Abner Baldwin (1726 - 1781)

Born 27 May 1726 in Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut

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Died 26 Apr 1781 at age 54 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Capt Abner Baldwin served with 17th Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

From: Connecticut Historical Society, Vol. VIII, page 201

“Pay Abstract for the Horse Travel of Capt. Alex’s Waugh’s Co. in the Seventeenth Regt. Of Militia of the State of Connecticut , Who marched on a sudden emergency to oppose the enemy who were burning Fairfield inn Norwalk on July 10, 1779. Abner Baldwin.............30 miles James Landon..............50 “ Reuben Landon...........20. “

The company with others was in-service at Holy Neck July and August 1779 under Andrew Adams, Lieutenant Colonel Commander”

Sources

• Fowler, William. History of Durham, Connecticut (Wiley, Waterman & Eaton, 1866) Page 261.
• Ancestry Family Trees (Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=44459767&pid=286
• Landon Genealogy (published 1928) Clark Boardman & Co. Ltd. New York, NY. South Hero, Vt. Pages 267 & 268
• Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society (The Connecticut Historical Society and the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, Hartford 1860-1928) Vol. 8, Page 201.
• Woodruff, George C. A Genealogical Register of the Inhabitants of the Town of Litchfield, Connecticut (Case Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, Conn., 1845) Page 11