M, #220, b. 1755, d. 1816
| CAUTION | | John Dorsey Baker and Zebediah aka Zebedee Baker and Evan I Baker have the following CAUTIONARY INFORMATION: John and Zebediah/Zebedee are brothers, either could be the father of Evan. Many database have John Dorsey Baker as the father of Keziah Baker because a John Baker signed her marriage bond. However, it could have been her uncle instead of her father who signed the bond. I'm inclined tho think it's Zeb for a couplereasons. Evan could have been named for his mother Cassandra Evans and Evan could have named his daughter Cassandra (Keziah) after his mother. |
| CAUTION* | | Zebediah aka Zebedee Baker has the following CAUTIONARY INFORMATION: Speculation for now - Sources and proofs needed - this is a working things out database - Various trees have different dates/ages for Zeb & his wife. |
| Birth | 1745 | He was born in 1745.2 |
| Birth* | 1755 | He was born in 1755.3 |
| Marriage* | 1769 | He married Cassandra Evans in 1769 "Married a very young wife Cassandra in 1769" per FAG, other notes say 30 Aug 1777 Upper Marlborough, Prince George Co, MD.1 |
| Need2Verify | 12 August 1770 | Note(s): on 12 August 1770 at Ann Arundel Co., Maryland, Zebediah Baker Jr. is first mentioned on Aug 12, 1770 when he mortgages personal property for 80 pounds of sterling in Ann Arudel Co., MD.2 |
| Need2Verify* | before 1774 | Note(s): before 1774 at Baltimore Co., Maryland, By 1774, with wife Cassandra, he sells the Maryland farm in Baltimore County called "Food Plenty" to Benjamin Wells.2 |
| OathAlleg* | 1778 | Zebediah aka Zebedee Baker took the Oath of Allegence in 1778 at Ann Arundel Co., Maryland.4,5 |
| Need2Verify | before 1785 | Note(s): before 1785 at Hopewell Twnshp, York Co., Pennsylvania, By 1785 Zebidiah Baker is in Hopewell Twp, Washington Co. PA near Buffalo Creek. This is southwest of Pittsburgh near the WV border.2 |
| Need2Verify* | 1798 | Note(s): in 1798 at Brooke Co., West Virginia, In 1798 Vachel Baker, son of Zebediah, dies in Brooke Co., VA. Zebediah settled sale of personal property.2 |
| Need2Verify | 1800 | Note(s): in 1800 at Harrison Co., Ohio, In 1800 Zeb Jr. moves across the Ohio River to Harrsion Co., OH.2 |
| Need2Verify | 1806 | Note(s): in 1806 at Brooke Co., West Virginia, Son Zachariah sells his Brooke Co. property and moves across to Jefferson/Harrison Co., OH in 1806.2 |
| Religion* | 1811 | He and Cassandra Evans : 1811 Harrison Co., Ohio, "Zebedee and Cassandra Baker" are listed as part of the founding 9 member class in 1811 that formed the Bethel Methodist Church in Harrison County Ohio. The Baker Farm was one mile west of the church.2,6 |
| Death* | 1816 | Zebediah aka Zebedee Baker died in 1816.7,8 |
| Burial* | | He was buried at Bethel Cemetery, Harrison Co., Ohio, He died between 1811 and 1816 and is believed buried in the Bethel Church Cemetery (note that portions of the graveyard have gone back to "bush" and a search for the marker has come up empty in April 1998). A letter to Iona White from Grace Fisher, dated August 28, 1989, says that Lillian Baker (age 83) was a descendant of Zebedee and Cassandra (through Otho). Lillian was sure that Zebedee is buried in the old part of Bethel Cemetery. In Hanna's article on the Bethel Church and Cemetery, he mentioned the Bakers having a cemetery lot in the old section. Iona White visited the cemetery in 1981 and was told by Gertrude Baker (dec'd) that there was nothing in the old part presently but brush. Tami B. Stallard visited the cemetery in April, 1998 and could not find Zebediah Baker but there were many Bakers buried there and many stones not readable, sunk into the ground, or no longer there.2,6 |