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Less is known about the distant ancestors of John-b1837 who also moved to the Snook's Harbour area in the 1870s.  According to the Davies-Churm-Hodgkins-Baker Tree on Ancestry<ref name=Foot06/>, John-b1837 and siblings Robert (b 1838) and Charity (b 1840), all born in Hearts EaseH{{efn|name=fn4}}, were the children of Robert Baker (1812-1891) and Priscilla Miller (b 1809 in Kerley's Harbour).  Robert-b1812 is indicated to have been born in England<ref name=Foot06/>; however, the Heart's Ease Community History<ref name=Foot02/> mentions two Robert Bakers descended from John-b1750 (and his wives) who seem to be possible candidates for Robert-b1812: a son Robert (but this seems unlikely to him since John-b1750 died in 1808, before Robert-b1812 was born), and a grandson Robert who was another son of William-b1786 and hence an older brother of James-b1836.  The latter scenario would mean that John-b1837 and James-b1836 were indeed brothers as has been proposed<ref name=Foot01/>, such that the birthplace of Robert-b1812 in the Davies-Churm-Hodgkins-Baker Family Tree<ref name=Foot06/> is misleading and perhaps incorrect.

John-b1837 married Sarah Ann Langer<ref name=Foot06/>, probably of Hearts Ease<ref name=Foot02/>, and they had children James-b1867, Robert-b1868 and John Thomas (b 1873), all born in Heart's Ease<ref name=Foot03/><ref name=Foot05/>.  Presumably these children moved with them in the 1870s to the Snook's Harbour area.  James-b1867 married Jessie Hiscock of Salmon Cove and they settled in Snook's Harbour proper, and John Thomas died in St. John's in 1935<ref name=Foot06/>.