1895 Biographical Review, Roswell Baker sketch: Timothy Baker b. 1748, d. 3 Apr 1836; 1772 Sunderland to Conway, then Hawley; husband of Abigail Kibbe; grandfather of Roswell.
1895: Revolutionary service; 1772 Sunderland → Conway; three years later Hawley 100-acre farm (later M. Cressy); first log cabin; Whig; Congregational. Pension not fetched this pass.
Facts
- Name
- Timothy Baker
- Born
- 1748
- Died
- 3 April 1836
- Generation
- 8
- Status
- probable
- Sex
- Male
Spouses
Children
Sources
- Born 17 Jan 1821 Buckland; daughter of Thomas and Ann (Toby) Carter; m. Roswell Baker 17 Oct 1839; mother of Ereda.
Timothy Baker was born in 1748, and in 1772 removed with his family from Sunderland, Mass., to Conway ... Three years later he settled in the town of Hawley ... He lived to a good age, dying April 3, 1836. Mrs. Baker, whose maiden name was Abigail Kibbe, survived her husband, dying in 1844, at the venerable age of ninety-four years. ... said to be the first white woman to settle in Hawley.