Nathaniel Baldwin (1607 - abt. 1658)

Born 1607 in Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Camp) Baldwin — married before 9 Jun 1644 (to 22 Mar 1648) in Milford Plantation, New Haven Colony, Connecticut

Husband of Joanna (Unknown) Skidmore — married before 1650 (to 1658) in Fairfield, Connecticut [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 22 Mar 1658 at about age 51 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Origin

In 1639 Nathaniel Baldwin; Timothy; Joseph; Richard and John Baldwin were among the first settlers of Milford Connecticut^[1]Nathaniel Baldwin, most likely the 2nd son* born to Richard Baldwin and Isabell Harding ; his birth probably occurred between 1605 and 1610, the birth years shown for Timothy (1605) and Joseph (1610 or later); in Cholesbury, Bucks Co., England

*Note: Based on the will of Richard Baldwin, of Cholesbury, dated May 23, 1630; proved May 16, 1633 in the court of the Archdeaconry of Bucks; Richard mentions his sons with the following bequests:

Son Nathaniel, 10 pounds

Son Joseph, when he is 21 years old, one-half acre of land called "Hunt's Wick"

His son Timothy is named executor.^[2]

Based on Richards bequests, it would seem Timothy is the oldest son, 2nd would be Nathaniel, and 3rd, Joseph, not yet 21 years old in 1630.

Immigration

The three brothers, Timothy, Nathaniel, and Joseph are believed to have emigrated to New England, Connecticut approx. 1639.^[3]

Nathaniel Baldwin was one of the first settlers of Milford, Connecticut, where he was a free planter, November 29, 1639 (p 406).^[2]

In 1650, he conveys land in Milford to his brother Timothy (p 406).^[2]

The 3 brothers settled in Milford together; Nathaniel, was a cooper, and removed to Fairfield, as he was there in 1641 (p 406).^[2]

Marriages

Nathaniel married twice.

• He married, before June 9, of 1644 (the date she joined the church at Milford and the month in which 2 of her children were baptized) to Abigail Camp] (p 406).^[2] She died there March 22, 1648 (p 406).^[2]

• He married after March of 1648, and before 1650 (first child Sarah was born), as his 2nd, and as her 2nd, to Joanna (Unknown) Westcoat, widow of Richard Westcoat, of Fairfield, Conn (p 406).^[2] After Nathaniel died, she married 3rd to Thomas Skidmore.

Nathaniel owned land in Fairfield, March 6, 1649; in which he acquired by virtue of marriage with Joan (Joanna) Westcoat, from her father; he built a house on several parcels of land.^[4]

Note: Baldwin originally believed that Joanna made a marriage contract with Thomas Skidmore, but did not marry him (p 407).^[2] He was following Mr. Byron A Baldwin, "a careful genealogist." In Charles Baldwin's ...Supplement, he corrects this statement by saying "the Skidmore marriage came off after all" and cites the Judd Papers, which state that in 1677, Nathaniel's son Samuel had of his father-n-law (step-father), two pieces of land.^[4]

Children

Children of Nathaniel Baldwin and Abigail (Camp) Baldwin (p 406):^[2]

1. John Baldwin, bapt. June 1644
2. Daniel Baldwin, bapt. June 1644
3. Nathaniel Baldwin, bapt. January, 1645
4. Abigail Baldwin, bapt. March 19, 1648; and died in 1668

Children of Nathaniel Baldwin and Joanna (Unknown) Westcoat (p 406):^[2]

1. Sarah Baldwin, b. 1650
2. Deborah Baldwin, b. 1652
3. Samuel Baldwin, b. 1655

Death and Legacy

He died in 1658,^[4] the probate of his estate appears in Fairfield, Conn., in which a double share is given to his eldest son John Baldwin; to the 3 children of his last wife, equal to each other; and the children of his former wife, now living at Milford, a share equal to the three (p 407).^[2][5]

Charles Candee Baldwin, states "Mr. Savage, in his Genealogical Dictionary, makes his widow, marry Thomas Skidmore; but Mr. Byron A Baldwin, a careful genealogist, descended of this line, states that she made a contract with Skidmore in regard to marriage, which was recorded, but did not marry him (p 407).^[2]

In Charles Baldwin's Supplement, pg 1082, to his original publication, pg 407, he corrects this statement by saying "the Skidmore marriage came off after all". He cites the Judd Papers, which states that in 1677, Nathaniel's son Samuel. had of his father-n-law (interpreted as step-father, common use of the term at that time) two pieces of land, "She married 3rd, Thomas Skidmore, not George Abbott, of Fairfield, and died in 1682" (p 408).^[2][4]

Mr Charles Candee Baldwin, also makes a statement that "Numbers of Nathaniel's descendants have had substantial progress in tracing this family" and names: Lewis M. Norton, of Goshen, Conn.; Dr. Talcott, of Guilford Conn.; and Byron A Baldwin, Esq., of Chicago, who printed in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for April of 1871, a partial genealogy, entitled "Nathaniel Baldwin and one Line of his Descendants; and Hon. Ralph D. Smith, of Gulford, "all of which are notable and respected experts in their research" (p 408).^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Genealogies of Connecticut families; retrieved from [1]
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13} Baldwin, Charles C., (1881) The Baldwin Genealogy from 1500 to 1881. Cleveland: [Leader printing company], Archive.org accessed 6 August 2016 (Pages 23, 406-08, 618).
3. ↑ Chester, Joseph Lemuel (1884). "Investigations concerning the Baldwin Family of Aston Clinton, co., Bucks. Archive.org accessed 6 August 2016 (Pages 9-10).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Baldwin, C.C., (1889) The Baldwin Genealogy Supplement. Cleveland: Cleveland leader, 1889, [https://archive.org/stream/baldwingenealogy1889bald#page/n5/mode/2up Archive.org accessed 6 August 2016 (Page 1082).
5. ↑ Connecticut Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database-online]. Ancestry.com

• The Baldwin genealogy from 1500 to 1881; by Baldwin, C. C. (Charles Candee), (1834-1895); Publication date 1881; Publisher Cleveland, O, [Leader printing company]; https://archive.org/stream/baldwingenealogy00bald#page/406/mode/2up/search/milford

• The Baldwin genealogy supplement; by Baldwin, C. C. (Charles Candee), (1834-1895); Publication date 1889; Publisher Cleveland, O. [Cleveland leader. print]; https://archive.org/details/baldwingenealogy1889bald

• Ancestry.com: Connecticut Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database-online]. Provo, UT., USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002

• Genealogies of Connecticut Families (Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983) Vol. 1, Page 71