Robert Baker 1 2 3
- Born: Bef 1579
- Marriage (1): Mary Burt on 26 Nov 1604 in All Saints' Church, High Street, Brenchley, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 7NQ, GB 1
- Died: Bef 24 Aug 1648
- Buried: 24 Aug 1648, St. Margaret's Church, Brick Kiln Lane, Horsmonden, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 8EJ, GB 2
Research Notes:
Baptism
Possible baptisms:
- 19 Apr 1568 in Horsmonden; father: John
- 30 Sep 1571 in Horsmonden; no parents given
- 18 May 1572 in Speldhurst; father: John.
- 24 Nov 1577 in Goudhurst; father: John; probably married in 1605 in same parish.
Wife
Reference in his will to his "now wife Mary" might imply that she was his second wife. However, there is no burial record for her nor a second marriage record for him to support such a hypothesis.
Edward Baker, "kinsman"
Bequest in his will to his "kinsman" Edward Baker. Aged over 21 otherwise he would have said for the bequest to be paid when Edward reached that age. Unlikely to be his brother or nephew otherwise he would have said so; more likely to be his cousin as per the following.
Possible baptisms before 1626:
- 20 May 1589 in Pembury; buried 6 Mar 1591
- 6 Feb 1597 in Cranbrook; father: William
- 29 Mar 1600 in Hadlow; father: Mark; no further marriage or burial records identified
- 26 Dec 1616 in Hellingly, Sussex; father William; married on 25 Apr 1654 in Cranbrook.
William Baker 1:
- Married Catherine Bathurste on 26 Sep 1580 in Horsmonden
- Had a daughter (Dorothy) baptised on 14 Aug 1583 in Horsmonden.
William Baker 2:
- Had "infant children" buried on 2 Dec 1593 in Horsmonden; he was of Cranbrook
- Had children baptised in Cranbrook between 6 Feb 1597 (Edward) and 14 Apr 1605
- Was buried on 26 Dec 1615 in Cranbrook.
There are burial records for Catherine Baker in Cranbrook:
- 15 Dec 1588; possibly William 1's wife
- 15 May 1609; possibly William 2's daughter bap. 18 Feb 1600.
If William 1 and 2 were the same person, then he was probably born before 1555 - about 24 years before Robert. It is unlikely that he was Robert's father or brother because Robert would probably have stated such a relationship to Edward (brother, half-brother or nephew).
Thus the most likely hypothesis is that William was Robert's uncle and Edward was Robert's cousin (probably by William's second wife).
Events
Occupation: smith, 8 May 1614. 4
Occupation: smith, 19 Apr 1647. 3
Will, 19 Apr 1647, Horsmonden, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12, GB. 3 In the Name of God Amen the nynteenth
day of the month of Aprill in the yeare of our Lord Jesus Christ one
Thousand Six hundred ffortie and seaven and in the three and twentieth
yeare of the Raigne of our most gracious Sovraigne Lord King Charles
[
] I Robert Baker of horsmonden in the Countie of Kent Smith
being sicke and [diseased] in bodie but [whole] of mind and of good and
[
] remembrance Laud and praise be given unto Allmightie God
doe make and ordaine this my [
] Testament and last Will in
manner and forme following ffirst and before all other things I
[
] my soule unto the protection of the Almightie God my
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by [
] death and [
] I hereby
trust to be saved and my bodie to [Xxian = Christian] burial in the Churchyard
of Horsmonden The order and manner thereof I Committ to the direction
of my Executors here after named Item I give unto the poore people
of Horsmonden [
] Shillings to be paid unto them at the day of my
funeral or within half a yeare immediatly after my decease. This is
the last will and testament of me the aforementioned Robert Baker
w[i]thin containing the disposing of all my temporall goods w[hi]ch God
hath blessed me withall as namely my Lands and Tenements with
other movables lying and being in Horsmonden aforesaid w[hi]ch I
purchased of John Austen of Horsmonden aforesaid [
] that by
the assistance of Almightie God I will dispose of it thus Item
I give unto Edward Baker my kinsman tenn Shillings to be paid
unto him by my Executor within one yeare after my decease Item
to my sonne John my eldest because I have given unto him a [
]
Tenement already with the appurtenances thereunto belonging to
him and to his heires forever therefore at this time I will and
bequeath unto him out of all my goods that remains unto me
[
] I have to dispose at this [
] time tenn Shillings and the
same to be paid unto him w[i]thin half a yeare immediately after my
decease and tenn Shillings more I will unto him out of my
moveables after the decease of me and Marie my wife Item I
give unto the three sonnes of my sonne Robert lately deceased
[four] pounds a piece and the same to be paid unto them at their
yeares of one and twentie of age Item I give unto my sonne W:m
Twentie Shillings out of my moveable goods and the same to be paid
unto him in half a yeare immediately after my decease Item I bequeath
unto him alsoe the howse w[hi]ch he now dwelleth in w[i]th one Barne and
[Close] and orchard w[i]th two peices or p[ar]cells of land w[i]th a [
]
garden and the upper half of one woodd next unto the street [
]
by the pathway w[hi]ch leadeth through the middle of wood the [
]
and parcells of land afore=mentioned doth joyne unto the Kings
Highway leading from Horsmonden heath to Brenchley and ioyning
to a woodd called Shearndon and lying against the south
containing by estimation Eight acres more or less To have and
to hold the afore said Messuage or tenem[en]t barne [Closse]
Orchard w[i]th fower peices or p[ar]cells of land aforementioned
w[i]th all and singular their appurtenances thereunto belonging
to the said William Baker my sonne and the same to enioy
to him and to his heires forever immediately after the decease
of me the said Robert Baker and Marie my now wife.
Item I will and bequeath unto Thomas Baker my sonne
all my Messuage or Tenement wherein I now dwell w[i]th the
Barne buildings [Closes] orchards Gardens and lower woodds
or parcells of land w[i]th a woodd [
ing] thereunto and the
then half of the woodd aforementioned adioyning thereunto
w[i]th the other [
] [
] standing upon the land w[i]th all & singular
the appurtenances thereunto belonging lying and being in
Horsmonden afore said containing in all by estimation
fowerteene acres more or less being part of it against
Shearndon land and lying against a lane bounding to
the lands of the heires of Edward Saxbie late of
Brenchley and the lands lying against the ffurner lane
and against the Kings high way, there leading from
Horsmonden to Brenchley The w[i]th to have and to hould all
the afore said messuage Barne buildings [Closes] orchards gardens
w[i]th their peices or parcells of land and woodd w[i]th thappurtenances unto
the said Thomas Baker my sonne and the same to enioy to
him and to his heires forever immediately after the decease of
me the said Robert Baker and Marie my now wife But my
mind and will is that if either of my two sonnes William and
Thomas do dye without heires lawfully begotten of their bodies
that then I will that one shalbe the others heire; And if it doe
happen that they both die w[i]thout heires lawfully begotten as
afore said that then my mind is that the sonne of my [eldest]
sonne John and the three sonnes of my sonne Robert shall
have all the said land w[i]th thappurtenances thereunto belonging
equally between them, and the same to enioy to them and
their heires forever And my mynd and will is that my
sonne William shall allow my sonne Thomas a [
ing] way
through his said land out of the woodd for the [
ing] of
Timber or [such] like w[i]thout any molestation as need shall
require, and the said William my mind is shall beare part of the
reparations always of the draw well as need shall require the
w[i]th said draw=well standeth at the [
] of the said lands.
and all my moveable goods [Corne] Cattell howsehold stuffe
w[i]th all the tooles in the Shopp and all [whatsoever] being not
afore willed nor bequeathed I give unto Thomas my sonne
and unto Marie my wife whom I make and ordaine to be
my sole Executors of this my last will and testament and
And this [
ing] and revoking all other wills and bequeath[en]ts
whatsoever afore written I publish and declare this to be
my last will and testament In witness hereof the
Robert to this my last testament have put to my hand
and Seale the day and yeare first above written w[i]th their
witnesses hereunder subscribed Robert Baker Richard Day
William Avard The marke of Thomas Gray
Probate, 19 Sep 1648, Rochester, Kent, GB. 3 Probatum fuit [
] testamentum
Decimonono die mensis Septembris Anno Dom
Mill[esi]mo Se[
] quadrag[inta] Octabo coram iuro
Matthiai Sutton [
] Summo et Jurat Thomas Baker
[
] Execut[oris] et cui comissa fuit Ad[ministrat]o et [
]
Rough partial translation:
Approved was [the preceding] testament
on the nineteenth day of September AD
1648 before Matthew Sutton [
] and Jurat by Thomas Baker
[
] Executor to whom administration was committed [
]
Robert married Mary Burt on 26 Nov 1604 in All Saints' Church, High Street, Brenchley, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 7NQ, GB.1 (Mary Burt was born before 1584 and died after 1648.)
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