notes	from "The Vermont Phoenix", 22 May 1840 MARRIED - In Bradford, May 10, Rev. Guy Veckley of Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Miss Phyla Baker of the former place.
  Family ID	F5334	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 May 2017

  
  

• Notes

  The Reverend Guy Beckley (1805-1847), a devout abolitionist, came to Ann Arbor in 1839 with his wife Phyla and their eight children. In 1840 he purchased 28 acres of land adjoining the farm owned by his brother Josiah, to whom he sold all but the plot on which the Guy Beckley House at 1425 Pontiac Trail still stands. Beckley was well established in Ann Arbor as a minister and lecturer and active in the antislavery movement. He published an influential abolitionist paper, "The Signal of Liberty", edited by Theodore Foster. Beckley's house was an important "underground" station on one of the routes from the south. Beckley was member of the Michigan State Anti-Slavery Society, served on the Executive Committee from 1840 and functioned as Vice-President in 1845. The Reverend Beckley died in 1847, followed by his wife in 1850.