Ann Lumbert, dau. of Jonathan Lumbert, Jr. and Rachel Tilton, b. of record Feb. 7, 1710/11 at Tisbury, Mass. She d. of record (g.s.) at Barnstable, Mass. Aug. 27, 1768, Æ 58, not Æ 68 as referenced by her gravestone inscription. (See further below)
On May 21, 1732 at Barnstable, Nathaniel Baker, Jr. of Barnstable, Mass. filed his intent to marry Ann Lumbert "of Newton." They married of record Sept. 7, 1732 at Tisbury, Mass., as recorded by Tisbury's then town clerk Jabez Athearn [Original TR, p. 16].
The stated location of "Newton" for Ann in the Barnstable marriage intention has been misinterpreted by many to mean that she was of Newton, Middlesex County, Mass. or alternately of Newtown, alias Cambridge, Mass. In that Ann (Lumbert) Baker was born, raised and married at Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard, the more appropriate interpretation is Newtown, "the name applied generally to the settlement at Tisbury in distinction to Old Town at the east end of the Vineyard. It is more particularly applied to North Tisbury and occurs as early as 1750 (Newman, Mss. Account Book, p. 82)." [History of Martha's Vineyard, Annals of West Tisbury, p. 21]
The Town of Barnstable records only four children of the marriage, albeit there is 13-1/2 years separating the eldest two from the youngest two children. This has resulted in upwards of 20 children being erroneously attached to this couple, some being the children of the unrelated Baker families that were residents of Yarmouth, Mass. For a summary of the actual known children, see their father's memorial.
On May 21, 1732 at Barnstable, Nathaniel Baker, Jr. of Barnstable, Mass. filed his intent to marry Ann Lumbert "of Newton." They married of record Sept. 7, 1732 at Tisbury, Mass., as recorded by Tisbury's then town clerk Jabez Athearn [Original TR, p. 16].
The stated location of "Newton" for Ann in the Barnstable marriage intention has been misinterpreted by many to mean that she was of Newton, Middlesex County, Mass. or alternately of Newtown, alias Cambridge, Mass. In that Ann (Lumbert) Baker was born, raised and married at Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard, the more appropriate interpretation is Newtown, "the name applied generally to the settlement at Tisbury in distinction to Old Town at the east end of the Vineyard. It is more particularly applied to North Tisbury and occurs as early as 1750 (Newman, Mss. Account Book, p. 82)." [History of Martha's Vineyard, Annals of West Tisbury, p. 21]
The Town of Barnstable records only four children of the marriage, albeit there is 13-1/2 years separating the eldest two from the youngest two children. This has resulted in upwards of 20 children being erroneously attached to this couple, some being the children of the unrelated Baker families that were residents of Yarmouth, Mass. For a summary of the actual known children, see their father's memorial.
Ann Lumbert, dau. of Jonathan Lumbert, Jr. and Rachel Tilton, b. of record Feb. 7, 1710/11 at Tisbury, Mass. She d. of record (g.s.) at Barnstable, Mass. Aug. 27, 1768, Æ 58, not Æ 68 as referenced by her gravestone inscription. (See further below)
On May 21, 1732 at Barnstable, Nathaniel Baker, Jr. of Barnstable, Mass. filed his intent to marry Ann Lumbert "of Newton." They married of record Sept. 7, 1732 at Tisbury, Mass., as recorded by Tisbury's then town clerk Jabez Athearn [Original TR, p. 16].
The stated location of "Newton" for Ann in the Barnstable marriage intention has been misinterpreted by many to mean that she was of Newton, Middlesex County, Mass. or alternately of Newtown, alias Cambridge, Mass. In that Ann (Lumbert) Baker was born, raised and married at Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard, the more appropriate interpretation is Newtown, "the name applied generally to the settlement at Tisbury in distinction to Old Town at the east end of the Vineyard. It is more particularly applied to North Tisbury and occurs as early as 1750 (Newman, Mss. Account Book, p. 82)." [History of Martha's Vineyard, Annals of West Tisbury, p. 21]
The Town of Barnstable records only four children of the marriage, albeit there is 13-1/2 years separating the eldest two from the youngest two children. This has resulted in upwards of 20 children being erroneously attached to this couple, some being the children of the unrelated Baker families that were residents of Yarmouth, Mass. For a summary of the actual known children, see their father's memorial.
On May 21, 1732 at Barnstable, Nathaniel Baker, Jr. of Barnstable, Mass. filed his intent to marry Ann Lumbert "of Newton." They married of record Sept. 7, 1732 at Tisbury, Mass., as recorded by Tisbury's then town clerk Jabez Athearn [Original TR, p. 16].
The stated location of "Newton" for Ann in the Barnstable marriage intention has been misinterpreted by many to mean that she was of Newton, Middlesex County, Mass. or alternately of Newtown, alias Cambridge, Mass. In that Ann (Lumbert) Baker was born, raised and married at Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard, the more appropriate interpretation is Newtown, "the name applied generally to the settlement at Tisbury in distinction to Old Town at the east end of the Vineyard. It is more particularly applied to North Tisbury and occurs as early as 1750 (Newman, Mss. Account Book, p. 82)." [History of Martha's Vineyard, Annals of West Tisbury, p. 21]
The Town of Barnstable records only four children of the marriage, albeit there is 13-1/2 years separating the eldest two from the youngest two children. This has resulted in upwards of 20 children being erroneously attached to this couple, some being the children of the unrelated Baker families that were residents of Yarmouth, Mass. For a summary of the actual known children, see their father's memorial.
Inscription
From the Hinckley transcription in the Barnstable Town Records CD (NEHGS):
Here lies buried Mrs. Ann Baker ye wife of Mr. Nathaniel Baker, who decd Augst ye 24th 1768 in ye 68th year of her age.
Based on her recorded date of birth at Tisbury, Mass., on the day Ann died she was 57 years old, and Ætatis suæ (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of her Age) 58, not Æ 68 as transcribed from a gravestone that may no longer exist or legibly identified.
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