Martha Close, 1714–1813 (aged 98 years)

Name
Martha /Close/
Birth
Marriage
Death of a brother
Note: Died young.
Birth of a son
Birth of a daughter
Death of a mother
Note: Estimate
Marriage of a parent
Note: She was a widow, and looks to have been maried at least twice before marrying Benjamin; Scofield and Brown.

She was a widow, and looks to have been maried at least twice before marrying Benjamin; Scofield and Brown.

Married as the widow of Joseph Brown.

Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Note
Note: John Baxter sold his Greenwich estate, wife Martha joining in the deed, 15 November 1750, and removed to North Salem, where their three youngest children were baptised in the Church of Christ (Episcopal).
Birth of a son
Death of a brother
Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Birth of a daughter
Death of a sister
Note: Estimate
Death of a father
Death of a half-brother
Death of a brother
Death of a son
Note: Died of wounds received during the revolutionary war. No record as to where he received the wounds at this time. Is listed on applications for the American Revolutionary War.
Burial of a son
Note: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=134121556
Death of a husband
Burial of a husband
Note: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Baxter&GSiman=1&GScid=64985&GRid=134122141&
Death of a brother
Note: Benjamin was a Loyalist, sent within the British lines in 1778, and died there at Long Island in 1782.
Death of a son
Death of a brother
Death of a daughter
Death of a son
Burial of a son
Note: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21701019
Death of a daughter
Death of a son
Burial of a son
Note: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21701076
Death of a son
Burial of a son
Note: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21701142
Note
Note: The Close Family according to Daniel M Mead in his book A History of the Town of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut published in 1857.
Death
Note: Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

Name: Martha Baxter
Death Date: 4 Jun 1813
Death Place: Newtown, Connecticut, USA

Burial
Note: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21701027
Family with parents
father
1857: Close Family (page 1)
1679–1759
Birth: 18 May 1679 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: about March 1759 — Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
mother
1684–1734
Birth: about 1684 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: before 1734 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Marriage Marriage — about 1711 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
14 months
elder brother
1857: Close Family (page 1)
1712–1782
Birth: 6 March 1712 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 25 January 1782 — Long Island City, Queens County, New York, America
3 years
herself
1857: Close Family (page 1)
1714–1813
Birth: 26 October 1714 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 4 June 1813 — Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
23 months
younger sister
1857: Close Family (page 1)
1716–1758
Birth: 19 September 1716 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: after 1758 — Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
17 months
younger brother
1857: Close Family (page 1)
1718–1795
Birth: 9 February 1718 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: about 1795 — Florida, Orange County, New York, America
2 years
younger brother
1857: Close Family (page 1)
1720–1754
Birth: 3 February 1720 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 22 February 1754 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
2 years
younger brother
1722–1733
Birth: 5 May 1722 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: between 1723 and 1733 — America
2 years
younger brother
1857: Close Family (page 1)
1724–1770
Birth: 31 July 1724 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: about December 1770 — Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
3 years
younger sister
1857: Close Family (page 1)
1727–
Birth: 22 April 1727 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Father’s family with Ruth Slater
father
1857: Close Family (page 1)
1679–1759
Birth: 18 May 1679 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: about March 1759 — Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
stepmother
1694–
Birth: 13 March 1694 — Eastchester, Westchester County, New York, America
Marriage Marriage — 17 May 1734 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
10 months
half-brother
1857: Close Family (page 1)
1735–1770
Birth: 6 March 1735 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 4 November 1770 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Family with John Baxter
husband
1706–1778
Birth: about 1706 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: about 1778 — North Salem, Westchester County, New York, America
herself
1857: Close Family (page 1)
1714–1813
Birth: 26 October 1714 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 4 June 1813 — Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Marriage Marriage — 25 January 1731 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
23 months
son
1732–1809
Birth: 16 December 1732 — Horseneck, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 5 February 1809 — North Salem, Westchester County, New York, America
3 months
daughter
1733–1802
Birth: 11 March 1733 — Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: about June 1802 — North Salem, Westchester County, New York, America
4 years
son
1736–
Birth: about 1736 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
3 years
son
1739–1809
Birth: 22 April 1739 — Horseneck, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 20 February 1809 — North Salem, Westchester County, New York, America
3 years
son
1741–
Birth: about 1741 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
3 years
daughter
1743–
Birth: about 1743 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
3 years
daughter
1745–1808
Birth: about 1745 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 10 April 1808 — Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
3 years
son
1747–1782
Birth: about 1747 — Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: about 1782 — Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
3 years
son
1749–1777
Birth: about 1749 — Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 27 February 1777 — New York, America
3 years
son
1751–1806
Birth: about 1751 — North Salem, Westchester County, New York, America
Death: 25 June 1806 — North Salem, Westchester County, New York, America
4 years
son
1754–1820
Birth: about 1754 — North Salem, Westchester County, New York, America
Death: 28 February 1820 — North Salem, Westchester County, New York, America
2 years
son
1755–
Birth: after 1755 — North Salem, Westchester County, New York, America
2 years
daughter
1756–1829
Birth: about 1756 — North Salem, Westchester County, New York, America
Death: 16 July 1829 — North Salem, Westchester County, New York, America
Birth
Marriage
Note
Note

John Baxter sold his Greenwich estate, wife Martha joining in the deed, 15 November 1750, and removed to North Salem, where their three youngest children were baptised in the Church of Christ (Episcopal).

Note

The Close Family according to Daniel M Mead in his book A History of the Town of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut published in 1857.

Death

Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

Name: Martha Baxter
Death Date: 4 Jun 1813
Death Place: Newtown, Connecticut, USA

Burial

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21701027