Narraguagus Valley Some Account of its Early Settlement and Settlers

Baker Genealogy of Narraguagus Valley Maine

Among the very early settlers at Steuben Maine was Lemuel Baker, who came from Roxbury, Massachusetts. He must have come about, or soon after, the time that the Leightons came. He married a Tracy, sister of Mrs. Thomas Leighton, 2d, and Mrs. Deacon Stevens. He settled near the shore of Joy’s Bay, on what is known as Baker’s Point, afterwards near where the George Baker house is. By his first wife he had four children.

  1. George Baker died unmarried.
  2. Nabby Baker m. ____ Jones of Roxbury.
  3. Rhoda Baker m. ____ Farrington of Roxbury.
  4. Dolly Baker died unmarried.

After the death of his first wife, which occurred while these children were young, Mr. Baker moved to Massachusetts and there married Abigail Griggs, and by her had two children, both born in Roxbury, and while they were young again moved to Steuben, where he and his wife lived for the remainder of their days. Children:

  1. 1. Susanna Baker, m. in 1804, Amaziah Ricker. Mr. Ricker came from Waterbury, Me., to Addison about 1796. He was a blacksmith, and came to Cherryfield in 1880 and built a shop where Mr. Samuel Campbell’s house now stands. Their children were:
    1. Sally Ricker m. Colin Campbell, 2d, Rev. E. Nugent.
    2. Benjamin G. Ricker m. Betsy Campbell.
    3. Caroline Ricker m. Alexander Campbell.
    4. George B. Ricker m. Mary E. Upton.
    5. Arthur S. Ricker m. Jane Stoddard.
    6. Abigail B. Ricker m. George Wingate.
  2. 2. Eli F. Baker m. Rebecca Downs. Their children were:
    1. George Baker m. Mary Ann Smith,
    2. Abigail Baker m. Isaac Childs of Roxbury,
    3. Susan Baker m. Joseph Davis of Addison,
    4. Forbes Baker m. 1st, Sarah Evans, 2d, Susan Dorman,
    5. John Baker m. Mildred Ann Turner of Georgia, 2d, Angle Kidder of New Hampshire,
    6. Frank Baker m. Elizabeth A. Dorkham,
    7. Henry C. Baker m. Bessy Crowley,
    8. Mary Baker unmarried,
    9. Sophia Baker m. George Kendall,
    10. William. G. Baker m. Sylvia G. Hart of St. Louis, Missouri.

Collection:
Milliken, J. A. The Narraguagus Valley: some account of its early settlement and settlers. Covers towns of Steuben, Milbridge, Harrington and Cherryfield. Machias, Maine: 1886; reprinted A. J. Huston, Portland, Maine, 1910.

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