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From: "Liz Penprase" <>
Subject: Re: John Baker
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 10:58:56 +1000
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Hi Neville,
The Margaret Coventry who married John Baker is highly likely the daughter
of Mary Ann Martin and William Coventry, Margaret was baptised in April
1811, so would have been about 17 at the time of her marriage in July 1828.
We know that Mary Ann Martin went by the surname of Coventry in the musters
as early as 1814. We know from the baptisms of Margaret's younger siblings
James William and John Coventry that Mary Ann Martin was unmarried, so she
was in a defacto relationship with William Coventry.
There are 5 John Baker's who arrived Hobart as convicts (not including the
John Baker who ended up in PD), anyone of these men could be a candidate as
a husband for Margaret Coventry.
It appears that Margaret and John Baker had 6 children from 1825 through to
1837, their eldest daughter was baptised Mary Ann, probably named after her
grandmother Mary Ann Martin.
I believe that the Margaret Baker who died in Hobart in 1839 aged 30 is more
than likely the woman described above.
Regards,
Liz Penprase
Sydney
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neville Lee" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 12:22 PM
Subject: John Baker


>I have been informed that John Baker arrived in Tasmania abt. 1818 as a
>convict on the "Maria". He later married a Margaret Coventry.
>
> Would SKS be able to access the passenger list for this vessel to confirm
> his arrival, or let me know if this information is available through
> Libraries in NSW.
>
> Regards
>
> Neville Lee
> Central Coast, NSW
>
> ______________________________

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