Remember Baker
Remember Baker (June 1737 – August 22, 1775) was a member of the Green Mountain Boys. He was born in Roxbury, Connecticut (then part of Woodbury) and died in Quebec. The son of Remember Baker and Tamar Warner, he was a first cousin of Ethan Allen and Seth Warner.
Remember Baker, Jr. was described by a cousin as a tough, redheaded, freckle-faced young giant. He enlisted as a private in a company of provincial troops in 1755. In 1757, he was stationed at Fort William Henry, at the head of Lake George, and during that year participated in battles which went badly for the provincial troops.
In 1758, he enlisted a second time in the expedition of General Abercrombie in his attempted invasion of Canada, then held by the French. He was part of a band of 100 men under command of Major Putnam and accompanied by Lord Howe that went on a scouting expedition. They were surprised by a party of 500 of the enemy and Lord Howe was killed. Putnam and Baker and their men cut their way through the French ranks, charged them in the rear, and after being reinforced killed 300 of the enemy and captured 143 prisoners. Baker received honorable mention in the report of the commanding general. He remained in the service until the close of the year 1759.
He and Desire Hurlbut were married in Roxbury on April 3, 1760. In 1764, Remember, Desire and their small son Ozi moved to Arlington, now in Vermont, and built a grist mill. This was in response to an offer of 50 acres (200,000 m2) from the town to anyone who would start a mill there. This mill burned down in 1789; a mill built in the 1790s is still there. Remember’s cousins Ethan Allen and Ira Allen also settled in Arlington. Remember Baker was the first town clerk of Arlington.
The Bakers and the Allens were involved in the controversy over the title of the settlers of Vermont to their land, and Baker became a captain in one of the companies of the Green Mountain Boys. Remember is said to have been more hot headed than the Allens and Seth Warner. Following attacks on those loyal to New York, the Governor of New York offered an award for the capture of Ethan Allen, Remember Baker, and others. On March 21, 1771, men from New York under the leadership of Captain John Munro attacked Baker's mill and took Baker away as a prisoner. In the fight, Baker lost a thumb and his wife injured her arm jumping out of a window. She never fully recovered the use of that arm. Remember was taken across the New York border. The Green Mountain Boys rescued Baker and returned him to his family.
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