Baker, John

From: An Island Refuge- Loyalists and Disbanded Troops on The Island of Saint John, The Abegweit Branch of UELAC, 1983

• JOHN BAKER (c. 1748-1821) of Goshen, Pennsylvania, was a Quaker who was loyal to England during the American Rebellion. John’s ancestor, for whom he was named, came out from England to Pennsylvania in 1684. There he bought five hundred acres of land and was appointed a constable for Gilead. He was also influential in changing the name of the township from Gilead to Egmont in memory of the Royal Manor of Egmont in his native county, Shropshire.
• Loyalist John Baker was issued a license to marry Hannah Lewis on December 23, 1773 by the Secretary of State at New York. Most Quaker marriages were performed in the traditional Meeting House; one might conclude that John’s wife was not a Quaker. Four children were born to the couple before they decided to leave their strife-torn native land and migrate northward to Nova Scotia. They received a grant of land in Remsheg, now known as Wallace, prior to settling on the Island of Saint John.
• Baker was a farmer and first Bedeque blacksmith.

• United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=328
• Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36118365/john-baker