Show who are you the romance of your name by RUBY HASKINS ELLIS I 1 A baxter HIS name Is taken from tile the anglo THIS word bagster hns ster 11 meaning aher consequently it IS 19 classed ns its a trade name baxters aured conspicuously among tile the landed gentry of old ingland I there are many branches of 0 the fam fain ily all having more or less the same common fanelly characteristics A great love of books and a very strong g attachment it to their own blood Is perhaps tile the most outstanding the baxter memorial speaks of 0 gregory Ur eory bixter baxter who settled in bury mass in 1630 ills laughter abigail married joseph adams and they were tile the grandparents of john adams second united states stales president A number of 0 baxter families of ingland I Hn gland emigrated to till ell set is in lao being people of strong convictions they were forced to seek religious freedom and were among enna company pany of puritans Curl tans N va R SIR I 1 00 who TIO came over with governor winthrop in ID among others of the name of baxter in tile the com company pally was george who has many descendants in new york and other states baxters of ohio are of scotch irish descent a grent great ninny many of them being the posterity of daniel baxter a weaver neaver attlio ho carne came from ireland eluid Ir married a miss cook of new jersey as living in greene county pennsylvania in 1778 and died in pennsylvania in asoy maryland baxters are descendants of joseph baxter sheriff of baltimore in 1779 andrew baxter was a first lieutenant in the american revolution in col wade hamiltons regiment of light dragoons guions was captured by the british and held prisoner at charleston charlesto the arms used here are aberl ascribed ed to thomas baxter or of key west F fla a in issa a descendant of the en english 1 I s branch of |