Prepared by Anne Wiegle

3. JOSEPH BAKER, SR. (ROBERT 1) was born about 1656 in Edgmond, Shropshire England. The date is estimated by counting back 21 years from when he first appears on the tax records of Edgmond in 1677. Emigrated 1684 and died 1716 in Edgmont Twp, Chester (now Delaware) Co. PA. He married MARY_____ bef. 1681 in England. MARY was living at the date of her husband's will 1713/14. Joseph settled in Edgemont Township to which he probably gave the name. He had a grant of 500 acres in the Westernmost part of the Township. Was in membership of Society of Friends and frequently concerned in the business of their meeting. JOSEPH was a member of Pennsylvania Assembly in 1700, 1708, 1710, 1711, & 1713. Joseph Baker owned slaves who were mentioned in his will.

Children of JOSEPH BAKER and MARY _____ are:
i. SARAH BAKER , b. 1681; m. THOMAS SMEDLEY , 1710.
6. ii. JOSEPH BAKER, JR., b. 1682, Edgmond Shropshire, England; d. 1717, Edgmont Twp. Chester (now Del.) Co PA.
7. iii. ROBERT BAKER , Not known whether he was born before or after emigration. d. Abt. 1716, Middletown Twp.
iv. JOHN BAKER , b.11da, 10mo, 1686; d. 1733. Inherited his father's lands in Edgemont Twp. June 24, 1728, disowned by Chester Monthly Meeeting for marriage by a priest to one not a member.

6. JOSEPH BAKER, JR. (JOSEPH 2, ROBERT 1) was born 1682 in Edgmond, Shropshire, England, and died 1717 in Edgmont Twp. Chester (now Del.) Co PA. He married MARY WORRILOW March 18, 1708/09, daughter of JOHN WORRILOW and ANNE MARIS. They settled on land JOSEPH inherited from his father near the site of present Glen Mills Station in Thornbury Township, Chester (now Delaware) Co. PA. After JOSEPH'S death, MARY married Dr. John Taylor.

Children of JOSEPH BAKER and MARY WORRILOW are:
10. i. HANNAH BAKER , b. Abt. 1715, Thornbury PA; d. before 1760.
ii. SARAH BAKER , b. Abt. 1711; m. ISAAC STRODE .
11. iii. JOSEPH BAKER III, b. Abt. 1717.

7. ROBERT BAKER (JOSEPH 2, ROBERT 1) died Abt. 1716 in Middletown Twp. He married SUSANNA PACKER January 31, 1709/10, daughter of Robert Packer of Philadelphia. Some researchers have confused this ROBERT BAKER with another one who lived in Lancaster- please see Erroneous Baker Genealogy.

Children of ROBERT BAKER and SUSANNA PACKER are:
i. MARY BAKER , b. 24da, 12mo, 1711; m. 18da, 8mo, 1733 SAMUEL CROCKSON (CROXON, CROXTON), son of RANDALL and SARAH CROCKSON.
ii. ELIZABETH BAKER , b.10da, 5mo, 1713; m. 8 mo, 12, 1737 THOMAS JAMES JR. One child, MARY, b. 1mo 11, 1738.
12. iii. ANN BAKER , b. 1da, 12mo 1715/16; m 11da, 10mo 1735 JOHN JAMES, son of THOMAS JAMES of Willistown Twp., Chester Co.

10. HANNAH BAKER (JOSEPH 3, JOSEPH 2, ROBERT 1) was born Abt. 1715 in Thornbury PA, and died before 1760. She married in 1732 JOSEPH TALBOT , son of JOHN TALBOT and ELIZABETH TURNER.
See Descendants of Hannah Baker Talbot

11. JOSEPH BAKER III (JOSEPH 3, JOSEPH 2, ROBERT 1) was born in 1717, after the death of his father. He married MARY CHAMBERLAIN 2mo, 30, 1740 in Concord meeting, daughter of JOHN CHAMBERLAIN and LETTICE KEY. They settled in Goshen Twp., Chester Co. PA.

Children of JOSEPH BAKER and MARY CHAMBERLAIN are:
13. i. JOHN BAKER, b. Abt. 1742, Goshen Twp, Chester Co. Emigrated to Prince Edward Island 1784; d. December 17, 1821, Bedeque PEI Canada.
ii. LETTICE BAKER, b. Abt. 1744, Goshen Twp, Chester Co.PA; d. December 17, 1821, PEI Canada; m. RICHARD BARNARD, March 16, 1763.
iii. MARY BAKER, b. Abt. 1746, Goshen Twp, Chester Co PA; d. April 23, 1825, unm.
iv. ELIZABETH BAKER, b. 1748; m. THOMAS BROWN.

12. ANN BAKER (ROBERT 3, JOSEPH 2, ROBERT 1) was born 1da, 12mo 1715/16. She married 11da, 10mo 1735 JOHN JAMES, son of THOMAS JAMES of Willistown Twp., Chester Co.

Children of ANN BAKER and JOHN JAMES are:
i. EZEKIAL JAMES, b. 1736.10.24 [Dec].
ii. HANNAH JAMES, b. 1740, 1.23 [March]

13. i. JOHN BAKER (JOSEPH BAKER III 4, JOSEPH 3, JOSEPH 2, ROBERT 1) b. Abt. 1742, Goshen Twp, Chester Co. Emigrated to Prince Edward Island 1784; d. December 17, 1821, Bedeque PEI Canada. From "An Island Refuge", produced to observe the Bicentennial of the
arrival of the Loyalists on the Island. It was published by the Abegweit Branch of the United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada in 1983.
"Loyalist John Baker was issued a license to marry Hannah Lewis on December 23, 1773 by the Secretary of State at New York. Most Quaker marriages were performed in the traditional Meeting house; one might conclude that John's wife was not a Quaker. Four children were born to the couple before they decided to leave their strife-torn native land and migrate northward to Nova Scotia. They received a grant of land in Remsheg, now Wallace, prior to settling on the Island of Saint John."
The precise date of the Bakers' arrival on the Island is not known. It was possibly during the late 1780's that the family settled at Bedeque on land adjacent to that of another Loyalist, William Schurman...."

"John Baker was a farmer and Bedeque's first blacksmith. It is recounted that in the early dyas the French Acadian settlers of Tignish occasionally would journey more than fifty miles to have work done at John Baker's forge."

"The Bedeque Bakers corresponded with their Quaker relatives in Pennsylvania after the Rebellion, and Loyalist John paid them an impromptu visit when he went to Philadelphia to have a leg amputated. After several years John, junior, brought his father home to Central Bedeuque where he died on December 17th, 1821. At that time all of his children were married and
established on farms nearby. Joseph inherited the homestead. John Baker and Hannah, his wife, whose death is unrecorded, had a family of eight children, six sons and two daughters".