Family register
Roswell Baker
Roswell Baker (born 16 March 1817) was born in Hawley, Franklin County, Massachusetts to Hollister Baker and Rebecca Crowell Baker. He married Bathsheba Carter Baker. His child was Ereda Baker Budington.
Life and records
Born Hawley 16 Mar 1817; father of Ereda Baker Budington (Biographical Review, Franklin County, 1895, Roswell Baker sketch).
Identity-only from 1895 Franklin County Biographical Review (his own sketch and the Budington sketch). Born Hawley 16 Mar 1817; married Bathsheba C. P. Carter 17 Oct 1839; father of Ereda. Alive 1895, West Hawley. The 1895 sketch names his parents Hollister Baker × Rebecca Crowell — not entered (identity-only stop).
Family
Sources
- Grandfather of Roswell; b. 1748; d. 3 Apr 1836; wife Abigail Kibbe d. 1844 age 94, 'said to be the first white woman to settle in Hawley.'
ROSWELL BAKER ... owns and occupies a fine homestead property in the town of Hawley, which is the place of his nativity, the date of his birth being March 16, 1817. He is the son of Hollister and Rebecca (Crowell) Baker