Daniel F. Bakeman

Who was Daniel F. Bakeman?

Daniel Frederick Bakeman was ostensibly the last surviving veteran of the American Revolutionary War. He was born in Schoharie County, New York and at the age of twelve married Susan Brewer on August 29, 1772. Their marriage, at 91 years and 12 days, is the longest claimed on record and also the only marriage claimed to have exceeded 90 years. Together they had eight children: Phillip, Richard, Christopher, Betsey, Margaret, Susan, Mary and Christine. His wife died on September 10, 1863 at the age of one hundred and five years.

Records have shown that in 1825 the Bakemans settled in Arcade, New York, in a home on the north side of the County Line Road. In 1845 he moved to Freedom, remaining there until his death.