Sylvester Baldwin Jr. (abt. 1600 - 1638)

Born about 1600 in Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Bryan) Astwood — married 1620 in Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England

Descendants

Died 21 Jun 1638 at about age 38 in At Sea

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Biography

This profile is part of the Baldwin Name Study.

Birth and Parents

Sylvester Baldwin Jr. was born in Buckinghamshire, England.

"Emigrant to America, died aboard the ship "Martin" in 1638"

Sylvester, the son of Sylvester Baldwin and Jane Wells was born say 1600 at Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England.

Mentioned in his grandmothers will dated 2 Jun 1622 . Believed to be the emigrant to New England. The latest date of any record of him in England is 29 Nov 1636, when he proved his Uncle Richard's will^[1], as executor and residuary legatee—a, a high compliment to his nephew from a man of property and apparent sence of Richard, a prominent attorney, especially as the next heir of Richard^[2]

Marriage and Children

Sylvester Baldwin Jr., married Sarah Bryan, whose surname, Hon. John D. Baldwin, of Worcester, informed, author, Charles Candee Baldwin, long since, on the authority of Hon. Ralph D. Smith, of Guilford, Conn., was Bryant [sic]^[3].

Mr. Smith, a very high authority in early relationships in Connecticut, could not some years after, give his authority. "The fact, however, will appear very probable, as the English relationship and acquaintance of the Bryants was then unknown, having been afterwards discoverd by myself"^[3].

Children of Sylvester Baldwin Jr. According to the Aston Clinton Registers:^[1]

1. Sarah, bapt. 22 April, 1621, m. Benjamin Fenn^[1][4]
2. Richard. bapt. 25 Aug, 1622, m. Elizabeth Alsop^[1][4]
3. Mary (1), bapt. 28 Feb, 1623/4; buried 3 Nov. 1625^[1]
4. Mary (2), bapt. 19 Feb, 1625/6, m. Robert Plumb of Milford^[1][4]
5. Martha, bapt. 20 April, 1628^[1][4]
6. Samuel, bapt. 1 July 1632; buried 4 January, 1633^[1]
7. Elizabeth, bapt. 28th and buried 31st January, 1633/4^[1]
8. John (known as John Baldwin of Stonington), bapt. 28th October, 1635, m. Rebecca (Palmer) Chesebrough^[1][4]
9. Ruth (not shown on Aston Clinton Register but mentioned in her fathers nuncupative will in 1638 aboard ship "Martin".^[3]

Death

Sylvester Baldwin Jr., died at sea June of 1638 aboard the ship "Martin" en-route to America with his wife Sarah Bryant or Bryan and his surviving children^[3][1][4]

Will of Sylvester Baldwin, Jr.

In the first volume of the Massachusetts Record (p. 234) is a minute of the probate of Sylvester's nuncupative will (a courte of assistents held at Boston the 4th of the 7th month, 1638. On 4 Sept. the will of Sylvester Baldwin was presented into the court, and his wife Sarah and sonne Ricd were allowed executors according to the will. ^[1].

There were witnesses to the will, one being a John Baldwin.

Mr. Savage gives the following account of this will:

“‘On the main ocean, bound for N.E., his noncupative will was made 21 June, and proved 13 July, of that year, before Dept. Gov. Dudley, by oaths of Chad Brown, Francis Bolt, James Weeded and John Baldwin. The estate was good and provision liberal for the six children, as well as the widow, to whom, with son Richard, our general court, 4 Sept. following, committed the administration^[2].

Note: There has been information written by other sources stating John Baldwin (Witness to Sylvester's will) was brother to Sylvester, or son of Sylvester^[2]. John Baldwin, brother to Sylvester, died in 1632, and John Baldwin, son of Sylvester, would have only been 5 years old in 1638. Joseph Chester states "The witness likely was either John Baldwin of Norwich or John Baldwin of Milford." ^[1].

John D Baldwin in his book "Descendants of John Baldwin of Stonington, states "John Baldwin of Norwich traveled with Sylvester's family on ship "Martin" but was only 6 or 7 yrs old".^[5]

Sarah Baldwin, widow of Sylvester Jr., went with the emigrants to New Haven, Connecticut, and was enrolled among the first planters there, five in her family, and £300 in the list, and Property lots were afterward drawn in her right. ^[3].

Sarah Baldwin, widow, remarried John Astwood, of Milford in 1640^[3].

Information in another source^[6] Information on the family differs: Children named are a little different than here. All children have baptism records in parish of Aston Clinton 1)Sarah is the same & d. 29 April 1663 in Milford, New Haven, CT. 2) Mary died. 3) Elizabeth died. 4) Mary-2 same d. 1 Feb 1708, m. 19 Jan 1642. & 2nd m. 2 March 1676 Wm East. Others about the same. Child Richard has 2 pages of info.

Research Notes

• Temperance (Baldwin) Birdsall (abt.1620-1716) wife of Nathan Birdsall is identified as a daughter of Sylvester Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs (1911), but there is no evidence supporting this relationship.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12} Chester, Joseph L. Investigations Concerning the Family of Baldwin, of Aston Clinton, Bucks. Boston: D. Clapp & Son, 1884. Archive.org
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} James Savage, Genealogical dictionary of the first settlers
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Baldwin Genealogy
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} Wheeler
5. ↑ Descendants of John Baldwin of Stonington, Pg 6
6. ↑ Abbott, Susan Woodruff. "Families of Early Milford, Connecticut". Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1979, starting on p. 51

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 28 April 2018, 23:38), entry for Sylvester Baldwin(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:MSJY-99D); contributed by various users.

• Baldwin, Charles Candee. The Baldwin Genealogy From 1500 To 1881(Leader Printing Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 1881)

• Baldwin,John Denison A Record of the Descendants of John Baldwin of Stonington, Conn. (Tyler & Seagrave, Worcester, Massachusetts,1880)

• Chester, Joseph Lemuel (1884). "Investigations concerning The BALDWIN Family of Aston Clinton, co., Bucks. Privately printed 1884 Boston. Reprinted from the Historical and Genealogical Register for April, July, October, 1884. (pgs 11 and 16).

• Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1862) reprinted April 1873 and 1884. Reproduced by Genealogical Publishing Company, Balitmore 1981.

• Wheeler, Richard. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut (Day Publishing, Co., New London, Conn., 1900) Page 223

• Abbott, Susan Woodruff. Families of Early Milford, Connecticut (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979) starting p. 51

• Dowling Family Genealogy: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I47775

• Baldwin, A.M., Charles C. (1872). Cleveland, Ohio. “Notes on the Ancestry of SYLVESTER BALDWIN”. Reprinted from the New-England Historical and Genealogical Register for July, 1872.

• Baldwin, C.C. (1889). Baldwin Genealogy Supplement. Leader Printing Co., Cleveland, Ohio.

• Hoyt, Albert Harrison (editor). (1872) Vol. XXVI. The New England Hostorical & Genealogical Register and Antiquarian Journal, published under the direction of the New England Historic, Genealogical Society, Boston. (pg 295). (Notes on Ancestry of Sylvester Baldwin).

• Benton, Charles Edward, Ezra Reed and Esther Edgerton: Their Life and Ancestry, A.V. Haight Company, 1912 On Archive.org

• Find A Grave: Memorial #28224393  

• NEHGR 38:160-The Family Of Baldwin Of Aston Clinton, Bucks- Joseph Samuel Chester-London-18 Feb 1878 April-October-1884