Individual Details

Thomas BAKER

(Abt 1791 - 4 Sep 1869)

Events

Birth	Abt 1791	Hawkhurst, Kent, England, Great Britain
Marriage	31 Mar 1812	, witnessed by Thomas' brother George, Susannah's mother Sarah Osborne & John Heathfield - St Mary the Virgin, Salehurst, Sussex, England, United Kingdom - Susannah OSBOURNE
Note (fam)	7 Jan 1822	& Sarah Tester came from very poor families. According to the vestry minutes of the Etchingham Parish (1821-1826) made by the Rev Hugh Totty, Thomas made 3 requests for relief from the local parish & was granted 2 gallons of flour each time. Sarah's father Henry Snr applied for relief in the form of flour & money at least twice between 15 Oct 1821 & 6 May 1823. Her eldest brother Henry Jnr is mentioned 13 times between 3 Feb 1822 & 19 Jun 1825 as requesting relief including clothes, rent money and footwear.The parish was obviously getting a bit tired of his constant requests as on the 6 May 1823 they minuted that he was to be given "3 gallons of flour (5 requested) but he must maintain his family himself". It doesn't appear to have had any impact - Sarah Ann TESTER
Marriage	18 Jan 1824	St Mary of the Assumption & St Nicholas, Etchingham, Sussex, England, United Kingdom - Sarah Ann TESTER
Emigration (fam)	1 Jun 1839	with their 5 children on board the 'Neptune', a barque of 643 tons. Thomas' son Benjamin was 20 years old & recently married by this time and remained in England. The family arrived in Sydney on 27 Sep 1839 - Gravesend, Kent, England, United Kingdom - Sarah Ann TESTER
Living	20 May 1857	Hunter River, New South Wales, Australia
Death	4 Sep 1869	'Pickering', Denman, New South Wales, Australia
Burial	8 Sep 1869	which was a property of 6,000 acres settled by William Ogilvie in 1825 near Denman, opposite the junction of the Goulburn & Hunter Rivers. Why he was buried on Ogilvie's property when he died on 'Pickering', a nearby property settled in 1825 by Captain John Pike & sold in 1859 to Archibald Bell Jnr (famous for exploring the Bell Line of Road across the Blue Mountains), is not known - 'Merton', Denman, New South Wales, Australian Colonies

Families

Spouse	Susannah OSBOURNE (1792 - 1820)
Child	Harriet BAKER (1813 - 1829)
Child	Ben BAKER (1814 - 1815)
Child	Thomas BAKER (1817 - 1903)
Child	Benjamin BAKER (1819 - 1884)

Spouse	Sarah Ann TESTER (1799 - 1871)
Child	William BAKER (1824 - 1884)
Child	Anne BAKER (1827 - 1828)
Child	Henry BAKER (1827 - 1893)
Child	Edward BAKER (1830 - 1913)
Child	Jesse BAKER (1832 - 1884)
Child	Sarah Ann BAKER (1836 - 1915)

Father	Benjamin BAKER (1760 - 1805)
Mother	Susanna PANKHURST (1766 - 1847)
Sibling	Benjamin BAKER (1785 - 1794)
Sibling	George BAKER (1788 - 1862)
Sibling	Sarah BAKER (1790 - )
Sibling	Ann BAKER (1795 - )

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