He served in King Philip's War. "Served with his brother Daniel on a campaign in King Philip's War (1675) for which he received pounds 8.11.0 and in 1733 his heirs received a land grant (lot no. 43) at Gorham Me. 12 children."

"He resided at Yarmouth."

"Daniel and his brother William were among the Yarmouth men sent on the first Narragansett expedition. They set out from Mount Hope, near what is now Bristol, R.I., on 24 June 1675. Finding the enemy no longer there, they moved on into Massachusetts and were gone on a fourteen-week campaign. For this service Daniel was paid £3-3s; William, £18-11s. In 1686 the legislature voted grants of land to all who had found in this war, but was so slow in confirming the grants that when the final confirmation was given in 1735, out of thirty-nine Yarmouth men who had fought only two were still alive; William Chase and Richard Taylor. It was the heirs of the other who received the grants, all which were at Gorham, Maine. Daniel's heirs drew lot 107; and William's lot 43. Their brother Samuel's heirs drew lot 79."

"William 2, youngest son of Francis and isabel (Twining), resided at Yarmouth. His service in King Philip's War has been described on page 4. He married first Mary Peirce, sister to his brother John's wife and to his sister Hannah's husband. She was still alive on 3 June 1673, when he father's estate was distributed. William married second Mercy, born 4 Dec. 1671, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Crispe) Lawrence of Watertown. William's will was written 16 July and proved 14 Aug. 1727. His widow Mercy died 26 Jan. 1753."

"The minutes of the Sandwich Monthly Meetings provide evidence of local response to pacifism. In March 1700, the Men's Monthly Meeting of the Sandwich Society of Friends addressed a question to the members of the Yarmouth Meeting who were 'walking disorderly concerning training.' Apparently several men were attending the militia training and were thereby remiss in their duty to the principle advocated by their faith. the following month the members of the meeting received answers to their question of why the Yarmouth Friends were present at training day. All of those responding were members of the Baker family. These were their responses: John Baker stated that he saw no evil in going in order to speak with people he had business with. William Baker said ' . . that he could do more business on that day than in a week at any other time and justified his going.' Daniel and Thomas Baker (obviously not men of business) did not know that they should go anymore. Most likely these Bakers were brothers, four of the six sons of Francis and Isabel (Twining) Baker. The Baker homestead at the head of the pond, now Mayfair, had not been sufficiently large to accomodate the grwoth of this family and the second generation had settled in the area near the present day Ezra Baker School, where West Dennis and South dennis merge, and northward and eastward along the shore of Grand Cove."