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Alden Sprague Baker

Male 1798 - 1878  (79 years)


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  • Name Alden Sprague Baker 
    Birth 10 Nov 1798  Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 12 Sep 1850  Royalton, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 51, born NH, Merchant 
    Census 22 Jun 1855  Royalton, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 56, born NH, lived here 32 yrs, gentleman 
    Census 12 Jul 1860  Royalton, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 61, born NH, Farmer 
    Census 30 Jun 1865  Royalton, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 66, born NH, Justice of Peace 
    Census 6 Jul 1870  Royalton, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 71, born NH, Justice of Peace 
    Census 1 Jun 1875  Royalton, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 76, born NH, Justice 
    Death 13 Mar 1878  Middleport, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Mountain Ridge Cemetery, Royalton, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1579  Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2016 

    Father Peter Baker,   b. 5 Sep 1755, Littleton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1827, Mount Holly, Rutland, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Lydia Dudley,   b. 11 Aug 1762, New Ipswich, Hillsborough, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1815 (Age 53 years) 
    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
    Family ID F31  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Wanton Wickham,   b. 22 Dec 1804, Philadelphia, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1892, Middleport, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)  [1, 2
    Marriage 1823  Sodus Point, Wayne, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. William Wickham Baker,   b. 1824, Middleport, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1824, Middleport, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     2. John Frederick Baker,   b. 1825, Middleport, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1825, Middleport, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +3. James Northam Baker,   b. 10 Nov 1824, Sodus Point, Wayne, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Mar 1883, Oswego, Oswego , NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    +4. Catherine Christian Baker,   b. 1827, Middleport, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1865, Joliet, Will, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
    +5. Andrew Jackson Baker,   b. 6 Jan 1828, Middleport, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1904, Rochester, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    +6. Alden Sprague “Owen” Baker,   b. Mar 1832, Middleport, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1907, Whitehall, Muskegon, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     7. William Wickham Baker,   b. May 1835, Middleport, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1902, Chicago, Cook, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    +8. Elizabeth Wanton Baker,   b. 11 May 1837, Middleport, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1921, Denver, Denver, CO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    +9. Thomas Shipley “Shipley” Baker,   b. 1840, Middleport, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1915, Los Angeles Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    +10. Angelina Emily Baker,   b. 22 Apr 1841, Middleport, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1933, Middleport, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     11. Mary Winthrop Baker,   b. 20 Dec 1846, Middleport, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Oct 1919, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F360  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Oct 2015 

  • Headstones
    Alden S Baker Gravestone
    Alden S Baker Gravestone
    Alden S. Baker / born / Nov. 10, 1798 / died / Mar. 13, 1878
    Plot: Area C

    Histories
    Andrew Jackson Baker Biography
    Andrew Jackson Baker Biography
    The History of Westmoreland (Great Meadow) New Hampshire 1741-1970
    The History of Westmoreland (Great Meadow) New Hampshire 1741-1970

  • Notes 
    • from Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Niagara County, New York, 1892 (heritagequest.com)
      Hon. Alden Sprage Baker was born in Westmoreland, New Hampshire., November 10, 1799, and emigrated to the State of New York in 1816. He married Elizabeth Wanton Wickham, at Sodus Point, Wayne county, New York, in 1823, and settled in Middleport in 1824, Elizabeth Wanton Wickham was born December 22, 1803, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. To them were born eleven children, seven sons and four daughters. Alden S. Baker died March 13, 1878. His widow, three daughters, and four sons survive him.
    • from "The Lockport Daily Journal", 16 Mar 1878(fultonhistory.com)
      The death of Judge ALDEN S. BAKER, of Middleport, is announced as having occured Wednesday morning last. The Middleport Mail of yesterday has the following: Alden Sprague Baker was born in Chesterfield, N.H., Nov. 10th, 1798, and was at the time of his death 79 years of age. In 1816 he removed to Baldwinsville, Onondaga enmity, N. Y., and shortly thereafter went to 0swego. In Oswego he entered the service of Mr. Dalleway, a merchant, as clerk, and afterwards that of Matthew McNair, in the same capacity, and remained with him four or five years. From Oswego he went to Sodus Point, Wayne County, and there engaged in the forwarding business. In 1823 he married, at Sodus Point, Elizabeth Wanton Wicham, who survives him, and in 1824 he came to Middleport as clerk for James Northam, who moved from Lyons to this place. He remained with Mr. Northam a short time, and then became acquainted with Francis B. Lane, who was then a contractor engaged in the building of the Erie canal. Since then, a term of fifty-four years, he has resided in this place. His family consisted of eleven children, eight of whom survive him. He was the founder of the Universalist Society in this Village, having procured the first minister, Rev. L. S. Everett, who ever preached the doctrine here. He was prominent in the building of the church, contributing liberally of his time and means. He was always public spirited, and foremost in all projects for the public good. He was made Associate Judge of the Niagara County Court by Governor Bouck, and for a great many years held the offices of Justice of Sessions and Justice of the Peace. His work is done and he rests from his labors. The funeral took place from the Universalist Church at Middleport yesterday afternoon at one o'clock.

  • 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. [S94] Anonymous, Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Niagara County, New York, (Gresham Pub. Co., Philadelphia Pa, 1892), pg 247-248.