BAKER, Joshua [969] ¹

  General Notes:

See notes for Margery Knight
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Source : http://www.ireland-information.com/heraldichall/gm.htm :
"The name Baker in Ireland is usually derived from the English occupational name although it existed in the country as le Bakere as early as the thirteenth century. Descendants with this name can be found in each of the four Provinces."
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Source : http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/chester/immig/quakers01.txt :
"Joshua Baker : Waterford Ire m 2mo 13 1712 received 1mo 27 1718"
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Source <http://www.accessible.com/amcnty/PA/Chester/Chester13A.htm> :
"BAKER, JOSHUA, was born Feb. 16, 1678, and married Margery Knight, of Bandon Bridge, in Ireland; she was born July 15, 1690. They brought a certificate of membership from Friends of Waterford, Ireland, dated 2, 13, 1712, and probably lived a few years in Philadelphia. Some time prior to 1728 they settled in Christiana Hundred, New Castle County.
Their children were,— 1. Thomas, b. Oct. 18, 1708, followed a sea-faring life. 2. George, b. Jan. 3, 1709–10. 3. Joshua, b. July 18, 1711, m. 9, 5, 1740, Mary Hill, of Marlborough, and 3, 30, 1768, Alice Pennock, widow of William. 4. Susanna, b. Jan. 20, 1713; m. William McCool in 1737. 5. John, b. June 1, 1714. 6. Peter, b. March 17, 1716. 7. Mary, b. Jan. 12, 1717; m. ----- Dickey. 8. Sarah, b. Feb. 11, 1719, m. Benjamin Reynolds. 9. Richard, b. 3, 17, 1721; d. 11, 18, 1803. 10. Hannah, died young. 11. Robert, b. March 8, 1726–27; became a ship-builder in New York. 12. William, b. 6, 8, 1729. 13. Lydia, b. 6, 12, 1732; m. Samuel Grubb.
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Source <http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/knight-times/1996-08/0841243283>

  Noted events in his life were:

• Religion. Quaker

Joshua married Margery KNIGHT [968] [MRIN: 424], daughter of Thomas KNIGHT [106] and Hannah HUNTER [219], circa 1708 in Waterford, Ireland.¹ (Margery KNIGHT [968] was born on 15 Jul 1690 in Bandon Bridge, Cork, Ireland ¹ and died after 1732 in Christiana Hundred, New Castle, DE ¹.)