Jack Baker was born in Arcadia, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia in 1908, the son of George A. Baker and Sarah Hatfield. As a young man, he worked for Benjamin B. Cann, a ship broker in Yarmouth. During the rum-running era Baker acted as a ship broker. In 1942 he became the Chief Deputy Sheriff of the County of Yarmouth and in 1948 was named High Sheriff. Baker first married Gertrude M. Cox, the daughter of Charles Cox and Nelliee Fulton of Truro, Colchester County, N.S. Gertrude died in 1950. He later married Joan (Fisher) Cann, the widow of B.B. Cann. Joan was born circa 1929 in Truro, the daughter of Avard and Rita Anderson. Baker died on 10 November 1972.
Edward Baker, son of Charles and Anne (Barron) Baker of Amherst, Nova Scotia, was born 17 October 1771. He married Elizabeth Lusby in 1798 and represented the Township of Amherst in the Legislative Assembly (1806- 1818). He died on 1 July 1832 following a fall from a horse.