S/o John Baxter and Rebecca Fisher.
Married Silence Wight, widow of Rev. Daniel Adams, Nov 25, 1784 in Medfield, MA. They had 1 daughter - Sarah in 1785.
William S. Tilden, History of the Town of Medfield Massachusetts - 1650-1886 (Boston; Geo. H. Ellis, Publisher, 141 Franklin Street. 1887 Third Reprinting - 1991), 318. "#14. John inherited the ancestral home on Main Street. He had the confidence of his townsmen, and was often elected to public station. He transacted law business, was one of the selectman eight years, town clerk fourteen years, treasurer thirteen years, and representative to the Legislature six years. He married, at the age of thirty-eight, Silence Wight (79), widow of Rev. Daniel Adams of Watertown, who died in 1817. 'Squire Baxter' died in 1832."
All Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols. results for John Baxter
Volume 1, page 823
Baxter, John, Jr.Receipt for wages for service at West Point in the 6 months campaign in 1780, dated Medfield, April 12, 1780.
Catalog of Graves in the Old Section of Vine Lake Cemetery - Medfield, MA (Compiled in 1976), 45. Lot 260, Baxter, John (Esq), birthdate - 1746; date of death - 1832.
Married Silence Wight, widow of Rev. Daniel Adams, Nov 25, 1784 in Medfield, MA. They had 1 daughter - Sarah in 1785.
William S. Tilden, History of the Town of Medfield Massachusetts - 1650-1886 (Boston; Geo. H. Ellis, Publisher, 141 Franklin Street. 1887 Third Reprinting - 1991), 318. "#14. John inherited the ancestral home on Main Street. He had the confidence of his townsmen, and was often elected to public station. He transacted law business, was one of the selectman eight years, town clerk fourteen years, treasurer thirteen years, and representative to the Legislature six years. He married, at the age of thirty-eight, Silence Wight (79), widow of Rev. Daniel Adams of Watertown, who died in 1817. 'Squire Baxter' died in 1832."
All Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols. results for John Baxter
Volume 1, page 823
Baxter, John, Jr.Receipt for wages for service at West Point in the 6 months campaign in 1780, dated Medfield, April 12, 1780.
Catalog of Graves in the Old Section of Vine Lake Cemetery - Medfield, MA (Compiled in 1976), 45. Lot 260, Baxter, John (Esq), birthdate - 1746; date of death - 1832.
S/o John Baxter and Rebecca Fisher.
Married Silence Wight, widow of Rev. Daniel Adams, Nov 25, 1784 in Medfield, MA. They had 1 daughter - Sarah in 1785.
William S. Tilden, History of the Town of Medfield Massachusetts - 1650-1886 (Boston; Geo. H. Ellis, Publisher, 141 Franklin Street. 1887 Third Reprinting - 1991), 318. "#14. John inherited the ancestral home on Main Street. He had the confidence of his townsmen, and was often elected to public station. He transacted law business, was one of the selectman eight years, town clerk fourteen years, treasurer thirteen years, and representative to the Legislature six years. He married, at the age of thirty-eight, Silence Wight (79), widow of Rev. Daniel Adams of Watertown, who died in 1817. 'Squire Baxter' died in 1832."
All Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols. results for John Baxter
Volume 1, page 823
Baxter, John, Jr.Receipt for wages for service at West Point in the 6 months campaign in 1780, dated Medfield, April 12, 1780.
Catalog of Graves in the Old Section of Vine Lake Cemetery - Medfield, MA (Compiled in 1976), 45. Lot 260, Baxter, John (Esq), birthdate - 1746; date of death - 1832.
Married Silence Wight, widow of Rev. Daniel Adams, Nov 25, 1784 in Medfield, MA. They had 1 daughter - Sarah in 1785.
William S. Tilden, History of the Town of Medfield Massachusetts - 1650-1886 (Boston; Geo. H. Ellis, Publisher, 141 Franklin Street. 1887 Third Reprinting - 1991), 318. "#14. John inherited the ancestral home on Main Street. He had the confidence of his townsmen, and was often elected to public station. He transacted law business, was one of the selectman eight years, town clerk fourteen years, treasurer thirteen years, and representative to the Legislature six years. He married, at the age of thirty-eight, Silence Wight (79), widow of Rev. Daniel Adams of Watertown, who died in 1817. 'Squire Baxter' died in 1832."
All Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols. results for John Baxter
Volume 1, page 823
Baxter, John, Jr.Receipt for wages for service at West Point in the 6 months campaign in 1780, dated Medfield, April 12, 1780.
Catalog of Graves in the Old Section of Vine Lake Cemetery - Medfield, MA (Compiled in 1976), 45. Lot 260, Baxter, John (Esq), birthdate - 1746; date of death - 1832.
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