HUSBAND *Abednigo or Abednego (Old Bed) BAKER See Note Below**
	Birth	c 1750 - 1752	Maryland
	Birth	June 17, 1746	St. Paul's Parrish, Baltimore, Maryland
	Misc	March 2, 1778	"Oath of Fidelity" before Hon. Reuben Meriweather; Anne Arundell County, Maryland This oath is sufficient for female descendants to apply for DAR membership.
	Death	c 1833 - 1835	Illinois
	Occupation		farmer
	Marriage	abt 1789/90	RUTH ISRAEL, (Anne Arundel Co, Maryland)
	Marriage	1797	Unknown FLOYD
	Updated	October 31, 2009
	Father	Zebediah BAKER
	Mother	Keturah PETTICOAT
WIFE Ruth ISRAEL
	Birth	November 24, 1768	Anne Arundell County, Maryland
	Birth	November 24, 1751	Maryland
	Death	c 1818	Ohio^{(or Sangamon, Illinois) (or Montgomery or Frederick Counties, Maryland)}
	Updated	October 31, 2009
	Father	ROBERT ISRAEL
	Mother	Priscilla BAKER
CHILDREN
M	Abednego BAKER, Jr.
	Birth	1774
	Updated	October 31, 2009
	Marriage	February 1, 1799	Nancy Hobbs
M	Larkin BAKER
	Birth	July 19, 1776
	Death	1810 or 1860	Montgomery County, Maryland
	Updated	December 30, 2009
	Marriage	December 12, 1799	Margaret Marks
F	Harriet BAKER
	Birth	1778 or 1776
	Updated	December 30, 2009
	Marriage		Joshua Spurrier
M	Livingston Sylvester or Silvester BAKER
	Birth	December 19, 1790	Kentucky or Maryland
	Birth	December 19, 1790	North Carolina^{or Tennessee}
	Death	October 4, 1849	Menard County, Illinois; accident, probably farm related
	Death	October 11 or 14, 1849	Sangamon, Menard County, Illinois
	Burial		Baker's Prairie Cemetery #2, Menard County, Illinois
	Occupation		farmer
	Marriage	March 11, 1830	Ziporah SUMNERS OR SUMMERS; Sangamon, Menard County, Illinois
	Updated	January 16, 2009
M	Jesse BAKER
	Birth	March 19, 1799	Of(?), Illinois or Knoxville, Tennessee^{(Anderson County, Tennessee)}
	Birth	March 19, 1799	Maryland
	Death	August 20, 1879	Sangamon, Menard County, Illinois^{(or Mason County, Illinois)}
	Burial		Kentucky or Band D, Baker's Cemetery, Mason, Illinois
	Marriage	December 31, 1823	Christine TETER; Ohio - or. .
	Marriage	February 29, 1824	Christine TETER; Grandriver, Madison County, Iowa - or. . Feb. 28, 1824 in Sangamon County, Illinois
M	Henry L. BAKER
	Birth	March 28, 1805	Muscatine, Iowa or Tennessee
	Birth	March 28, 1805	Tennessee
	Death	November 4, 1888	Missouri
	Marriage	February 28, 1830	Eliza SHORT; Sangamon County, Illinois
F	Vashti (Barsheba) BAKER As posted on genforum @ http://genforum.genealogy.com/sears/messages/2292.html - Vashti was a common nickname for "Bathsheba."
	Birth	February 14, 1810	Tennessee
	Moved	1816	moved; Baker Prairie, Sangamon County, Illinois
	Moved	1831	moved; Franklin County, Missouri
	Moved	1833	St. Clair County, Illinois
	Residence	bet 1833 and 1894	Crane Creek Township, Mason County, Illinois
	Death	March 9, 1894	Crane Creek Township, Mason County, Illinois
	Death	April 9, 1894
	Burial		Carter Cemetery, Mason, Carter County, Illinois
	Marriage	December 6, 1828	Henry SEARS; Baker Prairie, Sangamon County, Illinois
F	Elizabeth BAKER
	Birth	c 1807
	Birth	1822 or 1811
	Death	April 30, 1841 or 1842	Tombstone says May 6, 1841, aged 34 years; birth date c 1807
	Updated	May 11, 2009
F	Mary (Polly) BAKER
	Birth	abt 1820 or 1812	Tennessee
	Death

NOTE: J. Robert Israel has sent family group sheets that show an Abednego Baker born June 17, 1746 in St. Pauls Parrish, Baltimore, Maryland. He shows Dan Sears and Ted Sherrod as sources for this birth date and location. A third source on the FGS (Barnes Baltimore County Families 1659-1759) lists this Abednego's parents as Alexander Baker and Zipporah Hillard. J. Robert shows all children as those of Abednego and Ruth. He also speculates that "The Floyd Girl" was actually married to Abednego Jr.!

FROM J. ROBERT ISRAEL NOTES:

An Obed Baker was born on 17 June 1746 in St. Pauls Parrish, Maryland to Alexander & Zipporah Hilliard Baker [Ref: Barnes: Balto Co Families 1659-1759.] Alexander was a son of Maurice Baker.

[See Dan Sears ms] Abednego Baker lived in AA Co Md (Anne Arundel County) during the Revolution & through the 1790 census. Then he moved to Montgomery County & Frederick Co, MD where he was living in 1800 & 1810 census. Ruth Israel Baker lived there until after 1817 when she signed a deed. She died before 1820 & Abednego @ age 45 remarried a 14 year old girl whom he outlived. He then moved to Bond County Illinois and subsequently to Sangamon, Illinois. His son, Abednego, Jr., remained in Maryland. The other children went west with their father. Several were married in Sangamon and Mason Counties Illinois). The family may have moved west via Tennessee as Vashti, Mary, and Elizabeth were born there. Did they go back to Maryland in 1817?

I have two other sets of family records. One shows that Abednigo had no children with his second wife (Unknown FLOYD). The most recent, provided by Don and Bonnie Shepherd, show that only the first child was with his first wife (Ruth ISRAEL). I have both versions on this web-site. Family Group Sheet for FLOYD

Family History for Abednigo

From Mina Baker Adams

Abednego (called Old Bed) was married twice. No information on first wife. Floyd Girl (14 year old part Indian) was second wife. He was 45 years old when he married her. He took the "Oath of Fidelity" in Anne Arundel County, Maryland in 1778. This Oath to fight against England.

Mina has provided me with pedigree charts. I am not certain what she is indicating on her chart - it appears she is showing that Livingston Sylvester is the son of Abednego and Ruth and the rest of the children are by the Floyd Girl. On the other hand - it looks like she has grouped all the children together. She does not show Abednego, Jr.