Daughter of William Greenly Nicoll and Kate M., wife of George Strong Baxter and mother of George Strong and Annys Nicoll Baxter.
Birth - Babylon, Jan. 4, Mrs. William G. Nicoll, a daughter.
Obituary - Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon in Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Great River, for Mrs. Dorothy Nicoll Baxter who died on Sunday at Westerly, R.I.
Mrs. Baxter was the daughter of William G. and Kate M. Nicoll, who with Mr. Nicoll's brothers and sisters were the last owners of the Nicoll Patent, which was received in 1683 for land at Islip, named after Islip, England, the original home of the Nicoll family.
Mrs. Baxter was a direct descendent of Matthias Nicoll, secretary of the colony which took New Amsterdam and renamed it New York under the leadership of Richard Nicoll. Matthias Nicoll was attorney for the expedition and was famous for having written the "Duke's Laws" which were in force in the colony for some time.
It was Matthias' son, William Nicoll, who settled the town of Islip. Mrs. Baxter was married to George S. Baxter, Jr., son of George S. Baxter, of New York, in 1922 and is survived by her husband; a son, George S. Baxter, 3rd, and a daughter, Annys Nicoll Baxter.
(Note: Dorothy and her husband, George Baxter, are buried next to her aunt, Sarah Nicoll Corwith)
(South Side Signal (Babylon), Saturday, January 11, 1890, Page: 2, Long Island Surnames; Suffolk County News (Sayville), Friday, October 11, 1935, Page: 4; Patchogue Advance, Friday, October 11, 1935, Page: 7)
Birth - Babylon, Jan. 4, Mrs. William G. Nicoll, a daughter.
Obituary - Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon in Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Great River, for Mrs. Dorothy Nicoll Baxter who died on Sunday at Westerly, R.I.
Mrs. Baxter was the daughter of William G. and Kate M. Nicoll, who with Mr. Nicoll's brothers and sisters were the last owners of the Nicoll Patent, which was received in 1683 for land at Islip, named after Islip, England, the original home of the Nicoll family.
Mrs. Baxter was a direct descendent of Matthias Nicoll, secretary of the colony which took New Amsterdam and renamed it New York under the leadership of Richard Nicoll. Matthias Nicoll was attorney for the expedition and was famous for having written the "Duke's Laws" which were in force in the colony for some time.
It was Matthias' son, William Nicoll, who settled the town of Islip. Mrs. Baxter was married to George S. Baxter, Jr., son of George S. Baxter, of New York, in 1922 and is survived by her husband; a son, George S. Baxter, 3rd, and a daughter, Annys Nicoll Baxter.
(Note: Dorothy and her husband, George Baxter, are buried next to her aunt, Sarah Nicoll Corwith)
(South Side Signal (Babylon), Saturday, January 11, 1890, Page: 2, Long Island Surnames; Suffolk County News (Sayville), Friday, October 11, 1935, Page: 4; Patchogue Advance, Friday, October 11, 1935, Page: 7)
Daughter of William Greenly Nicoll and Kate M., wife of George Strong Baxter and mother of George Strong and Annys Nicoll Baxter.
Birth - Babylon, Jan. 4, Mrs. William G. Nicoll, a daughter.
Obituary - Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon in Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Great River, for Mrs. Dorothy Nicoll Baxter who died on Sunday at Westerly, R.I.
Mrs. Baxter was the daughter of William G. and Kate M. Nicoll, who with Mr. Nicoll's brothers and sisters were the last owners of the Nicoll Patent, which was received in 1683 for land at Islip, named after Islip, England, the original home of the Nicoll family.
Mrs. Baxter was a direct descendent of Matthias Nicoll, secretary of the colony which took New Amsterdam and renamed it New York under the leadership of Richard Nicoll. Matthias Nicoll was attorney for the expedition and was famous for having written the "Duke's Laws" which were in force in the colony for some time.
It was Matthias' son, William Nicoll, who settled the town of Islip. Mrs. Baxter was married to George S. Baxter, Jr., son of George S. Baxter, of New York, in 1922 and is survived by her husband; a son, George S. Baxter, 3rd, and a daughter, Annys Nicoll Baxter.
(Note: Dorothy and her husband, George Baxter, are buried next to her aunt, Sarah Nicoll Corwith)
(South Side Signal (Babylon), Saturday, January 11, 1890, Page: 2, Long Island Surnames; Suffolk County News (Sayville), Friday, October 11, 1935, Page: 4; Patchogue Advance, Friday, October 11, 1935, Page: 7)
Birth - Babylon, Jan. 4, Mrs. William G. Nicoll, a daughter.
Obituary - Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon in Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Great River, for Mrs. Dorothy Nicoll Baxter who died on Sunday at Westerly, R.I.
Mrs. Baxter was the daughter of William G. and Kate M. Nicoll, who with Mr. Nicoll's brothers and sisters were the last owners of the Nicoll Patent, which was received in 1683 for land at Islip, named after Islip, England, the original home of the Nicoll family.
Mrs. Baxter was a direct descendent of Matthias Nicoll, secretary of the colony which took New Amsterdam and renamed it New York under the leadership of Richard Nicoll. Matthias Nicoll was attorney for the expedition and was famous for having written the "Duke's Laws" which were in force in the colony for some time.
It was Matthias' son, William Nicoll, who settled the town of Islip. Mrs. Baxter was married to George S. Baxter, Jr., son of George S. Baxter, of New York, in 1922 and is survived by her husband; a son, George S. Baxter, 3rd, and a daughter, Annys Nicoll Baxter.
(Note: Dorothy and her husband, George Baxter, are buried next to her aunt, Sarah Nicoll Corwith)
(South Side Signal (Babylon), Saturday, January 11, 1890, Page: 2, Long Island Surnames; Suffolk County News (Sayville), Friday, October 11, 1935, Page: 4; Patchogue Advance, Friday, October 11, 1935, Page: 7)
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