General Notes

From "Swanson/McVay Family Tree" at Ancestry.com: "In 1684 the Baker
family arrived in Pennsylvania from the Manor of Edgmond, Shropshire,
England.  Being Quakers, they had been persecuted for their faith.  They
came to Pennsylvania for freedom to worship and for the opportunities the
new land presented.  These are the Bakers who emigrated in 1684:
The following five siblings were all children of Robert Baker of Edgmond.
John Baker and his children Rebecca, Mary and Dorothy.  His wife,
Dorothy, died before or during the trip.
Joseph Baker, his wife Mary, and children Sarah and Joseph (and perhaps
Robert).
Hannah Baker
Sarah Baker
Mary Baker (the younger)
Another emigrant, Joseph Jr., was supposedly the nephew of the above five
siblings. We do not know who his father was, although the will of Robert
Baker of Edgmond gives us three possibilities.  Ww do not know a lot
about the family in England.  Their father Robert had died in 1672, and
their mother Mary a few years later.  Several brothers and sisters did
not emigrate: Peter, Robert, Thomas, Elizabeth, Mary (the older),
Elizabeth and Margarett.  Because of the two Maries mentioned in the
will, it is likely that all these children may be by two different wives
of Robert.  Robert is supposed to have been descended from Sir Richard
Baker the Chronicler, who wrote a history of the Kings of England.  We
have not been able to establish this descendancy, but it is still under
research.  In the past, several genealogists have said that the Baker
siblings were the children of a John Baker, not Robert, but the will
makes it fairly clear that Robert is the father...After coming to the New
World, John died in 1685, shortly after his arrival in Philadelphia.
Joseph, now head of the family, bought and sold several parcels of land,
and at some time before 1699, bought 500 acres in Chester (now Delaware
County). This was in Edgmont township, to which he probably gave the
name, after his home in Shropshire. Joseph was elected member of the
Pennsylvania Assembly several times.  The Bakers of Edgmont married and
proliferated, many staying in the area, where they still have
descendants, while others moved west and helped to build the new country."