Desire Baxter

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Desire Baxter formerly Gorham

Born Apr 1685 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Daughter of Joseph Gorham and Sarah (Sturgis) Gorham

Sister of Sarah (Gorham) Howes, Elizabeth (Gorham) Baxter, John Gorham, Isaac Gorham, Hezekiah Gorham, Josiah Gorham and Mary Gorham

Wife of John Sturgis Baxter Sr. — married 11 Jun 1706 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Mother of Elizabeth (Baxter) Downs, Sarah (Baxter) Gorham, Jane Baxter, Temperance (Baxter) Downs, John Baxter Jr., Joseph Baxter, Isaac Baxter, Hezekiah Baxter, Desire Baxter, Samuel Baxter, Thomas Baxter and Shubael Baxter

Died 23 Jun 1749 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 17 Dec 2019 | Created 21 Sep 2010

Biography

Birth

APR 1685 Massachusetts[1] Marriage

1678[2] Sources

Sturgis, Roger Faxton. Edward Sturgis of Yarmouth, Massachusetts 1613-1695 and His Descendants (private circulation at the Stanhope Press, 1914) Page 16 NEHGR: The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1898) Page 359 Ancestry Family Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=15323412&pid... Footnotes

↑ NEHGR: pg 359, 1898 ↑ Sturgis: page 16

http://archive.org/stream/memorialofbaxter00baxt/memorialofbaxter00... 1. JOHN BAXTER, son of Thomas, m. Desire Gor-

ham, June 11, 17<>6.

THEIR CHILDREN WERE :

1. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 2,1700: m. William Dowiies, 1725.

2. Sarah, b. Oct, 28, 1708 : m. Gorbam Cob. April 20, 1732.

3. Jeney, b. Nov. 5, 1710: m. Richard Baxter, Jan. 2(5, 1733.

4. Temperance, b. Aug. 14, 1712 : m. Samuel Downs, Feb. 25, 1730. b. July 5, 1714 : m. and removed to Martha's Vineyard, b. Mar. 3, 1715: m. Hannah North, of Barnstable, Nov.

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b. Jan. 12, 1717 : m. Abigail Taylor, Feb. 21, 1711. 45

b. Mar. 21,1720: m. (1) Deborah Nickerson, of Harwich,

She d. 1747: m. (2) Thankful Merchant. Oct. 4,

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b. Feb. 20, 1721 : m.

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10. Samuel. b. Feb. 4, 1722 : m.

11. Thomas, b. Feb. 1, 1724 :m.

12. Shubal. b. Dec. 21, 1726: ra. Mehitable Eallet, Barnstable, Mar.

5, 1746. 42

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LC8H-M32/john-baxter-1680-1749

John Baxter 1680-1749

Marriage: 11 June 1706 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Desire Gorham 1685-1749

Children (13)

Elisabeth Baxter 1707-1749

Sarah Baxter 1708-1792

Jennie Baxter 1710-1768

Temperance Baxter 1712-1789

John Baxter Jr 1714-1762

Joseph Baxter 1715-1797

Isaac Baxter 1717-1779

Elisha Baxter 1720-

Hezekiah Baxter 1720-1767

Desire Baxter 1721-1721

Samuel Baxter 1723-1729

Thomas Baxter 1725-1780

Shubal Baxter 1726-1780