Alexander Baker [2786]

  General Notes:

Alexander Baker, son of Sylvester Baker, and his wife Jemima, daughter of Elisha Baker, was born in 1826. He began to go to sea at the age of nine years, continuing until 1880, the last thirty-five years of the time being captain. He was married in 1850 to Mary, daughter of David and granddaughter of David Lewis. Her mother was Jane, daughter of Joshua Crowell. They have lost two sons and have one daughter living\emdash Almena, now Mrs. D. H. Perry, who has two daughters: Minnie R. and Eva L. --- History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts edited by Simeon L. Deyo., 1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co, Chapter XVIII.pp 535-536