Other Events:

• Group: Descendant of Mayflower Passenger
• Group: Mayflower - William Brewster
• 1850 Census: 27 Aug 1850, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
• 1855 Massachusetts Census: 30 Jul 1855, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
• 1860 Census: 25 Aug 1860, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Notes:

Birth:
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Name:       Sylvester Baker
Event Type:       Birth
Birth Date:       1 Aug 1840
Birth Place:       Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Father Name:       Edwin Baker
Mother Name:       Persis Baker

Persis wife of Edwin Baker born Sept. 17, 1818 in Dennis.  Persis died March 31, 1850, aged 31-6-14
Edwin & Persis Baker's Children

Sylvester          born   August 1, 1840.
Howard Baker  Born  August 6th 1843   Howard Died  April 22d 1844 aged 8m 16 days
Sarah Hale          "     July 27, 1845,        Sarah H died Sep 1846 aged 1 y 2 mos
Edwin Howard     "     Decr. 30, 1847
Henry Adams       "     March 25, 1850    Henry Adams died Aug 5 1850 aged 4 m 10 d

By 2d wife Martha                                    Martha died Jany 30th 1856, aged 33 years
Judah Sears     Born  Augt. 2d 1852
Osman D.         Born  Nov. 24th 1855

Group:
Passenger or Descendant of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of William Brewster of the Mayflower

1850 Census:
p. 277
Edwin Baker    37  M   Farmer  $1000   Massachusetts
Sylvester  "      10  M                                     "             school
Howard     "       3  M                                      "
Henry A.   "   6/12  M                                     "
Mary Eaton      17   F                                     "

1855 Massachusetts Census:
Edwin Baker     42  M   C.C. R.R. Ticket man    Barnstable, Mass
Martha   "         33   F                                      Dennis, Mass
Sylvester  "       15  M   Seaman                       Yarmouth, Mass
Edwin H Baker    7  M                                             "
Judah       "         3  M                                             "
Charlotte Taylor  13  F                                      Dorchester?

1860 Census:
West Yarmouth PO, p. 70
Edwin Baker     47  M   Farmer  $1000  $200    Massachusetts
Sylvester  "       20  M   Seaman                          "
Edwin H   "       13  M                                          "                  school
Judah S.   "        7  M                                          "                      "

Sylvester married Alzina D. Holmes on 2 Nov 1865 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Alzina (daughter of Watson Holmes and Mary S. Pierce) was born on 17 Feb 1842 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]