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A William Baker married a Sarah Kelland on 3 October 1775 in Sandford, Devon. Could this be the father of our William? There is a good fit with the names of the children. A William and Sarah Baker were parents of William Baker christened on 11th Feb 1777 in Shobrooke, Devon. One of the parish records of the marriage also gives a date of death of 1787 for one of the couple (possibly William).
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Shobrooke is very near to Sandford and neither are very far from Topsham (about 20km).

An alternative:
A William Baker married a Mary Halse Salter in 1780 and a William and Mary Baker had three sons, William, John and Halse, christened in Woodbury. (Not definitely the William Baker we are looking for)

Possible parents for this William

Mark and Joan Baker: IGI record for christening of William Baker on 6th August 1758 at Woodbury, Devon C052181. Parents are Mark and Joan Baker. This is a potentially good match. There are however many other William Bakers christened at about the same time. Other children on the same register with parents Mark and Joan:
Eliz 24th May 1743
Rebecca 13th Feb 1761

Woodbury is very close to Topsham.

Mark and Joan Baker also had other children christened at Exminster, Devon C050541
Mark 13th Sept 1745
Rebekah 12th May 1751
Mary 29th June 1753
Mary 6th April 1755

A James Baker of Thorne Falcon, Somerset, born 1703 married Mary Kelland of Thorne Falcon born about 1707 on 19th June 1761 at West Monkton, Somerset. (Pedigree Resource File - LDS - 2 identical submissions). The name Kelland appears in the name of later generations of the Baker family.

Given their ages - he would have been about 58 and she 54 it is unlikely that they had children together and both may have been widowed previously. However, a member’s record in the IGI gives the marriage date as 17 Jan 1728.

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