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Name: John Baker Gender: Male Christening Date: Christening Place: Birth Date: 06 Jan 1690 BirthPlace: Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Death Date: Name Note: Race: Father's Name: Thomas Baker Father's BirthPlace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Priscilah Mother's BirthPlace: Mother's Age: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C04442-7 System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy GS Film Number: 877468 Reference ID: 163
'Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHLG-J5Y : 10 February 2018), Thomas Baker in entry for John Baker, 06 Jan 1690; citing Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, 163; FHL microfilm 877,468.
The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)
1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England 1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony 1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England 1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony 1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay 1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state
Death — 1734
The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)
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