Birth: 1667 Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
Father: John Baxter b1653-a1668
Mother: Unknown
Christening: 16 March 1667 Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
Marriage: 6/7 June 1702 Rattray, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
Wife: Margaret (Margreat) Wandless (Wandlass, Walls) 1679-1752
Death: 1744 Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
William Baxter 1703
John Baxter 1704
Isobell Baxter 1709
Alexander Baxter 1711-1806
Andrew Baxter 1711
George Baxter 1718
Patrick Baxter 1720
Christening of John Baxter in the IGI on 16 March 1667 in Rattray, Perth, father John Baxter.
Entry in Ancestry Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 for John Baxter baptised 16 March 1667 in Rattray, Perth, father John Baxter.
In Scotlands People Old Parish Registers for John Baxter, father John Baxter, baptised 16 March 1667 in Rattray (389 20 / 45). "John Baxter in ? had a son baptised called John".
His brother was baptised on 29 November 1668 in Rattray, Perth.
There are three entries in the IGI for the marriage of John Baxter - to Margreat Walls on 6 June 1702 in Blairgowrie, Perth, and to Margaret Wandless on 7 June 1702 in Rattray and in Perth.
Three entries in Ancestry All Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 for the marriage of John Baxter to Margreat Walls on 6 June 1702 in Blairgowrie, Perth, and to Margaret Wandless on 7 June 1702 in Rattray, Perth and in Perth.
Three entries in Scotlands People Old Parish Registers for the marriage of John Baxter and Margaret Wandless on 7 June 1702 in Rattray (389 30 / 111) "M As Alfo John Baxter taillor in Nother? Bird? in the Parish of Blair and Margaret Wandlefs Lawfull daur to the deceased? Andrew Wamdlefs mason in Glarnnings? The D Margaret living in the parish of Lyroas" and "This day John Baxter and Margaret Wandless [...] were proclaimed in order to marriage" and to Margeat Walls on 6 june 1702 at Blairgowrie (335 10 / 317) "Blairgowrie, Perth 1702 June 6 [...] John Baxter in this parish brought a ? from the parish of Rattray showing him to be lawfully contracted in order unto marriage with Margreat Walls ??"
His two sons were baptised on 28 March 1703 and 7 May 1704, father John Baxter, his daughter on 18 February 1709 parents John Baxter and Margreat Wandlass, his two sons son on 24 October 1711 parents John Baxter and Margaret Wandless, son on 26 January 1718 parents John Baxter and Margarat Wandless, and son on 24 April 1720 parents John Baxtar and Margrate Wandless.
There are two entries in Scotlands People Old Parish Registers for the burials of John Baxter on 4 April 1744 and 6 January 1745 in Blairgowrie although the entries are for the payment for the use of the mort cloath for the funeral of John Baxter - it is not clear when the funeral was or whether there was one or two funerals.
Rattray is on the east of the Ericht and Blairgowrie on the west on A923, 19 miles NW of Dundee.
John Baxter was Felicity's sixth great grandfather.
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