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Elizabeth <I>Manning</I> Baker

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Elizabeth Manning Baker

Birth
Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
Death
5 Dec 1828 (aged 73)
Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Scotland, Windham County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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Elizabeth Manning. dau. of Hezekiah Manning. Esq. and Mary Webb, b. July 7, 1755 at Windham, Conn. She d. Dec. 5, 1828 at that part of Windham now the Town of Scotland, Conn., Æ 74 (g.s.)

On Dec. 14, 1775 at the Scotland Cong. Church then in Windham, Elizabeth m. Capt. John Baker, 3rd, s. of John Baker, Jr. and Mercy Cary, b. Sept. 27, 1747 at Windham. He d. Feb. 13, 1828 at that part of Windham now the Town of Scotland, Conn., Æ 81 (g.s.) They had ten children who are/will be outlined in their father's memorial.
Elizabeth Manning. dau. of Hezekiah Manning. Esq. and Mary Webb, b. July 7, 1755 at Windham, Conn. She d. Dec. 5, 1828 at that part of Windham now the Town of Scotland, Conn., Æ 74 (g.s.)

On Dec. 14, 1775 at the Scotland Cong. Church then in Windham, Elizabeth m. Capt. John Baker, 3rd, s. of John Baker, Jr. and Mercy Cary, b. Sept. 27, 1747 at Windham. He d. Feb. 13, 1828 at that part of Windham now the Town of Scotland, Conn., Æ 81 (g.s.) They had ten children who are/will be outlined in their father's memorial.

Inscription

Mrs. Elizabeth Baker
Wife Of
[Cap'n John Baker]
died
Dec. 5, 1828
Æ. 73.

As represented by this inscription, by the early 1800s the meaning of the symbol Æ for the Latin phrase Ætatis suæ became confused with meaning one's chronological "age" at death.



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  • Created by: Don Blauvelt
  • Added: May 24, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52799101/elizabeth-baker: accessed ), memorial page for Elizabeth Manning Baker (7 Jul 1755–5 Dec 1828), Find a Grave Memorial ID 52799101, citing Old Scotland Cemetery North, Scotland, Windham County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Don Blauvelt (contributor 46932939).