ELISHA / ELIJAH BAKER OF SHELBY COUNTY, INDIANA

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ELISHA / ELIJAH BAKER
OF SHELBY COUNTY, INDIANA

Elisha Baker was born ca. 1800/1809. He was Sheriff of Shelby County, Indiana from 1832 through 1836.

He married Nancy Mayhew on 6 January 1831 in Shelby County, Indiana. She was a daughter of Elisha and Abigail (Tibbetts) Mayhew. Nancy Nichols Mayhew was born 6/11/1809 in Levant, Penobscot County, Maine and died 5/1/1837 in Indiana.

Elisha Baker bought land from the U.S.A. in 1829 in the following location in Shelby County.

1 SESE 18/ 12-N 7-E

He is listed on the tax list in 1842 in Addison Township with 298 acres.

Elisha and Nancy N. Baker are listed in Deed Book D (1833-34).

Elisha is listed in Deed Book E (1834-35).

He is called the stepson of Andrew Baker in Andrew's 1835 will in Monroe Co., MO:

"Now my will desire is that the balance of my children towit, Moses, Elizabeth, Phebe and Elijah Baker my step son who now resides in Shelby County and the state of Indiana shall receive a full equal share of my estate except for Nancy Snell and Polly Hayden the balance which my be coming I leave to George Buckhart in trust for them and their children as I do not want their husbands to have any control over it or any part thereof."

Though he was called Elijah in the will it was definetly Elisha - his mother, Phoebe, was living in his (Elisha's) household in Monroe Co., MO, in 1850. He is shown in both the 1850 and 1860 census of Monroe Co., MO, born ca 1800. He died 1864-1865 in Monroe Co., MO, and his estate is of record in that county. He married probably twice after Nancy Mayhew's death and had five children born between 1844 and 1855 - all born in Missouri.

His stepfather, Andrew Baker, married Phoebe Collins in Henry Co., KY, 11 Apr 1802. They were in Henry Co., KY, in 1810 and in Owen Co., KY, in 1820. By 1830 they had moved to Missouri and were in the Ralls Co., MO, census. It isn't known if Phoebe was married first to a Collins, if she had been married to another Baker about 1800 when Elisha was born or if Elisha's real surname was Collins and he took his step-father's Baker name.

Some researchers think that Pheobe Baker's maiden name was Wainscott (Winscott), and that she was a daughter of Isaac Wainscott. One researcher stated "Isaac Wainscot died and their land (Andrew & Phoebe's) in Owen Co., Kentucky, seems to have been their share of his estate. He also signed their (Andrew & Phoebe's) marriage bond." So, you can see there is probably some connection with John Baker of Shelby Co., IN, who married a Wainscott. He was a descendant of Moses Baker.

James R. Baker Jr.

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