Birth: 1739 Meigle, Perth, Scotland, UK
Father: Alexander Baxter 1711-1806
Mother: Elspet (Elspeth) Smith [Baxter] 1712-1781
Christening: 21 September 1739 Meigle, Perth, Scotland, UK
Marriage: 7 July 1762 Newtyle, Angus, Scotland, UK
Wife: Mary (Myren) Small 1739-1771
Marriage: 7 November 1772 Meigle, Perth, Scotland, UK
Wife: Janet Smith b1757-1775/83
Marriage: 1 June 1783 Meigle, Perth, Scotland, UK
Wife: Margaret Richardson 1757-a1790
Death: After 1790
By Mary (Myren) Small
Jannet Baxter 1763
James Baxter 1764
Catharine Baxter 1765
Robert Baxter 1767
Mary Baxter [Leslie]1769-a1809
Henrietta Baxter 1771
By Janet Smith
Ann Baxter 1773
Elspat Baxter 1775
By Margaret Richardson
Margaret Baxter 1785
Agnes Baxter 1787
Elisabeth Baxter 1790
Christening of James Baxter in the IGI on 21 September 1739 in Meigle, Perth, Scotland, father Alexander Baxter. The same information is in Scotlands People. Note that another James Baxter was christened on 5 December 1731 in Meigle, father Gilbert Baxter.
There are two entries for the marriage of James Baxter in the IGI: on 12 June 1762 in Meigle, Perth to Mary Small and on 7 November 1772 in 7 July 1762 in Newtyle, Angus to Myren Small. In Scotlands People it states : Meigle 1762 "June 12 James Baxter in this parish and Mary Small in Newtyle" and Newtyle 1762 "Baxter Contract June 12, Marriage July 7, James in the parish of Meigle and Myren Small in this parish matrimonially contracted and afterwards married."
Marriage of James Baxter and Janet Smith in the IGI on 7 November 1772 in Meigle, Perth, Scotland.
Marriage of James Baxter and Margaret Richardson in the IGI on 31 May 1783 in Newtyle, Angus, Scotland. I assume this was banns.
Marriage of James Baxter and Margaret Richardson in the IGI on 1 June 1783 in Meigle, Perth, Scotland.
All the children were born in Meigle.
Meigle is at the intersection of A94 and B954, 14 miles NNW of Dundee. Newtyle is 2.5 miles south of Meigle on the B954. The Perth/Angus border runs between the two.
James Baxter was Felicity's fourth great grandfather.
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