y 4th (or 5th?) great-grandfather was mentioned in family papers. Some details of his life and service were available, but his pension helped to confirm the stories. Ironically, the pension also pointed to the fact that my family's recollections seemed to have missed a generation. Joseph Baker was born about 1754. He fought in the Revolutionary War between Apr 1775 and 6 Jan 1777. He enlisted at Montague, Massachusetts, under Captain Samuel Bartlett and Col. Johnathan Ward. He was captured in 1776 and imprisoned at Fort Lee and on the prison ship "Jersey" at New York until he was paroled. He married on 4 Nov 1777 in Ashfield, Hampshire (now Franklin), Massachusetts, to Elizabeth Sadler the daughter of John Sadler and Abigail Scott. Four children were born there: Amasa in 1778, Roswell in 1781, Mercy in 1783, and Chester in 1787. Between 1790 and 1800, the family moved to New York. Two additional children were reported: Besty in 1800 and Horace in 1802. Horace, I discovered later, might not be a child of Joseph and Elizabeth, but instead a grandson. Joseph filed for and was granted a pension based upon his Revolutionary War service. Joseph died 5 Sep 1826 in Phelps, Ontario, New York. Elizabeth then filed for a widow's pension and died 28 Feb 1850 in Clymer, Chautauqua, New York. The documents that follow trace Joseph Baker and detail the information he left about his children in the Pension file. Additional documentation has also been added.