Benjamin Baxter (1755 - 1832)

Born 1755 in Hartland, Hartford, Connecticut

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Descendants

Died 30 Oct 1832 at about age 77 in Mercer, Maine, United States

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Private Benjamin Baxter served with 3rd New Hampshire Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Benjamin Baxter is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A007607.

Benjamin Baxter is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 111008
Rank: Private

Benjamin Baxter, son of SImon and Prudence (Fox) Baxter, was born in 1755 in Hartland, Connecticut.^[1][2]

He married Ruth Brown on 23 Nov. 1777 at Alstead, New Hampshire.^[3][2][1]

He married Margaret Hewett on 8 July 1810.^[2][1]

Benjamin died on 20 Oct. 1832 at Mercer, Maine.^[1]

Children of Benjamin and Ruth

1. Abigail Baxter died 1865 married Martin Burr.
2. Frances Baxter married Joseph Mercer.
3. Sophia Baxter married Simon Baxter, son of Joseph.

Children of Benjamin and Margaret

1. Benjamin F. Baxter b. 8 March 1813 married Naomi S. Metcalf.
2. Margaret Ann Baxter b. 28 Feb. 1817 married Cyrus Hayden Johnson.
3. Mary Prudence Baxter b. 25 March 1819 married Adam Elliott.
4. Naomi Ruth Baxter b. 19 June 1821 married (1) Horace Saunders married (2) William Hobert.
5. George W. b. 26 July 1826.
6. Harriet Newell b. 29 March 1830.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} History of the town of Surry, Cheshire County, New Hampshire : from date of severance from Gilsum and Westmoreland, 1769-1922, with a genealogical register and map of the town. by Kingsbury, Frank B. 1925. page 442,3.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Simon Baxter (the first United Empire loyalist to settle in New Brunswick); his ancestry and descendants. by Baxter, John B. M. (John Babington Macaulay). 1943. Pages 37-46 Lists children. Collection of Philip W. Smith.
3. ↑ Beny Baxter. Spouse: Ruth Brown New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947.
4. ↑ Children page 443 Kingsbury.

• Military: "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783", citing Page: 255; Digital film/folder number: 101711093; Image number: 272, FamilySearch Record: QG2M-KBNX (accessed 25 February 2024) FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3Q-C3ZL-R, Name: Benjamin Baxter; Military Service Date: 12 March 1777; Military Service Place: United States; Residence Place: Enfield; Mil Rank: Private; Mil Regiment: Blackman's; Vis Status: VISIBLE; Source Reference: Adjutant Generals Office, Henry P. Johnston. Record of service of Connecticut Men in the I. War of the Revolution, II. War of 1812, III. Mexican War Hartford, Connecticut : Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1889; System Of Record: SLS.
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• Charles Alcott Flagg An Alphabetical Index of Revolutionary Pensioners Living in Maine Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Dover Maine 1920
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