Sylvester Baldwin I (1719 - 1795)

Born 29 Mar 1719 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Bridget (Chesebrough) Baldwin — married 22 Oct 1759 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 12 Oct 1795 at age 76 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Sylvester Baldwin I (5th GGF) was born on 29 Mar 1719 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony, son of Deacon Theophilus Baldwin (1683-1736) (6th GGF) and Priscilla Mason, his mother died soon after his birth.

He became the spouse of Anna Satterlee (1718-1754), she died childless.

He remarried Bridget Chesebrough (1737-1818) on 22 Oct 1759 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony.

Their son is Capt. Sylvester Baldwin II (1761-1795) (4th GGF).

Children of Sylvester Baldwin and Bridget Chesebrough:

1. Theophilus, b. Nov 13 1762, d. in 1781
2. Sylvester Jr., b. Nov 13 1761; married
3. William, b. Dec 2 1763, d. Feb 9 1765
4. Jonathan, b. Dec 24 1765, m. Lucy Slack, 1788
5. Anna, b. June 27 1768, m. Edward Chesebrough
6. Bridget, b. June 27 1768 (twin to Anna), m. John Leray in 1791
7. Priscilla, b. Oct 7 1770, d. in 1788,
8. Amos, b. Jan 2 1773, m. Rebecca Palmer, Jan 2 1793
9. Thomas, b. Dec 7 1775. d. young
10. Phebe, b. April 21 1778

Sylvester Baldwin I passed away on 12 Oct 1795 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.

Sources

• Baldwin, John D. (1880). “A Record of the DESCENDANTS of JOHN BALDWIN, OF STONINGTON, CONN., with notice of other BALDWINS who settled in America in Early Colony Times. Printed by Tyler & Seagrave, Worcester, Mass. (pg 15)
• Crane, Ellery Bicknell (1907) v1. “Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity”. Lewis Publishing Company. (pg 309)
• Richard Anson Wheeler, History of the town of Stonington, county of New London, Connecticut, from its First settlement in 1649 to 1900, New London, Conn.: Press of the Day Publishing Co., 1900; p. 226, no. 30: https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofs00whee_1/page/n248/mode/1up?view=theater

Acknowledgments

merged Baldwin-4397 into Baldwin-3405
Thanks to Tayler Mccormick for starting the profile Baldwin-3405 at 18:11, 25 April 2013.
Thanks to Katie Pyle for starting the profile Baldwin-4397 at 21:42, 1 February 2014.