William Baxter 1757–1830 – Australian Royalty: Genealogy of the colony of New South Wales

William Baxter, 1757–1830 (aged 73 years)

Name

William Baxter

Name: William /Baxter/
Given names: William
Surname: Baxter

Gender Male


Birth	about 1757 Source: Gillen, Mollie. The Founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the First Fleet. North Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1989
Immigration	January 26, 1788 (aged 31 years) Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Source: Gillen, Mollie. The Founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the First Fleet. North Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1989 Text: William was a private marine 32nd (Portsmouth) Company, who embarked for NSW aboard the ship Alexander and served at Port Jackson in 1788 in the company of Captain James Meredith.
Marriage	Mary Watts — View this family about 1791 (aged 34 years) Norfolk Island Source: Gillen, Mollie. The Founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the First Fleet. North Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1989 Text: Common law relationship
Religious marriage	Mary Weir — View this family July 11, 1803 (aged 46 years) Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Marriages, 1790-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Citation details: Year 1803 page 29 no 104 Text: William Baxter settler of the parish of St. John and Mary Ware of ditto were married in this church by banns this eleventh day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and tree by me Samuel Marsden. William and Mary made their X marks in the presence of Joseph Willoughby who signed the register and Ann Chapman who made her X mark.
Occupation	Soldier between 1788 and 1803 (aged 46 years) New South Wales, Australia Employer: Government Source: A Colonial regiment: new sources relating to the New South Wales Corps, 1789-1810. ed. by Pamela Statham. Canberra, A.C.T.: the editor, 1992 Citation details: p. 252 Text: Baxter, William, ex-marine (here 1811) 11-11-92 christened John Matthew Hunter, son of William Baxter and Mary Watts, d. 1828 [sic] Windsor 26 Jan 1788 arrived in the ship Alexander 4 Mar 1790 at Norfolk Island 5 Apr 1792 rank Private Feb 1793 at Norfolk Island Nov 1794 at Sydney 1795 grant 325 acres North Brush Farm in the district of Field of Mars 6 Apr 1797 discharged 1799 grant 60 acres at Bankstown 25 Mar 1800 re-enlisted 1800 Detachment Grose 1800 grant 50 acres Bankstown 1801 at Hawkesbury detachment Grose 1802 at Hawkesbury detachment Grose 1 Jun 1803 grant 80 acres at Evan (sold to Andrew Thompson for 128 pounds) 25 Mar 1803 - discharged
Census	between August 12, 1806 and August 20, 1806 (aged 49 years) New South Wales, Australia Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Citation details: 1806 muster Text: William Baxter; Lease Creek [NSW AUS]; Total: 4 acres, Cultivated, 1 acre wheat 1 acre maize, 2 acres fallow; On/off stores: 1 Proprietor off, 1 woman off, 1 children off; Land leased from Austin
Death	1830 (aged 73 years) Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Source: Gillen, Mollie. The Founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the First Fleet. North Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1989 Text: In 1814 and again in 1822 William was recorded as a labourer of the Windsor district, and in 1825, was recorded as a pauper there.
Burial	August 13, 1830 (0 after death) Richmond, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Cemetery: St Peters Cemetery Source: Gillen, Mollie. The Founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the First Fleet. North Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1989 Text: His age was given as 73.

Date differences

Family with Mary Watts
himself	Links Birth: about 1757 Immigration: January 26, 1788 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: about 1791 — Norfolk Island Religious marriage: July 11, 1803 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Occupation: Soldier — between 1788 and 1803 — New South Wales, Australia Census: between August 12, 1806 and August 20, 1806 — New South Wales, Australia Death: 1830 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Burial: August 13, 1830 — Richmond, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Watts John Matthew Hunter Baxter Family with spouse Mary Weir John Ware William Baxter 1757–1830 Birth: about 1757 Death: 1830 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
wife	Links Birth: Immigration: 1791 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: about 1791 — Norfolk Island Marriage: about 1800 Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Baxter John Matthew Hunter Baxter Family with spouse George Johnson Charlotte Johnson Mary Watts – Birth: Death:
Marriage	Marriage — about 1791 — Norfolk Island
22 months son	Links Birth: October 13, 1792 35 — New South Wales, Australia Baptism: November 11, 1792 35 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships John Matthew Hunter Baxter 1792– Birth: October 13, 1792 35 — New South Wales, Australia Death:

Family with Mary Weir
himself	Links Birth: about 1757 Immigration: January 26, 1788 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: about 1791 — Norfolk Island Religious marriage: July 11, 1803 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Occupation: Soldier — between 1788 and 1803 — New South Wales, Australia Census: between August 12, 1806 and August 20, 1806 — New South Wales, Australia Death: 1830 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Burial: August 13, 1830 — Richmond, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Watts John Matthew Hunter Baxter Family with spouse Mary Weir John Ware William Baxter 1757–1830 Birth: about 1757 Death: 1830 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
wife	Links Birth: about 1769 — Dublin, Ireland Immigration: 1793 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Religious marriage: July 11, 1803 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: between August 12, 1806 and August 20, 1806 — New South Wales, Australia Death: October 26, 1828 — Richmond, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Baxter John Ware Mary Weir 1769–1828 Birth: about 1769 — Dublin, Ireland Death: October 26, 1828 — Richmond, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage	Religious marriage — July 11, 1803 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
-4 years son	Links Birth: 1799 42 30 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships John Ware 1799– Birth: 1799 42 30 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death:

George Johnson + Mary Watts
wife’s husband	Links Birth: about 1768 — Northumberland, England, United Kingdom Immigration: August 1, 1791 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: about 1800 Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Watts Charlotte Johnson George Johnson 1768– Birth: about 1768 — Northumberland, England, United Kingdom Death:
wife	Links Birth: Immigration: 1791 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: about 1791 — Norfolk Island Marriage: about 1800 Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Baxter John Matthew Hunter Baxter Family with spouse George Johnson Charlotte Johnson Mary Watts – Birth: Death:
Marriage	Marriage — about 1800 —
5 years stepdaughter	Links Birth: about 1804 36 — New South Wales, Australia Marriage: 1826 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Lower Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Death: October 17, 1886 — Glebe, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Burial: Rookwood, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse David Cross John Cross David Cross Charlotte Cross Thomas James Cross Mary Ann Cross Ann Cross William Alexander Cross Alexander George Cross George Cross David George Charles Cross Elizabeth Cross Eliza Cross Sarah Hepzibah Cross Richard William Cross James Frederick H. Cross Charlotte Johnson 1804–1886 Birth: about 1804 36 — New South Wales, Australia Death: October 17, 1886 — Glebe, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Birth	Source: Gillen, Mollie. The Founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the First Fleet. North Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1989
Immigration	Source: Gillen, Mollie. The Founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the First Fleet. North Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1989 Text: William was a private marine 32nd (Portsmouth) Company, who embarked for NSW aboard the ship Alexander and served at Port Jackson in 1788 in the company of Captain James Meredith.
Marriage	Source: Gillen, Mollie. The Founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the First Fleet. North Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1989 Text: Common law relationship
Religious marriage	Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Marriages, 1790-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Citation details: Year 1803 page 29 no 104 Text: William Baxter settler of the parish of St. John and Mary Ware of ditto were married in this church by banns this eleventh day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and tree by me Samuel Marsden. William and Mary made their X marks in the presence of Joseph Willoughby who signed the register and Ann Chapman who made her X mark.
Occupation	Source: A Colonial regiment: new sources relating to the New South Wales Corps, 1789-1810. ed. by Pamela Statham. Canberra, A.C.T.: the editor, 1992 Citation details: p. 252 Text: Baxter, William, ex-marine (here 1811) 11-11-92 christened John Matthew Hunter, son of William Baxter and Mary Watts, d. 1828 [sic] Windsor 26 Jan 1788 arrived in the ship Alexander 4 Mar 1790 at Norfolk Island 5 Apr 1792 rank Private Feb 1793 at Norfolk Island Nov 1794 at Sydney 1795 grant 325 acres North Brush Farm in the district of Field of Mars 6 Apr 1797 discharged 1799 grant 60 acres at Bankstown 25 Mar 1800 re-enlisted 1800 Detachment Grose 1800 grant 50 acres Bankstown 1801 at Hawkesbury detachment Grose 1802 at Hawkesbury detachment Grose 1 Jun 1803 grant 80 acres at Evan (sold to Andrew Thompson for 128 pounds) 25 Mar 1803 - discharged
Census	Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Citation details: 1806 muster Text: William Baxter; Lease Creek [NSW AUS]; Total: 4 acres, Cultivated, 1 acre wheat 1 acre maize, 2 acres fallow; On/off stores: 1 Proprietor off, 1 woman off, 1 children off; Land leased from Austin
Death	Source: Gillen, Mollie. The Founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the First Fleet. North Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1989 Text: In 1814 and again in 1822 William was recorded as a labourer of the Windsor district, and in 1825, was recorded as a pauper there.
Burial	Source: Gillen, Mollie. The Founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the First Fleet. North Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1989 Text: His age was given as 73.

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Family with Mary Watts
himself	William Baxter 1757–1830
wife	Mary Watts –
son	John Matthew Hunter Baxter 1792–

Family with Mary Weir
himself	William Baxter 1757–1830
wife	Mary Weir 1769–1828
son	John Ware 1799–

George Johnson + Mary Watts
wife’s husband	George Johnson 1768–
wife	Mary Watts –
stepdaughter Family David Cross John Cross David Cross Charlotte Cross Thomas James Cross Mary Ann Cross Ann Cross William Alexander Cross Alexander George Cross George Cross David George Charles Cross Elizabeth Cross Eliza Cross Sarah Hepzibah Cross Richard William Cross James Frederick H. Cross	Charlotte Johnson 1804–1886

Descendants

William Baxter(1757–1830)
- Mary Watts1791
  - John Matthew Hunter Baxter(1792–)
- Mary Weir1803
  - John Ware(1799–)