TENTH GENERATION

403. Polly Mary LACEY ^{(2400) (2401)(760)} was born on 18 Dec 1791 in New Jersey.⁽²⁴⁰²⁾ She died on 2 Jan 1870 in Bloomington, Grant Co., WI.⁽²⁴⁰³⁾ She was also known as Mary Lacy.⁽²⁴⁰⁴⁾

GLOVER family records say that Mary was the grand daughter of Samuel, Lord BOWLBY or BOWLSBY and Lady Grace who came to the colonies before the Revolutionary War from England. Samuel and Lady Grace had 2 children John and Mary. Mary BOWLBY married John de LACY (LACEY). Their children were John, Richard, Betsy and Mary. Mary married John H. BAKER. According to the memory of Mary Glover LADD, the BAKERS went to Wisconsin when Martha BAKER was 13 years old. That would be about1843.

She was married to John Hampton BAKER on 14 Nov 1810 in Sussex Co., NJ. ⁽²⁴⁰⁵⁾ She Married by her father, Justice John LACEY of Sussex Co., NJ.⁽²⁴⁰⁶⁾

Mrs. VAN WESTEN of California said:

"John LACEY performed the marriage of Polly Mary LACEY (dau. of Mary BOWLBY LACEY) to John BAKER, NOV 1810 (Sussex Co. m. record, I was able to obtain) so I think John is her father. Bible records were accurate all the way to John BAKER's birth in 1891. I have his military record, War of 1812, and he is in the 1830 census ensconsed with seven of his eight daughters. The last was born in DEC after the census was taken."

John Hampton BAKER ^{(2407)(2408) (760)} was born on 14 Nov 1791 in Washington, Warren Co., NJ. ⁽²⁴⁰⁹⁾ He died on 18 Nov 1877 in Bloomington, Grant Co., WI. ⁽²⁴¹⁰⁾ He served in the military in the War of 1812 as a Drummer.⁽²⁴¹¹⁾ He was also known as John Hanus BAKER.⁽²⁴¹²⁾

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
Polly Mary LACEY and John Hampton BAKER had the following children:

+937 i. Julia Ann BAKER.
+938 ii. Rebecca L. BAKER.
+939 iii. Sara BAKER.
+940 iv. Jane BAKER.
+941 v. Rachel BAKER.
+942 vi. Clarrissa Granville BAKER.
+943 vii. Mary E. BAKER.
+944 viii. Martha BAKER.
945 ix. (Ninth child of BAKER, Polly and John Hampton) BAKER ^(2413)(760) died in infancy. ⁽²⁴¹⁴⁾
946 x. (Tenth child of BAKER, Polly and John Hampton) BAKER ^(2415)(760) died in infancy.