HomeMy WebLinkAboutBiographies of Revolutionary War Veterans of Tompkins Co Judah Baker
Name: Judah Baker
Date of birth: Feb. 26, 1763 (New York Find-a-Grave Index)
Birthplace:Frederickstown, Dutchess, NY
Spouse: Lydia Chase b. Oct. 28, 1769 Kent, Dutchess., NY d. July 10, 1863 Enfield, Tompkins, NY, bur. Christian Church Cem, d/oObediah Chase (Rev. War Vet) and Susanna Knapp
Sister:HuldahHopkins , wife of Edmund Hopkins of Hector, Tompkins, NY
Brother: Rev. Ezra Chase b. Oct. 11, 1783 Frederickstown, Dutchess, NY dMar. 27, 1873 Enfield, Tompkins, NY
Marriage date: Feb. 3, 1786 at her father’s house as testified to by her sister, Huldah Hopkins of Hector,
Tompkins Co. on July 5, 1857
Place of marriage:Frederickstown, Dutchess Co, NY
Date of death: May 7, 1851 age. 88y. 2m. 10d.
Place of death: Enfield, Tompkins, NY
Place of burial: Old Christian Church Cemetery
Children:
1) Elmer Chase Baker b. abt 1788 Phillipstown, Dutchess, NY d. 1815 Ithaca, Tompkins, NY
2) Susannah Baker b. 1791Phillipstown, Dutchess County, NY d.1825 Enfield, Tompkins, NY m. Moses Lovell, son of Asahel Lovell He married 2) Mercy________
3) Adah Baker b. May 8,1799 Phillipstown, Dutchess, NY d. May 19, 1869 Bonaparte, Van Buren , IA , m.1) Jan. 15, 1815 James Riley Sage1)James Riley Sage, Jr.born near Ithaca, NY in 1824
where his grandfather Judah Baker founded the town of Ulysses now Enfield, NY in 1804.
His ancestor David Sage, 1639-1703, came from Wales and settled in Middletown, Conn. in the 1650s.
Through his mother Adah Baker he is a descendant of Stephen Hopkins, 1582-1644, sailor of the Sea Venture(shipwrecked 1608) in Bermuda and Jamestown, VA and sailor of the Mayflower(1620)
in Plymouth, Mass.
James Riley Sage and his father James Riley Sage Sr. were, I believe, named for their cousin Capt. James Riley, 1777-1840, of Middletown, Conn. James Riley's mother was Rebecca Sage.
The Riley and Sage families founded, lived and intermarried for hundreds of years in Middletown, Conn. Capt. Riley commanded the brig Commerce in 1815 when it shipwrecked off the coast
of North Africa. Riley and the crew were sold into slavery by the Arabs who found them and endured much hardship for several years before being ransomed by the British Consul in Morocco,
William Willshire. Riley's book about the experience, An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce (New York: T. & W. Mercein, 1817) sold over a million copies at
the time and was a favorite of young Abraham Lincoln.
James Riley Sage Jr. moved westward from NY to Iowa, Nebraska, and finally Idaho.
(Spencer Drown Family Tree at www.ancestry.com)
m. 2) Judson Lamsenb. abt. 1779 CT d. May 1867 Milford, Knox, OH
4) ObediahBaker b. 1797 Phillipstown, Dutchess, NY d. Feb. 28, 1867 Mason, Ingham, MI bur Maple Grove Cem.m. 1817.Rachel R. Laycockb.Apr. 8,1801 d. Dec. 16, 1894
5) Zillah Baker b. 1808 d. May 14, 1863 Huntsburh, Geauga, OH m. abt. 1827 Charles Garrison Mack b. Apr. 26, 1809 NY d. aft. 1871, Huntsburgh, Geauga, OH
6) Nehemiah Bakerb.Oct. 12, 1786 Dutchess Co., NY d. Oct. 15, 1855 Hampden, Geauga Co., OH m. Feb. 9, 1808 Mary Cooper Chase b. Feb. 10, 1787/88 NJ d. Apr. 15, 1866 Geauga Co., OH d/o
John and Polly Cooper of Catherine, Schuyler Co., NY
7) Alvin C. Baker b. July 16, 1801 NY d. Aug. 9, 1854 Huntsburgh, Geauga, OH
Pension Application File #:W25205
Place of enlistment:Frederickstown, Dutchess, NY
Service record:
State of New York
Tompkins County
On this day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Judah Baker, aged sixty nine years, a resident of the town
of Enfield in the county of Tompkins and state of New York, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers and served as herein stated that he resided at Frederickstown,
Dutchess County, NY at the time of entering the service-That in the fall of 1777, after harvest but the day and month he cannot recollect, he enlisted under Capt. EleazerBarnam of the
Militia for three months-does not recollect the Colonel-that he marched with his regiment to Fishkill-that at Fishkill a guard was attached of which the deponent was one and went to
Morristown to take down some deserters-that he returned with the guard to Fishkill and there remained until the regiment was dismissed and he returned home-the service lasted six weeks.
That in 1779,the year that Maj. Andre was hung, sometime in August but he cannot recollect the day, he enlisted at Frederickstown aforesaid for three months in the militia, but was not
called out. That very soon after he went to West Point and volunteered in the Infantry but as there was more than enough to fill up the company he was put into the 2nd New York Regiment
of Regular Troops in Capt. Hottet’s Company, Colonel Cocklin-deponent joined the regiment at Stony Point-marched with his regiment to Hackensack and remained there about a month and
saw Maj. Andre hung-that afterwards he marched with his Regiment to West Point and there staid as part of the garrison until his three months was out-that he recollects assisting to
carry the cannon back to the fort which Arnold had taken out on the parade ground-that he was discharged and returned home at the end of the time.
That in 1781, he thinks in April but cannot name the day, he was hired at Frederickstown aforesaid by Colonel Ferris to serve in the Militia for a class of nine months in Capt. William’s
company. One other company belonged to the troop commanded by Capt. Sackett, that the troop was raised for the purpose of guarding the lines between Bedford, Westchester Co. and the
city of New York-that this deponent served in this duty on the line-that they drove the British Tories out ofMorrisiana and had a fight at Valentine’s Hill. That about a fortnight before
the nine months were out deponent was permitted to leave and did leave on account of sickness-the company was dismissed at the end of this time.
That deponent was afterwards out as occasion required during the continuance of the war but cannot state with precision-that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person
except Joshua Baker whose affidavit is hereto annexed whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.
Signed Judah Baker
Judah Baker further testified he was born in Frederickstown, Dutchess Co., NY in 1763 and that he has a record of his age in his Biible at home. That he lived at Frederickstown when
called into service-moved to Phillipstown in Dutchess Co. after the war-from there to Coxsackie–from there to Enfield,Tompkins Co., NY where he now lives and has lived 28 years.
Rev. Ezra Chase and Nathaniel Newman testified as to Judah Baker’s age and his reputation as a soldier of the Revolution.
New York Pensioners, 1835:
Judah Baker served as a private in the New York militia. He applied for a pension while a resident ofTompkins County and received an annual allowance of $42.00, with a total received
of $126.30.
He was placed on the pension roll Mar. 20, 1834, commencing Mar. 4, 1831.
Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots:
Judah Baker
bur. Christian Ch. Cemetery, Enfield Center, NY 31
Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.1, p.42 Serial: 9504; Volume: 6
New York in the Revolution as Colony and State:
Heading: The Line -- Second Regiment
Enlisted Men
Judah Baker
DAR Records:
BAKER, JUDAH
Ancestor #: A005020
Service: NEW YORK Rank: PRIVATE
Birth: 1763 COXSACKIE DUTCHESS CO NEW YORK
Death: 5-7-1851 ENFIELD NEW YORK
Pension Number: *W25205
Service Description:
1) CAPTS. BARNUM, HOTTET & WILLIAMS.
2) COL. CORTLAND.
Will or Administration of Estate:
Tompkins, NY, Will Book Vol. G, page 71
At a Surrogate Court held for the County of Tomkins at the office of the County Judge of the said County in the village of Ithaca on the 16th day of October in the year 1851 –
Present Alfred Wells, County Judge
Moses Lovell one of the Executors named in the Last Will + Testament of Judah Baker late of the said County deceased appeared for the purpose of proving + having the said Will recorded
according to law + made satisfactory proof that the citation issued to the undersigned next of kin to the said deceased had been duly served to which citation has been returned + filed
and thereupon and instrument purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Judah Baker, having date the 16th day of April in the year 1842, was produced in court and shown to each
of the persons sworn as witnesses as herein after mentioned + which instrument is in the words + figures following to wit: -
The Last Will and Testament of Judah Baker of Enfield, Tompkins County and State of New York, made the 16th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred + forty two.
I Judah Baker, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound mind + memory (blessed be God for the increase) do make + publish this my last Will and Testament in
manner + form following (that is to say): First. I give + bequeath to my beloved wife all my property both real + personal for + during her natural life, for her to use occupy for her
own benefit – And at her death to be divided amongst my heirs in manner following (that is to say): I have lately given to my son Obadiah a Deed of forty acres of land lying in the South
end of my farm, which I consider to be his full share of all my property both real + personal and which is intended by me to be in full for his portion, and the remainder of my will
is that it be distributed as follows, four fifths of all my personal property I give and bequeath to my sons Nehemiah and Alvin and my daughter Zillah and the heirs of my late daughter
Susanna deceased to be equally divided amongst them, share + share alike, that is to say, the heirs of my late daughter Susanna, deceased to have one of the above four shares divided
equally amongst them share + share alike. And one fifth of the personal property to be divided equally between my daughterAdah + my grandson Elmer Baker share + share alike. And I also
bequeath to my daughter Adah the note of hand given by her late husband James R. Sage to me for five hundred dollars which said note I have sent to Charles Sage of the State of Ohio,
it is my will that said note be given to my daughter Adah for her own benefit –
And it is my Will and I do hereby bequeath all of my real estate (which consists of about one hundred + twenty six acres in Lot No. fifty two in the Town of Enfield in the County of
Tompkins + adjoining the East line of said hundred in the North by lands of Caleb Miller + Isaac Williams East by the East line of said lot, South by land divided by me to Obadiah C.
Baker, to my sons Nehemiah + Alvin + to my daughter Zillah, and the heirs of my late daughter Susanna deceased and to my daughter Adah + to my grandson Elmer Baker, to be divided in
the same proportions as I have distributed my personal property –
And I do hearby appoint my friends Elmer Chase + Moses Lovell my Executors of this my last Will + Testament voiding all other wills by me made.
And I do hereby appoint Silas Harvey + Elmer Chase and I hereby request and will that they make division and partition of my real estate amongst the several persons as is in this my
last Will + Testament mentioned. And in case of their disagreement they are to agree on some one other person to divide with them + two of them agreeing, such agreement shall be conclusive.
And lastly my express Will + meaning is, and I do hereby order and appoint that if any disputes their no suit or suits in law or equity or otherwise, shall be brought, commenced or prosecuted
for + concerning the same, but the same shall be referred wholly to the award order + determination of my friends Silas Harvey + Elmer Chase, both of Tompkins, N.Y. and what they shall
order, direct, or determine therein shall be binding + conclusive to all + every person or persons therein concerned
Judah Baker S.S.
Signed sealed published + declared by the above named Judah Baker to be his Last Will + Testament in the presents of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses in the presents
of the Testator + each other. –
Jacob P. Girard Enfield N.Y.
Abagail Girard Enfield N.Y.
Elizabeth Summers Enfield N.Y.
Notes:
Landmarks of Tompkins County, New York by John H. Selkreg, 1894; D. Mason & Co., Publisher
Judah BAKER became in 1804 the first permanent settler of the town. He came from Coxsackie, Dutchess county, NY with his wife and seven children, three horses and wagon, and traveled
westward by the usual route until he reached Fall Creek near Ithaca. Leaving his family there he pushed ahead to find the site of the wilderness home. Proceeding some distance up on
the inlet he turned westward and chopped a wagon-way three miles to his destination. There he made a little clearing, built a hut, and then returned for his family. They all arrived
in June, 1804, their whole fortune as far as money was concerned consisting of $11. His first dwelling was on the site first occupied by J.M. BAKER, his grandson. Enfield Center is situated
chiefly on the large tract at one time owned by Mr. BAKER. Judah BAKER lived in the town until his death in 1851, at the age of 88 years.
Sources:
Spencer Drown Family Tree atwww.ancestry. com
Brown Family Tree at www.ancestry.com
Chase 2010 at www.ancestry.com
Tice/ Baker/ Hall at www. ancestry.com
Ancestry.com. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record
Group 15.National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Ancestry.com. New York Pensioners, 1835 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998. Original data: United States Senate. Report from the Secretary of War,
in Obedience to Resolutions of the Senate of the 5th and 30th of June, 1834, and the 3d of March, 1835, In Relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States. [New York Section].
Washington, D.C.: Duff Green, 1835.
Hatcher, Patricia Law.Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Original data: Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots.Vol. 1-4. Dallas, TX, USA: Pioneer Heritage Press, 1987.
New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Vol. I -: J. B. Lyon Co. Albany, NY, 1904
Ancestry.com. Landmarks of Tompkins County, New York : including a History of Cornell University by W.T. Hewitt [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.
Original data: Selkreg, John H..Landmarks of Tompkins County, New York : including a History of Cornell University by W.T. Hewitt. Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason, 1894.
DAR Genealogical Research System (GRS) online at www.dar.org