Baker, Samuel

- 1818

• Name	Baker, Samuel
  Gender	Male
  Relocation	Aft 1782	Rensselaer, Albany, New York   [1]
  	He was living in Rensselearville, Albany, New York in 1790 (US Census)
  Land	2 Oct 1787	Rensselaerville, Albany, New York   [2]
  	Samuel Baker leased lot 147 in Renselaerville in the West Manor of Rensselaerwyck together with Samuel Martin and Josiah Skinner. His brothers-in-law Rowland and Levi Green leased the adjacent lot to the north. A copy of the lease is under documents below.
  Relocation	1798	Burford, Canada West, Canada
  	He petitioned for land 9 June 1798. He came with two neighbors, Josiah F. Dean and Comfort Davis (see document below).
  Relocation	Abt 1811	Batavia, Genesee, New York, USA   [3]
  	Samuel Baker reportedly sold his farm about 1811 and returned to USA, perhaps Batavia, New York and died soon after. There is some evidence that his son Joseph and his wife Sarah also lived in Batavia.
  Burial	Probably 1818	Probably Old Batavia Cemetery
  	These are probably our Samuel and Huldah. Old Batavia Cemetery Records (Batavia Pioneer Cemetery) Baker, Hulda, d. January 6, 1817, @ 62y Baker, Samuel, d. April 28, 1818, @ 63y http://genesee.bettysgenealogy.org/obat1.htm
  Person ID	I531	Martin-Bloom
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2018

  
  

  Family	Greene, Huldah,   b. 20 Dec 1757, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, bur. Probably 1817, Probably Old Batavia Cemetery (Age ~ 59 years)
  Marriage	4 Apr 1782	Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts   [4]
  	Married by James Barker, Esq. [4]
  Children	+ 1. Baker, Olive,   b. 1 May 1783, Massachusetts or New York d. 8 Feb 1861, Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years) + 2. Baker, Joseph   d. Bef, 1840
  Family ID	F195	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2016

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Marriage - 4 Apr 1782 - Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts Land - Samuel Baker leased lot 147 in Renselaerville in the West Manor of Rensselaerwyck together with Samuel Martin and Josiah Skinner. His brothers-in-law Rowland and Levi Green leased the adjacent lot to the north. A copy of the lease is under documents below. - 2 Oct 1787 - Rensselaerville, Albany, New York  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents » Slide Show		Baker, Samuel land petition. Letter to Maud Martin Latham from the Public Archives of Canada showing that Samuel Baker petitioned for land on Dundas Street on 9 June 1798 (430 KB pdf).
  		1790 US Census, Rensselaerville, Albany, New York Samuel Martin is listed in the right hand column near the bottom of the page. Samuel Baker and Levi (Levy) Greene are in the left column.
  		1787 Lease of land in Rensselaerville, Albany, New York to Samuel Martin, Samuel Baker and Josiah Skinner. Lease for lot 147 (164 acres) in the Rensselaerwyck Manor West to Josiah Skinner, Samuel Martin and Samuel's brother-in-law Samuel Baker. Rowland Green and Levi Green, who were brothers-in-law to both Samuels, leased lot 166, which was the adjacent lot to the north.
  		Historical Marker at the Baptist Church of Preston Hollow Four members of the Green family and their spouses were almost certainly founding members of this church in 1787 (Silence Green and Samuel Martin, Huldah Green and Samuel Baker, Levi Green and Asenath Robinson, and Rowland Green and Elizabeth Champlain). Elder Timothy Green, their father, was the first pastor of the church (abt 1790).
  		1787 Lease of land in Basick (Rensselaerville), Albany, New York to Rowland Greene and Levi Greene Lease of Lot 166 (155 acres) in the West Manor of Rensselaerwyck to Rowland Greene and his brother Levi. Their brothers-in-law Samuel Martin and Samuel Baker along with Josiah Skinner (unrelated) leased lot 147, which was adjacent to the south.

  
  

• Notes

  (Research):The following from: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1998. Original data: Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution. Vol. I-XVII. Boston, MA, USA: Wright and Potter Printing Co., 1896. Volume 1, page 498 Baker, Samuel.Private, Capt. Daniel Brown's co., Col. Benjamin Simonds's regt.; marched on an alarm at Berkshire Oct. 13, 1780; service, 6 days; also, pay roll for 2 days service; marched on an alarm at Berkshire Oct. 27, 1780.

  
  

• Sources

  [S126] 1790 US Census, (National Archives and Records Administration), Rensselaerville, Albany, New York; Roll: M637_6; Page: 187; Image: 108; Family History Library Film: 0568146. [S153] Stephen Van Rensselaser III, Lease on lot 147 in Rensselaerville (copy in file), (Manor of Renselaerwyck). [S42] Maud Martin Latham's papers (in file) -- not yet verified, Notebook p. 30 relating information obtained from Mrs. Percy Barker (Edith Hornor). [S85] Charles J. Palmer, History of Lanesborough, Massachusetts, (N.p.: Author, 1906.), p. 108.