John Baldwin (1654 - 1705)

Born 5 Dec 1654 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Experience (Abell) Baldwin — married 1680 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 18 Jan 1705 at age 50 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Deacon John Baldwin, son of John Baldwin and Hannah Birchard; born December 5, 1654, at Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut.^[1][2]

In 1680 John married Experience Abell, lived in Lebanon, Ct;^[3][4]

In 1695, he was a grantee on a deed for most likely the land he lived and died on in Lebanon, Ct.^[3] In 1699 he was a Selectman, and a Deacon in the Church when he died.^[3]

Children of John and Experience

1. Experience, b. Aug 3, 1684^[3][4][5]
2. John, b. April 27, 1687^[3][4][6]
3. Mary, b. May 3, 1692^[3][4][7]
4. Mehitable, b. Aug 27, 1695^[3][4][8]
5. Tabitha, b. April 2, 1699; believed to have married Samuel Brewster of Lebanon, Ct., and had a daughter Mary, b. April 10, 1745, who married 1762, Jonathan Strong, son of Stephen Strong^[3][4][9]

John died on Jan 18, 1704/5, at Lebanon, New London, Connecticut^[10][11][12]

From the Old Cemetery, Lebanon, "Baldwin, Deacon John, died Jan. 18, 1704, age 51 years"^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. p 5 Ancestry Record 1034 #361844
   Name: John Baldwin
   Gender: Male
   Birth Date: 5 Dec 1654
   Birth Place: Guilford
   Parent: John
   Parent: Hanna
2. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74X-FPR : 7 January 2020), John Baldwin, 1654.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} Baldwin, Charles Candee; The Baldwin genealogy from 1500 to 1881; Leader Printing Co., Cleveland, Ohio 1881 p 270
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848 (Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, Hartford, 1913) Part 1, Page 55.
5. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WH-CRP : 7 January 2020), John Baldwen in entry for Experience Baldwen, 1684.
6. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74X-697 : 7 January 2020), John Baldwen in entry for John Baldwen, 1687.
7. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WH-WYK : 7 January 2020), John Baldwen in entry for Mary Baldwen, 1692.
8. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WH-CR2 : 7 January 2020), John Baldwen in entry for Mehitabell Baldwen, 1695.
9. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WH-HTB : 7 January 2020), John Baldwen in entry for Tabitha Baldwen, 1699.
10. ↑ White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. p 12 Ancestry Record 1063 #547159
    Name: John Baldwin
    Death Date: 18 Jan 1704/5
    Death Place: Lebanon, Connecticut, USA
11. ↑ "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7HL-83V : 11 June 2020), John Baldwin, 1704.
12. ↑ Lebanon Vital Records Volumes 1 and 2, 1700-1854, Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
13. ↑ The Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library. p 84 Ancestry Record 2900 #470610
    Name: Deacon John Baldwin
    Age: 51
    Birth Date: abt 1653
    Death Date: 18 Jan 1704
    Burial Place: Connecticut, USA
    Cemetery: Old Cemetery

See also:

• FamilySearch Person: LRXR-K27
• Find A Grave: Memorial #45846324, accessed 11 February 2022, memorial page for Deacon John Baldwin (5 Dec 1654–18 Jan 1704), citing Old Cemetery, Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by John Beckstein (contributor 46939506)
• Rogers, Edna M., Thomas Birchard of Norwich, Connecticut and Some of His Descendants, The American Genealogist (1940) Vol. 17, Page 36-37.