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An excerpt from www.HouseOfNames.com archives copyright © 2000 - 2012

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Where did the Dutch Baker family come from? What is the Dutch Baker family crest and coat of arms? When did the Baker family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Baker family history?

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Bakker, Becker, de Bakker, Bekere, de Becker and others.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Baker Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Edmund Baker, who landed in Maine in 1630
  • Geo Baker, who arrived in Virginia in 1633
  • Daniel Baker, who landed in Barbados in 1634
  • Daniell Baker, who arrived in Virginia in 1635
  • Dorothie Baker, who landed in Virginia in 1635


Baker Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • James Baker, who arrived in Baltimore, Md in 1720
  • Sarah Baker, a servant who was recruited in London and sent to Pennsylvania in 1727
  • Frances Baker, who arrived in New England in 1731
  • Elizabeth Baker, who landed in Georgia in 1736
  • Hans Georg Baker, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1737


Baker Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Joh Ant Baker, who landed in Philadelphia, Pa in 1806
  • Heinrich Baker, who arrived in Winchester, Va in 1807
  • Diederick Ouus Baker, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1807
  • Anther Baker, who arrived in New York in 1825
  • Bebedict Baker, aged 25, arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1832


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  • Norma Jean Baker (1926-1962), American actress, who used the name Marilyn Monroe
  • Chesley "Chet" Baker Jr. (1929-1988), American jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player and singer
  • Carroll Baker (b. 1931), American actress, both a serious dramatic actress and, particularly in the 1960s, a movie sex symbol
  • Kyle Baker (b. 1965), American cartoonist, comic book writer and artist, and animator
  • Ray Stannard Baker (1870-1946), American journalist and author
  • James Addison Baker III (b. 1930), American attorney, politician, political administrator, political advisor and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
  • Johnnie B. "Dusty" Baker (b. 1949), American baseball player turned manager
  • Lieutenant Colonel Addison E Baker (1907-1943), awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1943
  • Russell Wayne Baker (b. 1925), American reporter who won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
  • Howard Henry Baker Jr. (b. 1925), recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom

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  • A Baker Family Genealogy: Pioneers of North Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri and Iowa by Ralph D. Shipp.
  • The Baker Family of Westbrookville, New York by Howard E. Case.
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The Baker Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Baker Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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