BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 101 native-born South Australian ■who sat as a member of the House of Assembly, or who has occm^ied a seat in the Legislative Council. ILtncnge. John B^kee, Esq. of Ilton, co. Somerset, d. before 6th January, 1617. He had issue, I. Nicholas, of Ilton. II. James, of Ilton, where he was buried 12th March, 1649. His will was dated 12th May, 1647. He m. twice (his first wife died before 12th May, 1617, as his second wife, Joan, was living at that date), and had issue, 1. Hugh, hving 12th May, 1647. 2. John, of Ilton, co. Somerset. By Joan, his wife, he had a daughter, Joan, b. 14th October, 1651, and buried at Ilton 22nd October, 1654. 3. Thomas (Rev.), of Bishop's Nympton, co. Devon ; elected scholar of Wadham College, Ox- ford, 27th April, 1645; B.A. 10th April, 1647 ; afterwards minister of Bishop's Nympton. He was a famous mathematician, and as a mark of esteem the Royal Society presented him with a medal. In their Philosophical Transactions for 1684 an account of his great work The Geometrical Key, or the Gate of Equations Unlocked, is preserved. Rev. Thomas Baker d. 5th June, 1690. By Elizabeth, his wife, he had issue, Thomas, living 1689 ; James, studying at Oxford 1689 ; Joan, m. Mr. Pole j Theophila, unm. ; Hannah, utim. ; Elizabeth, unm. 4. James, b. before 1629 ; d. before 1689. 5. Rob&rt, b. before 1629; living 1654. 1. Mary, m. at Ilton, 20th January, 1651, John Parsons, Esq. 2. Joan, wife of Mr. Norman. She had a son, James Normau. Nicholas Baker, Esq. of Ilton, co. Somer- set, surrendered, in 1617, to " Mistresse Doro- ^ thie Wadham, wiflowe, late wife of Nicholas Wadham, Esquier," all his estate lying in Hortmead, in the parish of Ilton, co. Somerset, late in the tenure and occupation of " one John Baker, deceased," father of him, "the said Nicholas Baker." His will was proved 5th July, 1633, by Alice, his widow and ex- ecutrix. He had issue, I. Gabeiel, of whom presently. II. Nicholas, buried at Ilton, 8th April, 1665, having had issue. III. Thomas, living 1H27 and 1647, and his wife Frances was living 1632. IV. Eusebius, of Ilton, yeoman, living 1618. By Anne, his wife (who was buried at Ilton, 31st December, 1691), he had issue. John, of Ilton, m. at Puckington, CO. Somerset, 27th June, 1665, Susannah Standerwicke, and was buried at Ilton 30th August, 1704. He had issue, by Susannah, his wife, who d. 1710, William, of Ilton, yeoman, bap- tised 23rd March, 1669; m. before 1798, and d. about 1737. By Jane, his wife, who was buried at Ilton, 24th July, 1735, he had issue, Euse- bius, baptised 21st March, 1698 ; buried at Ilton, 2nd April, 1699; WiUiam, bap- tised 3rd Auril, 1700 ; buried at Ilton 14th of same month ; John, of Ilton, yeoman, bap- tised 6th September, 1704 (by Ann, his wife, who sur- vived him, he had issue) ; William, baptised 11th Octo- ber, 1710 ; Mary, baptised 28th May, 1701;' buried at Ilton, 8th June following; Jane, baptised 4th October, 1708 ; buried at Ilton same day. John, baptised at Ilton, 2nd February, 1674; living 1709, and having issue, John and Grabriel, both under age at that date. Mary, baptised at Ilton 6th June, 1666 ; m. Mr. Little- john, of Capland, parish of Broadway, co. Somerset. Ex- ecutrix of her mother's will 14th January, 1709—10. Joan, baptised 4th August, 1643, at Ilton ; m. there 19th February, 1662, to William Goodwin, Esq. Both living 20th April, 1692. She had issue. V. James, of Martock, co. Somerset. By Joan, his wife, who survived him, he had issue, a daughter, Frances, who was living 1632. I. Agnes, or Anne, was unm. 1627, and wife of John Smith, 20th December, 1652, at which date she had a son, John, living. II. Alice, living 1618. The eldest son, Gabkiel Bakee, Esq. of Ilton, co. Somer- set, m. before 1643. and d. 29th May, 1677. By Joan, his wife (who was buried at Ilton, 2ist December, 1700), he had issue, I. Gabriel, b. 3rd April, 1647 ; d. young. li. Nicholas, b 22iid Januarv, 1651 ; d 7th MHy, 1657. III. Gabriel, b. 20th August, 1654 ; buried at Ilton, 2oth March, 1663.
