Daniel Baker b. 1650 and Elizabeth Chase b. ca 1656, Yarmouth (now Dennis) Mass.

Daniel Baker was born at Yarmouth, Mass., (now Dennis) on 2 September 1650, the son of Francis and Isabel (Twining) Baker. He is my 7^th great-grandfather on my grandmother Milly (Booth) Rollins’ side of the family.

Daniel married Elizabeth Chase on 27 May 1674, at Yarmouth (now Dennis). She was born about 1656, the daughter of William and Mary Chase. They were Quakers.

Elizabeth and Daniel had at least six children:
Daniel, born Yarmouth, April 1675
Samuel, born Yarmouth, October 1676
Hannah, born Yarmouth, 1696
Thankful, born Yarmouth 1698
Elizabeth, born Yarmouth (no date given in Yarmouth VR)
Tabitha

One of the children was born in October 1700, but name is not legible in the vital records. Perhaps Tabitha. I have seen additional children for Daniel and Elizabeth, but not sure if they are accurate: Elisha, Joseph and Abraham.

I descend from Hannah who married Joshua Wixon. I wrote about that couple here.

Daniel received 20 shares in the 1712 division of common land.

Daniel Baker served in King Phillip's War, in the First Expedition, receiving pay of 3 pounds 3 shillings in 1675. In 1676 he had taxable property worth 13 shillings, 9 pence. In 1733 his descendants received a land grant in Maine for Daniel’s service in King Philip's war. He was granted 107 lots at Narragansett Township No. 7 (now Gorham, ME) for his service. Samuel Baker and William Baker also received lots, likely his brothers.

Daniel served as a fence viewer at Bass River in 1696-7, 1697-8, 1699, 1700, 1701, 1702, 1703, 1704, 1707, 1708-9, 1710, 1711. A fence viewer settled disputes regarding boundary lines and oversaw construction of walls, fences, hedges and other markers that divide properties. They sometimes were also expected to deal with problems involving roaming livestock.

In September 1704, Daniel Baker served on a jury.

In March 1700 Daniel and his brothers William, John and Thomas Baker were asked by the Sandwich Monthly Meeting why they were "walking disorderly concerning training." Apparently several men were attending the militia training and were thereby remiss in their duty to the principle advocated by their faith. The following month the above men answered. Daniel and Thomas did not know that they should go to training anymore.

Sandwich Quaker Meeting House

Daniel Baker lived in what is now West Dennis, on the southeast corner of Main Street and Center Street. He later moved to Southeast corner of Pine and Maple Terrace in South Dennis and was the first settler in that part of town. His house is now part of the oldest house in town, known as the Judah Baker House.

My Bakers and Chases are always confusing, so if anyone sees anything here that is incorrect, please let me know!

The date and location of Daniel’s death haven’t been discovered but he died after 1713, possibly in Rhode Island.

Sources Not Listed Above:

 Charles Swift, History of Old Yarmouth, 1884

Nancy Thacher Reid, Dennis, Cape Cod from Firstcomers to Newcomers, 1639 – 1993, 1996

CCGS Bulletin, Spring 2001

CW Swift, publisher, Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy, The Baker Family of Yarmouth, Descendants of Francis, No. 73, 1912

William B. Bragdon, Library of Cape Cod History & Genealogy, The South Dennis Meeting House,  No. 19, 1924