Baxter, Abigail

1634 - 1692  (57 years)

• Name	Baxter, Abigail  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	28 Sep 1634	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  LifeSketch	Abigail (Baxter) Adams was the daughter of Gregory Baxter and Margaret Paddy. She married Joseph Adams in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts on 26 November 1650. Joseph Adams, born in 1626, in England, married in Braintree, Massachusetts, Nov. 26, 1650, to Abigail Baxter, daughter of Gregory and Margaret (Paddy) Baxter, of Boston. Mr. Adams was a Maltster; Freeman, in 1663; Selectman, in 1673; and died in Braintree, Massachusetts, Dec. 6, 1694. Abigail (Baxter) Adams, Joseph’s wife died in Boston, Aug. 27, 1692, aged fifty-eight. Their children were: • Hannah Adams, • Joseph Adams, • John Adams, • Abigail Adams, • John Adams (II), • Bethia Adams, • Mary Adams, • Samuel Adams, • Mary Adams (II), • Peter Adams, • Jonathan Adams, • Mehitabel Adams. Our subject traces his ancestry from John Adams II, of this family. Bio by: Jack W. Davis https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36203763/abigail-adams Great-grandmother of 2nd United States President John Adams, great-great-grandmother of 6th President John Quincy Adams. Family Members Abigail\'s Parents Gregory Baxter 1607–1659 Margaret Paddy Baxter 1609–1661 Spouse Joseph Adams 1626–1694 (m. 1650) Siblings John Baxter 1639–1719 Children Hannah Adams Savil 1652–1726 Joseph G. Adams 1654–1736 Abigail Adams Bass 1658–1696 Bethiah Adams Webb 1661–1698 John Adams 1661–1702 Peter Adams 1670–1747 Mehitable Adams White 1673–1713 Abigail (Baxter) Adams was the daughter of Gregory Baxter and Margaret Paddy. She married Joseph Adams in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts on 26 November 1650.
  FSID	9CXK-ZKS  [6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19]
  Death	27 Aug 1692	Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA   [4, 5]
  Burial	Aft 27 Aug 1692	Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I115027	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Family	Adams, Joseph Sr. Capt,   b. Kingweston, Somerset, England d. 6 Dec 1694, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
  Children	1. Adams, Joseph George Jr,   b. Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F64569	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 Sep 1634 - Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Death - 27 Aug 1692 - Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Burial - Aft 27 Aug 1692 - Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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TEST MARKER

TNG ID: I115027

FSID: 9CXK-ZKS