Hi Bob.In the Parish of kilconnell,It Is situated in the eastern side of the County Galway in the Barony of Kilconnell, bounded by the parish of Ballymacward, Fohanagh, Aughrim, Killaan and Killallaghtan in Kilconnell Barony, and by Kilgerril Parish in the Barony of Cloonmacnoon.

In the Griffiths Valuations 1848 to 1864,There was what i can see One baker Family

Baker           Hugh                Kilconnell           Kilconnell     Galway
So I think He is a possible relation To Jeremiah

 

Now This next section is a family,That moved to Galway,From London.Ended up in Canada.It may Well be They were Distant Relatives.But at Present I have not found the link.But Hugh Seems to be in Both Sections

 

Mike

 

Hugh Cossart Baker (1792-1862) was a major in the Artillery. He was baptized in Galway, Ireland, April 15, 1792. He was a cadet in 1808 and was posted to India, arriving December 7, 1809. He became a lieutenant on April 21, 1817 and a captain May 21, 1824. He retired on July 9, 1835. He participated in the expedition against Mauritius 1810-11 and served in Bengal in August of 1811 in the 3rd Mahralta War. (List of the Officers of the Bengal Army 1758-1834 by Major V.C.P. Hodson, London, 1927.) From the London Times September 24, 1862--Deaths: On the 21st instant at his residence Tuscany Villa, Notting-hill, Major Hugh Cossart Baker, deeply lamented.

 Hugh Cossart, who was born about 1792 and married Mary Anne Popplewell. They were married December 8, 1836 at the Old Church, Saint Pancres, London. They had two children: Rev. Hugh, who died in 1865 and Catherine Henrietta, christened November 1, 1843, Bletchingly, Surrey, England. She married, in 1865, Augustin William Langdon. Mary Popplewell Baker died 1855 and her husband Hugh Cossart Baker died 1862.
 Godfrey Phipps, who was born about 1786 married Sophia Dupois. In 1842 Godfrey P. Baker wrote a letter to his nephew, Hugh Cossart Baker where details of the history of the Baker family are given. Col. Baker mentioned his two daughters, Mary and Sophie in his letter. Sophia Eliza died prior to 1849, and Mary Eliza who was adopted, married Charles Cesar Bettini. They were living in Florence, Italy in 1849 at the time Col. Baker wrote his will. Colonel Godfrey Phipps Baker died 1850.
the line continues below with the son of Hugh Cossart and Dorcas Phipps Baker with their son George William Baker. Other children of Hugh and Dorcas were: