The BACKER Family Lineages

THE BACKER (aka BAKER) FAMILY LINEAGES

Descendants of Jacobus Backer (Jacob Baker) and Margarietie/Margaret Stuyvesant


These pages are dedicated to all members of the BACKER families. Send your simple lineage to me, and I will post it here with your name and e-mail address.     Audrey (Shields) Hancock



LINEAGE of:  AUDREY (SHIELDS) HANCOCK of Portage, MI
  1. Jacobus BACKER/BAKER & Margaret STUYVESANT
  2. Hendrick (Henry) BAKER & #2 Lydia (possibly HENDRICKS)
  3. Hannah BAKER (1702-?) & Enoch MILLER, Sr.
    Hannah BAKER, dau/o Henry & Lydia BAKER, married Enoch MILLER #1/Sr, son of Samuel & Elizabeth (RIGGS) MILLER. Hannah was born 1702 and was married before 1733.
  4. Enoch MILLER, Jr. & Elizabeth "Eliza" ROSS of Westfield, Union Co., NJ
  5. Mary "Polly" MILLER & Joseph DUNHAM who went to Hamilton Co., OH & owned land in Miami Co., OH.
  6. Ross DUNHAM (ca 1788-?) m Westfield, Union Co., NJ to Sarah "Sally" ROLL and emigrated to OH with his parents.
  7. James DUNHAM (Sr.) (ca 1808-?) m Miami Co., OH to Anna SANDS
  8. James DUNHAM (Jr.) (1834-d as prisoner at Andersonville during Civil War) m Margaret Elizabeth SLONAKER.
  9. Mary Jane DUNHAM m Gideon Winfield CREAGER
  10. Sarah Margaret CREAGER m Raymond Dale SHIELDS
  11. Dale Caleb SHIELDS m Rita Marie Margaret LEHMANN
  12. Audrey Ann SHIELDS m David Edward HANCOCK, Sr.


BELIEVED LINEAGE of:  HOLLY TOOKER
  1. Jacobus BACKER m Margaret STUYVESANT
  2. Nicolaes BACKER/BAKKER m Tryntje CRUSER
  3. Neeltje BACKER/BAKKER baptized 3 Apr 1695, m Pieter HAUGHWOUT
    NY DRC record: Parents: Nicolaes BACKER/Catharina CROESER
    Witnesses: Volkert Hendricxen BRIES/Maria LOOCKERMANS
  4. Tryntje HAUGHWOUT m John BRAISTED
  5. Peter BRAISTED m ??? ???
  6. Peter BRAISTED, Jr. m Hannah Marie MERRELL
  7. Catherine Ann BRAISTED b 1833 m ??? DECKER


LINEAGE of:  LINDA J. KISSINGER in NC
  1. Jacobus BACKER/BAKER & Margaret STUYVESANT
  2. Hendrick/Hendricus (Henry) BAKER m #1 Susannah WINANS, dau/o Jan (John) WINANS & Susannah MELYN. Susannah was dau/o Cornelius MELYN & Janneken ANDRIANS (VAN MYERT)


PROPOSED LINEAGE of:  Pam PAVEL of Ft. Worth, TX, who says she does not have any "proof" farther back than Ephraim BAKER & wife Nancy EASTON.
See also: Descendants of Jacobus Backer and Margaret Stuyvesant 30 March 2000
  1. Jacobus BACKER & Margaret STUYVESANT
  2. Abraham BACKER/BAKER & ??? ??? (possibly Jane HUGEL?)
  3. Ephraim BAKER & Rhoda LUMS/LONG
  4. Ephraim BAKER b 1730 or 1736; m NJ to Jane OSBORN
  5. Ephraim BAKER & Nancy EASTON, both from Essex (now Union) Co., NJ. Ephraim had a sister, Ruth BAKER, who married John Clark LUM/LUMS.
  6. Ephraim J. BAKER came 1801 from Elizabeth(town), Union Co., NJ to Butler Co., OH; m Rebecca HAWTHORN
  7. Orlando E. BAKER b Butler Co., OH & Mary F. JACOBY
  8. Zelpha Etta BAKER b 1879 Clinton Co., IN & Otta E. HENDERSON (Pam's grandparents)


LINEAGE of: Eloise (BAKER) NICOLOS of Shingle Springs, CA
  1. Jacobus BACKER b 1631 Amsterdam, Holland; m 30 Oct 1655 New Amsterdam, NY to Margreet STUYVESANT; d 1670 in East Indies. Margreet STUYVESANT b 1635 Delfsziel, Holland & d 1692 Elizabethtown, NJ
  2. Hendrick BACKER/BAKER b Abt 26 Sep 1660 New Amsterdam, NY; m 1688 #1 Susanna WINANS; & d 4 Feb 1733/34 Elizabethtown, NJ. Susanna b 9 Feb 1666/1667 New Haven, CT; d abt. 1701.
  3. Henry BAKER (Jr.) b 1700 Elizabethtown, NJ; m abt 1728 to Mary HATFIELD; & d 17 Mar 1760 Rahway, Union Co., NJ. Mary, dau/o Abraham HATFIELD & Phebe OGDEN, b abt 1705 Elizabethtown, NJ & d 13 Apr 1755 Rahway, Union Co., NJ.
    [NOTE:   Eloise seeks the parents of Phebe OGDEN. She believes Abraham & Phebe were married about 1695 in Essex Co., NJ. If anyone has any information, Eloise would appreciate corresponding with you.]
  4. Cornelius BAKER b 5 May 1738 Rahway, Union Co., NJ; m abt 1767 Middlesex Co., NJ to Susanna LEE; d 5 Nov 1815 Woodbridge Township, NJ. Susanna b 28 Feb 1735/36 Rahway, Union Co., NJ & d 27 Jan 1783 Woodbridge Twp., NJ.
  5. Abraham BAKER b 26 Oct 1768 Woodbridge Township, NJ; m 5 Feb 1792 Woodbridge Twp., NJ to Anna BONNEY; & d 25 Mar 1827 Woodbridge Twp., NJ. Anna BONNEY b 18 Aug 1775 Woodbridge Twp., NJ & d 20 Apr 1839 New York City, NY.
  6. James BAKER b 1 Sep 1800 Woodbridge Twp., NJ; m #1 ??? ???; m 15 Mar 1841 to #2 Mary BAUSH; & d 24 Feb 1876 New York City, NY. Mary BAUSH b abt 1822 NY; d aft 1899.
  7. William Jacob BAKER b 20 Oct 1853 New York City, NY; m 14 Jun 1874 to Lizzie E. PALMER & d 15 Feb 1922 Ft. Worth, TX. Lizzie E. PALMER (HAWKINS), dau/o John PALMER & Catherine CANFIELD; b abt 1850 Albany, NY; m #1 ??? HAWKINS/HAWKS, then as a widow married William Jacob BAKER; & d abt 1876 NJ.
  8. William Ver Planck BAKER b 18 Apr 1875 Essex Co., NJ; m 18 Oct 1908 Lamesa, Dawson Co., TX to Laura Emma DUKE; & d 21 Feb 1946 Lamesa, Dawson Co., TX. Laura b 21 Jul 1880 Lampasas Co., TX & d 7 Mar 1968 Lamesa, Dawson Co., TX.
  9. William Laurence BAKER b 30 Sep 1910 Lamesa, Dawson Co., TX & d 10 Oct 1986 Lubbock, Lubbock Co., TX.
  10. Eloise BAKER
(Source: Internet, 31 Mar 2000, Jacobus BACKER-BAKER on ONElist: Eloise cites: BAKER, John Milnes BAKER, The Baker Family & the Edgar Family of Rahway, NJ & New York City, published by Trumbull Publishing, Middletown, NY, 1972)


THE BACKER (aka BAKER) FAMILY HOMEPAGE




E-mail: Audrey (Shields) Hancock

Created: 15 March 2000
Revised: 18 October 2010