The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Edmund Baker, cabinet maker
Generation No. 1
  1. Edmund Baker, cabinet maker He was born 1793 at ??; buried 1st Apr 1841 at Trinity Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, aged 48 years
  He married Sarah Wallis on 26th Jul 1817 at St James' Church, Picadilly, Westminster, London, witnesses John Baker & mary Stockes. She was born 11th Jun 1793 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 7th Jul 1793 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex, parents Thomas & Mary Wallis. They had the following children:
2 iSarah Jane who was born 1818 at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; christened 11th Feb 1818 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
  iiMarianne who was born 1820 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 10th Dec 1820 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  iiiPhiladelphia who was born 1822 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 22nd Sep 1822 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  ivEdmund who was born 1825 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 22nd May 1825 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  vWilliam who was born 1829 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 6th Dec 1829 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  viThomas who was born 1831 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 23rd Oct 1831 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
3 viiGeorge Wallis who was born 1835 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 24th Aug 1834 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent, parents Edmund & Sarah Baker
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Sarah Jane Nye [Baker] was the daughter of Edmund Baker, cabinet maker and Sarah Baker [Wallis]. She was born 1818 at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; christened 11th Feb 1818 at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
  She married George Nye on 25th Dec 1845 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent, witnesses Edmund Baker & Fanny Blackman. He was born 31st Jul 1823 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 26th Oct 1823 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, parents William & Sarah. They had the following children:
  iEliza who was born 1853 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 4th Sep 1853 Trinity Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
4 iiFrances who was born 1858 at Frances Terrace, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 28th Feb 1858 Trinity Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
   
  3. George Wallis Baker, groom was the son of Edmund Baker, cabinet maker and Sarah Baker [Wallis]. He was born 1835 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  He married Sophia Upton on 23rd Jun 1857 at St. Peter's Church, Pembury, Kent, witnesses James Upton & Sarah Young. She was born 20th Jan 1835 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 22nd Mar 1835 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. They had the following children:
5 iArthur George who was born 1858 at Chatham, Kent; christened 3rd Oct 1858 Chatham, Kent; died Apr to June 1883 Tonbridge, Kent
  iiAdelaide Sarah who was born 1860 at Hoo, Kent; christened 19th Aug 1860 St Werburgh's Church, Hoo, Kent
  iiiEdwin Thomas who was born 1865 at Appledore, Kent; christened 19th Feb 1865 Ss Peter & Paul Church, Appledore, Kent
  ivFlora Annie who was born July to Sep 1874 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1874 Q3 Vol 2A Page 573
   
Generation No. 3
  4. Frances Wickenden [Nye] was the daughter of George Nye and Sarah Jane Nye [Baker]. She was born 1858 at Frances Terrace, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 28th Feb 1858 at Trinity Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  She married John Wickenden on Jan to Mar 1881, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1881 Q1 Vol 2b Page 153. He was born 1859 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 12th Jun 1859 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iFrances who was born c Nov 1881 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 27th Nov 1881 Trinity Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  iiJohn who was born 1883 at Wadhurst, Sussex
  iiiWilliam Henry who was born 1885 at Wadhurst, Sussex
  ivMary Ann who was born 1886 at Wadhurst, Sussex
  vSusan who was born 1889 at Wadhurst, Sussex
  viFrank who was born 1890 at Wadhurst, Sussex
   
  5. Arthur George Baker was the son of George Wallis Baker, groom and Sophia Baker [Upton]. He was born 1858 at Chatham, Kent; christened 3rd Oct 1858 at Chatham, Kent; died Apr to June 1883 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1883 Q2 Vol 2A Page 368
  He married Agnes Caroline Wood on 5th Oct 1879 at St. James' Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, witnesses Thomas Butler Field & Sarah White. She was born 1852 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 20th Jun 1852 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
   

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