BAKER FAMILY GENEALOGY IN PETERBOROUGH NH
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SOURCE: History of the town of Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire : with the report of the proceedings at the centennial celebration in 1839, an appendix containing the records of the original proprietors, and a genealogical and historical register, by Albert Smith; Boston: Press of G.H. Ellis, 1876, 753 pgs.
 
THE BAKER FAMILY
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THOMAS BAKER, b. in Dorchester, Mass. Feb 23, 1779, and d. in Perington NY,
Feb. 23, 1851, ae 72. He learnt his trade in Waltham, Mass. (paper-making), and
in 1802 he came to Peterborough to work for Samuel Smith, who had just then
commenced the manufacture of paper in town. Mr. Smith associated him and
Samuel Russell in partnership with himself in 1806, which was dissolved 
Sept. 18, 1811.  In the subsequent year, 1812, in connection with Samuel Russell,
John White (son John White Jr.), Mr. Baker went to Hoosac, NY, and there erected
the first cotton factory built in that State. He soon returned to Peterborough,
and was engaged in manufacturing cotton yarn in the Eagle Factory until
April 1822, when he removed to Franklin, and in company with John Cavender and
John Smith Jr., built a cotton factory. He remained here until 1832, when he
removed to Fairport, in Perington, NY, and remained there until his death.
The following is an exract from a short obituary in the Peterborough "Transcript"
at the time: "He was intimately known to all the older inhabitants of the town
as an honest, upright, and intelligent man, but blunt and outspoken, even to a
fault. Yet no man ever cherished kindlier feelings than he towards his friends,
or was ever more ready with kind offices.  It was his abhorrence of hypocrisy
and deceit that often made him seem rough. Never was the oft-repeated and quoted
line of Pope better illustrated than in this instance:--
  "An honest man is the noblest work of God."
He m. June 12, 1812, Hannah Bright, b. in Watertown, Mass. June 24, 1781. She d.
in Perington, NY Jan 11, 1860, ae 78 yrs 6 mos.
CHILDREN:
1. JEREMIAH SMITH, b. in Hoosac, NY May 3, 1813. He resided in Perington, NY;
m1st w., Oct 8, 1839, Adaline Sturtevant; 2d w., Nov 4, 1869, Almira T. Pepper.
Three ch. (1) Emma B., (2) Frances A; (3) Mary E.
2. CATHERINE FRANCES, b. in Peterborough Jan 16, 1815; unmarried, resided
Fairport NY.

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