Meet your Posher, Nancy

Hi there! I’m a 1777 Living History Re-enactor in Michigan traveling throughout the State giving presentations at re-enactment venues. I have sewn my entire wardrobe for Spring, Summer, and Fall of my own 1777 designs, along with sewing/creating 90% of my accessories. I’ve also styled my wig in the French High Roll style sought after by the women of the Gentry Class of Colonial America. I portray myself, Nancy Ambrose Baker of the Gentry Class in New Hampshire society. My Great-Grandfathers Captain Ambrose and Captain Baker 6x’s removed, both fought in the Revolutionary War in, coincidentally, 1777. Ambrose hailed from New Hampshire and was a Captain in the Welch’s Regiment at the 2nd battle of Saratoga. That battle was the turning point in the Revolutionary War because that victory showed France General Washington’s army was a true fighting force. With that, France joined the Revolution. Great-Grandfather Ambrose was born in 1741 in New Hampshire and is buried at the “Old Cemetery” Revolutionary War Veterans section in New Hampshire. Great-Grandfather Baker joined the New Hampshire Colonial militia but was captured by the British while defending Ft. Washington. He was imprisoned on a British prison ship in New York Harbor, later released in a prisoner exchange with the British Army. I am honored to tell their stories in my presentations, and humbled by their service in the New Hampshire Colonial Militia during The American Revolutionary War.