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Gregory Murdie Baxter 1607–1659 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1607

Birth Location: Staffordshire, England

Death Date: 21 Jun 1659

Death Location: Braintree, Massachusetts

Father: Samuel Backestar

Mother: Alicia Firth

Spouse(s): Margaret Paddy

Children(s): Abigail Baxter

Gregory Murdie Baxter was born in 1607 in Staffordshire, England, the child of Samuel Thomas Backestar And Alicia Firth. Gregory Murdie Baxter married Margaret Paddy, and had children including Abigail Baxter. Gregory Murdie Baxter passed away in 1659 in Braintree, Massachusetts.

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Biography

  • Gregory Murdie Baxter was born in 1607 in Staffordshire, England, the child of Samuel Thomas Backestar And Alicia Firth.
  • Gregory Murdie Baxter married Margaret Paddy, and had children including Abigail Baxter.
  • Gregory Murdie Baxter passed away in 1659 in Braintree, Massachusetts.

Immediate Family

Parents

Samuel Backestar
1580–1621
Birth Location: Linthwaite, Yorkshire, England
SB
Alicia Firth
1582–1620
Birth Location: Linthwaite, Yorkshire, England
AF

Spouses(s)

Margaret Paddy
1609–1661
Birth Location: England
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Children(s)

Abigail Baxter
1634–1692
Birth Location: Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts
AB

Gregory Baxter's Ancestors

Self
Gregory Baxter
1607–1659
Birth Place: Staffordshire, England
Parents
Samuel Thomas Backestar
1580–1621
Linthwaite, Yorkshire, England
Alicia Firth
1582–1620
Linthwaite, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
James (Jacobus) Baxter
1550–1618
Linthwaite, Yorkshire, England
Alicia Waterhouse
1550–1618
Linthwaite, Yorkshire, England
Thomas (Oates) Firthe
1560–1642
Yorkshire, England
Marie Haydon
1560–1638
Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John III
1520–1594
Isabel Wilkinson
1520–1584
John Manor
1523–1584
Elizabeth Horsefall
1528–1587
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John II
1498–1520
Mary Lowther
1503–1552
Sir Wilkinson
1504–1576
Lady Smith
1507–1584
Robert Manor
1495–1578
Lady Savile
1501–1558
William Horsfall
1500–1588
Elizabeth Beckwith
1502–1588

Gregory Baxter's Descendants

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Gregory (Murdie) Baxter (1607–21 Jun 1659) m. Margaret Paddy (13 Feb 1609–13 Dec 1661)
  1. 1. Abigail Baxter 1634–1692 m. Captain (Joseph Adams) Sr. 1626–1694
    1. 1. Hannah Adams 1652–1726 m. Samuel (Saville or) Savell 1643–1700
      1. 1. Abigail Saville 1678–1745 m. Joseph (Allen) Jr. 1671–1727
        1. 1. Rueben Allen 1698–1741 m. Mary Jackson 1703–1751
    2. 2. Joseph (G. Adams) Jr. 1654–1736 m. Hannah Bass 1667–1705
      1. 1. John (Adams) Sr. 1691–1761 m. Susanna Boylston 1708–1797
        1. 1. John (Adams President of the United) States 1735–1826 m. Abigail Smith 1744–1818

Gregory Baxter's Timeline

2 Records

1607
1607
Birth of Gregory Murdie Baxter in Staffordshire, England
Staffordshire, England
1659
21 Jun 1659
Age 52
Death of Gregory Murdie Baxter in Braintree, Massachusetts
Braintree, Massachusetts

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1607
    Event Place: Staffordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Jun 1659
    Event Place: Braintree, Massachusetts
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