An American Family History

Henry Baker was born about 1760 Shenandoah County, Virginia which is now Page County. His parents were Philip Baker and Anna Catherine Gramm. 

He married Magdalena Miller about 1779 in Virginia. Magdalena was born March 3, 1766 in Virginia and was the daughter of Christian and Mary Miller.

Their children, listed in his probate records, were:

Catherine Baker Nawman (1785, married Thomas Nawman),
Samuel Baker (1788, may have married Mary Nawman),
Jacob Baker (1789),
Daniel Baker ,
John Baker (married Susannah Nawman),
Magdalena Baker Kemp (Solomon Kemp),
Elizabeth Baker Rust (married Jacob Rust), and
Henry Baker, Jr. (1795, married Veronica Baker daughter of Rudolph Baker).

There were two Samuel Bakers who were born about the same time. One was the son of Henry Baker and the other the son of Jacob. It isn't clear which Samuel married Mary. . Mary's siblings married children of Henry.

Jacob and Elizabeth Rust
photo courtesy of
Robert Pilcher

Henry and Magdalena were early settlers in Clark County, Ohio. In 1820 Henry Baker was in Green Township, Clark County, Ohio. The household consisted of a man and a woman over 45, a woman and two men between 16 and 25 and a boy between 10 and 15.

At the time of the 1830 census there were three Henry Baker households in German Township, Clark County. One household consisted of a man between 60 and 69 (Henry age 70) and a woman between 50 and 59 (Magdalena age 64). They lived next to David and Adam Baker and the Rust Family.

Henry, Sr. died on April 2, 1839 in Clark County, Ohio. Magdalena died on March 3, 1847.

Springfield, Ohio - 1846 - Henry Howe