John Baker

John married Elizabeth Waterhouse Abt 1702, New London, New London, Connecticut, United States. (daughter of Jacob Waterhouse and Hannah) [Group Sheet]

John married Patience. [Group Sheet]

Mary married Joseph Allen. Joseph (son of Samuel Allen and Mercy Wright) was born 14 Oct 1708, , , Massachusetts, United States; died 4 Apr 1755, Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States; was buried , Allen Cemetery, Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet]

Remember married Tamer Warner. Tamer (daughter of Doctor Ebenezer Warner and Martha Galpin) was born 26 Feb 1718, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States; died Jan 1737, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet]

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Died at AE 69

Amos married Sarah Stebbins. Sarah was born 29 Dec 1760, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; died 14 May 1804; was buried , Titicus Cemetery, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet]

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Revolutionary War Vermont Militia Officer. A fiercely independent soldier who often caused problems for the American side as well as the British during the war, he served in the French and Indian War at Fort William Henry, acquiring land in Vermont for his services. When the area that would become the State of Vermont came under Land Grant disputes between New York and New Hampshire in the late 1760s, he formed and became Colonel of the "Green Mountain Boys" militia unit to discourage New York aims with guerrilla attacks (this led to Royal Governor Tryon putting a reward out for his capture). When the Revolutionary War started, he led his militiamen with Benedict Arnold in his most celebrated feat - the May 10, 1775 capture of the lightly defended Fort Ticonderoga. The guns Colonel Allen and Arnold captured there helped force the British out of Boston. His resistance to efforts to incorporate his Green Mountain Boys into the Continental Army caused him to be voted out of command by his men (they would be led by Colonel Seth Warner for the rest of the war). Ethan Allen then accompanied Benedict Arnold in the expedition to Canada, and was captured in the failed assault on Montreal. He was imprisoned in England until paroled in October 1776. After his formal exchange in May 1778 he received a brevet of Colonel in the Continental Army, but received no command, and returned to Vermont. Frustrated in his attempts to have Vermont become its own state (it was part of New Hampshire at the time), he entered into negotiations with the British in Quebec to make it a English Colony (these plans were wholly unsuccessful). A popular history of his life states that he was a "talented guerrilla leader, devoted to Vermont, but indifferent to the United States".

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Land speculator, leader in the dispute with New York, Captain in the Green Mountain Boys, and cousin of the Allens. He was born in Connecticut in 1737. In 1763, Baker came to Vermont after serving in the French and Indian wars, settling in Arlington. He constructed the first gristmill there. He became involved in land speculation with I and Ira Allen.

In March 1772, an attempt by a band of Yorkers was made to capture Baker and thus claim the bounty which had been placed on his head by Albany leaders. A dozen men led by John Munroe of Arlington, an attorney who represented New York in the area, entered Baker's house, beat his wife and children and tried to set fire to the house. Baker escaped the house to draw attention away from his family. He was overtaken by his attackers and whisked away toward Albany. A rescue party was quickly organized in town and it set off in pursuit. They caught up with Monroe "a large, spiteful, willful, and very malicious dog, educated and brought up agreeable to their (Albany's) own forms and customs." The kidnapping was a "wicked, inhuman, most (barbarous), infamous, cruel, villainous and thievish act." Munroe himself later wrote in exasperation that the Vermonters "are all possessed of the spirit of contradiction, so full of venom and spite against the government and all its authority that they are forced yet the sting remains."

In 1775, Baker accompanied I than Allen's force at the capture of Ticonderoga. The following autumn, he was among the Green Mountain Boys taking part in the commencement of the invasion of Canada. General Schuyler ordered Baker into the interior to scout the British troop movements, and in the cover of the night he landed at the shore of St. John's in a canoe. A short while later, he came upon a party of Indians trying to steal his boat. A fight ensured, and Baker lost his life and his scalp. Thus ended a life of promise for the Green Mountain Boys.
From Gazetteer of Vermont Heritage, published by the National Survey, Chester, VT. 1974.
I can only say that after living for almost 20 years in New York state, things haven't changed much from the old days in Albany!
Married Desire Hurlbut 03 Apr. 1760.
Two children: Rema Baker F
Ozi Baker M
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Note supplied by FAG contributor BCTrail:
"Remember Baker II and Ethan Allen, 1737-1789, were first cousins. Remember's father, Remember Baker I, 1711-, and Ethan's mother, Mary Baker, 1706-1774, were siblings."