BAKER ----- A genealogy of the BAKER family of County Kent, England, from c.1690 to c.1780 and concentrating on my direct line. Reproduction for the purpose of financial gain is prohibited. Redistribution of this material to a genealogical listing/service which resells or charges for access is also prohibited. This material is public domain, unless specified otherwise in the sources, and cannot, by international copyright law ("Intellectual Rights") be copyrighted by a third party. I make no claim regarding the accuracy of this chart; the original sources are not free from error and a degree of guesswork is involved in genealogy. Last revision: 15/03/1999 (c) David Powell, http://roots-boots.net/ft/names.html Reference numbers are denoted by [..]'s and are listed at the end of each section (seperated by a line of *'s). Numbering begins anew with each section. 9. Lawrence Baker, born c.1690, probably of East Langdon, County Kent, England. Died either 1736 or 1748 (is not possible to tell from the index which is Lawrence Sr and which is Lawrence Jr). Married Jane, c.1711, probably at East Langdon, Kent.[1] Children of Lawrence and Joan Baker: i. Susan Baker, born 1712, East Langdon, Kent.[2] ii. John Baker, born 1713, East Langdon, Kent.[2] * iii. Mary Baker, born 1715, East Langdon, Kent.[2] iv. Jone Baker, born 1718, East Langdon, Kent.[2] v. Lawrence Baker Jr, born 1720, East Langdon, Kent.[2] Died either 1736 or 1738, East Langdon, Kent.[2] vi. Elizabeth Baker, born 1724, East Langdon, Kent.[2] [1] Details taken from baptisms of children. [2] Information from Alan Dilnot. Source: Dover area PR Index, published by the Kent Family History Society. ************************************************* 8. Mary Baker, born 1715, East Langdon, Kent.[10] Died 30/9/1772, Guston, Kent,[2,3] and was buried 4/10/1772, St Martin of Tours, Guston, Kent.[11] Married Silvester Eastes, 1/1/1736-1737 at Wootton, Kent.[1-3,11] baptised 6/4/1712, St Martin of Tours, Guston, Kent,[1-3,10], died 17/7/1756, Ringwould, Kent,[1-3] and buried 11/7/1756, St Martin of Tours, Guston, Kent.[11] Children of Mary Baker and Silvester Eastes: i. John Eastes, born 1737, Ringwould, Kent.[3-5] Buried 29/9/1808, at Guston Court, Guston, Kent.[3,10] Married Ann Marsh, 9/5/1778, Guston, Kent.[10] Ann born 1739 and died 2/10/1808 at Guston Court, Kent.[3,10] * ii. Thomas Eastes, baptised 5/4/1739, Ringwould, Kent.[2-5,7,11] iii. Jane Eastes, baptised 31/10/1742, Guston, Kent.[5,11] Married John Church, 29/4/1769, Northbourne, Kent.[6,8] iv. Lawrance Eastes, baptised 3/3/1745 at Guston, Kent.[5,11] v. Mary Eastes, baptised 31/5/1747 at Guston, Kent.[3,5,11] Died 4/10/1772, Guston, Kent.[3] Buried 7/10/1772, Guston, Kent.[11] vi. Benjamin Eastes, baptised 20/9/1749 at Guston, Kent.[5,11] vii. Richard Eastes, baptised 4/2/1753 at Guston, Kent.[3,5,11] Died 18/7/1839, Guston, Kent, buried at St Martin's.[3,11] Married Jane Loud, 15/2/1784, at St Mary the Virgin, Dover, Kent.[3,9,10] Jane born 1759 at West Cliffe, died 17/8/1793 at Guston, Kent.[3] Children: Mary (1785-1855), Thomas (1787-1842), Richard (1789-c.1865) and Jane (1791-1793) of Guston, Kent.[3] viii. Silvester Eastes, builder, farmer & brickmaker,[3] baptised 30/12/1755, Guston, Kent.[1,3,5] Died 1827.[1,3,11] Married Susannah Gardener, 1781, Deal, Kent.[1,3] Children: Elizabeth (c.1782), Silvester (1784), Thomas (1789-1849) Susannah and Benjamin (1791-c.1835) of Deal, Kent.[1,3] [1] Personal communication, Donald Bowler; also in "Estes Trails", 1993, 12#3. [2] Personal communication, Niel Gunson. [3] Patricia McCalvey, "Estes Trails", 1992, 11#4. [4] From East Kent Parish Records for 1640-1755, published by East Kent FHS, copies of PR's supplied by Alan Dilnot. [5] From East Kent Parish Records for 1640-1755, published by East Kent FHS, copies of PR's supplied by Josie Morris. [6] Kathleen Hollingsbee, "Estes Trails", 1992, 12#1. [7] Information from the Eastes/Back family bible. [8] International Genealogical Index, LDS; 1994 edition, 1997 addendum (v.4.0). [9] International Genealogical Index, LDS; 1994 edition, 1997 addendum (v.4.0); Ba:M036561, So:355634, Pr:1238642 [10] Information from Alan Dilnot. Source: Dover area PR Index, published by the Kent Family History Society. [11] "Reminiscences of the Eastes Family in Kent and Australia", Niel Gunson, 1998, and references therein. ************************************************* For further generations refer to the Eastes files.