John Baldwin Sr. (1697 - bef. 1745)

Born 10 Jun 1697 in Westchester, Chester, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Lewis) Baldwin — married 11 Apr 1719 (to 1725) in Pennsylvania

Husband of Hannah (Cloud) Baldwin — married after 1727 in Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died before 21 Mar 1745 before age 47 in New Castle, New Castle, Delaware

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Biography

John Baldwin, Sr., son of Francis Baldwin and Cecily Coebourne; was born approx. 1697 in Chester County, Pa. He died in 1745. He married 1st, Elizabeth Lewis in approx 1719, she died in 1725. He married 2nd, Sarah Cloud, in 1725/6, she died in 1727 shortly after the birth of their first child.

John married a third wife, sister of Sarah, Hannah (Cloud) Prew. Her husband Caleb Prew died in 1726, leaving her with four daughters; Susannah, Sarah, Mary, and Betty Prew. Hannah died in 1735.

Children of John Baldwin and Elizabeth Lewis;

i. Francis Baldwin, b. about 1721

ii. Elizabeth Baldwin, m. James Huklin

iii. Mary Baldwin, b. about 1724 in New Castle, Delaware; married, Nicholas Pyle, on January, 1743/44, at the Holy trinity church, Wilmington Delaware; he was born 08 Feb 1721/22, Kennett Twp., Chester Co, Pa.

Children of John Baldwin and Sarah Cloud;

i. Sarah Baldwin, b. abt 1726-7, New Castle Delaware; she died in 1780; married John Pyle

Children of John Baldwin and Hannah (Cloud) Prew;

i. John Baldwin Jr, b. abt 1730; d, 1811 Chatham county North Carolina

ii. Hannah Baldwin, b. abt 1732, New Castle Co., Delaware

iii. William Baldwin, b. abt 1735, Christiana Hundred, New Castle, Delaware; He m. Deborah Bennett.

Will of John Baldwin

John Baldwin died on his plantation in early 1745.

His will dated 18 Nov 1744 was proved March 21, 1745 (N.C. Co., Misc. 2:12). It was witnessed by Samuel Greave and John Baldwin. His wife Hannah Baldwin died in 1735^[1]

:Oldest son Francis, to receive my messuage and plantation & tract of land where I now live situated in Christiana Hundred...containing one hundred and fifty five acres or thereabouts together with my large bible. "Francis to deal with the two younger children, to bring up daughter Hannah until she reaches 18, and to give son William 1 years schooling, apprentice to a trade until he reaches 21 and then pay him L50 out of the real estate money.

Two other sons (John and William?) to have said premises if Francis dies without issue and has not sold it.

Daughter Elizabeth, wife of James Huklin, 1 shilling and to James Huklin, 1 shilling, but L15 to be kept by executors to be spent for the benefit of Elizabeth, and if she should die, to be divided among surviving daughters.

Daughter Mary, wife of Nicholas Pyle, and her husband, monetary amount

Daughter Sarah, wife of John Pyle, and her husband monetary amount

Daughter Hannah , monetary amount, or if she dies before reaching 18, to surviving daughters.

Son John monetary amount out of residue, and remainder of personal estate.

Eldest son Francis, sole executor.

Research Notes

Another John Baldwin was born in Pennsylvania in 1697, died in 1728. Hewas a Quaker, who married Hannah Johnson. She then married Joseph Cloud after 1728. These two men are cousins and have become conflated.

In the Baldwin Genealogy from 1500-1881, the author Charles Candee Baldwin. gives John Baldwin a daughter Mary, who married Thomas Harlow in 1753. He CORRECTS Page 737 on page 1257 of the Supplement; Mary; no such child. she was dau. of john Baldwin, son of William Baldwin, with reference to pg 763 of the original Baldwin genealogy from 1500-1881.

Sources

1. ↑ Will of John Baldwin; dated Nov 18, 1744/5; proved Mar 21, 1744/5; Chris. HD., Misc. 2.12; Pg 34; Calendar of Delaware wills; retrieved 2018-03-22 from: https://archive.org/stream/acalendardelawa00commgoog#page/n39/mode/2up

• Baldwin, Charles Candee (1881). The Baldwin Genealogy from 1500-1881. Cleveland, O. The Leader Printing Company.
• Baldwin, C.C.(1889) "The Baldwin Genealogy Supplement". Leader Printing Company, Cleveland Ohio.
• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRD-54J : accessed 15 February 2017), John Baldwin, Birmingham, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 410, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 38; FHL microfilm 363,341.
• Jordan, LL. D., John W (1911). Colonial and Revolutionary Familes of Pennsylvania. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs. Vol. III. Lewis Publishing Company. New York and Chicago. (pg 1343)
• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) about John Baldwin: Name: John Baldwin; Birth Date: 1697; Birthplace: Pennsylvania; Volume: 08; Page Number: 218. (Reference: Baldwin gen. Sup. By Chas. Candees Baldwin. Cleveland, 1889. (975-1373p.): 1257)

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

• Roth, Barbara. Some Early Baldwin and Related Families of Chatham County, NC https://chathamhistory.org/pdfs/CHJvol7num1.pdf
• https://myfamilystwistedtree.wordpress.com/2019/04/04/some-early-baldwin-and-related-families-of-chatham-county-north-carolina-published-in-the-chatham-historical-journal-vol-7-no-1-march-1994/

Acknowledgements

WikiTree profile Baldwin-2335 created through the import of ThomasBaldwin.ged on Apr 20, 2012 by Curtis Baldwin.