James Baldwin (1704 - 1760)

Born 6 Mar 1704 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Deborah (Porter) Baldwin — married 21 Feb 1727 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 27 Aug 1760 at age 56 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

According to The Baldwin genealogy from 1500 to 1881, James Baldwin, son of Samuel, grandson of John, was born in Newark, New Jersey on March 6, 1703/4. He m. Deborah Porter, dau. of Daniel Porter of Waterbury, CT. He settled at Judd's Meadow, in Waterbury, in 1727. He lived at Fulling Brook Mill and in 1740 he had a Grist Mill. He was a soldier in the French and Indian War, and Deputy in 1747 and 1748. He died in Derby, CT, owning property in each place.^[1]

James BALDWIN was born calculated 1703. He died 27 Aug 1760 in Derby, New Haven, CT and was buried in Derby Colonial Cemetery, Derby, New Haven, CT. James married Deborah PORTER on 21 Feb 1727 in Waterbury, New Haven, CT.

Sources

1. ↑ The Baldwin genealogy from 1500 to 1881 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Section: John Baldwin, of Milford, Connecticut, and his descendants

• Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 1, p 317.

• Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 585.

• Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five., New Haven, The Price & Lee Company, 1896, Ap35.

• Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Ap146. " ... of Derby ..."

• Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol. 50 - Waterbury, General Editor - Lorraince Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002, p. 20. " ... of Derby ..."

• Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 803.

• Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 252. http://oxfordpast.net/dccemscan252.html.

• Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, p. 184.

• Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 803.

"Here lies the body of

Mr James Baldwin who

departed this life Aug

ye 27th 1760 in ye 57th

year of his age

The sleeping dust sable drest

Here cease from labor calmly rest

Till conquered death shall be no more

The grave its captive prey restore."

• Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 252. http://oxfordpast.net/dccemscan252.html.

• Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem2034.html.

• Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket, Barbour Collection - Waterbury, p. 18. "James, s. of Samuel, of Newark, N.J., m. Deborah Porter, d. Daniel, of Waterbury, Feb. 21, 1726/7."

• Baldwin Name Study