Abigail (Baldwin) Wadham (1658 - 1739)

Born 16 Nov 1658 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

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Died 24 Jun 1739 at age 80 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Abigail Baldwin, daughter of John Baldwin and Mary Bruen; born in Milford, Connecticut Nov 15, 1658; and baptized in New Haven Ct., March 27, 1659^[1]grand-daughter of Obadiah Bruen of New London, Ct.,^[1]

Abigail married (1) Samuel Baldwin, son of Nathaniel; settling in Guilford, Ct., in 1675 where he died January 12, 1696, leaving his wife and six children^[2]

Daughter of John Baldwin "Immigrant" of Milford, the first John Baldwin and Mary Baldwin

Wife of Samuel Baldwin and John Wadhams

Mother of Abigail Starr; Deborah Baldwin; Dorothy Tryon; Nathaniel Baldwin; Joanna Frisbie and 4 others

Sister of Mary Baldwin; Sarah Baldwin; Obadiah Baldwin; Hannah Fiske; Richard Baldwin and 1 other

Half sister of John Baldwin of Milford; Josiah Baldwin (twin); Nathaniel Baldwin; Samuel Baldwin, Sr. (twin); Elizabeth Porter; and Joseph Baldwin

Children by Samuel Baldwin

1. Abigail
2. Deborah
3. Dorothy
4. Joanna
5. Samuel
6. Timothy
7. Nathaniel

Name

Abigail Baldwin

Birth

15 Nov 1658 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut^[3][4][5][6]

Marriage

1678 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut^[3]

Abigail (Baldwin) Baldwin, widow in 1696; married (2) April 13, 1697, John Wadham Jr.

Death

24 Jun 1739 Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut^[3][6]

Age: 80

Burial

Old North Cemetery, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut

Sources

• Harriet Weeks (Wadhams) Stevens; :Wadhams genealogy, proceeded by a sketch of the Wadham family in England"; Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., published 1913; New York(Google EBooks URL: https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=SHFZAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA23
• Baldwin, Charles Candee. The Baldwin Genealogy From 1500 To 1881 (Leader Printing Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 1881)
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930) Vol. 1, Page 24.
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002) Vol. 1-55.
• U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 (National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, Kentucky) Microfilm, 508 rolls. Volume: 124; SAR Membership Number: 24703. Volume: 68; SAR Membership Number: 13509.
• AGBI: American Genealogical-Biographical Index, Godfrey Memorial Library, Middletown, CT, USA
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985) Birth: 1658 Milford, CT
• Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 766
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154165943/abigail-waddams: accessed 24 September 2023), memorial page for Abigail Baldwin Waddams (15 Nov 1658–24 Jun 1739), Find A Grave: Memorial #154165943, citing Old North Cemetery, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Ro§e❈ (contributor 47359710).

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Pg 23; Wadhams genealogy, [2nd Generation]; proceeded by a sketch of the Wadham family in England"
2. ↑ New England Genealogical Register, 1871; Vol. 25; pp. 153-54; as cited by author of the :Wadham family in England" pg 23; Harriet Stevens
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Torrey
4. ↑ Penn., Church Town Records
5. ↑ AGBI
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Barbour Collection