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Samuel Paxton 1670–1746 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1670

Birth Location: Balleymoney, Antrim, Ireland

Death Date: 1746

Death Location: Cumberland, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: James Paxton

Mother: Helen Quaker

Spouse(s): Mary Moore

Children(s): Capt I, Thomas Paxton, Nathaniel Paxton, William Paxton, Samuel Paxton, Thomas Elder

In 1670, Samuel Paxton entered the world in Balleymoney, Antrim, Ireland, born to James Dunlop Paxton And Helen Jane Gurden Quaker. Samuel Paxton married Mary Moore, and had children including Capt John James Paxton I, Nathaniel Paxton, Samuel Paxton, Thomas Paxton, Thomas Paxton Sr Us War For Independence 6Th Btn Cumberland Cty Militia Mingo Presbyterian Church Elder, William Paxton. Samuel Paxton passed away in 1746 in Cumberland, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1670, Samuel Paxton entered the world in Balleymoney, Antrim, Ireland, born to James Dunlop Paxton And Helen Jane Gurden Quaker.
  • Samuel Paxton married Mary Moore, and had children including Capt John James Paxton I, Nathaniel Paxton, Samuel Paxton, Thomas Paxton, Thomas Paxton Sr Us War For Independence 6Th Btn Cumberland Cty Militia Mingo Presbyterian Church Elder, William Paxton.
  • Samuel Paxton passed away in 1746 in Cumberland, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Paxton
1640–1722
Birth Location: Finmore, Central, England
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Helen Quaker
1644–1710
Birth Location: Marsh Gibbon, Bucks, England
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Spouses(s)

Mary Moore
1672–1746
Birth Location: Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
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Children(s)

Capt I
1692–1746
Birth Location: Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland
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Thomas Paxton
1690–1762
Birth Location: Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland
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Nathaniel Paxton
1690–1781
Birth Location: Balleymoney, Ireland
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William Paxton
1702–1746
Birth Location: Balleymoney, Ireland
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Samuel Paxton
1705–1793
Birth Location: Antrim, Antrim, Ireland
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Thomas Elder
1713–1818
Birth Location: County Atrim, Ulster, Ireland
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Samuel Paxton's Ancestors

Self
Samuel Paxton
1670–1746
Birth Place: Balleymoney, Antrim, Ireland
Parents
James Dunlop Paxton
1640–1722
Finmore, Central, England
Helen (Jane Gurden,) Quaker
1644–1710
Marsh Gibbon, Bucks, England
Grandparents
James (Paxton) (Paxson)
1615–1662
Bycot House, Parish of Stowe, Oxfordshire, England
Mary (Jane) Clerk
1618–1670
Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, England
Henry Gurden
1620–
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England
Margaret (Dunlop) Smith
1620–
, , , England
Great-Grandparents
Henry Paxson
1584–1626
Joane Clarke
1589–1621
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Paxson
1549–1584
Helene Barnslie
1560–1584

Samuel Paxton's Descendants

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Samuel Paxton (1670–1746) m. Mary Moore (1672–1746)
  1. 1. Capt (John James Paxton) I 1692–1746 m. Elizabeth (Pheobe) Alexander 1694–1756
    1. 1. Samuel Paxton 1730–1756 m. Mary (Moore) (Paxton) 1736–1805
    2. 2. Joseph (Paxton (never) married) 1721–1755
    3. 3. Capt (John Paxton II, War for Independence-Valley Forge, Battle for) Guilford 1716–1787 m. Mary (Martha) Blair 1726–1821 m. Elizabeth ("Betsy") McClung 1724–1773
      1. 1. Capt (John Paxton III, American War for) Independence 1743–1787 m. Phoebe Alexander 1749–1821
        1. 1. William Paxton 1776–1827
      2. 2. Isabelle Paxton 1746–
      3. 3. Elizabeth Paxton 1757–1831
      4. 4. Mary Paxton 1754–1789
      5. 5. James Paxton 1752–1833
      6. 6. Samuel (Paxton, American War for) Independence 1748–1807 m. Sarah Coalter 1761– m. Jane Smiley 1752–
        1. 1. David (Coalter) Paxton 1784–
        2. 2. Samuel Paxton 1790–1869
        3. 3. Sarah Paxton 1792–1861
        4. 4. Hugh Paxton 1798–
      7. 7. William Paxton 1751–1817
    4. 4. Major (William Paxton, American War for) Independence 1733–1795 m. Eleanor Hays 1743–1815
      1. 1. Pvt (Elisha Hays Paxton, War of 1812,) slaveholder 1785–1867 m. Margaret ("Peggy") McNutt 1792–1856
        1. 1. Gen (Elisha Franklin 'Bull') Paxton 1828–1863
        2. 2. Andrew (Jackson) Paxton 1816–1900
        3. 3. William (Hays) Paxton 1811–1868
        4. 4. James (Gardner Paxton) Sr 1821–1870
        5. 5. Alexander (McNutt) Paxton 1814–1886
        6. 6. Louisa Paxton 1812–
      2. 2. Sally (Sarah) Paxton 1764–1795
      3. 3. Col (William) Paxton 1777–1853 m. Mary (Polly) Alexander 1784–1859
        1. 1. Phoebe (Alexander) McClung 1815–1898
        2. 2. William (Bowyer) Paxton 1820–1880
        3. 3. Margaret (Parks) Paxton 1817–1892
        4. 4. Mary (Eleanor) Paxton 1814–1882
        5. 5. Col. (James Hays) Paxton 1812–1902 m. Katherine (Anderson) Paxton 1835–1916
    5. 5. Thomas Paxton 1719–1788 m. Elizabeth Paxton 1724–1773
      1. 1. John Paxton 1747–1832
      2. 2. Jane (Paxton) (Cumming) 1765–1841
      3. 3. Sarah (Paxton) (Edmundson) –1828
  2. 2. Thomas Paxton 1690–1762
  3. 3. Nathaniel Paxton 1690–1781
  4. 4. William Paxton 1702–1746
  5. 5. Samuel Paxton 1705–1793 m. Rachel (Esther Harrison,) Quaker 1717–1793
    1. 1. John Paxton 1721–1787
    2. 2. Col (Thomas Paxton, American War for) Independence 1739–1813 m. Isabella Quaite 1743–1780 m. Martha White 1751–1835
      1. 1. Pvt (Samuel Paxton, War of 1812, Kentucky Mounted) Vol 1766–1841 m. Catherine ("Kitty") Atkinson 1768–1850
        1. 1. Thomas Paxton 1792–1862
        2. 2. Elizabeth ("Betsy") Paxton 1793–1846
        3. 3. Samuel Paxton 1798–1879
        4. 4. Alexander Paxton 1802–1852
        5. 5. Nancy Paxton 1807–1883
        6. 6. John Paxton 1797–1845
      2. 2. Isabella Paxton 1768–1837
      3. 3. Maria (Jane) Paxton 1771–1834
      4. 4. Margaret ('Margery') Paxton 1774–1838
      5. 5. Sarah Paxton 1783–1848
      6. 6. Elizabeth Paxton 1783–
      7. 7. Mary (Polly) Paxton 1784–1842
      8. 8. Samuel (Mandel) Paxton 1793–1880
      9. 9. Thomas (Paxton, farmer,) Democrat 1799–1871 m. Rebecca (Ann) Barber 1801–1862
        1. 1. Mary (B) Crichton 1823–1881
        2. 2. Alfred (Noble) Paxton 1833–1852
        3. 3. Samuel Paxton 1820–1888
        4. 4. James (White) Paxton 1831–1904
        5. 5. Robert (Sanford) Paxton 1837–1907
        6. 6. Sarah (Elizabeth Paxton) (Clark) 1840–1915
        7. 7. Nathaniel (Barber) Paxton 1827–1899
      10. 10. Robert Paxton 1763–1856
  6. 6. Thomas (Paxton Sr, US War for Independence, 6th Btn Cumberland Cty Militia; Mingo Presbyterian Church) Elder 1713–1818 m. Jane Aston 1717–1817
    1. 1. Thomas (Paxton Jr, US War for Independence, 6th Btn Cumberland Cty) Militia 1761–1851 m. Jane Crawford 1761–1820
      1. 1. John Paxton 1781–1818 m. Martha Blair 1784–1853
        1. 1. John (R Paxton) Jr 1810–1890 m. Elizabeth (Wilson) (Power) 1809–1858
        2. 2. Samuel Paxton 1816–1900
        3. 3. Thomas Paxton 1804–1887
        4. 4. William Paxton 1757–1838
      2. 2. Jeanette Paxton 1784–1866
      3. 3. Nathaniel Paxton 1783–1844
      4. 4. Thomas (Paxton) III 1792–1850
      5. 5. William (August) Paxton 1803–1897
      6. 6. Kaziah Paxton 1801–1865
      7. 7. Elizabeth (Paxton) (Hosack) 1787–1858
    2. 2. Margaret Paxton 1755–1842
    3. 3. Martha Paxton 1759–1853 m. Robert (Campbell, US War for Independence:) Pennyslvania 1748–1843

Samuel Paxton's Timeline

2 Records

1670
1670
Birth of Samuel Paxton in Balleymoney, Antrim, Ireland
Balleymoney, Antrim, Ireland
1746
1746
Age 76
Death of Samuel Paxton in Cumberland, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA
Cumberland, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1670
    Event Place: Balleymoney, Antrim, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Family Data Collection - Births
    [2] Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1746
    Event Place: Cumberland, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Family Data Collection - Deaths
    [2] Millennium File
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