While in Plaistow, Miss Baker worked this lovely family record, which lists the births of her parents, Henrietta and her brothers. Stitched in black silk, the information is bold when paired with the pale blue and ivory thread used in creating borders and motifs. Thin vines encircle the parents' and each individual child's bit of history. Baskets of flowers flank John Kelly Baker's cartouche, and Henrietta stitched her inscription underneath. A fine sawtooth border frames the record, with a grander floral border encompassing that. Large geometric flowers stand on all four sides of the undulating vine, while freeform, folkier sprigs were composed in each corner.

Later in life, in 1831, Henrietta married John Peabody, a trader, and removed to Boxford, Massachusetts. Together they had nine children, and records indicate that in 1860 they were still residing with three of the youngest. The sampler was passed down through the Peabody family for generations, and a letter by Henrietta's great-granddaughter accompanies the piece.

Worked in silk on linen this sampler is in excellent condition. It has been conservation mounted and is in a beveled grain-painted frame.