Susanna Baldridge (abt. 1714 - abt. 1735)

Born about 1714 in Ireland

Ancestors

Died about 1735 at about age 21 in Maryland

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Biography

Susannae was born in 1694. She passed away in 1739.

Descendants of William Baldridge (1689-1772), born in Tyrone, province of Ulster, Ireland, the son of Richard Baldridge. He emigrated from Coleraine Co., Londonderry, Ire., in 1726, landing in Philadelphia, Pa., with his wife Janette Holmes (1694-1768) and their six children. They settled in Little Britain Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. Janette Holmes was born in County Down, Ireland to James and Margaret (Jennings) Holmes. Descendants live in Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia, California, North Carolina and else- where

Family migration

John Baldridge had remained in Ulster Province in the far north of Ireland when his parents emigrated to America. In about 1733, in Coleraine, County Londonderry, John married Rebekah (Rebecca) Clark, who had been born in that area about 1720. With their then three young children, John and Rebecca (Clark) Baldridge also emigrated to Pennsylvania, purportedly aboard the "Village Belle", arriving in Phildadelphia in 1737. They colonized land in Martic Township in southern Lancaster County just a few miles northwest of John's parents.

In about 1765, John and some of his older sons, along with other Scotch-Irish neighbors, traveled to North Carolina and bought acreage in old Mecklenburg County (northwest of the present-day city of Charlotte). An abstract dated 13 May 1765, attesting to the purchase by John Baldridge of land along Indian Camp Creek and the Catawba River can be found in Tryon-Lincoln County Deeds, Volume 1, Pages 670-671. Three other deeds involving similar purchases or rentals of land in that area by John Baldridge appear on pages 155-159 of Volume 4, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Deed Abstracts.

John returned to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, only to die there in late July 1766, before he could relocate his family to North Carolina. John Baldridge's Last Will and Testament, dated 15 July 1766, and filed for probate on 31 July 1766, was recorded in Will Book "B", Volume 1, page 448, Official Records of Lancaster County. It is generally considered that John Baldridge was buried in the cemetery of Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church, although there is no known tombstone bearing his name

"The Stampley, Curtis & Baldridge Famili

"The Stampley, Curtis & Baldridge Families" from Nancy Brister Website gives the birth date as 11 Nov 1715 in Coleraine, Ulster Province, Ireland, and died between 15 Aug and 31 Aug 1766 in Martoc Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, and buried in Chestnut Level Presbyterian Graveyard, Lancaster Co. PA.

Notes from "Our Baldridge Forbearers": John and Rebecca came to America in 1737 and settled in Martic Tp., Lancaster Co., PS.]

John Baldridge, Brother of Susanna Baldridge

Death • Find A Grave Index Name John Baldridge Death or Burial Place Quarryville, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America Cemetery Old Chestnut Level Presbyterian Cemetery Death Date 16 Jul 1766 Birth Date 11 Nov 1715 Event Type Burial

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22270877/john-baldridge: accessed 14 December 2022), memorial page for John Baldridge (11 Nov 1715–16 Jul 1766), Find A Grave: Memorial #22270877, citing Old Chestnut Level Presbyterian Cemetery, Quarryville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Levi T. Miller (contributor 46934127).

• Our Baldridge Forebears and Some of their Collateral Lines, Second Edition, 1994

https://www.worldcat.org/title/our-baldridge-forebears-and-some-of-their-collateral-lines/oclc/10484096 Where The Record Is Found (Citation) Author: Kennedy, Dr. Chester Craft Describe The Record (Notes) Family History of the first Baldridge Immigrants to America

5 editions published between 1981 and 1993 in English and held by 34 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Descendants of William Baldridge (1689-1772), born in Tyrone, province of Ulster, Ireland, the son of Richard Baldridge. He emigrated from Coleraine Co., Londonderry, Ire., in 1726, landing in Philadelphia, Pa., with his wife Janette Holmes (1694-1768) and their six children. They settled in Little Britain Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. Janette Holmes was born in County Down, Ireland to James and Margaret (Jennings) Holmes. Descendants live in Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia, California, North Carolina and else- where

• Legacy NFS Source: John Baldridge - Government record: birth-name: John Baldridge

Describe The Record (Notes) Government record: birth-name: John Baldridge Government record: male Government record: birth: 1715; Ulster Province, Ireland Government record: death: 16 July 1766; Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States