Clarke Family Tree » John Baxter (1746-1783)
Personal data John Baxter
Source 1- He was born on February 17, 1746 in St Thomas, Baltimore County, Maryland.
Attention: Age at marriage (??-??-1760) below 16 years (14). - He died on August 30, 1783 in his farm, Ohio County, VA (now West Virginia), Verenigde Staten, he was 37 years old.
- He is buried in Ohio County, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten.
- A child of John Baxter and Mary Brown
Household of John Baxter
He is married to Elizabeth Sappington.
They got married in the year 1760 at St. Thomas Parish, Baltimore, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten, he was 13 years old.
Child(ren):
- Benjamin Baxter 1767-> 1797
- William Baxter 1770-1852
- Edmund Baxter 1771-????
- James Baxter 1775-1860
- John Baxter 1776-1823
- Ephraim Baxter 1778-1845
- Greenberry Baxter 1778-1857
- George Baxter 1780-1834
- Joshua Baxter 1782-1825
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Sources
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John Baxter
Gender: Male
Birth: Feb 17 1746 - Baltimore, MD, USA
Marriage: Spouse: Elizabeth Baxter (born Sappington) - 1760 - St. Thomas Parish, Baltimore, PA, USA
Death: Aug 30 1783 - his farm, Ohio County, VA (now West Virginia), USA
Father: <a>John Baxter</a>
Mother: <a>Mary Baxter (born Brown)</a>
Wife: <a>Elizabeth Baxter (born Sappington)</a>
Children: <a>Edmund Baxter</a>, <a>Greenberry Baxter</a>, <a>George Baxter</a>, <a>Benjamin Baxter</a&;gt;, <a>Patience Baxter</a>, <a>Joshua Baxter</a>
Siblings: <a>Greenbury Baxter</a>, <a>Elizabeth Baxter</a>, <a>Phyllis Anna Showell (born Baxter)</a>, <a>Mary Huffstutter (born Baxter)</a>, <a>Edmund Baxter</a>, <a>George Baxter</a>, <a>Benjamin Baxter</a>, <a>Bethuel Baxter</a>, <a>William Baxter</a>
Historical events
Birthday February 17, 1746
- The temperature on February 17, 1746 was about -2 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- In the year 1746: Source: Wikipedia
- January 8 » Second Jacobite rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
- April 16 » The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland. After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants.
- June 16 » War of the Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
- October 22 » The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.
Day of death August 30, 1783
- The temperature on August 30, 1783 was about 18.0 °C. There was 198 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1783: Source: Wikipedia
- May 18 » First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.
- May 26 » A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut, celebrated the end of fighting in the American Revolution.
- June 8 » Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
- July 24 » The Kingdom of Georgia and the Russian Empire sign the Treaty of Georgievsk.
- August 18 » A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
- November 25 » American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
Same birth/death day
- 1723 » Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic († 1762)
- 1740 » Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and meteorologist († 1799)
- 1752 » Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright († 1831)
- 1754 » Nicolas Baudin, French cartographer and explorer († 1803)
- 1758 » John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian († 1826)
- 1781 » René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope († 1826)
- 1751 » Christopher Polhem, Swedish physicist and engineer (b. 1661)
- 1773 » Peshwa Narayan Rao, Prime Minister of Maratha Empire (b. 1755, assassinated)
- 1856 » Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English lawyer and author (b. 1811)
- 1879 » John Bell Hood, American general (b. 1831)
- 1886 » Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general and politician (b. 1836)
- 1896 » Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (b. 1824)
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