Alpheus BAKER & Adelia BURGESS & Mercy HOPKINS

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Alpheus BAKER
Adelia BURGESS
Mercy HOPKINS

Husband: Alpheus BAKER
Birth: 14 Apr 1795, Cornwall, Addison Co., VT
Death: 11 Jan 1888, Avilla, Noble Co., IN
Disposition: buried Lisbon Cemetery, Kendallville, Noble Co., IN
Occupation: farmer
Father: Timothy BAKER (1750-1816)
Mother: Prudence BROOKS (1750-1816) — are the dates really the same?

Marriage-1: 19 Apr 1820, Cornwall, Addison Co., VT

Wife-1: Adelia BURGESS
Birth: 1800
Death: 1829
Occupation: homemaker

Marriage-2: 16 Feb 1830, Knox Co., OH

Wife-2: Mercy HOPKINS
Birth: 13 Jan 1803, Pittsford, Rutland Co., VT
Death: 22 Mar 1895, Avilla, Noble Co., IN
Disposition: buried Lisbon Cemetery, Kendallville, Noble Co., IN
Occupation: homemaker
Other Spouse: m1. 1 Apr 1821, Licking Co., OH, Silas MOTT
Father: Matthew HOPKINS
Mother: Lucy WRIGHT

Children with Adelia BURGESS:

1. (Son A) BAKER, b. 1820-25
2. (Son B) BAKER, b. 1820-25
3. (Daughter A) BAKER, b. 1820-25
4. (Daughter B) BAKER, b. 1820-25
5. Louisa BAKER, b. 1820-25, Elkrun Twp, Columbiana Co., OH; d. 8 Mar 1914
6. (Son C) BAKER, b. 1825-30
7. (Son D) BAKER, b. 1825-30; d. bef. 1840

Children with Mercy HOPKINS:

— born in Miller Twp., Knox Co., OH:
8. [Loomis?] Lumas / Luman A. BAKER, b. 13 Nov 1831; d. Civil War, 23 Jul 1862; m. Annie J. BROUGHTON
9. Timothy BAKER, b. 3 Mar 1834; d. 1906, Burlington, Coffey Co., KS; m. Adeline WOODARD
10. Caleb BAKER, b. 12 Jun 1836; d. ca. 12 Mar 1905

— born in Allen Twp., Noble Co., IN:
11. Mary BAKER, b. 2 Nov 1838
12. William BAKER, b. 18 Oct 1841; d. 3 Feb 1893
13. Francis "Frank" A. BAKER, b. 24 Mar 1844
14. Martha F. BAKER, b. 16 Oct 1846; d. 16 Jun 1886

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, Indiana, Kansas, Ohio, Vermont

Sources (n.b., Licking and Knox Cos., OH, are adjacent):

1. Anon. 1966. Marriage Index: Ohio, 1789-1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-400):

Baker, Alpha Mott, Marcy Feb 16, 1830 Knox Co.

2. 1820 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found.

3. 1830 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #9 of 10 — mis-indexed as being in Franklin Twp., name indexed "Alfons"; official enumeration date 1 Jun 1830; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 OH Knox Co. Miller Twp. Roll M19_134 p. 292 Ln. 2 of Miller Baker Alpaus? 220 001 - 030 010

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 4 or under 1825-1830 = Son D
= Son C

2 males 5-9 1820-1825 = Son B
= Son A

1 male 30-39 1790-1800 = Alpheus (b. 1795)

3 females 5-9 1820-1825 = Louisa
= Daughter B
= Daughter A

1 female 20-29 1800-1810 = Mercy (b. 1803)

Five children in five years? Seven in ten? No wonder Adelia died. Were any of these twins?

4. 1840 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 2 — indexed as being in Wayne, but it says, "Allen Township" on the page; official enumeration began 1 Jun 1840; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 IN Noble Co. Allen Twp. Roll 100 p. 285B Ln. 5 Alpheus Baker 121 200 100 - 100 001 [back page missing at Ancestry.com]

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 4 or under 1835-1840 = Caleb (b. 1836)

2 males 5-9 1830-1835 = Timonty (b. 1834)
= Luman (b. 1831)

1 male 10-14 1825-1830 = Son C

2 males 15-19 1820-1825 = Son B
= Son A

1 male 40-49 1790-1800 = Alpheus (b. 1795)

1 female 4 or under 1835-1840 = Mary (b. 1838)

1 female 30-39 1800-1810 = Mercy (b. 1803)

? person employed in ?

Listed next to Asa BROWN.

5. 1850 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #18 of 24): Allen Twp., Noble Co., IN, Roll M432_161, p. 289B, 132/132, enumerated 6 Nov 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Alpheus Baker 55 M Farmer 1000 Vt

Mary 47 F "

Luman A 19 M Farmer Ohio

Timothy 16 M do "

Caleb 14 M "

Mary 12 F Ind

William 9 M "

Francis A 7 F "

Martha F 4 F "

6. 1860 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #19 of 45): Lisbon & Kendallsville P.O., Allen Twp., Noble Co., IN, Roll M653_285, p. 299, PN 205, 1534/1534, enumerated 26 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Alpheus Baker 65 M Farmer 1200 500 Vermont

Mercy     " 57 F "

Timothy   " 26 M Farm Laborer 100 Ohio

Wm        " 19 M Ind

Francis   " 17 M "

Martha    " 13 F "

Mary Brown 21 F "

Florence " 4 F "

7. 1870 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #25 of 32): Kendallville P.O., Wayne Twp., Noble Co., IN, Roll M593_347, p. 332B, PN 25, 183/191, enumerated 22 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Baker Alpheus 75 M W Farmer 1200 Vermont

_____ Mercy 67 F W Keeps House Vermont

8. 1880 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 30): Allen Twp., Noble Co., IN, Roll 302, p. 474A, PN 1, SD 6, ED 74, enumerataed 1 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 13 21 24 25 26

1 1 Baker Frank A W M 36 / Farmer IN VT VT

_____ Mary O W F 37 Wife / Keeping House NY CT

_____ Alpheus W M 85 Father / Retired Farmer VT CT MA

_____ Mercy W F 77 Mother / Keeping house VT VT VT

_____ Hattie J W F 8 Daughter / / IN IN NY

_____ Fred W W M 1 Son / IN IN NY

8. 1890 U.S. Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

. Find-a-Grave: Entries (online at findagrave.com):

Name Alpheus Baker Mercy Hopkins Baker

Birth Apr. 14, 1795
Cornwall
Addison Co., VT Jan. 13, 1803
Pittsford
Rutland Co., VT

Death Aug. 19, 1888
Lisbon,
Noble Co., IN Mar. 22, 1895
OH

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Burial Lisbon Cemetery
Kendallville
Noble Co., IN

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Father Timothy Baker (1750-1816) Matthew Augustus Hopkins

Mother - Lucy Wright Hopkins

Spouse Mercy Hopkins Baker Alpheus Baker

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Memorial # 42041036 -

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. Timothy Hopkins. 1932. John Hopkins of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1634, and Some of His Descendants. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, CA (available as a facsimile reprint from Higginson Books and online by subscription at Ancestry.com):

p. 214 95. MATTHEW⁶ (NEHEMIAH,⁵ EBENEZER,⁴ EBENEZER,³ STEPHEN,² JOHN,¹)... m. (2) ... Lucy Wright...
Children second marriage...
MERCY,⁷ b. 13 January 1803, at Pittsford; m. (1) in Licking County, Ohio 1 Apr 1821, Silas Mott, who d. 17 November 1828; (2) at Homer, Ohio, as his second wife, 7 February 1830, Alpheus Baker, b. at Cornwall, Vermont, 14 April 1795. (Marriage Records of Licking County, Ohio. New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 13: 195.) He d. at Avilla, Indiana, 11 Jan 1888, aged 93; she d. there 22 March 1895, aged 92.

p. 215      Mr. and Mrs. Baker removed to Indiana in August 1836, and settled in a log cabin at Lisbon, but a year of two later made their permanent home a short distance from their first location on what was for years known as the Baker farm, then an unbroken forest. When they arrived in Indiana there were ten children in their family—four of Mr. Baker's by a previous marriage, three by her first marriage, and three by their union; four were born later. They had little or no means, and experienced the privations and hardships incident to a new and heavily timbered country; but they prospered, reared their large family of children, and lived to see them fill honorable and useful places in life. Both were over ninety years of age when they died.
     Mrs. Baker was a well-informed, healthy woman, well fitted for a pioneer life, which she always appeared to enjoy, and was an exemplary Christian. She was never happier than when ministering to the comfort of her family and friends.
     The war record of the family was unusual. Her husband was a soldier in the War of 1812, and no less than six of her sons and two sons-in-law served in the Civil War—several of them being wounded and one killed. (Data from Arthur H. Hopkins.)
Children surname Mott...
Children surname Baker:

I. LUMAN A., b. 13 November 1831; m. Annie J. Broughton; d. in the Union Army 23 July 1862.

II. TIMOTHY, b. 3 March 1834; m. Adeline Woodard.

III. CALEB, b. 12 June 1836; d. about 12 March 1905.

IV. MARY, b. 2 November 1838; m. _____ Richards.

V. WILLIAM, b. 18 October 1841; d. 3 February 1893.

VI. FRANCIS A., b. 24 March 1844.

VII. MARTHA F., b. 16 October 1846; d. 16 Jun 1886.

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