persons, and extensive collections, illustrating their
descent, which have since been enlarged under my
direction, till I believe that little is wanting to make
the account of these families in England quite satis-
factory. The very imperfect state of the early
records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, renders it almost
impossible to form a sure and true pedigree of any
family residing there; and this record of the children
of Samuel Symonds is far from being what I should
like to have it. I trust, however, that it is as correct
and complete as circumstances will allow. I have
obtained many new facts concerning the relations of
his third wife, ltebecca Swayne, from the * f Hale family
correspondence," in the library of the American Anti-
quarian Society at Worcester, Massachusetts.
*W



FAMILY OF BAKER.
IN one of the volumes, which contain the names of
many early emigrants from England to America,
and which are kept at the State Paper Office, London,
we read thus: —

"Anrill *'" lfi37. The exam inaction of John Baker borne
in Norwich in Norffblcke, Grocar aged 39 yerea, and Elizabeth
his wife aged 31 yeares with 3 Children, Elizabeth, John and
Thomas, and 4 Sarvants, Marcy Alxarson, aged 24 yea res,
Anne Alxarson, aged 20 yearcs, Ilridgett Boulle aged 32
yearea and Samuell Arrea aged 14 yearcs ar all desiroues to
"oe for Charles Towne in New England tlier to itihabitt and



The name of Baker is quite common in Norwich,
and the ancestry of John has not been positively
ascertained. I think it most likely that he was a



Ancestry of Priscilla Baker.
