Baker

Baker Lineage
Martin Baker 1710-1789, father of Henrietta Baker 1728-1804

Baker Migration
New Kent, New Kent, Virginia > Hanover, Virginia > Louisa, Louisa, Virginia > Mercer County, Kentucky

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Henrietta Baker, 5th Great-Grandmother
1728-1804
b. Hanover, Virginia
d. Mercer County, Kentucky

Find a Grave (no record)  | Ancestry | Geneanet | Anderson p. 84

Parents:
Martin Baker 1718-1789
Temperance Harris 1715-1807

Maternal Lineage:
Temperance Harris 1715-1807

Spouse: William Harris Jr 1724-1792
Married: 1748
Children: 8

Anderson identifies 2 daughters, Ann and Bradbourn, named in the will of William Harris, along with "all my children." The author goes on to cite an article in The Richmond Dispatch dated 1 August 1929 listing the additional children of William Jr and Henrietta Harris.

These birth dates seem late in the life of their mother so additional information is needed for reconciliation. Also, these dates would make Temperance 13 when she gave birth to Henrietta, and would be 7 years before her marriage.

1. Mary Harris 1749-1819
2. Robert Harris 1750-1810
3. William Harris 1753-1802
4. Bradbourn Harris 1755-1815
5. Ann Harris 1757-1843
6. Jemima Harris 1759-1772
7. John Harris 1760-1816
8. Benjamin Harris 1776-1836

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Martin Baker III, 6th Great-Grandfather
1718-1789

Sources vary as to birth date and location.

b. New Kent, New Kent, Virginia
d. Hanover County, Virginia

Find a Grave | Ancestry | Geneanet

Find a Grave bio on memorial 224639052 for Martin Baker his spouse was Temperance Walton Baker.

Parents & Maternal Lineage TBD

Spouse: Temperance Overton Harris 1715-1807
Married: 1735

Sources vary as to marriage date, but this marriage date is 7 years after the birth of Henrietta, and most variations place the marriage date even later.

Children: 

1. Henrietta Baker 1728-1804
   
2. Others TBD

These dates would make Temperance 13 when she gave birth to Henrietta, and would be 7 years before her marriage.

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Bibliography 

Ancestry ®. "Public Member Trees Database.” © 1997-2025 Ancestry®.  Ancestry.  ancestry.com/ Lawson-Robertson Family Tree. www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/10075800/family  User profile for William Harris Lawson, Jr., user Livingweb. Accessed 14 October 2025.

Anderson, William Pope. "The Overtons." The early descendants of Wm. Overton & Elizabeth Waters of Virginia and allied families", p. 84. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1938. Reproduced for electronic publication by Internet Archive, 2005. archive.org/details/earlydescendants00ande Accessed 20 October 2025.

Geneanet. "Public Member Database." © 1996. Geneanet. en.geneanet.org Accessed 15 October 2025.

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The original date of this post: 20 October 2025
Most recently updated: 27 October 2025

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