Baxter Hall
| Captain Baxter Hall | |
|---|---|
This photo depicts uniforms and fife and drum of the revolutionary war, when Captain Baxter Hall served as a drummer.
|
|
| Born | 1757 Uxbridge, Massachusetts 
|
| Died | 1842 Uxbridge, Massachusetts
|
| Allegiance |
United States of America 
|
| Service/branch | Continental Army |
| Years of service | 1775-1780 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | Massachusetts 26th and others |
| Battles/wars |
Battle of Bunker Hill Lexington Alarm |
| Other work | <farmer>br/ |
Baxter Hall was a military officer in the Continental Army, and a militia captain, of significance to the American Revolution. He was born in 1757 and died in 1842.
Baxter Hall was one of nine children born to Lieutenant Nehemiah Hall and Sarah (Hayward), daughter of John Hayward and Hannah Baxter, in Uxbridge, Massachusetts on October 10, 1757. Nehemiah Hall and his wife, Sarah, had nine children (all born in Uxbridge): John (3 Oct 1751 – 30 May 1755); Nathan (29 Aug 1753 – 13 Mar 1835); John (30 Jun 1755 – date ?); Baxter (10 Oct 1757 – 4 Jul 1842); Hannah (10 Oct 1759 – before 1768); David (2 Oct 1762 – 25 Jul 1798); Nehemiah (7 Dec 1764 – 29 Dec 1842); Hannah (19 Mar 1768 - ?); and Jonathan (18 Sep 1770 – 27 Jul 1848).
The Baxter Family (where Baxter Hall got his name from) were one of the founding families of Quincy, Massachusetts with Gregory Baxter and his wife, Margaret Paddy. Their daughter, Abigail Baxter, married Joseph Adams and were President John Adams' Great Grandparents.
Baxter Hall's brothers Nehemiah and David also served during the American Revolution and are also buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Uxbridge, MA. His father, Nehemiah Hall, Sr., was appointed of a committee on July 6, 1774, "to correspond with committees that now or shall be chosen by any towns in this province for the purpose on any Matur (matter) that my respect the present difficulty that now or may subsist between Great Britain and North America." This committee consisted of Samuel Read, Joshua Wood, Moses Taft, Seth Read, Joseph Chapin, Moses Keith, Dexter Wood, Simeon Wheelock, and Nehemiah Hall.
Captain Baxter Hall was a Lexington and Bunker Hill Drummer who responded to the alarm at Lexington of April 19 of 1775 with the Uxbridge Militia Company, under Captain Joseph Chapin.
He was an officer in the American Revolutionary War and also served as a drummer in Captain Samuel(or Seth) Read's company. He then served in Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Tyler's regiment (from Uxbridge) from January 21, 1777, to December 8, 1777, at Rhode Island. Later commands he served under included: Captain Job Knapp's company, and Colonel Job Cushing's regiment in the northern army, Captain Edward Seagrave, Colonel Wood, Captain Caleb Whiting, Colonel Benjamin Hawes, Captain Thomas Marshal Baker's company, and Colonel Samuel Denny's regiment.
...
Wikipedia