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William Baker

William Baker

Male 1770 - 1823  (52 years)

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  • Name William Baker 
    Birth 27 Nov 1770  Templeton, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 23 Mar 1823  Charlotte, Chittenden, VT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14527  Family Tree
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2018 

    Father William Baker,   b. 26 Mar 1746, Littleton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1815, Rutland, Rutland, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Sarah Fletcher,   b. 4 Mar 1748, Acton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1792, Concord, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Marriage 8 Dec 1768  Stow, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from "Vital records of Acton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850"
      BAKER, William (Ba[ ]er [Baker in later handwriting, int. Baker] of Stowe and Sarah Fletcher of Action, Dec. 8, 1769, in Stowe
    Family ID F5425  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marcia Andrus,   b. 1 Oct 1781   d. 30 May 1866, Panton, Addison, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [1
    Marriage 17 Nov 1801 
    Children 
     1. Harriet Byron Baker,   b. 17 Jun 1802, Middlebury, Addison, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Apr 1869, Essex Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    +2. Eldad Andrus Baker,   b. 12 Jun 1804, Middlebury, Addison, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1845, Grand Caillau, Terre Bonne, LA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
    +3. William Henry Baker,   b. 4 Aug 1806, Middlebury, Addison, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1898, Decorah, Winneshiek, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
    +4. George Washington Baker,   b. 7 May 1809, Middlebury, Addison, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1872, Fayette Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     5. Susanna Fletcher Baker,   b. 5 Apr 1813, Middlebury, Addison, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 1888, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F6041  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

  • Photos
    1798 William Baker Painting
    1798 William Baker Painting
    "WILLIAM BAKER - From a painting done in Washington when he was 28 years of age. He was the contractor for the dome of the old capitol there."
    (from Genealogy and history of the Baker, Andrus, Clark, and Adams families, Albert Clark Baker, 1920)

    Headstones
    William Baker Gravestone
    William Baker Gravestone
    WILLIAM BAKER / died March 23 / 1823 / aged 52 years
    [located at Barber Cemetery, Charlotte, Chittenden, VT]

  • Notes 
    • from "Vital records of Templeton, Massachusetts; to the end of the year 1849" (archive.org)
      William Baker, s. William and Sarah, born Nov. 27, 1770
    • from "Genealogy and history of the Baker, Andrus, Clark, and Adams families" by Albert Clark Baker, 1920
      My grandfather [William Baker] learned the mason's trade. He became a large contractor. He had the contract of the dome to the old capitol in Washington, D. C. The picture of him, shown in this work, was from a painting while on that contract. He built Middlebury College. At one time he was considered a wealthy man, but his generous nature ruined him. He built the large glass works at Salsbury, and never received any pay for it. He signed notes for supposed friends and had so much to pay that he was obliged to sell his property and move to Charlotte, where he operated the old hotel shown in this book.... He died from taking a large dose of saltpeter in the place of salts as prescribed by his doctor....That of the old hotel at Charlotte, Vermont, was taken by the writer the present year. It was here that grandfather Baker died in 1823. Here grandmother kept the place until she married Mr. Raxford. It was on the main stageroad from Boston to Montreal. All stages stopped here. It is now occupied as a tenement house, three families living in it at the time I took the picture

  • Sources 
    1. [S25] Albert Clark Baker, Genealogy and history of the Baker, Andrus, Clark, and Adams families, (1920).