My Basil Baker Ancestors

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6. Bazil Baker, Sr.

| Shelton Brockman, Land Warrant |

Bazil Baker can be found in Wilkes County, North Carolina during the 1790s. Andrew and Enoch Baker's name taken from marriage bonds for siblings.
Spouse: 6. Milly ___
Married UNK

Children:

  1. Enoch Baker
    Spouse:
    Marriage Date:
    1. Nelly Baker
      Spouse: Enoch Baker
      Marriage: bnd. 15 February 1834 at Madison County, Kentucky, ret. 20 February 1834
  2. Andrew Baker
  3. Nelly Baker, b. 1793 at North Carolina
    Spouse: Shelton Brockman
    Marriage Date: 16 May 1816 at Madison County Kentucky
    Enoch Baker was the bondsman for Nelly Baker. Nelly's parents, as listed on the bond, are Basil and Milly Baker.
  4. Burgess Baker, b. 25 January 1797
    Spouse 1: Mary "Polly" Lain/Lane, b. 1796/7
    Marriage Date: 5 October 1821 at Madison County Kentucky
    Andrew Baker signed the marriage bond.
    1. Nancy Ann Baker, b. 1824 at Madison County
      Spouse: Burgess Brockman
      Marriage: 10 November 1840 at Madison County, Kentucky
    2. Frances Elizabeth Baker, b. 1831 at Madison County
      Spouse: Edwin J. Baker , b. 1824
      Marriage: 7 February 1849 at Madison County, Kentucky
    3. James R. Baker, b. 1832 at Madison County
      Spouse: Margaret H. Brockman
      Marriage: 15 October 1846 at Madison County, Kentucky
    4. John Baker, b. 1835 at Madison County, Kentucky
    5. Mary Baker, b. 1836 at Madison County, Kentucky
    6. Juranda Jane Baker
      Spouse: Joseph W. Vanwinkle
      Marriage: 17 September 1844 at Garrard Co. KY
    Spouse 2: ? Elizabeth ___
    Marriage Date:
  5. Reason Baker
    Spouse: Pheby Giles
    Marriage Date: bnd. 14 November 1814 at Madison County, Kentucky
    Bazel and Milly Baker signed the marriage bond as parents of the groom.
  6. Bazil Baker, Jr.
    Spouse:
    Marriage Date:
    1. Sally Baker, b. 24/25 March 1804
      Spouse: John Allen Lane/Lain
      Marriage Date: 27 February 1823 at Madison County, Kentucky

Sources:

Hubble, Anna Joy Munday, 1850 Madison Co. Census. Whitefish; privately published, 1976

Vockery, Bill and Kathy. Madison County Kentucky Marriage Records, Vol. 1, 1786- 1822. Bill and Kathy Vockery, 128 Redwood Drive, Richmond, KY 40475, 1993.

Vockery, Bill and Kathy. Madison County Kentucky Marriage Records, Vol. 2, 1823- 1851. Bill and Kathy Vockery, 128 Redwood Drive, Richmond, KY 40475, 1993.

Kentucky Land Warrants, B-2, p.88, 5 June 1833. This land warrant for 50 acres shows Shelton Brockman and neighbor with his father-in-law Bazil Baker. Later land warrants show Burgess Baker as owning the property.

Other Baker Researchers:

NOTES:

Washington Baker (b. 1819) is a son to a Bazel and Rachel (Vanwinkle) Baker.  Washington Baker married an Elizabeth Coyle on 14 December 1837, the bondsman was Lewis Davis, son of Isaac Davis of Rockcastle County Kentucky.

Reason Baker is the first Baker to appear on the Madison County Tax Lists in 1790. Other Bakers begin appearing on the 1800 Madison County Tax List:  John Baker, Wansley Baker, Bazil Baker, Joseph Baker, and Charles Baker.  A Basil Baker is found in Maryland in the early 1780's.  A Vachel Baker can also be found in Frederick Co. Maryland during the same period as Basil. A Vachel Baker is listed in 1800 Tax lists for Madison County Kentucky.

A Basil Baker, m. Ann Linch 25 November 1790 at Frederick County Maryland.

Wansley Baker, Sr. m. Charity Phelps














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