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Margaret THAXTER Immigrant 1619–1688 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1619

Birth Location: England

Death Date: 06 Jul 1688

Death Location: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Edmund Thaxter

Mother: Margereth Bayly

Spouse(s): Henry Merrifield

Children(s): Hannah Merrifield, Ruth Merrifield, Mary Merrifield, John Merrifield, Benjamin Merrifield, Henry Merrifield, Thomas Merrifield, Elizabeth Merrifield, Martha Merrifield, Abigail Merrifield

Margaret THAXTER Immigrant was born in 1619 in England, the child of Edmund Thaxter And Margereth Bayly. Margaret THAXTER Immigrant married Henry Merrifield, and had children including Abigail Merrifield, Benjamin Merrifield, Elizabeth Merrifield, Hannah Merrifield, Henry Merrifield, John A Merrifield, Martha Merrifield, Mary Merrifield, Ruth Merrifield, Thomas Merrifield. Margaret THAXTER Immigrant passed away in 1688 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Margaret THAXTER Immigrant was born in 1619 in England, the child of Edmund Thaxter And Margereth Bayly.
  • Margaret THAXTER Immigrant married Henry Merrifield, and had children including Abigail Merrifield, Benjamin Merrifield, Elizabeth Merrifield, Hannah Merrifield, Henry Merrifield, John A Merrifield, Martha Merrifield, Mary Merrifield, Ruth Merrifield, Thomas Merrifield.
  • Margaret THAXTER Immigrant passed away in 1688 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret Immigrant's Ancestors

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Margaret Immigrant
1619–1688
Birth Place: England
Parents
Edmund Thaxter
1590–1690
North Walsham, Norfolk, England
Margereth Bayly
1595–
Norfolk, England
Grandparents
Jacobi(Jamys) Balie
1568–1630
North Walsham, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Balie
1535–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Immigrant's Descendants

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Margaret (THAXTER) Immigrant (1619–06 Jul 1688) m. Henry Merrifield (1618–14 Apr 1687)
  1. 1. Hannah Merrifield 1650–1691 m. Samuel Rigby 1641–1691
    1. 1. Silence (Rigby) Rigbee 1678– m. Sherebiah Butt 1675–1733
      1. 1. Silence Butts 1702– m. James (Blake) Swift 1696–1745
        1. 1. Prudence (Sarah) Swift 1732–1832 m. Manning Brooksher 1732–1779 m. William (Simmons) Brookshire 1730–1786
        2. 2. Silence Swift 1728–
        3. 3. Elijah Swift 1731–
        4. 4. Joab Swift 1733–1745
        5. 5. Susanna Swift 1721–1776
        6. 6. James Swift 1719–
        7. 7. Obadiah Swift 1724–
        8. 8. Ezra Swift 1726–1727
        9. 9. Silence Swift 1728–
        10. 10. Joab Swift 1733–1745
        11. 11. Sherebiah Swift 1735–
        12. 12. Abigail Swift 1738–1820
        13. 13. Elijah Swift 1731–1803
        14. 14. Ezra Swift 1740–
        15. 15. Elijah Swift 1726–
        16. 16. Susannah Swift 1721–1776
      2. 2. Abigail Butt 1705–
      3. 3. Sherebiah Butt 1708–
      4. 4. Mary Butt 1718–1779
      5. 5. Samuel Butt 1718–1747
      6. 6. Hannah Butt 1699–1786
    2. 2. John Rigby 1676–
    3. 3. Samuel Rigby 1680–
  2. 2. Ruth Merrifield 1649–1681
  3. 3. Mary Merrifield 1647–1651
  4. 4. John (A) Merrifield 1649–1678
  5. 5. Benjamin Merrifield 1658–1746
  6. 6. Henry Merrifield 1664–1753
  7. 7. Thomas Merrifield 1654–1655
  8. 8. Elizabeth Merrifield 1649–1681
  9. 9. Martha Merrifield 1661–1664
  10. 10. Abigail Merrifield 1656–1691

Margaret Immigrant's Timeline

2 Records

1619
1619
Birth of Margaret THAXTER Immigrant in England
England
1688
06 Jul 1688
Age 69
Death of Margaret THAXTER Immigrant in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1619
    Event Place: England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 06 Jul 1688
    Event Place: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

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