John Baldwin (1712 - 1746)

Born 28 Oct 1712 in Gisbourn, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Pusey) Baldwin — married 13 Nov 1734 in London Grove Township, Chester, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 1 Dec 1746 at age 34 in Hockessin, New Castle, Delaware

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Biography

'John Baldwin, son of William Baldwin and his wife Mary was born in England the 28 th of October 1712.^[1] According to the History of Chester County, his parents emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1713, settling in Bucks County. His father died in 1720 and his mother remarried and moved the family to Chester County, PA. John served an apprenticeship. In 1734, he was a member of the Kennett Meeting, Chester County, Pa, and married Elizabeth Pusey, dau. of William and Elizabeth (Bowater) Pusey, of London Grove, Chester County, Pa.^[1]

He was a faithful Quaker leader and traveled to Maryland and Virginia to visit other meetings. John and Elizabeth were the parents of Mary, Lydia, William, Samuel, Thomas, and Hannah. ^[2] John came down with smallpox in November, 1746 and died within a few days, on December 1, 1746 (this date is reported as October in some records due to misunderstanding of Quaker calendar months). He is buried in Hockessin, New Castle (now Delaware County) county.^{[1] [3]}

Children of John Baldwin and Elizabeth Pusey

i. Mary, b. Aug 17, 1735; m. Thomas Harlan, son of Thomas and Mary Harlan, late of Kennett

ii. Lydia, b. Jan 3, 1737; m. Jonathan Valentine

iii. William, b. Nov 5 1739

iv. Samuel, b. Oct 1, 1741; d. Sept 6 1845 from fall in the mill

v. Thomas, b. Sept 27 1743

vi. Hannah, b. Oct 6 1745; d. 1812 unmarried

The will of John Baldwin was dated Sept. 1740; and proved Dec 8, 1746; Chris. Hd.; Misc. 214; he mentions his wife Elizabeth, mother Mary Lewis; sons, William and Thomas; daus. Mary, Lydia, and Hannah; Exec. wife Elizabeth and Jacob Hollingsworth^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Page 763 of CC Baldwin's "Baldwin Genealogy from 1500-1881
2. ↑ Futhey and Cope. History of Chester County. facsimile reprint HERITAGE books, Westminster, MD., 2007 p. 471
3. ↑ Information from image. U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994. Year: 1755 Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
4. ↑ Delaware Wills 1682-1800; Record for John Baldwin, New Castle Co., for year 1746; retrieved 2018-03-23 from will

• See also:

• Baldwin, Charles Candee (1881). 'The Baldwin Genealogy from 1500-1881'.

• U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 Year: 1755 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.

• Alpheus H. Harlan, “History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family and particularly the Descendants of George and Michael Harlan Who settled in Chester County, Pa., 1687”, 1914, Reprinted Fifth Printing, 1998 for the Harlan Family by Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD. Page 53

• A calendar of Delaware wills, New Castle County, 1682-1800; National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Delaware; Publication date 1911