P_10433_3243 – Henry Neale Baker
Henry Neale Baker was co-owner with William Fielde of a single slaving voyage in 1792 in the Speculator. One of the captains of this voyage was given as ‘Baker’, raising the possibility that Henry Neale Baker was owner-captain. His will made in 1813 gives him as Master of His Majesty’s Ship Africa and his death-notices gave him as Master, R.N., but he does not appear in accounts of the ship Africa, nor has he been found to date in naval records.
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First name: Henry Neale
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Last name: Baker
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Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Relations
Elizabeth Wicksteed
Spouse (married 03/04/1811)
Marriage as St Anne Westminster
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Internal migrant: No
Foreign born: No
Supplier to slave trade voyages: No
Creditor to slave trade voyages: No
Philanthropy: No
Plantation owner: No
Sources: PROB 11/1763/268
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Crossings (1)
83577 - Speculator (1791 - 1792)
Role: Owner
Birth
Date: 1765
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Death
Date: 18/11/1829
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Burial
Date: 26/11/1829
Location: London (Middlesex)
Memorial details: Buried aged 64.
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Residencies
Occupation: Naval Captain (Professional)
Given as Master of HMS Africa in his will and as Master R.N. in his death-notices.
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Was slave trading profitable: No
Will
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Courts: PCC
The will of Henry Neale Baker late Master of His Majesty's Ship Africa but now of no. 16 Duke Street Grosvenor Square was originally made in 1813, and made his wife Elizabeth Baker his universal legatee. In a codicil of 1829, he left the house at 16 Duke Street to his wife for life and then to Benjamin Wicksteed son of George Wicksteed living formerly in Broad Street Golden Square. In a further codicil of 1829 he left annuities of £10 p.a. each to his sisters Sarah Baker and Mary Payne out of his long annuities, and then to William and Nicholas Boyer, sons of his wife's sister. He named no executor, so administration was granted 12/12/1829 to Elizabeth Baker; then after her death to George Wicksteed in 1831; and after the latter's death to Sarah Baker and Mary Payne in 1835.
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