I tried to add this info to sources on Francis Baker, b 1611/12 and found that I can only scan a doc. Well, I dio not have a scanner. So how does one go about adding the following info?
taken from Descendants of Francis Baker of Yarmouth (data for the first 6 generations) a copy of this treatise is from the Rhode Island Historical Society, authored by Bertha W. Clark, printed July 3, 1951.
Francis Baker, tailor, embarked on the ship Planter of London on 2 Apr. 1635, bringing a certificate from the minister of Great St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, and giving his age as 24. His parentage is not definitely known. He may have been the Francis Baker, son of Thomas, who was christened at St. James Clerkenwell, London, 7, July 1612. The age agrees exactly, and St. Albans is only 20 miles from London. Thomas Baker's wife was Frances Ingram, whom he married at St. James Clerkenwell, 24 Aur. 1592.
The Planter was bnound for Boston, and in that town Francis Baker resided for several years. On 1 June 1641 he reveived a grant of land near Follen's Pond in Bobacusset Territory, now Yarmouth, on Cape Cod. This land is now within the bounds of Dennis. On 17 June 1641 (16 days after getting this grant) Francis was married to Isabel, daughter of William Twining. This is the first marriage of record at Yarmouth, and it lasted for 55 years.
The young couple lived in Boston until after the birth of their first child in 1642, but removed to Yarmouth before the second child was born in 1645. In 1658 Francis had a grant of 10 acres of land 15 miles to the eastward, near land of his father-in-law in Eastham. The Bakers were living on this land in 1659, but soon sold it to William TWining, Jr., and returned to their Yarmouth farm. There Francis spent the rest of his life, being bvariously described in the town's records as a cooper, blacksmith, and surveyor. He died 23 July 1696, age 85. Isabel lived nearly 10 years longer, dying 15 May 1706. Francis' w3ill, written 4 Mafrcgh 1893 and proved 10 Dec. 1696, mentions sons John, Daniel, and William; the eldest son of son Nathaniel, deceased; and daughyers Elizabeth Chase and Hannah Pearce. He signed by hius mark, which was a capital F written above a capital B. wife Isabel and son Thomas were named as joint executors.
Bibliography of the paer includes:
1. Hotten: Original leists (1931)
2. Conn. Quarterly 2:396
3. Plymouth Col. Rec. 2:17
4. FWB
5. Plymouth Col. Rec. 2:19
6. Francis A Baker Genealogies (1909 mimeo) p. 6
7. Boston Vital Stats
8. Savage
9. Twining Fam. (1905 ed)
10. CC 73
11. Barnstable Porb. Rec. 1:294
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