Baker Family

Generation One

1. Christopher¹ Becker was born on 6 Mar 1718 at Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany. He married Elizabeth either 1748 or 1749; 2nd husband. He died on 23 Aug 1804 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 86.
He was also known as Christopher Baker. He immigrated in 1748 to Philadelphia, PA; from Germany.
Elizabeth was born on 24 Jan 1724 at Germany. She married ___ Brunner; 1st husband. She died on 31 Mar 1808 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 84.
Known children of Christopher¹ Becker and Elizabeth were as follows:

i. Elizabeth² Baker died on 20 Feb 1845.

ii. Charles Christian Baker was born on 24 Aug 1751. He died on 12 Aug 1780 at age 28.

iii. Godfrey Baker was born on 1 Jan 1754. He died on 5 Jul 1801 at age 47; unmarried.

iv. Samuel Baker was born on 2 Mar 1759. He died on 25 Sep 1793 at age 34.

2. v. John Remeagus Baker, born 19 Feb 1763; married Mary Slesman.

Generation Two

2. John Remeagus² Baker (Christopher¹ Becker) was born on 19 Feb 1763. He married Mary Slesman, daughter of Henry Slesman and Catherine Lohrman. He died on 25 Jul 1828 at age 65. He was buried on 25 Jul 1829 at Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John, Philadelphia, PA. He was buried on 18 May 1880 at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA; reburial.
Mary Slesman was born on 22 Apr 1767. She died on 8 Aug 1850 at age 83. She was buried at Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John, Philadelphia, PA. She was buried on 18 May 1880 at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA; reburial.
Known children of John Remeagus² Baker and Mary Slesman were as follows:

3. i. Charles Henry³ Baker, born 20 Feb 1793; married Eliza Boller.

ii. Anna Maria Baker was born on 23 Apr 1797. She died on 17 Jan 1825 at age 27; unmarried. She was buried at Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John, Philadelphia, PA. She was buried on 18 May 1880 at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA; reburial.

iii. Samuel Baker was born on 18 May 1799. He died on 5 Oct 1825 at age 26; unmarried.

iv. Eleanor Baker was born on 7 Jan 1803. She married C.A. Schaefer. She died on 4 Sep 1845 at Baltimore, MD, at age 42.
She and C.A. Schaefer resided at Baltimore, MD.

v. Matilda Baker was born on 28 Dec 1806. She married Joseph Jones. She died on 29 Sep 1873 at age 66.

vi. Henry Slesman Baker was born on 15 Dec 1809. He married Elizabeth Campbell. He died on 2 Jun 1844 at age 34. He was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.

Generation Three

3. Charles Henry³ Baker (John², Christopher¹ Becker) was born on 20 Feb 1793. He married Eliza Boller, daughter of Johann Boller and Catherine Eckel, on 8 Dec 1814 at Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John, Philadelphia, PA. He died on 21 Sep 1872 at age 79. He was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.
He and Eliza Boller resided at Philadelphia, PA.
Eliza Boller was born on 16 Jun 1799 at Philadelphia, PA. She died on 8 Feb 1891 at age 91. She was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.
Known children of Charles Henry³ Baker and Eliza Boller were as follows:

i. Emma⁴ Baker was born on 24 Oct 1815. She was baptized on 19 Nov 1815 at Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John, Philadelphia, PA. She married Rev. Theophilus Stork on 31 Aug 1848.

4. ii. John Remeagus Baker, born 18 Sep 1818; married Anna Robeson Lea.

iii. Elizabeth Ann Baker was born on 7 Nov 1820. She was baptized on 26 Nov 1820 at Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John, Philadelphia, PA. She married William Y. DeFord on 3 Jun 1851 at St. Johns Lutheran Church. She died on 4 Jun 1894 at age 73.
She and William Y. DeFord resided at Baltimore, MD.

iv. Catharine Augusta Baker was born on 16 Mar 1823. She was baptized on 6 Apr 1823 at Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John, Philadelphia, PA. She died on 6 Mar 1824. She was buried on 6 Mar 1824 at J.R. Baker Vault at Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John, Philadelphia, PA. She was buried on 18 May 1880 at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA; reburial.

v. Caroline Baker was born on 17 Mar 1825. She was baptized on 10 Apr 1825 at Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John, Philadelphia, PA. She died on 10 Feb 1827 at age 1. She was buried at J.R. Baker Vault at Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John, Philadelphia, PA. She was buried on 18 May 1880 at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA; reburial.

vi. Charles Henry Baker was born on 23 Oct 1829. He was baptized on 15 Nov 1829 at Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John, Philadelphia, PA. He died on 1 Jul 1888 at age 58; unmarried.
He resided in 1860 at Philadelphia, PA.

vii. Alfred Haga Baker was born on 1 Jan 1832. He was baptized on 29 Jan 1832 at Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John, Philadelphia, PA. He died on 10 Apr 1833 at age 1. He was buried on 12 Apr 1833 at J.R. Baker Vault at Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John, Philadelphia, PA. He was buried on 18 May 1880 at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA; reburial.

Generation Four

4. John Remeagus⁴ Baker (Charles³, John², Christopher¹ Becker) was born on 18 Sep 1818. He was baptized on 11 Oct 1818 at Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John, Philadelphia, PA. He married Anna Robeson Lea, daughter of Joseph Lea and Sarah Ann Robeson, on 23 Dec 1846 at Philadelphia, PA. He died on 22 Jun 1892 at Dublin, NH, at age 73. He was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.
He was a merchant. He resided at Philadelphia, PA.
Anna Robeson Lea was born on 17 Jul 1825 at Philadelphia, PA. She died on 14 Aug 1887 at Spring Lake, NJ, at age 62. She was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.
Known children of John Remeagus⁴ Baker and Anna Robeson Lea all born at Philadelphia, PA, were as follows:

i. Charles Henry⁵ Baker 3rd was born on 3 Jan 1848. He was baptized on 16 Feb 1848 at Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John, Philadelphia, PA. He married Jane Bakewell Paul, daughter of Jacob Wheeler Paul and Susan Fries, on 25 Jun 1885 at St. Thomas Church, Oakmont, Allegheny Co., PA. He died on 3 Jul 1888 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 40. He was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.
He resided at Florida. He resided at Pittsburgh, PA.

5. ii. Josephine Lea Baker, born 1 Nov 1850; married Henry Armitt Brown; married Thomas Leaming.

iii. Anna Lea Baker was born on 29 Apr 1854. She was baptized on 20 Apr 1855 at Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John, Philadelphia, PA. She married Hon. Hampton Lawrence Carson, son of Dr. Joseph Carson and Mary Hollingsworth, on 14 Apr 1880 at Philadelphia, PA. She died on 3 Jun 1933 at Bryn Mawr, PA, at age 79. She was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.
She resided at Philadelphia, PA.

iv. John Remeagus Baker Jr. was born on 12 Dec 1856. He was baptized on 23 Jul 1857 at Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John, Philadelphia, PA. He married Helen Vaughan Dyer, daughter of Samuel Ashmead Dyer and Caroline Brognard Vaughan, on 27 Apr 1886 at Philadelphia, PA. He died on 25 Jul 1903 at Sao Paulo, Brazil, at age 46.

v. Elizabeth Baker was born on 25 Jul 1859 at Philadelphia, PA. She married Eustis Thompson, son of Henry A. Thompson and Julie Zelina Macklor, in Apr 1882 at Philadelphia, PA. She died on 9 Feb 1891 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 31. She was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.
She and Eustis Thompson resided at Baltimore, MD.

vi. William deFord Baker was born on 12 Oct 1860. He married Emily Louise Mitchell, daughter of Edward Courtland Mitchell and Emily Caroline Beals, on 14 Nov 1882 at Boston, MA. He and Emily Louise Mitchell were divorced in 1891. He died on 26 Jan 1907 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 46.
He resided at Philadelphia, PA.

vii. Richard Downing Baker was born on 8 May 1862 at Philadelphia, PA. He married Blanche Prewett, daughter of John Claude Prewett and Virginia Laura Barksdale, on 7 May 1899 at Seattle, WA.
He resided at Seattle, WA.

viii. Mary Kate Baker was born on 19 Feb 1864. She died on 30 Dec 1916 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 52. She was buried on 2 Jan 1917 at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.

ix. Frederick Robeson Baker was born on 22 Jun 1867. He married Frances A. Richards, daughter of Joseph Swift Richards and Sarah Frances Scarborough, on 16 Jun 1898 at Seattle, WA.
He resided at Seattle, WA.

Generation Five

5. Josephine Lea⁵ Baker (John⁴, Charles³, John², Christopher¹ Becker) was born on 1 Nov 1850 at Philadelphia, PA. She was baptized on 30 May 1851 at Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John, Philadelphia, PA. She married Henry Armitt Brown, son of Frederick Brown and Charlotte Augusta Hoppin, on 7 Dec 1871 at Philadelphia, PA; 1st husband. She married Thomas Leaming, son of Robert Waln Leaming and Julia Scott, on 18 Jun 1888 at Philadelphia, PA; 2nd husband, no issue. She died circa 1931.
She and Thomas Leaming resided at Philadelphia, PA.
Henry Armitt Brown was born on 1 Dec 1844 at Philadelphia, PA. He was baptized at St. Andrews PE Church, Philadelphia, PA. He died on 21 Aug 1878 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 33. He was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA. He was educated at Yale University, New Haven, CT. He was a lawyer.
Thomas Leaming was born in May 1858 at Philadelphia, PA. He died on 14 Dec 1911 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 53; d.s.p. He was a lawyer & author.

Additional Generations

7. Henrietta Armitt⁶ Brown (Josephine⁵ Baker, John⁴, Charles³, John², Christopher¹ Becker) married Stevens Heckscher.
9. Lucretia Stevens⁷ Heckscher (Henrietta⁶ Brown, Josephine⁵ Baker, John⁴, Charles³, John², Christopher¹ Becker) married Joseph Harrison Jr.
12. Henrietta Armitt⁸ Harrison (Lucretia⁷ Heckscher, Henrietta⁶ Brown, Josephine⁵ Baker, John⁴, Charles³, John², Christopher¹ Becker) married Julian McIlvaine Marshall.
22. John Randolph⁹ Marshall (Henrietta⁸ Harrison, Lucretia⁷ Heckscher, Henrietta⁶ Brown, Josephine⁵ Baker, John⁴, Charles³, John², Christopher¹ Becker) married Deborah Lynn Reilly.

Pedigrees:
Pedigree Base - Marshall
7 - Henrietta Armitt Brown
2 - John Remeagus Baker

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