Sir Richard Thomas Baker.

[Gary Allison]

Hi.

I need help with discovering why Robert Packer's father was Sir Richard Thomas Baker who married Thomasine Westwood. What caused the name change. I know it's a long shot but any help would be great.

Regards,

Gary
Australia.

When Robert Packer of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire was christened on 2 May 1590, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, his father, #Sir Richard Thomas Baker, was 26 and his mother, #Thomasin Westwood, was 26. He married Anne Moscall in 1618, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 23 April 1648, at the age of 57, and was buried in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.

[Vance Mead]

The source looks suspiciously like a tree on Ancestry.

They are in the Visitation of Gloucestershire - not perfect but better than Ancestry.
https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun00inchit/page/118/mode/2up

That has Robert Packer as the son of Thomas Packer of Alston, and of Thomazin the daughter of Robert Westwood.

There is a will of of Thomas Packer, Gentleman of Cheltenham, 1608.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D944030

Also: Will of Thomas Packer, Gentleman of Charlton Kings, 1604
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D940074

And: Will of Thomas Packer of Cheltenham, husbandman, 1558
https://catalogue.gloucestershire.gov.uk/records/GDR/18/8/3320