Baxter, Joseph, 1676-1745

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Clergyman of Medfield, Mass.

From the description of Diary, 1717-1721. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70974865

Baxter (1676 Jun. 11-1745 May 2) graduated from Harvard College, 1693 and received his M.A. in 1696. He became the pastor of the Medfield (Mass.) Congregational Church in January 1696 (ordained in 1697 Apr. 21) and served there until his death in 1745. In addition, he also served as an occasional missionary to Indians in Maine and on Nantucket.--Cf. Sibley's Hardard graduates, v. 4, 1690-1700.

From the description of Sermons, ca. 1696-ca. 1745 / Joseph Baxter. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 63676687

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associatedWith Baxter family. family
associatedWith Dogget family. family
associatedWith First Church (Cambridge, Mass.) corporateBody
associatedWith First Congregational Church (Medfield, Mass.) corporateBody
associatedWith Gould family. family
associatedWith Harvard College (1636-1780) corporateBody
associatedWith Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. person
associatedWith Moodey, Joshua, 1633?-1697. person
associatedWith Shute, Samuel, 1662-1742. person
associatedWith Stoddard, Hannah Gould Johnson, 1878-1965, person
associatedWith Willard, Samuel, 1640-1707. person
associatedWith Williamson, Joseph, 1828-1902. person
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Connecticut
United States
Massachusetts
Georgetown (Me.)
Massachusetts
Cambridge (Mass.)
Maine
Massachusetts--Medfield
Medfield (Mass.)
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Congregational churches
Clergy
Indians of North America
Pastoral theology
Sermons
Sermons, American
Travelers
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Clergy
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Birth 1676

Death 1745

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