• Index to Genealogies

Baker of Isle of Wight County, Virginia and North Carolina

Henry Baker of the Isle of Wight was a wealthy merchant, Justice of the County Court in 1685, 1698 and 1702; a Burgess in 1692 to 1693 and Lieutenant Colonel commanding the Isle of Wight Militia. He died 1712 at the age of sixty seven years. Issue:

• Henry Baker was bequeathed 2,500 acres of land called the Bucklands in North Carolina. He was sheriff of Nansemond County and Captain of the Militia; also Burgess from 1723 to 1726. Henry Baker died in the Bucklands in Chowan County, North Carolina in 1739. He named all of his children in his last will and testament, including his wife, Ruth, a daughter of Edmund Chancey of Pasquotank County whose last will and testamented dated 1754 named her.
  1. Henry Baker, given the Bucklands. (This land later fell into Hertford County, North Carolina. He was married to Catherine Booth of Southampton County and died in 1770 leaving sons, viz: William, Henry, Bray and Lawrence.

     1. William Baker.
     2. Henry Baker.
     3. Bray Baker.
     4. Lawrence Baker, Major, born 1745 at the Bucklands, died Coles Hill, North Carolina in September of 1805. He was a member of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina; a major in the North Carolina forces during the Revolutionary War and later a General of the State Militia. His second wife was Anna Maria Burgess (died Feb 1808).

  2. John Baker.
  3. Blake Baker, given land in Bertie County, North Carolina.
  4. David Baker, given land on the Meherrin River.
  5. Zadock Baker.
  6. Mary Baker who married Tscharnes DeGraffinred (born 28 Nov 1722 in Williamsburg, died Mar 1794 in Lunenburg County, Virginia. He was a grandson of Baron Christopher DeGraffenreid who founded New Bern, North Carolina.
  7. Sarah Baker.
  8. Ruth Baker.
• Lawrence Baker. Colonel Henry Baker had 850 acres in Surry County in 1704 and his son, Lawrence Baker, not yet aged 21 years, inherited this land and other lands on the border to Surry County. Lawrence Baker was a member of the vestry of the Old Brick Church in 1724.
• Richard Baker, son of Lawrence Baker, served on the bestry of the Upper Parish in 1747 and was Burgess from 1768 to 1769 as well as clerk of the county court. He died in 1772.

Richard Baker, son of Richard Baker, was married to Judith, a daughter of Joseph Bridger.

The Bucklands, a tradition of the Baker families from Isle of Wight County, Virginia to name their plantation after Henry Baker (died 1712).

he Bucklands, a home built for William Baker in 1795. Rear of the house. Located in Gates County North Carolina.

Sources: Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight; Last Will and Testament of Henry Baker, Isle of Wight County, dated 1707; Last Will and Testament of Richard Baker dated 1772; Old Free State, Vol. II, page 205 by Bell; Isle of Wight County Wills of Francis Baker dated 1669; Henry Baker dated 1712; Mary Baker dated 1734; Benjamin Baker dated 1756; Lawrence Baker dated 1760; Richard Baker dated 1772; Richard Baker (inventory) dated 1775; Lawrence Baker (inventory) dated 1794.