Knickerbocker Query #  003
Date: 6 October 1997
Subject: David Baker (Knickerbocker)

Submitted by:
Bertrand K. Macpherson
1031 Cameron Lane
Lima, OH  45805

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My ancestor with the surname of Knickerbocker may have drowned in the Hudson River after the birth of his son, David, who was b. in 1790, either in VT or NY. Some have said the drowning may have occurred at Red Hook, Dutchess County. The son adopted the surname of BAKER and married Susannah COVELL about 1811. David Baker moved to Genesee Co., NY about 1812 where he lived until his death in 1875. Two of his sons, Simeon C. and Reuben W., changed their surnames from BAKER to KNICKERBOCKER after 1850. They remained KNICKERBOCKERS for the rest  of their lives and all their male descendants carry that name. I need help on the drowning and if anyone knows why the sons changed their names. My great-grandfather was Reuben Willis Knickerbocker who lived in Louisiana from 1855 to 1901. He died in Dallas, TX, in 1903. Most of my Knickerbockers lived in Texas.