Individual Details

In 1816 John LACY, Esz. had his estate read. The will named John BAKER and wife Mary, Richard LACEY, Rachel LACEY, Elizabeth wife of Charles MARSHALL and Martha wife of Jesse SMITH. John LACY's land was split amongest these named people. Which land was surveyed between that of his brother Garret LACY and Samuel BOWLBY.

John and Mary BAKER had ten girls.

After his marriage, John enlisted into Captain Benjamin COLEMAN's Company of Infantry, 2nd Regiment, New Jersey Detailed Militia, in the War of 1812. Held the rank of private, and served as the company's drummer. Joining him was his brother William BAKER. They served from 9 Sep. 1814 to 6 Dec. 1814. In 1870, BAKER applied for a pension due to a disability acquired in the war. He had a lame right foot. The injury was caused during a battle, when a British sword cut his Achillies tendon. He collected a pension from 1870-1877.

Sometime around the mid to late 1830's the BAKER family along with their son-in-law's family, John SLAGHT, began a series of westward migration that took them nearly ten years to complete, having stopped for a time in many states.

They first traveled to Michigan, by 1840 LaPorte, IN, two years later IL. finally 1848/49 in Beetwon, Grant Co. WI. He received 40 acres of land for military services.

Tradition states there were 2 more daughters who died in infancy and a son who stayed in N.J.

According to GLOVER family records middle name was Hanus He died 14 Nov 1877 and his father was Jacob BAKER who came to this country from Germany prior to the Revolutionary War. Her married Elizabeth SMITH. They had four children, Peter, John H., William and Elizabeth. He married Mary deLACEY (LACEY) 11 Nov 1810

A great deal of the BAKER family history was lost in the mid 1800's when John H. BAKER is said to have given his German printed family Bible to a local German immigrant who missed the old country. So to help her with her homesickness, he lent her his German Bible. What is unfortunate is that upon the pages in the Bible were details of the family history in Germany. The Bible has since been long lost.
(Possibly in possession of NJ Historical Society.)

What is known about the beginning of the BAKERs in America is that the immigrant was John W. BAKER (BAKKER in Germany) who was supposedly a cousin to the Prince of Hess. BAKER came to America as a mercenery soldier with the Hessians to fight for the British during the Revolutionary War, serving in the capacity of an officer. One tradtion states that he deserted the Hessian Army and fought for the Americans, but another tradition has him captured and made a POW.

During this time a Jacob BAKER and his brother, who were cousins to the Prince of Hess, were hired by the British to fight in America. Jacob BAKER left the British and fought for the Americans, for which services he was handsomely paid with 500 acres at Chillicothe, Ohio and 600 acres in Philadelphia, PA., plus a lot of cash. For those who can trace their fenealogy to Jacob BAKER, a large amount of money (300 million) is possible as being next of kin to him. It is possible that John W. is a son of Jacob BAKER, but to date, John W. BAKER's connection has not ben established.

After the war, BAKER settled in Sussex County, NJ, which was later divided and the lower half renamed Warren County in 1824, which is where he lived.

In 1790-1791, he is listed as a soldier in the local militia along with Samuel BOWLBY and John LACY.

John W. BAKER married Elizabeth SMITH and their children are: (see family page)

Settled in Sussex Co. NJ with Richard LACEY

According to descendants of Martha Baker GLOVER, (Cleone VAN WESTON)
The family left NJ in 1835 and arrived in Grant Co. WI in 1845. All of the daughters married prior to 1845 on the trip through several states.

According to Cleone VAN WESTON
Where were the eight daughters of John Hampton BAKER and his wife Mary Lacy BAKER baptized between 1810 to 1830? John married in Sussex Co., 1810, and was living in Mansfield twp. 1830 according to the 1830 census. Mary LACY who joined the Church 1822 may have been Mary Lacy BAKER's Mother. 1817 was the date that her Mary LACY's deceased husband's John was partitioned, naming Mary Bowlby LACY and Mary Lacy BAKER as heirs. Samuel BOWLBY's land joined John LACY's land

New Jersey, Sussex Co., Marriages 1795-1818 marriage Index
A 100 -1810 John BAKER Jr. Marriage to Mary LACY, performed by John LACY Esquire.
A115 Eliza BAKER
A219 William BAKER
B295 Mary E. BAKER
B362 Sarah BAKER



1850 Grant Co. Census p. 112, 281,397

1860 Grant Co. Census
Dwelling 1420
BAKER, John H. 68M shoemaker b. NJ
Mary 68F b. NJ

Birth	14 NOV 1791	Washington, Warren Co., NJ
Alt name		John Hanus BAKER
Marriage	14 NOV 1810	Sussex Co., NJ - Polly Mary LACEY
Married by		her father, Justice John LACEY of Sussex Co., NJ - Polly Mary LACEY
Death	18 NOV 1877	Bloomington, Grant Co., WI
Military		the War of 1812 as a Drummer

Spouse	Polly Mary LACEY (1791 - 1870)
Child	Julia Ann BAKER (1811 - 1877)
Child	Rebecca L. BAKER (1816 - )
Child	Sara BAKER (1819 - )
Child	Jane BAKER (1822 - )
Child	Rachel BAKER (1822 - )
Child	Clarrissa Granville BAKER (1825 - 1883)
Child	Mary E. BAKER (1828 - 1912)
Child	Martha BAKER (1830 - 1922)
Child	(Ninth child of BAKER, Polly and John Hampton) BAKER ( - )
Child	(Tenth child of BAKER, Polly and John Hampton) BAKER ( - )

Father	Jacob BAKER ( - )
Mother	Elizabeth SMITH ( - )
Sibling	Peter BAKER ( - )
Sibling	William BAKER ( - )
Sibling	Elizabeth BAKER ( - )