Baker, John (4)
Baker, John (1)
a Protestant martyr, was an Englishman by birth, and dwelt in Cadiz, Spain. He was apprehended and burned in Seville, Nov. 2, 1558, for his faithful adherence to the truth. See Fox, Acts and Monuments, 8:516.
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Baker, John (2)
an English Wesleyan minister, was born at Bideford, Devonshire, in 1793. He was brought to Christ at the age of seventeen; entered the itinerancy in 1818; went to Western Africa as a missionary the same year; labored at Sierra Leone and St. Mary’s (1819-20) until repeated attacks of fever compelled him to leave with a broken constitution. He also labored at St. Vincent, W. I., in 1822, and in England from 1823. His last illness seized him while in the pulpit, and he died at Brighton, Nov. 17, 1845. He had a vigorous understanding, and his discourses were original and replete with evangelical truth. He was ardently attached to the whole economy of his Church, and supported it with firmness and integrity. He retained his missionary ardor to the last. See Minutes of the British Conference, 1846.
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Baker, John (3)
a Congregational minister, was born at Edgecomb, Me., May 30, 1811. In 1831 he graduated at Bowdoin College, was converted and took charge of Monmouth Academy. His theological training was acquired at Andover and Bangor. He commenced his ministry at Monson, Me., in 1835, where he was ordained. In 1839 he removed to the town of Kennebunkport, supplying the two churches there for fourteen years. His next charge was Wilton; after preaching here four years, he left to visit his family connections in Edgecomb, never, as it proved, to return. He was stricken with fever and erysipelas while at his early home, which proved fatal Oct. 27, 1859. Kind, patient, cheerful, Mr. Baker was a brother beloved. See Cong. Quarterly, 1860, p. 237.
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Baker, John (4)
a Baptist minister, was born in Stonington, Conn., Sept. 26, 1805. In November, 1822, he united with the Church, and not long after was licensed to preach. For some time he combined the labors of teacher and preacher, making himself especially useful in assisting evangelists in revival meetings. He was ordained in April, 1831, and pursued his theological studies at Hamilton, N. Y. Having completed his studies, he devoted himself exclusively to the work of an evangelist, never settling as a permanent pastor. His labors were confined chiefly to places in Connecticut and Rhode Island, and were followed by remarkable revivals. His home was in East Greenwich, R. I., where he resided from 1842. While engaged in prayer in the Church on Block Island, he had a stroke of paralysis, Jan. 5, 1867, from which he never recovered. He returned to his home in East Greenwich, where he lingered a little more than two years, dying Jan. 16, 1869. As an illustration of the kind and amount of labor he performed, we are told that from December, 1865, to October, 1866, he travelled 2935 miles, mostly on foot, made 737 visits, attended 256 meetings, preached more than 100 sermons, and baptized 140 persons. See R. I. Biog. Cyclop. p. 331. (J. C. S.)