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Sir John Baxter 1535 – 1594 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1535

Birth Location: Of Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 12 Jun 1594

Death Location: Silliebabie Wester-Kinghorn, West Lothian, Scotland

Father: Matthew Baxter

Mother: Agnes Baxter

Spouse(s): Margret Baxter, Margaret (Grey), Mary Baxter, Ann Hilton

Children(s): Jane Baxter

Sir John Baxter Sr was born in 1535 in Of Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, England, the child of Matthew Thomas Baxter and Agnes Ifield Baxter. Sir John Baxter Sr married Margret Baxter, Margaret Gray (Grey), Mary (Unknown) Baxter, Ann Hilton, and had children including Jane Baxter. Sir John Baxter Sr passed away in 1594 in Silliebabie Wester-Kinghorn, West Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir John Baxter Sr was born in 1535 in Of Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, England, the child of Matthew Thomas Baxter and Agnes Ifield Baxter.
  • Sir John Baxter Sr married Margret Baxter, Margaret Gray (Grey), Mary (Unknown) Baxter, Ann Hilton, and had children including Jane Baxter.
  • Sir John Baxter Sr passed away in 1594 in Silliebabie Wester-Kinghorn, West Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Matthew Baxter
1502 – 1545
Birth Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
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Agnes Baxter
1500 – 1562
Birth Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
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Spouses(s)

Margret Baxter
1540 – 1581
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Margaret (Grey)
1540 – 1581
Birth Location: Horton Castle, Northumberland, England
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Mary Baxter
1550 – 1621
Birth Location: , Sussex, England
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Ann Hilton
1532 – 1636
Birth Location: Bishopwearmouth,Durham,England
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Children(s)

Jane Baxter
1570 – 1633
Birth Location: Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, England
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Sir Baxter's Ancestors

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Sir Baxter
1535 – 1594
Birth Place: Of Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Matthew Thomas Baxter
1502 – 1545
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Agnes (Ifield) Baxter
1500 – 1562
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Grandparents
Edward Baxter
1480 – 1537
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Alice Davell
1480 –
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
John Ifeld
1450 – 1510
Horton Castle, Horton, Northumberlandshire, England
Isabelle Hopper
1482 – 1541
Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Baxter's Descendants

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Sir (John) Baxter (Abt 1535 – 12 Jun 1594) m. Margret Baxter (1540 – 08 Apr 1581) m. Margaret (Gray) (Grey) (1540 – 08 Apr 1581) m. Mary ((Unknown)) Baxter (1550 – AFT 31 DEC 1621) m. Ann Hilton (Abt. 1532 – abt 1636)
  1. 1. Jane Baxter (1570 – 1633) m. Allan Ellice (1571 – 1630)
    1. 1. Alice Ellice (20 April 1585 – 1651) m. Richard Fletcher (Dec 1581 – 28 Oct 1628)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Fletcher* (18 Feb 1609 – 3 Apr 1661) m. John ((of Aughton)) Schooley* (6 Apr 1609 – 29 Mar 1695)
        1. 1. Robert Scholey (1648 – 25 Mar 1689) m. Sarah Bingham (1648 – 14 Jan 1714)

Sir Baxter's Timeline

2 Records

1535
Abt 1535
Birth of Sir John Baxter Sr in Of Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, England
Of Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, England
1594
12 Jun 1594
Age 59
Death of Sir John Baxter Sr in Silliebabie Wester-Kinghorn, West Lothian, Scotland
Silliebabie Wester-Kinghorn, West Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1535
    Event Place: Of Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Silliebabie Wester-Kinghorn, Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Jun 1594
    Event Place: Silliebabie Wester-Kinghorn, West Lothian, Scotland
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