 1749 - 1815 (66 years)
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| Name |
Andrew W. Baker |
| Title |
Rev. |
| Suffix |
Jr. |
| Birth |
1749 |
Grayson Co., Virginia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
24 Sep 1815 |
Lee Co., Virginia [1] |
| Burial |
26 Sep 1815 |
Robert Clark's Cemetery, Jonesville, Lee Co., Virginia |
| Person ID |
I21038 |
Gregory Gen |
| Last Modified |
12 Aug 2023 |
| Father |
Andrew W. Baker, b. Between 1692 and 1702, Chester Co., Pennsylvania d. 1781, Grayson Co., Virginia (Age 89 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Mary Bolling, b. 1702, Virginia d. Aft 1776 (Age > 75 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
Between 1721 and 1733 |
Ashe Co., North Carolina |
| Family ID |
F7769 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Elizabeth Avent, b. 12 Sep 1752, Brunswick Co., Virginia d. 1844, Lee Co., Virginia (Age 91 years) |
| Marriage |
Between 1768 and 1769 |
Wilkes Co., North Carolina |
| Children |
| | 1. Joseph Baker, b. 8 Apr 1779, Virginia [Father: natural] |
| | 2. Henry Baker, b. 14 Aug 1774, Washington Co., Virginia d. Jul 1811, Chilhowie, Washington Co., Virginia (Age 36 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 3. John P. Baker, b. 15 Aug 1784 d. 1843, Leslie Co., Kentucky (Age 58 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 4. Nancy Baker, b. 10 Jan 1787, Grayson Co., Virginia d. 17 Jan 1856, Gentry Co., Missouri (Age 69 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 5. Solomon Baker, b. 13 Apr 1770, Wilkes Co., North Carolina d. 1846 (Age 75 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 6. Andrew W. Baker, b. 18 Feb 1777, Washington Co., Virginia d. 12 Jan 1840 (Age 62 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 7. James Walker Baker, b. 27 Jan 1782, Virginia [Father: natural] |
| | 8. Elijah Baker, b. 9 May 1789 [Father: natural] |
| | 9. Martha Baker, b. 27 Oct 1791, Wilkes Co., North Carolina d. 21 Nov 1869, Hancock Co., Tennessee (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F7746 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
12 Aug 2023 |
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| Notes |
- Reverend Andrew Baker, born 1749, died Lee County, Virginia, September 24, 1815, married circa 1769 to Avant, born (it is believed) October 12, 1752.
Rev. Andrew Baker was an early Baptist preacher in Virginia and North Carolina. He was a soldier and chaplain in the Revolutionary War (History of Kentucky p. 13); his place of residence during the Revolution was Montgomery County. Semples History of the "Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia", mentions Baker several times, as pastor of St. Clair's Bottom Baptist Church, Smyth County, Virginia. Fox Creek Baptist Church, Grayson County, Virginia, and "History of Carolina Baptists" - Paschall, and "A History of the Ashe County, N.C., and Virginia Baptist Associations" by J. F. Fletcher, name a number of churches Rev. Andrew Baker was pastor or organizer. The following is quoted from "History North Carolina Baptists" - Paschall, Volume II, page 138:
"In 1790 the Yadkin Association became a distinct body. This session was held at Eaton's Meeting House, August 28, 29 and 30 of that year. Rev. Andrew Baker preached the introductory sermon from I Cor. 1:30, 'But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption
"Rev. Andrew Baker was the pastor of this new church so long as it was a branch of the Brier Creek, but upon its final organization Elder McNeill was its pastor and moderator. Elder McNeill preached for it from the beginning and before any steps were taken toward an organization, and was moderator of some of its meetings for business. The constitution, however, prepared was proposed by brother Baker.
The Lewis Fork Baptist Church was organized from members from the Brier Creek Church on May 19, 1792, and its Minute Book is full from its beginning. Elder Andrew Baker was its first Moderator
"The actual date of its constitution (Eaton's Church) as shown by the minutes of Eaton's Church was December 16, 1790; the ministers who assisted were Rev. William Petty and REV. ANDREW BAKER, the latter one of the ablest, wisest and most successful ministers in Wilkes County and the adjacent parts of Virginia, and already one of the leaders of the Yadkin Association."
Rev. Baker's last pastorate was "Thompson's Settlement Baptist Church in Lee County, Virginia, the minutes of which show that Rev. Bakers wife, Elizabeth, joined that church by letter on "October third Saturday, Under date April 23, 1815, the minutes of this church read:
"On the Sabbath, the 23rd day of April, A.D. 1815, a remarkable occurrence was transacted [Page 160] by Elder Andrew Baker, who baptized James Gilbert - in the Loan Branch, a tributary of Wallings' Creek. James Gilbert was the last male he baptized in his lifetime."
And another item in said minutes reads:
"Sabbath the 24th day of September, A.D. 1815 was a remarkable day in the memory of several persons, for on this day old Father Andrew Baker expired after some days of sickness, aged 66 years. He lived 22 weeks after he baptized James Gilbert and Matilda Randolph, who is the wife of William Randolph. His remains were buried in the Robert Clark's Cemetery, 7 miles SW from Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia."
Semple's "Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia" states: "Among Elder Baker's last public service was the baptism in 1816 (1815) of Rev. James Gilbert."
Information by Clyde N. Bunch KD4VQD@juno.com and Carol Wyatt ewyatt@wsnet.com.
Children of Rev. Andrew Baker and wife, Elizabeth Avant:
1. Solomon, born April 13, 1770
2. Henry, born August 14, 1774
3. Andrew, born February 18, 1777
4. Joseph, born April 8, 1779
5. James, born January 27, 1782
6. John, born August 15, 1784
7. Nancy, born January 10, 1787
8. Elijah, born May 8, 1789
9. Martha (Patsy) born October 27, 1791, in Wilkes County, N.C.
Summer's "Annals of Southwest Virginia", page 1257, gives a long list of early marriages performed in Washington County, Virginia, by the Rev. Andrew Baker.
From a great deal of research done by Grace Witt Brockman, the following lineage of Elizabeth Avant, wife of Rev. Andrew Baker, is believed to be correct, though not fully documented as yet:
Elizabeth Avant (Avent) born October 12, 1752, was daughter of Peter Avent, born Sussex County, N.C., died Northampton County, N.C., 1779, and his wife, Amy Massey (Joseph) of Brunswick County, Va. Peter Avent was son of Thomas Avent, born 1661, French Huguenot who came to Virginia 1698 and settled in Surrey County, Virginia, died October 31, 1757, married Margaret Elizabeth Gooch, daughter of Claiborne Gooch, son of William Gooch and Ursula Claiborne, daughter of Col. William Claiborne, first Secretary of the Colony of Virginia.
CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800, CIRCUIT COURT RECORDS, SECTION "I." JUDGMENTS.
page 143
Beavins (Blevins) vs. Newell--O. S. 174; N. S. 62--Bill, 27th September, 1805. In 1765 or 1768 Andrew Baker settled and made an improvement on land under the Loyal Company now in Grayson County. Several years afterwards he sold to Jeremiah Harrison, who also removed to and lived on the land for some time, and sold to James Mulkey, who settled and lived on the land and then sold to James Blevins, father of orator John Blevins, 1772. James then moved to the land, where he resided until his death, in 1801. In 1790 James Newel made an entry on the lands. George Reves deposes that Andrew Baker was the first settler on the land, in 1768. Copy of survey of 1,000 (4,400?) acres (known as the Peach Bottom) surveyed for Peter Jefferson, Thomas and David Meriwether, and Thos. Walker, 16th March, 1753. Many valuable entries, plats and surveys.
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- [S334] Orange County Virginia Families vol. 3, page 160.
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