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Josiah Baker

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Josiah Baker

Birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
19 Jun 1729 (aged 74)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.3674002, Longitude: -71.0562144
Memorial ID
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JOSIAH BAKER (I), son of Alexander Baker (1607-1685) and Elizabeth _______

Josiah married about 1679 to MARY CROSS.

"Here lyes buried the Body of
MR. JOSIAH BAKER
who departed this life April ye 12th 1760
in ye 70th year of his age"

"Here lyes ye Body of
MRS. ELIZABETH BAKER
Wife to Mr. Josiah Baker
who died June 10th 1753 aged 65 years

Josiah Baker was listed in "Boston Males in Major Townsend's Camp in 1698."

He was also on the Boston tax List of 1691-1693.

In 1702, his name appeared as "Josiah Baker, "Abatement of Taxes, meaning his tax was reduced or removed, or he may have left Boston for another area.

Josiah Baker's (I) death is listed among those who were buried in Copp's Hill Burial Ground in Boston.
("Epitaphs from Copp's Hill Burial Ground, Boston" by Thomas Bridgman, page 85).

JOSIAH BAKER (I), son of Alexander Baker (1607-1685) and Elizabeth _______

Josiah married about 1679 to MARY CROSS.

"Here lyes buried the Body of
MR. JOSIAH BAKER
who departed this life April ye 12th 1760
in ye 70th year of his age"

"Here lyes ye Body of
MRS. ELIZABETH BAKER
Wife to Mr. Josiah Baker
who died June 10th 1753 aged 65 years

Josiah Baker was listed in "Boston Males in Major Townsend's Camp in 1698."

He was also on the Boston tax List of 1691-1693.

In 1702, his name appeared as "Josiah Baker, "Abatement of Taxes, meaning his tax was reduced or removed, or he may have left Boston for another area.

Josiah Baker's (I) death is listed among those who were buried in Copp's Hill Burial Ground in Boston.
("Epitaphs from Copp's Hill Burial Ground, Boston" by Thomas Bridgman, page 85).


Inscription

Here lyes buried ye Body of
MR JOSIAH BAKER
who died June ye 19th 1729
in ye 74th
year of his age



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