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Baker-Johnson Ancestry beginning in England about 1653
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Thomas Baker Joan Bradley
Thomas Baker was born Abt. 1653 in Old Swinfcrd, Stourbridge, Worchester, England. He married Joan Bradley October 27, 1675 in Old Swinford, Stourbridge, Worchester, England. Child of Thomas Baker and Joan Bradley is: William Baker, b. July 02, 1687, Old Swinford, (now Stourbridge), Worchester, England.
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William Baker Elizabeth Rogers
William Baker was born July 02, 1687 in Old Swinford, (now Stourbridge), Worchester, England. He married Elizabeth Rogers May 06, 1705 in Old Swinford, Stourbridge, Worchester, England. She was born June 11, 1683 in Old Swinford, (now Stourbridge), Worchester, England. Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Rogers who was born October 6, 1664 in Old Swinford, Stourbridge, Worchester, England. Name of her mother is unknown. Children of William Baker and Elizabeth Rogers are: William Baker, b. January 22, 1704/05, Old Swinford, (now Stourbridge), Worcbester, England; d. September 17, 1708, Old Swinford, (now Stourbridge), Worchester, England. James Baker, b. December 15, 1707, Old Swmford, (now Stourbridge), Worcbester, England; d. December 22, 1707, Old Swinford, (now Stourbridge), Worchester, England. George Baker, b. October 23, 1708, Old Swinford, (now Stourbridge), Worchester, England. Mary Baker, b. March 30, 1711, Old Swinford, (now Stourbridge), Worchester, England; d. Bef. 1719, Old Swinford, (now Stourbridge), Worchester, England. Humphrey Baker, b. May 04, 1713, Old Swinford, (now Stourbridge), Worchester, England; d. Abt. 1787, Probably Madison County, Kentucky. Ann Baker,b. July 11, 1715, Old Swinford, (now Stourbridge), Worchester, England. Elisabeth Baker, b. August 03, 1717, Old Swinford, (now Stourbridge), Worchester, England. Mary Baker, b. October 23, 1719, Old Swinford, (flow Stow-bridge), Worchester, England. William Baker, b. August 22, 1721, Old Swinford, (now Stourbridge), Worchester, England; d. 1731, Old Swinford, (now Stourbridge), Worchester, England. The old records were hard to read and William’s death date could have been either 1731 or 1741. He was baptized Aug 27, 1721. Thomas Baker, b. July 02, 1724, Old Swinford, (now Stourbridge), Worchester, England.
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Humphrey Baker Annie (Unknown)
Humphrey Backer was born May 04, 1713 in Old Swinford, (now Stourbridge), Worchester, England, and died Abt. 1787 in Probably Madison County, Kentucky. Wife Unknown. Humphrey was baptized the same day he was born. He came from Stourbridge, England to America in 1729 at the age of 16 as an indentured servant to William Burg of Maryland. He was indentured for six years. He lived in the Hagerstown, Maryland area. After serving the term of his indenture he removed to Virginia and was the first permanent settler in the present day Washington County. Washington County was taken from Augusta County. He accumulated a considerable amount of wealth before his death. He is listed in “Virginia Colonial Militia, 1651-1776” as a Captain from Augusta County, Virginia. State and County records of Virginia and Tennessee archives and the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; published histories. Humphrey Baker was the first permanent settler of Washington County,Virginia. born in 1713, he emigrated to America from Sow-bridge, England at age 18 (now proven to be 16-Nadene), in 1729. For the first few years in America, he resided in Maryland. Humphrey was part of the vanguard of first settlers migration into what was then Orange County. He married about 1736, and the following year Humphrey and wife Anne’s first child, Thomas was born. In 1742 Baker was in the area on the Southern edge of the Broden tract, which extended Southwestwardly below the present city of Lexington. He was a member of Capt. John McDowell’s company of militia. This company was engaged in the first major clash between the settlers and the Iroquois in December 1742 near the Balcony Falls of the James River. Humphrey was with the first frontiersmen on the Woods River, later New River, in 1745. He settled at the Buffalo Pound, a major Indian crossing on the river and across from the settlement of Indian trader Samuel Stalnaker. In 1746 Baker was one of the 22 settlers named to clear the first road in the area from the North Branch of the Roanoke River to New River and on through the area where Blacksburg was built. Humphrey received on May 18, 1750, the first deed for land on the western waters for the Buffalo Pound tract deeded from John Buchanan. That same year he was appointed constable for the Buffalo Pound-Draper’s Meadow area. He was now 39 and the father of three sons, Thomas, John and George. In 1752, Humphrey moved to future Washington County, Virginia, where 436 acres was surveyed for him on April 9, 1753, on Stalnaker’s Creek, today’s Hutton Creek, near the present town of Glade Spring. The land which lay on both sides of the creek included the path over Walker Mountain to the North Fork of the Holston and beyond and northwest of Stalnaker, who had settled on the Indian fields in 1750. This made Baker the western most settler at the time. Stalnaker only had a lease “to crop” for his trading-post settlement. Historian J. Allen Neal in his bicentennial history Washington County, Virginia, incorrectly concluded that the Stalnaker settlement was “west of that of Baker”, that Hutton Creek was Stalnakers Creek and Baker’s Creek was the stream that follows the Smyth-Washington County line. Actually, Stalnaker’s Creek, Baker’s Creek, and the present Hutton’s Creek, are one and the same, depending on which period of history is being considered. The survey from patents and deeds confirm it. For many years after 1752, the Baker settlement was the farthest outpost of the frontier. In late 1753, Humphrey was among the 20 heads of families named to clear the first road from the head of the Holston to Stalnaker and the Baker settlement. Continued in related story for Humphrey Baker. The Shawnee began their attacks on the western most Holston frontier in May 1755 by attacking Humphrey Baker’s settlement and wounding his daughter Mary. A month later Stalnaker’s settlement was attacked. The Indians captured Stalnaker, killed several of the settlers, including members of Stalnaker’s family, and drove the frontier settlements back to the New River area and over the Blue Ridge. The Indian raids spread back to New River, the Buffalo Pound and Draper’s Meadow. Many settlers were killed, wounded, or taken into captivity. By now Humphrey and Anne’s family included in addition to sons Thomas, John and George, a new son, Robert who was born in 1754, possibly the first white child born in future Washington County, and a daughter, Mary. Humphrey and son Thomas, who married during this period, served in the frontier militia during the French and Indian War. In 1767, Humphrey, now 56, returned with his family to his land in future Washington County. Other settlers followed during the next few years, but Stalnaker never returned. Stalnaker’s Creek became known as Baker’s Creek and the area became Baker’s settlement. The gap in the Walker Mountain to the North Fork of the Holston was called Baker’s Gap, now known as McCall Gap. The elder Baker’s son, Thomas, was a member of the Edding Spring Church on the Middle Fork in 1773. He served in the Indian wars for almost seven years and was wounded at the battle of Point Pleasant on October 10, 1774. Thomas and his brother George signed the Fincastle County Petition of 1776, which resulted in the formation of Washington County, Virginia. Thomas was granted land near Sinclair’s Bottom in 1774; that same year George was granted land at Baker’s Gap which adjoined his Father’s land. Thomas was granted land on the north bank of the Nolichucky River in North Carolina, now Tennessee. Robert Baker was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving from 1776 to 1781. He was at the Battle of Island Flats (1776) and at Fort Patrick Henry (1776-77). He fought against the Tories on the Yadkin River (1779), at the Battle of King’s Mountain where he was wounded (1780) and was on the expedition against the Cherokee towns (1780-81). Both Robert, who also was granted land adjoining his father’s land, and George later moved to what is now Green County, Tennessee - George by 1783 and Robert in 1788. During the American Revolution the Baker settlement on Baker’s Creek became a marshaling area for public stores. Humphrey’s youngest son, Alexander, was of tithable age in 1782, but in 1788 only Humphrey, John and Mary were left at the Baker settlement. That year, Humphrey, now 77, and Anne sold their 1753 survey on Baker’s Creek to John Hatton (Hutton), hence present-day Hutton Creek. By 1790 only Mary Baker was left. During this period members of the Humphrey Baker family and the next generation were helping establish the State of Franklin and, later the State of Tennessee. Children of Humphrey Baker are: Thomas Baker, b. Abt. 1737, Virginia; d. September 29, 1814, EstiIl County. Kentucky. Mary Baker, b. Abt.1739. John Baker, b. Abt. 1740. George Baker, b. Abt. 1741. Robert Baker, b. January 17, 1754, Augusta County, Virginia; d. August 06, 1834, Montgomery County, Missouri. Alexander Baker.
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Thomas Baker Unknown
Thomas Baker was born Abt.1737 in Virginia, and died September 29, 1814 in Estill County, Kentucky. He married (Unknown). Thomas served as a scout during Lord Dunsmore War during the American Revolution and was wounded in his arm and thigh at Point Pleasant. He drew a pension in later years and received a grant of 100 acres in Kentucky based on this injury. I found a description of what a scout was in “My Southern Family”. It reads: Scouts or spies as many called them, were selected from volunteers. They were rugged, self-reliant, courageous, dreaded little the loneliness of days on the march deep down Big Sandy, Tug Fork or the Kentucky. They went in two’s or four’s, carried food for the duration of their journeys. They were forbidden to use their guns except in the direst emergencies, were forbidden even to build a fire. Skulking Indians might hear or see and ambush them. Many a frontier settlement went up in flames and its inhabitants carried off or massacred because its protecting scouts were killed”. At the time of his death he was co-owner of a tannery or tanyard in Estill County, Kentucky with his son-in-law, William Bell. He left his share of the business to William. Children of Thomas Baker and (Unknown) are: Jacob Baker, b. Abt. 1768, Virginia; d. December 28, 1840, Montgomery County, Illinois. Joseph Baker, b. Abt.1773; d. Bef. September 29, 1814. Humphrey Baker, b. March 07, 1774, Virginia; d. July 25, 1845, Carter County, Kentucky. Rebecca “Betsy” Baker, b. Abt. 1776; m. John Nix, December 29, 1797, Madison County, Kentucky. William Baker, b. Abt. 1777. Thomas Baker, b. Abt. 1780; d. Bef. September 29, 1814. Mary “Polly” Baker, b. Abt. 1787; m. William Bell, August 15, 1809, Estill County, Kentucky. Sarah ‘Sally” Baker, b. Abt. 1789; m. Thomas Hubbard, JR., November 10, 1810, EstilI County, Kentucky. Catherine “Cam” Baker, b. Abt. 1793, Madison County, Kentucky; d. Bef. 1840.
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Jacob Baker Anna Turner
Jacob Baker was born Abt. 1768 in Virginia, and died December 28, 1840 in Montgomery County, Illinois. He married Anna Turner November 15, 1791 in Madison County, Kentucky, daughter of John Turner and Rebeca Smith. She was born Abt. 1764 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died Bet. 1840-1850 in Montgomery County, Illinois. Children of Jacob Baker & Anna Turner. John Baker, b. Abt.1798, Kentucky; d. March 06, 1853, Iowa. Andrew Baker, b. Abt. 1800; m. Abby/Ibbey Hayes, April 08, 1825, White County, Illinois. Comfort Baker, b. Abt. 1805, Madison County, Kentucky; d. Aft.1870, Graves County, Kentucky. Jacob Baker, JR, b.September 06, 1811, Pulaski County, Kentucky; d. December 19, 1853, Montgomery County, Illinois. Elizabeth ("Betsy") Baker. b. 31 May 1791, Burke County, Nc, d.1863, Pulaski County, Kentucky. Note: Comfort Baker( is the 2nd great grandmother of Ardilla Nadene Johnson). She married John Kiger, JR. April 13, 1820 in White County, Illinois, son of John Kiger and Nancy (Lnij). He was born Abt. 1795 in North Carolina, and died Abt. 1865 in Graves County, Kentucky. Children of Comfort Baker and John Kiger are: Rebecca Kiger, b. 1826, Illinois; d. Graves County, Kentucky. Ruth Kiger, b. 1826, White County, Illinois; d. Graves County, Kentucky. William Kiger, b. Abt. 1829, Graves County, Kentucky; d. Bef. 1879, Graves County, Kentucky. Mary Kiger, b. Abt. 1834, Graves County, Kentucky. John Kiger III, b. Abt. 1838, Graves County, Kentucky; d. Bet. 1861 - 1865, Fort Donelson, Tennessee. James Kiger, b. Abt. 1840, Graves County, Kentucky. Without the help of Ardilla Nadene Johnson we would not have been able to make this link in our family tree. The baker information is support with DNA testing, go to www.bakerdna.net this group is orange.
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John Kiger, JR. Comfort Baker
John Kiger was the son of John Kiger and Nancy (Lnu). He was born Abt. 1795 in North Carolina, and died Abt. 1865 in Graves County, Kentucky. Comfort Baker was born Abt. 1805 in Madison County, Kentucky, and died Aft. 1870 in Graves County, Kentucky. John and Comfort are buried at unmarked graves off Highway 58 and about 1/4 mile on highway 339. She married John Kiger, JR. April 13, 1820 in White County, Illinois, Children of John Kiger and Comfort Baker are: Andrew Kiger, b. December 20, 1824, White County, Illinois; d. April 05, 1900, Graves County, Kentucky. Rebecca Kiger, b. 1826, Illinois; d. Graves County, Kentucky. Note for Rebecca Kiger: Rebecca was never married. The 1870 census of Graves County, Kentucky lists the orphaned children of John Kiger, III and his wife Julian as living with Rebecca. Ruth Kiger, b. 1826, White County, Illinois; d. Graves County, Kentucky. William Kiger, b. Abt. 1829, Graves County, Kentucky; d. Bef. 1879, Graves County, Kentucky. Mary Kiger, b. Abt. 1834, Graves County, Kentucky. John Kiger III, b. Abt. 1838, Graves County, Kentucky; d. Bet. 1861 - 1865, Fort Donelson, Tennessee. James Kiger, b. Abt. 1840, Graves County, Kentucky. Note for James Kiger. James served with the 12th Kentucky Calvary during the Civil War. No further information as been found on him. Martha Kiger, b. 1844, Graves County, Kentucky; d. 1910, Hickman County, Kentucky. John and Comfort left Illinois either late 1826 or early 1827 to escape being hanged for killing a man at a “hog killing". It seems that John was at a community hog killing when a man who was intoxicated initiated a fight with him. During the course of the altercation, John struck a blow that killed the man. Later, hearing that the mans family were looking for him and were going to lynch him, John left home and instructed Comfort to meet him in the cemetery that night. Comfort met him there and they left intending to go to Tennessee. They had three children at the time, Andrew and infent twins, Rebecca and Ruth. Knowing that they could not properly care for all three children during the trip, Comfort’s mother wrapped both infants in blankets and Comfort took one of the twins and her mother kept the other one and Andrew. During the trip, John developed a severe eye infection from an injury incurred during the fight and they stopped in Dublin, Graves County, Kentucky and sought medical attention. John was advised that he must stay there until the eye was healed. They agreed and settled in the Baltimore area of Graves County which was about 2 miles from Dublin. John dug a primitive “dug out” in the side of Baltimore Hill and they lived there till Spring, when he was able to build a home. Comfort’s mother brought Andrew and the other twin to them at that time. John died after a team of oxen he was driving ran away with him causing fatal injuries. He was on his way to Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky with a load of tobacco to sell.
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Robert Tunstall Chandler Martha Kiger
Robert Tunstall Chandler was born Abt. 1832 in Halifax County, Virginia, and died 1885 in Hickman County, Kentucky. He was the son of Orrill Chandler and Deborah Fulkerson. He married Martha Kiger Abt. 1862 in Graves County, Kentucky. She was born1844 in Graves County, Kentucky, and died 1910 in Hickman County, Kentucky. Her birth date was determined from census records of Graves County, Kentucky. Her death date was determined to be between April 1910 and January 1911. She is found on the 1910 census of Hickman County and in January 1911, the state of Kentucky required registration of all deaths and her death was never registered so therefore I have detennined that she died prior to this date. Robert and Martha are buried at the Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Hickman County, Kentucky. Children of Martha and Robert are: Franklin P. Chandler, b. Abt. 1864, Graves County, Kentucky; d. Bef 1911, Hickman County, Kentucky. Buried at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Hickman County, Kentucky. Andrew L. Chandler, b. Abt. 1866, Graves County, Kentucky; d. December 31, 1878, Hickman County, Kentucky. Andrew died at the age of 12 of “brain fever”, now known as meningitis. Buried at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Hickman County, Kentucky Robert lee “Bob” Chandler, b. November 30, 1867, Graves County, Kentucky; d. January 28, 1933, Hickman County, Kentucky. James “Jim” Chandler, b. Abt. 1870, Hickman County, Kentucky; d. Bef. 1909, Hickman County, Kentucky. “Jim” was never married. Sallie Chandler, b. December 28, 1872, Hickman County, Kentucky; d. August 24, 1946, Hickman County, Kentucky. Mary Hanson Chandler, b. Abt. 1876, Hickman County, Kentucky; d. August 19, 1946, Hickman County, Kentucky. Mary was never married and lived with her brother, Arlie Chandler, until her death. Mary buried at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Hickman County, Kentucky. Adline “Addle” Chandler, b. July 31, 1878, Hickman County, Kentucky; d. April 25, 1959, Hickman County, Kentucky. John I. Chandler, b. July 31, 1878, Hickman County, Kentucky; d. August 25, 1956, Carlisle County, Kentucky. Gid Bentford “Bent” Chandler, b. June 23, 1882, Hickman County, Kentucky; d. August 21, 1941, Hickman County, Kentucky. Arlie Chandler, b. August 10, 1884, Hickman County, Kentucky; d. December 01, 1967, Hickman County, Kentucky.
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Robert Lee "Bob" Chandler Lourena "Lou" Bailey
Robert lee "Bob" Chandler was born November 30, 1867 in Graves County, Kentucky, and died January 28, 1933 in Hickman County, Kentucky. He married Lourena "Lou" Bailey January 07, 1906 in Hickman County, Kentucky, daughter of Rufus Bailey and Sarah Burketi. She was born December 28, 1881 in Calloway County, Missouri, and died November 17, 1954 in Moscow, Hickman County, Kentucky. “Bob” died of asthma. He was physically a very strong man able to lift heavy weights. He also had the ability to “remove warts” and was in demand for this. His wife “Lou” died of liver cancer. They are buried at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Hickman County, Kentucky. Children of Robert and Lourena are: Linnie Chandler, b. Abt. 1908, Hickman County, Kentucky; d. 1910, Hickman County, Kentucky. Buried at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Hickman County, Kentucky. Rosa Lee Chandler, b. October 02, 1912, Hickman County, Kentucky; d. July 30, 1971, Palmetto, Florida. James H. Chandler, b. May 03, 1915, Hickman County, Kentucky; d. April 09, 1989, Pulaski County, Missoun. Robert Burnett Chandler, b. December 09, 1918, Hickman County, Kentucky; d. March 29, 1919,Hickman County, Kentucky. Robert died of pneumonia. Buried at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Hickman County, Kentucky. Curtis Troy/Chandler W. Chandler, b. April 1922, Hickman County, Kentucky; d. January 30, 1923, Hickman County, Kentucky. Curtis Troy and Charles W. Chandler are evidently the same person according to birth and death records fromthe State of Kentucky. I have obtained the birth record of Charles W. Chandler but no death record exists. I have obtained the death record of Curtis Troy Chandler but no birth record exists. The dates of these two documents indicate that these are indeed the same person. The Registrar of Vital Statistics, Frankfurt, Kentucky and I conversed on this subject and she is in agreement with this finding. It is my understanding he was always called Curtis Troy but I have no idea why. Curtis buried at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Hickman County, Kentucky.
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James H. Chandler Cordie Eudela Mccoy
James H. Chandler was born May 03, 1915 in Hickman County, Kentucky, and died April 09, 1989 in Pulaski County, Missouri. James died of asthma. Buried at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Hickman County, Kentucky. He retired from Wettereau Foods in Hazelwood, Missouri as a truck driver. He married Cordie Eudela Mccoy July 09, 1938 in Bardwell, Carlisle County, Kentucky. Eudela’s parents were William Ozyith “Will” McCoy and Eliza Jane “Jennie” Hogancanip. She was born February 11, 1924 in Dunklin County, Missouri
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If you would like more info on this line contact, Ardilla Nadene Johnson
Ardilla Nadene Johnson and the Molloys are 4th cousins 2 times removed. Their common ancestors are Jacob Baker and Annie Turner. Nadene was born in Carlisle county Kentucky. Carlisle county was formed in 1886. It is located in the Jackson Purchase region of the state. The elevation in the county ranges from 283 to 550 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 5,351 in a land area of 192.49 square miles, an average of 27.8 people per square mile. The county seat is Bardwell. Jackson Purchase region of the state. The far western end of the state is located in the Gulf Coastal Plain of the central United States and consists of alluvial deposits and loess. It is bounded by the Mississippi River, Ohio River, and Tennessee River (now Kentucky Lake) and includes the lowest elevations in the state. The area was added to the state in 1818 when it was purchased from the Chickasaw Indians by Andrew Jackson and is known as the Jackson Purchase.
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