JOHN BAKER, Jr.  (JOHN², UNKNOWN¹) was born Abt. 1767 in Pennsylvania or Ireland, and died April 18, 1822 in Campbell Co., Kentucky.  He married (1) UNKNOWN Bet. 1789 - 1792.  She died Bet. 1810 – 1816 probably in Pendleton County, Kentucky.  He married (2) SUSANNAH GATTON August 28, 1816 in Pendleton County, Kentucky, daughter of THOMAS GATTON.  She was born Abt. 1794 in Maryland, and died December 07, 1875 in Jasper County, Illinois (Crooked Creek Twp.). After John died, she remarried to Nicholas Connett, who took her to Fayette Co., Ohio.

 John grew up in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. When he was in his early twenties, he and his parents moved to Fayette County, Kentucky. A few years later, they went to Campbell County and he went to Pendleton, a few miles away. In 1813, he also moved to Campbell.

He may have married his first wife in Pennsylvania or in Fayette County, Kentucky.

    John Baker, Jr. was in Pendleton Co., Kentucky in 1795. According to tax and census records, he probably had four sons and four daughters by his first wife, and at least 3 sons by his second wife.  John's farm was on Harris Creek, near the Licking River, near the Campbell Co. line, near the Bonar and Castator families. According to tax records, John lived in Pendleton from 1795 thru 1812, and then moved to Campbell. John Jr. had Black people in his household. They may have been slaves, or employees. It is probable that they were slaves owned by his first wife, possibly a wedding gift, as was common in the era. The rest of the Bakers were strongly anti-slavery.

Known children of JOHN BAKER and his first wife are:

              i.     WILLIAM⁴ BAKER, b. February 05, 1793, Kentucky; d. September 01, 1850; m. SARAH CASTATOR, Bet. 1813 - 1816, unknown (probably Pendleton Co., Ky area.); b. September 12, 1797, Kentucky; d. April 16, 1894, Myers Falls, Washington (Buried Kettle Falls). Her death record verifies that her maiden name was Castator.  Her age is listed as 99, which does not agree with other records.

             ii.     JOHN BAKER III, b. Abt. 1794, probably Fayette County, Kentucky; probably d. Bet. 1820 - 1826, Campbell County, Kentucky; m. SALLY BELL, May 11, 1814, Campbell County, Kentucky; b. Abt. 1792. No further record.

Marriage notes:

BAKER, John & Sally BELL (Beale?), 11 May 1815, m by CJT, b John Norris, Campbell Co., KY

Probable second marriage for Sally Bell, wife of John Baker lll:

ISHAM, William & Sally BAKER, 21 Aug. 1826, m by RW, b William Bell, Campbell Co., KY  

            iii.     DAVID BAKER, b. Abt. 1799, Kentucky; m. ELIZABETH SPENCER, September 27, 1819, Campbell Co., Kentucky. No further record.

            iv.     MARY (POLLY) BAKER, b. Abt. 1800, Pendleton County, Kentucky; d. Bet. 1832 - 1840, Pendleton Co., Kentucky; m. JOHN BONAR, JR., October 23, 1817, Pendleton Co., Kentucky; b. Abt. 1794; d. Abt. October 1833, Pendleton Co., Kentucky.

             v.     MARGARET BAKER, b. Abt. 1810, Campbell County, Kentucky; d. Bet. 1846 - 1850, Campbell County, Kentucky; m. WILLIAM JENNER, January 07, 1830, Campbell Co., Kentucky; b. January 10, 1809, Campbell County, Kentucky; d. Bet. 1865 - 1870, Campbell County, Kentucky.

            vi.     MATILDA BAKER, b. Abt. 1810, Kentucky; d. Bet. 1870 - 1880, Campbell County, Kentucky; m. (1) GEORGE G. WOOD, April 12, 1831, Campbell County, Kentucky; b. Bet. 1800 – 1810 (they divorced); m. (2) JAMES ACKLIN, April 27, 1842, Campbell County, Kentucky; b. Abt. 1805, Kentucky.

UNPROVEN children of JOHN BAKER and SUSANNAH GATTON are:

           vii.     JAMES M.⁴ BAKER, b. Abt. 1817, Kentucky; d. Bet. 1870 - 1880, Putnam Co, Indiana?; m. PHOEBE DODDRIDGE, March 23, 1843, Wayne County, Indiana; b. Abt. 1821, Indiana; d. 1892, Putnam Co, Indiana.

          viii.     SYLVESTER A. BAKER, b. December 04, 1820, Campbell County, Kentucky; d. November 18, 1887, Bainbridge, Monroe Twp., Putnam County, Indiana (Bainbridge Cemetery); m. HULDA HENDRIX, March 12, 1846, Wayne County, Indiana; b. Abt. 1820, Kentucky; d. June 27, 1892, Bainbridge, Putnam county, Indiana (age 71).

            ix.     LORENZO D. BAKER, b. Abt. 1821, Kentucky; d. Bet. 1870 - 1880, Gasconade Co., Missouri; m. ELIZABETH JANE SOWERS, November 18, 1847, Wayne Co., Indiana; b. December 1829, Pennsylvania; d. Bet. 1900 - 1910, Maries Co., Missouri.