Harrower Family Tree » John Paxton (1806-1866)

Personal data John Paxton 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Household of John Paxton

He is married to Margaret Dick.

They got married on June 7, 1839 at Aberdour, Fife, Scotland, he was 33 years old.Source 8


Child(ren):

  1. Margaret Bulram Paxton  1839-???? 
  2. Elizabeth Paxton  1848-1870
  3. George Paxton  1850-1866
  4. John Paxton  1845-????
  5. Janet Inglis Paxton  1853-????
  6. James Dick Paxton  1853-????
  7. William Paxton  1855-????
  8. Robert Paxton  1857-????
  9. Hugh Paxton  1841-1921 

Event (Witness at Marriage) on June 7, 1839 in Aberdour, Fife, Scotland : John Dick.Source 8

Event (Proclamation of Marriage) on May 30, 1839 in Aberdour, Fife, Scotland .Source 8


Notes about John Paxton

1. PAXTON JOHN MARGARET DICK m. 07/06/1839 401/ 30 205 Aberdour

2. John Paxton in the 1841 census, is recorded as being 30 years of age, in Scotlands People

3. John Paxton in the 1851 census, is recorded as being 38 years of age, in Scotlands People.
(PAXTON, JOHN, c. 1851, M, 38, 401/ 4/ 6, Aberdour, Fife)

4. John Paxton, on his death register is recorded as being 59 years of age in 1866. Born around 1806 -1807.

5. Found birth of John Paxton on 23 Sep. 2019, as being 10 March 1806, in Burntisland

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Paxton

George Paxton
1755-????
Helen McKenzie
± 1755-????
William Givan
????-
Margaret Jervis
????-
Hugh Paxton
1777-1854

John Paxton
1806-1866

1839

Margaret Dick
1819-1884

Margaret Bulram Paxton
1839-????
Elizabeth Paxton
1848-1870
George Paxton
1850-1866
John Paxton
1845-????
Janet Inglis Paxton
1853-????
James Dick Paxton
1853-????
William Paxton
1855-????
Robert Paxton
1857-????
Hugh Paxton
1841-1921

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    Sources

    1. Fife, Scotland, Voters Lists, 1832-1894, Ancestry.com, Register of Voters for the County of Fife, 1862-63
      Record for John Paxton
      Registered 7 September 1857
      Paxton, John
      Farmer
      Tennant and Occupier
      Farm and lands of Monziehall
      / Ancestry.com
    2. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Hugh Paxton Parish: Aberdour; ED: 4; Page: 6; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1851_84; Year: 1851 1851 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
      Record for Hugh Paxton
      Name: Hugh Paxton
      Age: 74
      Estimated birth year: abt 1777
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Burntisland, Fife
      Parish Number: 401
      Civil Parish: Aberdour
      County: Fife
      Address: Monziehall Farm
      Occupation: Farmer of 110 Acres employing 4 Men
      ED: 4
      Page: 6
      Household schedule number: 16
      Line: 1
      Roll: CSSCT1851_84
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Hugh Paxton 74 Head
      John Paxton 38 Son
      Margaret Paxton 34 Sons Wife (Daughter-in-law)
      Margaret Paxton 11 Sons Daughter
      Hugh Paxton 9 Sons Son
      John Paxton 15 Sons Son
      Elizabeth Paxton 3 Sons Daughter
      George Paxton 5 Months Sons Son
      Hendry Lister 74 Servant
      Peter Dick 18 Servant
      Mitchel Lister 14 Servant
      John Mcartney 14 Servant
      Gomery Cook 16 Servant
    3. 1841 Scotland Census Scotlands People, 1841 PAXTON, HUGH (Census 401/ 4/ 1) Parish: Aberdour 1841 Scotland Census [Scotlandspeople.com] The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. The following information was requested: name, age, gender, profession, and birthplace. Database online.
      1841 PAXTON, HUGH (Census 401/ 4/ 1)
      Parish of Aberdour County of Fife
      Little Couston
      Hugh Paxton 60 Farmer
      Margaret Paxton 70
      Robbenie Lindsay 15 Fem. Ser.
      John Paxton 30 Ag. Lab.
      Margaret Paxton 25 Wife of John Paxton
      Margaret Paxton 1 Grandaughter
      John Henderson 18 Ag. Lab
      William Stenhouse 15 Ag.Lab
    4. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Paxton Parish: Aberdour; ED: 2; Page: 6; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1861_53 1861 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
      Record for John Paxton
      Name: John Paxton
      Age: 52
      Estimated birth year: abt 1809
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Margaret Paxton
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Burntisland, Fife
      Registration Number: 401
      Registration district: Aberdour
      Civil Parish: Aberdour
      County: Fife
      Address: Monziehall Farm
      Occupation: Farmer
      ED: 2
      Household schedule number: 28
      Line: 8
      Roll: CSSCT1861_53
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      John Paxton 52 Head
      Margaret Paxton 44 Wife
      John Paxton 16 Son
      Elisabeth Paxton 12 Daughter
      George Paxton 10 Son
      Janet Paxton 8 Daughter
      James Paxton 8 Son
      William Paxton 6 Son
      Robert Paxton 3 Son
      James Junis 17 Ploughman
      William Kilgour 16 Ploughman
    5. 1851 Scotland Census Scotlands People, 1851 PAXTON, HUGH (Census 401/ 4/ 6) Parish: Aberdour 1851 Scotland Census [Scotlands People] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
      1851 PAXTON, HUGH (Census 401/ 4/ 6)
      Name: Hugh Paxton
      Age: 74
      Estimated birth year: abt 1777
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Burntisland, Fife
      Parish Number: 401
      Civil Parish: Aberdour
      County: Fife
      Address: Monziehall Farm
      Occupation: Farmer of 110 Acres employing 4 Men
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Hugh Paxton 74 Head
      John Paxton 28 Son
      Margaret Paxton 34 Sons Wife (Daughter-in-law)
      Margaret Paxton 11 Sons Daughter
      Hugh Paxton 9 Sons Son
      John Paxton 15 Sons Son
      Elizabeth Paxton 3 Sons Daughter
      George Paxton 5 Mo Sons Son
      Hendry Lister 74 Servant
      Peter Dick 18 Servant
      Mitchel Lister 14 Servant
      John Mcartney 14 Servant
      Gomery Cook 16 Servant
    6. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1806 PAXTON, JOHN (Old Parish Registers Births 411/ 30 62 Burntisland)
      10/03/1806 PAXTON, JOHN (Old Parish Registers Births 411/ 30 62 Burntisland)
      John Son of Hugh by his Wife Margaret Givans was born the 10th of March 1806
    7. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1866 PAXTON, JOHN (Statutory registers Deaths 401/ 43)
      1866 PAXTON, JOHN (Statutory registers Deaths 401/ 43)
      Deaths in the Parish of Aberdour in the County of Fife 1866.
      John Paxton Farmer (Married to Margaret Dick)
      1866 December Fourteenth 4 P.M.
      Monziehall, Parish of Aberdour.
      M. 59 Years.
      Parents: Hugh Paxton Farmer (Deceased)
      Margaret Paxton M.S. Given (Deceased)
      COD: Heart Disease, Dropsy, 8 Months
      As Cert. by David Munro
      L.R.C.P & S, Edin.
      Inf. John Paxton Son Present
      Registered 1866 December 15,
      Aberdour
      James Pringle
      Registrar
    8. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1839 PAXTON, JOHN (Old Parish Registers Marriages 401/ 30 205 Aberdour)
      John Paxton & Margaret Dick, John Dick Witness.
      May 30th Contracted John Paxton at Little Couston and Margaret Dick both in this Parish and after regular proclamation on the 22nd June were married on the 7th July by Rev'n DG Crawford, Burntisland

    Historical events

    Birthday March 10, 1806

    • The temperature on March 10, 1806 was about 1.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
    •  This page is only available in Dutch.
      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1806: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 18 » Jan Willem Janssens surrenders the Dutch Cape Colony to the British.
      • May 30 » Future U.S. President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel.
      • August 13 » Battle of Mišar during the Serbian Revolution begins. The battle will end two days later, with a decisive Serbian victory over the Ottomans.
      • September 23 » Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
      • November 15 » Pike Expedition: Lieutenant Zebulon Pike sees a distant mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains. (It is later named Pikes Peak.)
      • December 26 » Battles of Pultusk and Golymin: Russian forces hold French forces under Napoleon.

    Day of marriage June 7, 1839

    • The temperature on June 7, 1839 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken regen windstil. Source: KNMI
    •  This page is only available in Dutch.
      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1839: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
      • January 9 » The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
      • April 19 » The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom and guarantees its neutrality.
      • June 17 » In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result.
      • August 23 » The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China.
      • September 9 » John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.
      • November 17 » Oberto, Giuseppe Verdi's first opera, opens at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy.

    Day of death December 14, 1866

    • The temperature on December 14, 1866 was about 6.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
    • In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • April 8 » Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.
      • April 10 » The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
      • May 16 » The United States Congress establishes the nickel.
      • June 2 » The Fenians defeat Canadian forces at Ridgeway and Fort Erie, but the raids end soon after.
      • June 24 » Battle of Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
      • December 12 » Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 361 miners and rescuers.
    

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