Marine Private William
Baxter ( c. 1757....1830)
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Royal Marines
Born :
circa 1757
Where Born : England
Occupation : Soldier /
Date Arrived : 26. Jan. 1788
Ship Arrived on : " Alexander "
Rank on Discharge : Private
Date of Enlistment : Marine
Where Enlisted : Portsmouth
Date of Discharge : 5. April 1792
Where Discharged : Norfolk Island
Enlisted R.N.S.W.
Corps : 5.
April 1792
Where Enlisted : Norfolk Island
Date of Discharge : 6 April 1797
Re-Enlisted R.N.S.W. Corps
: 25
March 1800
Date of Discharge : 25 March 1803
Where Discharged : Sydney
Date Buried : 13. Aug . 1830 age 73
Where Died /
Buried :
St Peter's Richmond New South Wales
Parents Names :
Partner's Name : Mary Watts
Born :
Where Born :
Occupation :
Date Arrived : 1791
Ship Arrived on : "Mary Ann"
Died :
Buried :
Where Died /
Buried :
Spouse's Name : Mary Weir
Born :
Where Born : Dublin Ireland
Occupation :
Date Married : 7. July. 1803
Where Married : St John's Church
Parramatta
Spouse's Parents :
Date Arrived : 1793
Ship Arrived on : "Sugar Cane "
Died : 26 October 1828
Where Died /
Buried :
- Descendants
- Area Settled :
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- Children :
- 1 . John Mathew Hunter
Baxter (b.11/11/1792.......d.1828 ) to Mary Watts
History
& Achievements :
- Marine Private William Baxter enlisted in the
32nd Portsmouth Company of the Royal Marines. Following
- his arrival in Port Jackson he was attached to
Captain James Meredith's Company. On March the 4th 1790
he was transferred to Norfolk Island where he remained
until April 5th 1792. On this date en enlisted in the
Royal New South Wales Corps & in 1794 sailed on the
ship" Daedaulus " to Sydney
- Following his discharge he establishes an 25 acre
farm at the Field of Mars he recieved 20 acres at
- Bankstown on the 28th of May 1799 and a further
160 acres on the 12th of March 1800. he recieved a
further 50 acres mid 1802 and on June 1803 a further 80
acres at Evan. Farming was not his wish and he disposed
of the lot only to become a labour at Windsor in 1814
until 1822,ended up a pauper.
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- References
- Military records ,Pay rolls, Pay Musters, Cemetery Records, Church
Records & General Muster Records, Mitchell Library ,Sydney Australia
- The information is intended for
short Historical value only,
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(QLD) Australia