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This Old Town: The Baxter family of Medfield

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By Richard DeSorgher Hometown Weekly Correspondent Rev. Joseph Baxter was Medfield’s second minister. He was the son of Lieutenant John Baxter of Braintree and was born in 1676. He graduated from Harvard College in 1693, at the age of 17. He first preached in Medfield when he was 18 years old and although well liked, the...
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