Gregory Baxter1

M, #4598, b. about 1607, d. 21 June 1659
Relationship10th great-grandfather of Robert Michael Damon
ReferenceKEEN0246
Gregory Baxter was born about 1607.1,2 He married Margaret Paddy, daughter of (?) Paddy, before June 1632 in Braintree, (now Norfolk County), Massachusetts Bay Colony; The Great Migration Begins puts to question the assigment of Margaret Paddy as the wife of Gregory Baxter, put believes that she married instead a Nicholas Baxter, and that some other Margaret is the wife of Gregory.1,2,3 Gregory Baxter died on 21 June 1659 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, survived by Margaret Paddy.1,2
Gregory Baxter immigrated in 1631.2 He was listed on 6 March 1631/32 in Massachusetts Bay Colony.2 He became the father of Bethulia Baxter in June 1632.2 Gregory Baxter became the father of Abigail Baxter in September 1634.1,2 Gregory Baxter became the father of Captain John Baxter on 1 December 1639.2 Gregory's daughter was married at wedding of Bethulia Baxter and Samuel Deering in 1647.2 Gregory's daughter Bethulia Baxter died on 3 January 1649/50.2 Gregory's daughter was married at wedding of Abigail Baxter and Joseph Adams on 29 September 1650 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.4,2 Gregory Baxter left a will on 2 June 1659 administrated by Captain John Baxter and Margaret Paddy with heirs Abigail Baxter, Bethulia Baxter, Samuel Deering and Joseph Adams.2

References

Gregory Baxter has ID 7001 in Presidential Family Forest.3 Gregory Baxter is described in The Great Migration Begins.2
Gregory Baxter has ID 246 in Margaret Orr Keen Family Tree.1

3 Children of Gregory Baxter and Margaret Paddy, daughter of (?) Paddy,

Children
ChartsPedigree of Robert Damon (Big)
Pedigree of Robert Damon (Limited)
Indented Pedigree of Robert Damon (Big)
Indented Pedigree of Robert Damon (Limited)
Last Edited25 Mar 2002

Citations

  1. [S17] Margaret Orr Nutter Alexander, Margaret Orr Keen Family Tree Margaret Orr Keen Family Tree, 14 Dec 2000, (Repository: Richard Smith Damon), (Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in).
  2. [S142] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol I-III, CD-ROM (n.p.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000). Hereinafter cited as The Great Migration Begins.
  3. [S167] Presidential Family Forest, CD-ROM (Kamula, HI 96743, www.familyforest.com: Millisecond Publishing Company, Inc.).
  4. [S17] Margaret Orr Keen Family Tree Margaret Orr Keen Family Tree, 14 Dec 2000 (Repository: Richard Smith Damon), NEHGR 12:349.