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William P Baxter

William P Baxter[1]

Male 1809 - 1895  (86 years)

Person ID: I500075  "Baxter"  |  Last Modified: 28 Jun 2024

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  • Name William P Baxter 
    Gender Male 
    Birth 19 Feb 1809  Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West England, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 20 Oct 1895  Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Matagorda Cemetery, Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 

  • Parents

    Family ID: F500032 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  
    Father William Baxter (ID:I500076)
              b. 13 Jan 1782, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Catherine Watkins (ID:I500077)
              b. Yes, date unknown  
              d. Yes, date unknown 
    Siblings 1 brother 
    >1.Male Robert Baxter
              b. Yes, date unknown, Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West England, England Find all individuals with events at this location
         ▻ Margaret Tate
     

  • Family

    Family ID: F500031   -:|:-  Group Sheet  -:|:-  Family Chart  -:|:-  Last Modified: 10 Apr 2019  
    Wife Esther Weightman Yeamans (ID:I500074)
              b. 23 Jun 1813, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 7 Dec 1901, Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Children 
    + 1. FemaleCaroline S Baxter (ID:I500094)
              b. 10 Sep 1833  
              d. 21 Oct 1901 (Age 68 years)
    ▻ Levi Miller  m. 10 Apr 1852
    + 2. MaleWilliam A Baxter (ID:I500068)
              b. 25 Oct 1835, Caney, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 20 Jul 1898, Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    ▻ Josephine M Bruce  m. 4 Jul 1861;   Ann Elizabeth Williams  m. 1868
    + 3. FemaleDemise Mariah Baxter (ID:I500090)
              b. 12 Oct 1840, Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 15 Apr 1921, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    ▻ Johann Conrad Wilhelm Franz  m. 16 May 1856
      4. MaleElias Baxter (ID:I500088)
              b. 1839  
              d. 1918 (Age 79 years)
      5. FemaleAmanda Dinsmore Baxter (ID:I500091)
              b. 1840  
              d. 1922 (Age 82 years)
      6. MaleRobert J Baxter (ID:I500082)
              b. 1842  
              d. 1860 (Age 18 years)
      7. FemaleAlice B Baxter (ID:I500092)
              b. 1844  
              d. 1856 (Age 12 years)
      8. MaleSilas Dinsmore Baxter (ID:I500085)
              b. 1846  
              d. Yes, date unknown
      9. FemaleMary Baxter (ID:I500093)
              b. 1848  
              d. 1928 (Age 80 years)
      10. MalePaul Baxter (ID:I500086)
              b. 1851  
              d. 1935 (Age 84 years)
      11. MaleHenry Samual Baxter (ID:I500087)
              b. 1853  
              d. 1892 (Age 39 years)
      12. MaleDavid Ross Baxter (ID:I500089)
              b. 1856  
              d. 1913 (Age 57 years)

  • Other Personal Events

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 19 Feb 1809 - Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West England, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 20 Oct 1895 - Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Matagorda Cemetery, Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
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    • William P. Baxter was born On February 19, 1809. in Manchester, England. and died on October 20. 1895. He is buried in the Matagorda cemetery.

      In 1832 he married Esther Wightman Yeamans, daughter of Asa Yeamans and Jerusha Wightman. Esther was born .June 23, 1813, in New York state and died December 7, 1901, and is also buried in the Matagorda cemetery. She had six brothers: Joseph, Erastus, Elias, Daniel, Caleb, and Horace and one sister, Mary.

      William fought in the Texas Revolution.

      William and Esther had twelve children:

      Caroline S., born 1834. married on April 10, 1852, to Levi Miller;

      William A born on November25. 1835, married first Josephine Bruce on July 4, 1861 (Josephine died of yellow fever in 1826). and married second ,

      Anna E. Williams. March 16, 1868.

      William died August 20, 1889:

      Amanda D. . born in 1840, married Joshua Fisher on may 5, 1861:

      Robert J., born in 1842; Alice B., born in I844:

      Silas Dinsmore. horn in I846, married first eliza A. Dinsmore born on April 7, I 870. and second Susie Weatherford Hill on May 5. 1904;

      Mary, born in 1848, married I. L. Rowland on November 11, 1867;

      Paul born in 1852: henry. born in 1854 ; and

      David, born in 1856. married Carrie J. Spooron March 30, 1881.

  • Source Citations

    1. [S14] Other Sites, https://64b2cd43ce251.site123.me/matagorda-pioneers/william-p-baxter?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1h4pn_78jlLVyYUHRLbQnBDA7Tc3vPOqgIG00gkWeSCsU-aKayS8qlY7o_aem_sKKFSZ4tivHCtoo6gmFVwg.
      Rev. "William P. Baxter", one of the first Texas Pioneers, farmer and stockman, and fought in the Texas Revolution. He was born on February 19, 1809, in Manchester, England, and died on October 20, 1895.

      It was on Baxter Island where he with side of his family.

      William traveled from New Orleans aboard the schooner, the "Little Zoe" to one of Steven F. Austin's colonies with Elias Whitman and help found the town of Matagorda, Tx.

      Baxter received land grant #103 for one-third league of land granted on June 7, 1838.

      In 1931 he had received several lots in Matagorda. Baxter sold a league of land situated at the mouth of Caney Creek to John Duncan on January 20, 1837 and moved his family to Baxter Island where.

      He is buried in the Matagorda Cemetery.

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