Gawrelski Family Tree » Joshua Baker (1678-1754)
Personal data Joshua Baker
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10- He was born on February 16, 1678 in Donegal, Ireland.Source 11
- Occupations:
- in the year 1712 Armourer for King George I in Donegal, Ireland.
- in the year 1750 Gunsmith in Lancaster County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten.
- Resident:
- in the year 1754: Lancaster Boro, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten.Source 9
- on March 27, 1713: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Sources 4, 10
- in the year 1728: christiana, New Castle County, Delaware, USA.
- (Arrival) in the year 1713 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Source 12
- He died on July 3, 1754 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, he was 76 years old.Source 7
- A child of George Baker and Susanna Harwood
Household of Joshua Baker
(1) He is married to Margery Knight.
They got married in the year 1706 at Waterford, Waterford, Ireland, he was 27 years old.
Child(ren):
- Thomas Baker 1708-????
- George Baker 1710-????
- Susanna Baker 1713-????
- John Baker 1714-????
- Peter Baker 1716-????
(2) He is married to Rebecca Wilson.
They got married on December 19, 1749, he was 71 years old.
They got married in the year 1713 at Antrim, Antrim, Ireland, he was 34 years old.Child(ren):
- Elinor Baker ± 1724-????
- Isaac Baker 1716-1796
Timeline Joshua Baker
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=11262002&pid=1387
/ Ancestry.com - U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Ancestry.com, Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Year: 1712; Page Number: 131 / Ancestry.com
- North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Ancestry.com, Book Title: Pennsylvania Genealogies : Index of Surnames / Ancestry.com
- U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Ancestry.com, Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1682-1714; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes / Ancestry.com
- Dorset, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, Ancestry.com, Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England; Reference: PE/PDT: RE 1/1-1/4, 2/1-2/2, 3/1-3/4 / Ancestry.com
- Immigration of Irish Quakers to Pennsylvania, 1682-1750, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- U.S., Craftperson Files, 1600-1995, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Pennsylvania, Quaker arrivals at Philadelphia (Meeting), 1682-1750, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Ancestry.com, Book Title: History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family : and particularly of the descendants of George and Mich / Ancestry.com
- U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Ancestry.com, Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Year: 1713; Page Number: 287 / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday February 16, 1678
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1678: Source: Wikipedia
- June 25 » Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
- August 3 » Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
- November 25 » Trunajaya rebellion: After a long and logistically challenging march, the allied Mataram and Dutch troops successfully assaulted the rebel stronghold of Kediri.
Day of marriage December 19, 1749
- The temperature on December 19, 1749 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1749: Source: Wikipedia
- January 3 » Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
- January 3 » The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
- January 21 » The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.
- May 19 » King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
- June 21 » Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.
Day of death July 3, 1754
- The temperature on July 3, 1754 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1754: Source: Wikipedia
- January 28 » Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
- May 28 » French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
- July 3 » French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
Same birth/death day
- 1620 » Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg († 1688)
- 1643 » John Sharp, English archbishop († 1714)
- 1698 » Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer († 1758)
- 1727 » Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian botanist, chemist, and mycologist († 1817)
- 1740 » Giambattista Bodoni, Italian publisher and engraver († 1813)
- 1761 » Jean-Charles Pichegru, French general († 1804)
- 1672 » Francis Willughby, English ornithologist and ichthyologist (b. 1635)
- 1749 » William Jones, Welsh-English mathematician and academic (b. 1675)
- 1790 » Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French geologist and mineralogist (b. 1736)
- 1795 » Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general, astronomer, and politician, 1st Colonial Governor of Louisiana (b. 1716)
- 1795 » Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French scholar and author (b. 1714)
- 1809 » Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian composer and playwright (b. 1746)
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