Individual Details
Thomas Baxter
(Abt 1653 - 22 Jun 1713)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1653 | England |  | ||
| Military | 1675 |  | |||
| Marriage | 27 Jan 1679 | Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts - Temperance Gorham | | ||
| Occupation | bricklayer | | |||
| Residence | West Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts | | | ||
| Death | 22 Jun 1713 | Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts | |
Families
| Spouse | Temperance Gorham (1646 - 1714) |
| Child | John Baxter (1680 - 1749) |
| Child | Thomas Baxter (1685 - ) |
| Child | Shubael Baxter (1687 - ) |
Notes
Military
He was a soldier in Capt. Gorham's company in King Philip's War and was wounded in the first expedition. On 18 April 1735 the heirs of Thomas Baxter were made grantees of Narragansett township in recognition of his service.Residence
He built a fulling mill and a grist mill.Endnotes
1. Elizabeth Pearson White, author, John Howland of the Mayflower: Documented Descendants Through his first child Desire Howland and her husband Captain John Gorham, The First Five Generations, 1 (Rockland, Maine: Picton Press, 1990), 14.
2. Joseph Nickerson Baxter, Memorial of The Baxter Family: From Dates and Minutes (Boston, Massachusetts: Press of W. L. Delano and Son, 1879; reprint, London: Forgotten Books, 2015), 34.
3. Leonard H. Smith Jr., compiler and indexer, Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy: A Facsimile Edition of 108 Pamphlets Published in the Early 20th Century (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1992), 1274, No. 87: Gorham Families of Yarmouth by William P. Davis (published 1912); digital images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : printed 23 June 2017.
4. Elizabeth Pearson White, author, John Howland of the Mayflower: Documented Descendants Through his first child Desire Howland and her husband Captain John Gorham, The First Five Generations, 1 (Rockland, Maine: Picton Press, 1990), 15.
5. Elizabeth Pearson White, author, John Howland of the Mayflower: Documented Descendants Through his first child Desire Howland and her husband Captain John Gorham, The First Five Generations, 1 (Rockland, Maine: Picton Press, 1990), 14.
6. Joseph Nickerson Baxter, Memorial of The Baxter Family: From Dates and Minutes (Boston, Massachusetts: Press of W. L. Delano and Son, 1879; reprint, London: Forgotten Books, 2015), 34.
7. Elizabeth Pearson White, author, John Howland of the Mayflower: Documented Descendants Through his first child Desire Howland and her husband Captain John Gorham, The First Five Generations, 1 (Rockland, Maine: Picton Press, 1990), 14.