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Royal Baker

Male 1801 - 1853  (51 years)


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  • Name Royal Baker 
    Birth 19 Dec 1801  Newfane, Windham, VT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 8 Oct 1850  Highland, Oakland, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 48, born MA, farmer 
    Death 10 Apr 1853  Highland, Oakland, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial West Highland Cemetery, Highland, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I15190  Family Tree
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2017 

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

    Family 1 Lorane Cronover 
    Marriage 14 Mar 1824 
    Children 
     1. Louisa Baker,   b. 13 Jan 1825, Hamburg, Erie, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1901, North Branford, New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     2. Jerusha Baker,   b. 1826, Pittsford, Lenawee, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 1892, Hamlin, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     3. Maria Baker,   b. 7 Aug 1828, Parma, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1900, Fenton, Genesse, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F5713  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Mar 2017 

    Family 2 Sarah Shaw,   b. 7 Feb 1806, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1854, Highland, Oakland, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Marriage 8 Feb 1831 
    Children 
    +1. Anson Waldo Baker,   b. 6 Jan 1832, Pittford, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1901, Clyde, Oakland, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    +2. Thomas F Baker,   b. May 1834, Monroe Co NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1881, Highland, Oakland, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
     3. Emily Baker,   b. 1835, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1860 (Age 25 years)
     4. Edward Baker,   b. 7 Jul 1835   d. 1 Jan 1845 (Age 9 years)
    +5. Larkin Baker,   b. 6 Jun 1838, Walworth, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jan 1901, Highland, Oakland, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    +6. William Henry Baker,   b. 10 Feb 1840, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1919, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F5714  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2017 

  • Headstones
    Thomas & Jerusha (Waldo) Family Grave Site
    Thomas & Jerusha (Waldo) Family Grave Site
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    Royal Baker Gravestone
    ROYAL BAKER / [unreadable] / April 10, 1853 / AE 52 Years / 3 Months & 22 days

  • Notes 
    • from "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954" (familysearch.org)
      Royal Baker was born 19 Dec 1801 to Thomas and Jerusha Baker. (transcribed from Newfane town records)
    • from "Portrait and Biographical Album of Oakland County, Michigan", (1891)
      Royal Baker, the father of our subject, was born in Vermont December 19, 1801. At an early day he emigrated to Massachusetts and then to New York where he was married, March 14, 1824, to Lorane Cronover. By this wife he had three daughters, Louisa, Mrs. Palmer; Jerusha, Mrs. Sigler, and Maria, Mrs. Hinkley. His second marriage was with Sarah Shaw. The wedding was celebrated February 8, 1831, in New York. To them were born the following children: Anson, our subject; Thomas F.; Emily J.; Edward; Larkin, and William H. In 1842 Mr. Baker came to Michigan and settled on the farm now owned by his son Anson. He now purchased forty-five acres. He had visited Michigan a number of times and had taken up two hundred and forty acres in Livingston, Shiawassee and Oakland Counties. All that is left in the family of the original purchase at the present date is forty-five acres. He was a shoemaker by trade and followed this calling most of his life. He lived at Rochester when there were only a few log houses there. Both he and his good wife were active members of the Baptist Church. He died April 10, 1853, and his wife followed him to the grave the following year, breathing her last August 16, 1854. He cleared one hundred acres of land. He was a Whig and took an active part in both politics and church matters, and in a word was one of the prominent men of his day.
    • From "History of Oakland County, Michigan" by Thaddeus D. Seeley, 1912
      Royal Baker, his paternal grandfather, came from Yates county, New York, to Oakland county, Michigan, in 1836, in territorial days. Settling in Highland township, he took up a tract of wild land in section eighteen, cleared and improved a farm, and lived to see the country roundabout well settled. He was quite successful in life, acquiring title to large tracts of land ere his death, which occurred on his homestead. His son, William Baker, of Grand Rapids, is the only one of his family now living.