THE BACKER
(aka BAKER) FAMILY
LINEAGES
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These pages are dedicated to all members of the BACKER families. Send your simple lineage to me, and I will post it here with your name and e-mail address. Audrey (SHIELDS) HANCOCK
LINEAGE of:
AUDREY (SHIELDS) HANCOCK of Portage, MI
- Jacobus BACKER/BAKER & Margaret STUYVESANT
- Hendrick (Henry) BAKER & #2 Lydia (possibly HENDRICKS)
- Hannah BAKER (1702-?) & Enoch MILLER, Sr.
Hannah BAKER, dau/o Henry & Lydia BAKER, married Enoch MILLER #1/Sr, son of
Samuel & Elizabeth (RIGGS) MILLER. Hannah was born 1702 and was married
before 1733.
- Enoch MILLER, Jr. & Elizabeth "Eliza" ROSS of Westfield, Union Co., NJ
- Mary "Polly" MILLER & Joseph DUNHAM who went to Hamilton Co., OH & owned
land in Miami Co., OH.
- Ross DUNHAM (ca 1788-?) m Westfield, Union Co., NJ to Sarah "Sally" ROLL
and emigrated to OH with his parents.
- James DUNHAM (Sr.) (ca 1808-?) m Miami Co., OH to Anna SANDS
- James DUNHAM (Jr.) (1834-d as prisoner at Andersonville during Civil
War) m Margaret Elizabeth SLONAKER.
- Mary Jane DUNHAM m Gideon Winfield CREAGER
- Sarah Margaret CREAGER m Raymond Dale SHIELDS
- Dale Caleb SHIELDS m Rita Marie Margaret LEHMANN
- Audrey Ann SHIELDS m David Edward HANCOCK, Sr.
BELIEVED LINEAGE of:
HOLLY TOOKER
- Jacobus BACKER m Margaret STUYVESANT
- Nicolaes BACKER/BAKKER m Tryntje CRUSER
- Neeltje BACKER/BAKKER baptized 3 Apr 1695, m Pieter HAUGHWOUT
NY DRC record: Parents: Nicolaes BACKER/Catharina CROESER
Witnesses: Volkert Hendricxen BRIES/Maria LOOCKERMANS
- Tryntje HAUGHWOUT m John BRAISTED
- Peter BRAISTED m ??? ???
- Peter BRAISTED, Jr. m Hannah Marie MERRELL
- Catherine Ann BRAISTED b 1833 m ??? DECKER
LINEAGE of:
LINDA J. KISSINGER in NC
- Jacobus BACKER/BAKER & Margaret STUYVESANT
- Hendrick/Hendricus (Henry) BAKER m #1 Susannah WINANS, dau/o Jan (John) WINANS & Susannah MELYN. Susannah was dau/o Cornelius MELYN & Janneken ANDRIANS (VAN MYERT)
PROPOSED LINEAGE of:
Pam PAVEL of Ft. Worth, TX, who says she does not have any "proof" farther back than Ephraim BAKER & wife Nancy EASTON.
30 March 2000
- Jacobus BACKER & Margaret STUYVESANT
- Abraham BACKER/BAKER & ??? ??? (possibly Jane HUGEL?)
- Ephraim BAKER & Rhoda LUMS/LONG
- Ephraim BAKER b 1730 or 1736; m NJ to Jane OSBORN
- Ephraim BAKER & Nancy EASTON, both from Essex (now Union) Co., NJ. Ephraim had a sister, Ruth BAKER, who married John Clark LUM/LUMS.
- Ephraim J. BAKER came 1801 from Elizabeth(town), Union Co., NJ to Butler Co., OH; m Rebecca HAWTHORN
- Orlando E. BAKER b Butler Co., OH & Mary F. JACOBY
- Zelpha Etta BAKER b 1879 Clinton Co., IN & Otta E. HENDERSON (Pam's grandparents)
LINEAGE of:
Eloise (BAKER) NICOLOS of Shingle Springs, CA
- Jacobus BACKER b 1631 Amsterdam, Holland; m 30 Oct 1655 New Amsterdam, NY to Margreet STUYVESANT; d 1670 in East Indies. Margreet STUYVESANT b 1635 Delfsziel, Holland & d 1692 Elizabethtown, NJ
- Hendrick BACKER/BAKER b Abt 26 Sep 1660 New Amsterdam, NY; m 1688 #1 Susanna WINANS; & d 4 Feb 1733/34 Elizabethtown, NJ. Susanna b 9 Feb 1666/1667 New Haven, CT; d abt. 1701.
- Henry BAKER (Jr.) b 1700 Elizabethtown, NJ; m abt 1728 to Mary HATFIELD; & d 17 Mar 1760 Rahway, Union Co., NJ. Mary, dau/o Abraham HATFIELD & Phebe OGDEN, b abt 1705 Elizabethtown, NJ & d 13 Apr 1755 Rahway, Union Co., NJ.
[NOTE: Eloise seeks the parents of Phebe OGDEN. She believes Abraham & Phebe were married about 1695 in Essex Co., NJ. If anyone has any information, Eloise would appreciate corresponding with you.]
- Cornelius BAKER b 5 May 1738 Rahway, Union Co., NJ; m abt 1767 Middlesex Co., NJ to Susanna LEE; d 5 Nov 1815 Woodbridge Township, NJ. Susanna b 28 Feb 1735/36 Rahway, Union Co., NJ & d 27 Jan 1783 Woodbridge Twp., NJ.
- Abraham BAKER b 26 Oct 1768 Woodbridge Township, NJ; m 5 Feb 1792 Woodbridge Twp., NJ to Anna BONNEY; & d 25 Mar 1827 Woodbridge Twp., NJ. Anna BONNEY
b 18 Aug 1775 Woodbridge Twp., NJ & d 20 Apr 1839 New York City, NY.
- James BAKER b 1 Sep 1800 Woodbridge Twp., NJ; m #1 ??? ???; m 15 Mar 1841 to #2 Mary BAUSH; & d 24 Feb 1876 New York City, NY. Mary BAUSH b abt 1822 NY; d aft 1899.
- William Jacob BAKER b 20 Oct 1853 New York City, NY; m 14 Jun 1874 to Lizzie E. PALMER & d 15 Feb 1922 Ft. Worth, TX. Lizzie E. PALMER (HAWKINS), dau/o John PALMER & Catherine CANFIELD; b abt 1850 Albany, NY; m #1 ??? HAWKINS/HAWKS, then as a widow married William Jacob BAKER; & d abt 1876 NJ.
- William Ver Planck BAKER b 18 Apr 1875 Essex Co., NJ; m 18 Oct 1908 Lamesa, Dawson Co., TX to Laura Emma DUKE; & d 21 Feb 1946 Lamesa, Dawson Co., TX. Laura b 21 Jul 1880 Lampasas Co., TX & d 7 Mar 1968 Lamesa, Dawson Co., TX.
- William Laurence BAKER b 30 Sep 1910 Lamesa, Dawson Co., TX & d 10 Oct 1986 Lubbock, Lubbock Co., TX.
- Eloise BAKER
(Source: Internet, 31 Mar 2000, Jacobus BACKER-BAKER on ONElist: Eloise cites: BAKER, John Milnes BAKER,
The Baker Family & the Edgar Family of Rahway, NJ & New York City, published by Trumbull Publishing, Middletown, NY, 1972)
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Created 15 March 2000
Revised 07 April 2000