Thomas 2 Baker, younger son of the settler, born at
Norwich 13 September, 1636, received from his father
in 1662 an estate in Topsfield, as stated before, and
lived in that town. He had previously led rather a
wild life at Ipswich. On the records of the County
Court for 26 March, 1661, we read, —

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" Thomas Baker upon his p r sentinent for smoking tobaco in
the street on the Saboth daye was fined 10 s & costs & fees of
court."

The next year he and his brother were concerned
in a very serious matter, which came before the Gen-
eral Court at Boston, from the records of which I
quote at full length: —

7 May, 1662. The Court having considered the case of John
Baker & Thomas Baker, represented to this Court by the records
of the County Court at Ipsuich, together w th what the parties



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could say for themselves, in helping John Perly out of the
prison there, who was sentenced to be whipt severely for his
stealing of a mare, the Court sentenceth them to be severely
whipt w th tenn stripes apeece forthuith, & be bound to their
good behaviour XV th sureties of twenty pounds apeece till the
next County Court at Ipsuich.
