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About Thomas Baxter, Jr.
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L5NM-DPS/thomas-baxter-1653-1713
Thomas Baxter 1653–22 June 1713
Birth • 3 Sources 1653 Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Age 60 Death • 1 Sources 22 June 1713 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Thomas Baxter, "Find A Grave Index"
SPOUSES AND CHILDREN
Thomas Baxter 1653-1713
Marriage: 27 January 1679 Massachusetts, United States
Rebecca Adams 1655-1732
Children (11)
Thomas Baxter 1675-1727
Mary Baxter 1677-1715
John Baxter 1679-1727
Rebecca Baxter 1682-1771
Dorcas Baxter 1685-1760
Abigail Baxter 1687-1738
Keziah Baxter 1693-1760
Elizabeth Baxter 1693-1760
Miriam Baxter 1696-1772
Phebe Baxter 1698-1719
James Baxter
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PARENTS AND SIBLINGS
Captain Thomas Baxter 1626-1713
Marriage: 1651 Westchester, New York, United States
Bridget Clarke 1630-1690
Children (6)
John Baxter 1648-
Alice Elsie Baxter 1652-1684
Thomas Baxter 1653-1713
Sarah Baxter 1656-1760
William Baxter 1658-1663
Bridget Baxter 1660-
Biography
From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Baxter-5174
Thomas Baxter Jr. was born about 1653-1654 in Westchester, which lies just north of New Amsterdam, and was then part of New Netherlands. Thomas Sr. was of English descent, and his family had settled into the Dutch colony and under Dutch rule.
Thomas Baxter Jr.'s parents were Thomas Baxter Sr. and Bridget Clarke. Thomas Sr. was from England and rather bold. There were stories of Thomas Sr. becoming a pirate. See the discussion in Thomas Baxter Sr. and judge for yourself.
Thomas Sr. left for England, or at least signed a departure will, in 1659. Bridget divorced Thomas Sr. on grounds of desertion in 1662, leaving Bridget to raise their daughter Alice (born 1652) and Thomas Jr. on her own. Bridget (nee Clarke) Baxter went on to marry John Palmer, a future Westchester Justice of the Peace.
Thomas Baxter Jr. married Rebecca Adams in Westchester about 1674,[5]
Rebecca and Thomas Baxter Jr.had, in Westchester:
- Thomas, b. Aug. 14, 1675, m. Abigail _ about 1695
- Mary, b. 1677, m. _Kinison
- John, b. May 11, 1679, m. Mary Honeywell
- Rebecca, b. 1682, m. John Palmer (born 22 Jan 1670-1 in Bronx) on 31 OCT 1700 in Bronx, Westchester, NY
- Dorcas, b. 1685, m. George Tippett of Yonkers
- Abigail, b. May 14, 1687, m. Joseph Betts before 1709, then Abraham Emmons, both of Yonkers
- Keziah, b. 1690, m. Charles Glover
- Elizabeth, b. July 1, 1693, m. Samuel Sands, son of Samuel and Mary Pell Sands
- Miriam, b. 1696, m. Underhill Barnes
- Phebe, b. 1698, m. ____Drake
- James, b. Jan. 1, 1702-3, m. Ann Gillian
Thomas Baxter died in Westchester, must have been shortly before his will was proved on January 18, 1715-16.
Will Abstract
Thomas Baxter Sr., Westchester. Mentions wife Rebecca, and sons Thomas, John and James, who will be 19 years and 4 months old on May I, 1721. He leaves to James all lands and 50 pounds Commonage, conditioned on paying certain legacies to his sisters Elizabeth, Keziah Glover, Myriam, and Phebe. Mentions daughters (Rebecca) Palmer, Mary Kinison, Abigail Betts, Phebe Drake, Dorcas Tippett. His son John is to have 6 acres adjoining to his 10 acre lot, next to David Huestis, and 10 acres by John Stevenson, to be taken on the west side of his lot from the water side to the highway, and 2 acres salt meadow at a place called Pritchetts Hammock and 1/2 my lands at the Long Reach. Makes his wife Rebecca, and sons-in-law John Palmer and Joseph Betts executors. Dated July 2, 1714. Proved Jan. 18, 1715. Liber 8. P. 388. Westchester wills page 34 [8]
Notes
From https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/palmer/8053/
Bridget was the divorced wife of Thomas Baxter. Bridget's son Thomas Baxter Jr. had daughter Rebecca Baxter who married John Palmer on Oct 31, 1700 in Throgg's Neck.
Citations
- The Baxter Family: Descendants of George and Thomas Baxter, of Westchester ... By Frances Baxter. Page 34. link
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Thomas Baxter, Jr.'s Timeline
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1653
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Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
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August 14, 1675
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Westchester Village, Westchester, New York, United States
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1677
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Westchester County, Province of New York
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May 11, 1679
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Westchester County, New York, Colonial America
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1682
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Westchester County, New York, United States
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1685
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Westchester Village, Westchester County, Province of New York
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May 14, 1687
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Westchester Village, Westchester County, Province of New York
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1690
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Westchester Village, Westchester County, Province of New York
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July 1, 1693
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Westchester Village, Westchester County, Province of New York
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March 14, 1696
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Westchester, New York, British Colonial America
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