Asa Baxter

Brief Life History of Asa

When Asa Baxter was born in 1771, in Tolland, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Nathan Baxter, was 29 and his mother, Mindwell Holdridge, was 25. He married Submit Shoen in 1791. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Norfolk, Norfolk, St. Lawrence, New York, United States in 1840. He died on 23 May 1854, in Norfolk, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Sunny Rest Cemetery, Norfolk, St. Lawrence, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Asa Baxter
1771–1854
Submit Shoen
1774–1857
Marriage: 1791
Phoebe Baxter
1791–1884
Cynthia Baxter
1795–1880
Mindwell Baxter
1799–
Polly Baxter
1802–1886
David Baxter
1806–1854
Osman Baxter
1816–1892
Rinaldo Baxter
1819–1890
Thilinea Baxter
1821–1854

Sources (5)

  • Asa Baxter, "United States Census, 1830"
  • Asa Baxter, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Asa Baxter, "United States Census, 1840"

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World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New York is the 11th state.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English baxter ‘baker’ (from Old English bæcestre ‘baker’, earlier ‘female baker’, the feminine equivalent of bæcere). Compare Baker .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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