Elder Samuel C. Baker

1797 - 1865  (68 years)

• Name	Samuel C. Baker
  Title	Elder
  Birth	25 Mar 1797	New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Anecdote	Elizabeth Mabee, eldest daughter of Deacon Oliver, married Elder Samuel Baker, and settled on Talbot Street, in Malahide. In the Baker family were three sons--Simon, Oliver and Judson; and four daughters--Rhoda, who married John Gillett, of Malahide; Mary Jane, who married a teacher named Roach, and settled finally in the States; Sarah, who married Cyrus Abel, of Malahide; and Jerusha, who married in the States.
  Military Service	Between 1828 and 1829	Malahide Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	2nd Regiment Middlesex Militia
  Death	7 Nov 1865	Talbot Street, Malahide, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Anecdote	1866  [4]
  	THE MEMOIRS OF ELDER SAMUEL BAKER -a small blue covered pamphlet, inscribed on the front Esther (Baker) Rosser, at the Baptist Archives, McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario -written by himself in 1866 I was born in the Province of New Brunswick in 1797. It was amongst the 'New Lights' that I heard that which made serious impressions on my mind. After the death of my mother in 1806, I left for Canada with my brother and two sisters, one being Sarah. Then came under the teaching of Titus Finch -fought in the War of 1812 bought 200 acres on the Talbot Road married Lydia Mabee in the fall of 1815, then removed to Malahide once travelled 8 miles with his brother to hear a preacher at the house of Joseph Davis baptized by Elder Reuben Crandall on the second Sunday of April, 1819. Elder Eberson also preached in the area. ( Rev. George Eberson, from New Brunswick, the father-in-law of Jesse Baker)by 1825 was going from place to place preaching, at Bro. Elliott's (John Elliott, the husband of Elizabeth Anderson, and brother to Nancy Edison), at Caradoc, Wallaceburg, Walpole, the Furnace, Chatham, Zone, and Euphemia. was ordained in November of 1828 mentions a sister married to James Freeman In 1836, visited his native land; had not seen his brother for 30 years. The 'New Lights' had become numerous and were now called Free Baptist.- travelled from Woodstock up the Saint John preaching the Gospel. * the Baker file also contains a letter written by Vena Augustine of Kingsville, and a poem written by a descendant, Wilson C Gillett.
  Note	Father: Anthony Baker b: b: 13 AUG 1754 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Death: 1817 in St John, New Brunswick Mother: Hannah Mary Kelly Birth: 23 SEP 1753 in Dennis, Barnsstable, Massachusetts , Death: 1792 in Northhamption, Charleton, New Brunswick
  Reference Number	16344
  Burial	Aylmer Cemetery, Aylmer, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Samuel Baker / Died / Nov. 7, 1865 / Aged / 68 yrs. 7 mos., 12 dys. / Servant of God well done / Rest from thy hard employ / The battle fought, the victory won / - Thy Master's joy / ---------- / ---------- / immortal arrow passed ---------- ---------- / He fell but felt no fear / Teale, London
  Person ID	I16263	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Lydia Elizabeth Mabee,   b. 22 Jan 1797, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. 15 Dec 1880, Malahide, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	1815  [3]
  Children	1. Rhoda Baker,   b. 22 Sep 1816, Malahide, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada d. 28 May 1891, Malahide, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Zipporah Baker,   b. 10 Jul 1820, Malahide, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Oliver Baker,   b. 22 Jul 1822, Malahide, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada d. 2 Aug 1911, Aylmer, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Mary Jane Baker,   b. 3 Oct 1824, Malahide, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada d. 19 Oct 1904, Wright Township, Ottowa County, Michigan (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Sarah Baker,   b. Abt 20 Mar 1828, Malahide, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada d. 31 Mar 1895, Malahide, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Jerusha Abigail Baker,   b. 25 Mar 1830, Malahide Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada d. 17 Jul 1915, Chase, Nebraska (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Judson Baker,   b. 6 Sep 1837, Malahide, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada d. 20 Jan 1902, Talbot Street, Malahide, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6628	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S241] Barbara Miller, Emails from Barbara Millar; Compiler Address: millarbje@sympatico.ca, Men of Upper Canada, Militia Nominal Rolls, 1828-1829, edited and with an introduction by , Bruce S. Elliott, Dan Walker and Fawne Stratford-Devai, published by the Ontario Genealogical Society in 1995. [S241] Barbara Miller, Emails from Barbara Millar; Compiler Address: millarbje@sympatico.ca, Owen, E. A. Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement. A series of historical sketches, genealogies and essays which tell the story of pioneer life in the early days of Long Point Settlement, and depict the character and life work of the first cabin-builders. Bibliographic Information: Briggs, Coates and Huestis. Wesley Buildings. Toronto, 1898. Page 319:, Anderson Family Tree (A Long Point Settlement Genealogy), by Mutrie, R Robert, January 1999. [S241] Barbara Miller, Emails from Barbara Millar; Compiler Address: millarbje@sympatico.ca, St. Thomas Evening Journal of September 9 and September 19, 1879. [S241] Barbara Miller, Emails from Barbara Millar; Compiler Address: millarbje@sympatico.ca, from Shirley Irene Wardle.