George Baker (1687–1772) was the Archdeacon of Totnes from 1740 until 1772.”Some account of the barony and town of Okehampton:Its antiquities and institutions” Bridges, W.B; Wright, W.H.K; Rattenbury, J; Shebbeare, R; Thomas, C; Fothergill, H.G Tiverton, W.Masland,1889
He was the son of Aaron Baker (born 1652), Rector of Alvingham.Mosley, Charles, ed. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, volume 1. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. p. 228. George became vicar of Modbury, Devon. He married Mary, the daughter of Stephen Weston, Bishop of Exeter. Their son George became a physician and later a baronet.
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