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The Baker-Merlo Family Tree<ref name=Foot016/> indicates that John-b1730's parents were John-b1711 Baker and Susan Dorlin, both born in Suffolk England, and that their other 3 children were born in Suffolk between 1732 and 1745. This suggests that, either John-b1711 and Susan returned to England after the birth of John-b1730, or they were not his parents, or his indicated birthplace is incorrect. Thus, while there is some indication that John-b1730's parents lived in Newfoundland (if he was indeed born there), there is some uncertainty about who they were and whether they lived permanently in Newfoundland prior to his birth. | The Baker-Merlo Family Tree<ref name=Foot016/> indicates that John-b1730's parents were John-b1711 Baker and Susan Dorlin, both born in Suffolk England, and that their other 3 children were born in Suffolk between 1732 and 1745. This suggests that, either John-b1711 and Susan returned to England after the birth of John-b1730, or they were not his parents, or his indicated birthplace is incorrect. Thus, while there is some indication that John-b1730's parents lived in Newfoundland (if he was indeed born there), there is some uncertainty about who they were and whether they lived permanently in Newfoundland prior to his birth. | ||
It seems likely that John-b1730 or his father was the "John Baker, a fisherman of Trinity, 1758" who, in a comprehensive historical review<ref name= | It seems likely that John-b1730 or his father was the "John Baker, a fisherman of Trinity, 1758" who, in a comprehensive historical review<ref name=Foot017/>., was identified as the earliest instance of a Baker in Trinity Bay. The above indication<ref name=Foot012/> that John-b1730 and Grace moved to Heart's Ease "around 1750" suggests that the 1758 Trinity fisherman<ref name=Foot017/> was John's father. However, the indication in the Baker-Merlo Tree<ref name=Foot016/> that their 3 children (John-b1750, Joseph and Elizabeth) were born in Trinity between 1750 and 1758 suggests that their move to Heart's Ease may have been gradual or seasonal. Other early instances<ref name=Foot017/> of Bakers in Trinity Bay include: "John, proprietor and occupier of a fishing room at Scilly Cove (now Winterton), Winter 1800-01", "William, planter of Bird Island Cove (now Elliston), 1823", "Thomas, planter of Hant's Harbour, 1824", and "Joseph of Heart's Ease, 1830", who may have been the son of John-b1730 mentioned earlier. | ||
According to the Heart's Ease Community History<ref name=Foot012/>, John-b1730 and Grace's son John-b1750 first married Elizabeth Rogers and then Mary Piercey (or Peckham<ref name=Foot016/>), before dying in 1808. He and his two wives had a large number of children, including William-b1791 born in 1786<ref name=Foot016/> or ca 1791<ref name=Foot013/>. William-b1791 and wife Anne (b ca 1795) "moved to Hearts Content ca{{efn|name=fn6}} 1815", and had children Robert-b1817, Christian (b 1821) and James-b1826<ref name=Foot013/>. James-b1826 moved back across the Bay and married Johanna Cooper. They "moved to [[Rider's Harbour]] ca 1860 1860 [and then to Thoroughfare] and then to Snook's Harbour ca 1875"<ref name=Foot016/>. It is unknown whether the latter's move to the Snook's Harbour area influenced the move of Johanna's nephew John Loder (son of her sister Rachel) to Snook's Harbour ca 1877 [see [[ Loder|Loder Family]]], or that of her nephew William Cooper and his wife Emily Smith to Snook's Harbour in 1881 [see [[Cooper|Cooper Family]]]. | According to the Heart's Ease Community History<ref name=Foot012/>, John-b1730 and Grace's son John-b1750 first married Elizabeth Rogers and then Mary Piercey (or Peckham<ref name=Foot016/>), before dying in 1808. He and his two wives had a large number of children, including William-b1791 born in 1786<ref name=Foot016/> or ca 1791<ref name=Foot013/>. William-b1791 and wife Anne (b ca 1795) "moved to Hearts Content ca{{efn|name=fn6}} 1815", and had children Robert-b1817, Christian (b 1821) and James-b1826<ref name=Foot013/>. James-b1826 moved back across the Bay and married Johanna Cooper. They "moved to [[Rider's Harbour]] ca 1860 1860 [and then to Thoroughfare] and then to Snook's Harbour ca 1875"<ref name=Foot016/>. It is unknown whether the latter's move to the Snook's Harbour area influenced the move of Johanna's nephew John Loder (son of her sister Rachel) to Snook's Harbour ca 1877 [see [[ Loder|Loder Family]]], or that of her nephew William Cooper and his wife Emily Smith to Snook's Harbour in 1881 [see [[Cooper|Cooper Family]]]. | ||