The deceased had a wayside inn at Redcastle, near Mt Morgans. He died in hospital from a stroke he had two weeks prior.
He left an estate valued at £94 14s. 3d to Joseph Patrick Flynn.
Thomas Samuel Baker was the eldest of nine children born to Mary Ann and William Baker who were married on 15 March 1830 in Plymouth. Both Mary Ann and William were born in Devon . Their family consisted of 7 daughters and 2 sons. Thomas' siblings were: Mary Ann born 1833; Elizabeth Agnes born about 1838; Hannah Wickett and William John possibly twins born 15 April 1839; Grace Bishop born 1844; Ruth Martin born October 1846; Phoebe born October 1848; Rhoda born 1 April 1852.