Anne (Baldwin) Bryan (1605 - 1651)

Born Mar 1605 in Northchurch, Hertfordshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Alexander Bryan — married 1631 (to 20 Feb 1651) in Northchurch, Hertfordshire, England

Descendants

Died 20 Feb 1651 at age 45 in Milford, New Haven Colony

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Biography

This profile is part of the Baldwin Name Study.

Anna (Baldwin) Bryan was born in Hertfordshire, England.

Birth and Parents

Anne (alias Anna) Baldwin, the only child of Robert Baldwin and Joane Robinson was born say March 1604/5 at Northchurch, Hertfordshire, England. She was in her infancy when her father, Robert Baldwin, evidently died young. It is stated that she was baptized at Northchurch in March 1604/5; however, formal records were not kept at that time.^[1][2]

Her father's will was dated 22 March [3 James] 1605 and proved 1 April 1605 by his brother Richard Baldwin, executor of his will. After small bequests to his aunt Lettice Foster, of Tring, and to the poor of St. Leonard's and Cholesbury, he left his estate to his wife "Joane" and daughter Anne. His overseer was his "Brother" (brother-in-law) Richard Salter.^[3]

Anne is also mentiond in the wills of her paternal grandmother Alice (Kinge) Baldwin, and Uncle Richard Baldwin. The original will of Alice Baldwin is on file in the record of the Court of Archdeaconry of Bucks which was proved, and was dated on 4 June 1622 "...to Anne, daughter of my son Robert Baldwin, 40 shillings...". In her uncle's will dated 18 February 1632/3 listed as "Richard Baldwin of Dun-Dridge in the Parishe of Aston Clinton. Countie of Bucks" "Yeoman" "to Anne Bryant [sic] daughter of my brother Robert, and to her son Richard Bryant [sic] a freehold tenement in Wendover, and fourty-eight pounds, eight pence in money within three months after my decease".^[3][1][2][4] Anne is not listed in the will of her paternal grandfather, Henry Baldwin of Dundridge, as he predeceased Anne's birth on 2 January 1599/1600.^[3]

Marriage and Children

Anne married as his first wife, Alexander Bryan (1602-1679), the son of Thomas and Anna (Unknown) Bryan say 1631 at Northchurch, Hertfordshire,^[5] and had one child born at Aylesbury, Bucks, England:^[1][2]

1. Richard Bryan (b. 1632, Aylesbury; d. 5 Feb 1694, Milford, CT) m. 1) 1649, Mary Pantry (-1679); m. 2) 15 Jul 1679 at Break Neck, LI, Mary Wilmot (-1685); m. 3) 29 Nov 1685 at Milford, CT, Elizabeth (Powell) Treat.

Migration to the Colonies

Anne, Alexander and their son Richard were among the first settlers of Milford, Connecticut in 1639.^[4]

Death and Burial

Anne (Baldwin) Bryan died on 20 February 1651 in her 46th year at Milford, Connecticut Colony.^[4]She is buried in Milford Cemetery at Milford, New Haven, Connecticut.^[6]

In 1663, two years after Anne's death, Alexander and their son, Richard, sold the bequest of property in Wendover from Richard Baldwin, being "four messuages or tenements," given to Richard by the will of his great uncle, Richard Baldwin for £40 to Edward Baldwin of Beaconsfield." Edward, a London barrister, was cousin to both Anne (Baldwin) Bryan and her son Richard.^[4]

Research Notes

• Edmund Janes Cleveland, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, An Attempt to Trace, in Both the Male and Female Lines, the Posterity of Moses Cleveland Who Came From Ipswich, County Suffolk, England, About 1635, Was of Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; [and] of Alexander Cleveland of Prince William County, Virginia; and of Ancient and other Clevelands in England, America, and Elsewhere; with Numerous Biographical Sketches; and Containing Ancestries of Many of the Husbands and Wives also a Bibliography of the Cleveland Family and a Genealogical Account of Edward Winn of Woburn, and of other Winn Families, Volume I (Case, Lockwood, and Brainard Co. Hartford 1899), pages 931-932. Copy available at https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofcleve01clev#page/50/mode/2up. (Anna Baldwin married Alexander Bryan (son of Thomas Bryan of Aylesbury, Bucks., England; he was baptized 9 Sep 1602) and they had son Richard Bryan).

• Find-A-Grave Memorial: Ann was only daughter of Robert & Joane (Robinson) Baldwin (Robert Baldwin is the brother of my ancestor, SYLVESTER BALDWIN, who died at sea on his voyage to New England), she was baptized in March, 1604-5 at North Church, Hertfordshire, Eng. After her marriage to Alexander Bryan, she and her son, Richard Baldwin, inherited from her uncle, Richard Baldwin ["of Dun-Dridge, in the Parishe of Aston Clinton, co. Bucks, Yeoman"], a freehold tenement in Wendover, Hertfordshire, England. His will was dated Feb. 18, 1632 and was prior to their immigration to New England. Her name along with her husband's name is on the memorial bridge over the Wepawaug River in Milford.

Spouse: Alexander Bryan (1602 - 1679)

Children: Richard Bryan (1632 - 1694)

Burial: Milford Cemetery. Milford. New Haven County. Connecticut, USA

Plot: Rev. Peter Prudden's Garden

Created by: Nareen, et al

Record added: Jan 31, 2011

Find A Grave Memorial# 64991868 (Entered by Elizabeth Loftus.)

• FindAGrave contacted with corrections to birth year and location of Anne's birth and marriage year on 6 October 2023.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Baldwin, Charles C. The Baldwin Genealogy Supplement. Cleveland, OH, 1889, Page 990.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Seversmith, Herbert Furman. Colonial Families of Long Island, New York, and Connecticut, Being the Ancestry and Kindred of Herbert Furman Seversmith, Vol 1. Page 227. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89063148555&seq=270
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Chester, Joseph Lemuel."Investigations concerning the Baldwin Family of Aston Clinton, co., Bucks. Published privately 1884 by David Clapp & Son, and from the Historical & Genealogical Register. Retrieved from: https://archive.org/details/investigationsco01ches
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Baldwin, Charles Candee. The Baldwin Genealogy from 1500 - 1881. Cleveland, OH: Leader, Printing, 1881. Pages 46-47. https://archive.org/details/baldwingenealogy00bald/page/46/mode/2up
5. ↑ Abbott, Susan Woodruff. "Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, 1979." Marriage information.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64991868/anna-bryan: accessed 06 October 2023), memorial page for Anna Baldwin Bryan (1604–20 Feb 1661), Find a Grave Memorial ID 64991868, citing Milford Cemetery, Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by V. Nareen Lake (contributor 46613568).

Acknowledgments

• Biography revised with additional information andinline sources following detailed search, and DataDoctor errors rectified in the tracker by Baldwin descendant Carol Baldwin on 6 October 2023.