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Martha Baker (née Baker)

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1845

Biography

Shown as mortgagee with others, members of the family of John Baker of St Kitts, on Baker's estate in St Vincent from 1803 to at least 1809. LBS has not fully analysed the Baker family but she appears to have been the niece and daughter-in-law of John Baker, having married her cousin Joseph Baker of the East India Co. who died in 1791.

  1. Will of Martha Baker widow of Chichester proved 13/06/1845. The will identifies her brother as Joseph Baker (another East India Co. man, d. c 1835) and her cousin as John Richard Baker (q.v.). She left personal effects and monetary legacies to family members and an annuity of £100 p.a. to her servants James and Elizabeth Bridger.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/2019/25

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Maiden Name
Baker
Spouse
Joseph Baker

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1803 [EA] - 1809 [LA] → Mortgage Holder
Baker's [ St Vincent ]

Shown as mortgagee with others, members of the family of John Baker of St Kitts

Legacies Summary

Physical (1)

Monument
Memorial to Joseph Baker, by John Hickey [Built] 
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Monumental memorial to her husband Joseph Baker of the East India Co. (died 1789) in Chichester Cathedral....

Relationships (2)

Martha Baker (née Baker)
Niece → Uncle
John Baker
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Also daughter-in-law and father-in-law....
Martha Baker (née Baker)
First Cousins
John Richard Baker
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Addresses (1)

Chichester, Sussex, South-east England, England
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