Anna Dix

1748 - 1803  (55 years)

• Name	Anna Dix
  Birth	25 Mar 1748	Littleton, Middlesex, MA
  Gender	Female
  Death	30 Jul 1803	Boston, Suffolk, MA
  Burial	Central Burying Ground, Boston, MA
  Person ID	I2467	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Dix
  Mother	Sarah Shattuck
  Family ID	F1767	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Baker,   b. 11 Sep 1748, Littleton, Middlesex, MA d. 1792, Littleton, Middlesex, MA (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	7 Nov 1779	Littleton, Middlesex, MA
  Notes	from "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988" (ancestry.com) On Oct. 23d 1779, "Then the Intentions of marriage was Entered between Lieut Joseph Baker and Mrs. Anna Dix both of Littleton (from Littleton town records)
  Children	+ 1. Anna Baker,   b. 27 Sep 1780, Littleton, Middlesex, MA + 2. Sarah Baker,   b. 10 Sep 1782, Littleton, Middlesex, MA d. 2 Dec 1806, Boston, Suffolk, MA (Age 24 years)   3. Infant Baker,   b. 1790
  Family ID	F1766	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2020

  
  

• Headstones

  Anna (Dix) Baker Gravestone Sacred / To the memory of / Mrs. Anna Baker / who died Jul 30th 1803 / AEt. 56 Plot: A-48

  
  

• Notes

  from "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988" Anna Dix, daughter of Jonathan & Sarah Dix, was born Mar 25, 1748. from "The New-England Repertory", 3 Aug 1803 (genealogybank.com) DIED. At Boston, Mrs. Ann Baker, the Governess of the Boston Female Asylum, aged 56. The death of this amiable and useful woman, will not only be severely felt by her own immediate connexions; but, especially by the by the Children of the Asylum; whom she always treated with the care and affection of a Mother; she descended from a respectable Family, was a friend to real Religion, and possessed a most accommodation disposition; hence, in her place, gave universal satisfaction. The following description of Anna Baker was published in Lemuel Shattuck's Memorials of the descendants of William Shattuck In 1795 she went to Boston, and d. there in July, 1803. She was the first female employed as an instructor at the Orphan Asylum. The day before Anna died her daughter Sarah (Baker) Goodwin's son died age nine days. Both Anna and this grandson are buried at Central Burying Ground in Boston, Mass.