William Baxter

William was born in January 1707 in Fife and his baptism took place there on February 9th, 1707.

• Birth Notes
  • Name: William Baxtar
    Gender: Male
    Christening Date: 09 Feb 1707
    Christening Place: AUCHTERDERRAN,FIFE,SCOTLAND
    Father's Name: William Baxtar
    Mother's Name: Jannet Johnston
    
    
    Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11405-2
    System Origin: Scotland-ODM
    GS Film number: 1040148
    
    Citing this Record
    "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYVH-836 : 10 February 2018), Jannet Johnston in entry for William Baxtar, 09 Feb 1707; citing AUCHTERDERRAN,FIFE,SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,040,148.

William's father was William Baxter and his mother was Janet Johnston.  His paternal grandparents were Baxter and Anna High; his maternal grandparents were Robert Johnson and <Unknown>. He had six brothers and three sisters, named Thomas, Robert, Andrew, James, William, Douglas, Joanet, Elizabeth and Catherine.  He was the second oldest of the ten children.