Sarah (Baldwin) Lawrence (1628 - 1662)

Born Mar 1628 in Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Lawrence — married about 1651 (to about 1662) in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 1662 at about age 33 in Buckinghamshire, England

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Biography

This profile is part of the Baldwin Name Study.

Birth and Parents

Sarah (Baldwin) Lawrence was born in Buckinghamshire, England.

Sarah, the fourth daughter and sixth child of Richard Baldwin and Phillipa Corbman was born in 1627 and baptized on 23 March of that year at St Leonard's parish, Aston Clinton near Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England.^[1][2]

Marriage and Children

Sarah married Deacon Richard Lawrence, son of Thomas Lawrence (1596-1655) and Elizabeth (Unknown) by 1651at Branford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony.^[3]Sarah and Richard had five children born in Branford, CT:

1. Eleazer Lawrence (b. 17 Jan 1651, Branford, CT; d. 1686),^[4]
2. Esther Lawrence (b. 1651; d. 1697, Newark, NJ), m. 9 Mar 1668, John Bruen (1646-1695)
3. Bethia Lawrence (b. 1652; d. 1694), m. 1667 at Newark, NJ, Stephen Bond (1633-1694)
4. Eldad Lawrence (b. 14 Jul 1654, Branford, CT; d. 12 Nov 1655, Branford, CT),^[5]
5. Sarah Lawrence (b. 1657; d. 1693).

According to C. C. Baldwin, Sarah received a bequest from her paternal uncle, Henry Baldwin, a barrister who resided at Guilford, Surrey, England. The inheritance included 20BPS, "and to her and her heirs the tenement at East End, in Flitwick, County Bedford, devised to me by my said brother Richard" in her Uncle Henry's will dated 11 September 1661.^[6]

Death and Burial

Sarah (Baldwin) Lawrence died in 1662 in her 34th year at Buckinghamshire, England, and has a memroal page on FindAGrave.^[7]

Research Notes

• There is a suggested undocumented death year of 1662 from GEDCOM. *Given that her uncle left a bequest in 1661, it is possible that Sarah returned to England to address this legacy, died while in England, and was buried in the shire of her birthplace.
• There is no further information about Sarah (Baldwin) Lawrence in Branford, Connecticut, or with her husband on his move to settle at Newark, New Jersey.

Sources

1. ↑ Findmypast.Com. Accessed 8 December 2019. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FBUCKINGHAMSHIRE%2FBAP%2F001650098. Name: Sarah Baldwin d/o Richard and Phillipa; Place: Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire; Baptism Date: 23 Mar 1627.
2. ↑ Baldwin, Charles Candee. The Baldwin Genealogy 1500-1881. Cleveland, OH: Leader Publishing, Co., 1881. Page 45.
3. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England marriages Prior to 1700, Vol II: H-S. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. Page 928.
4. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74S-59T : 7 January 2020), Richard Lawrance in entry for Eleazer Lawrance, 1651.
5. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74S-GL4 : 7 January 2020), Richard Larance in entry for Eldad Larance, 1654.
6. ↑ Baldwin, Charles Candee. The Baldwin Genealogy 1500-1881. Cleveland, OH: Leader Publishing, Co., 1881. Page 40.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172289219/sarah-lawrence: accessed 02 July 2023), memorial page for Sarah Baldwin Lawrence (Mar 1628–1662), Find a Grave Memorial ID 172289219; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Jim Stevens (contributor 47249634).

Acknowledgements

• Biography written in full with inline sourcing and Baldwin ONS Sticker added following further research by Baldwin descendant Carol Baldwin on 3 July 2023.