Mary (Farmer) Baldwin (1721 - 1803)

Born 26 Aug 1721 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of William Baldwin — married 23 Sep 1741 (to 21 Dec 1762) in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 25 Sep 1803 at age 82 in Berlin, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Mary (Farmer) Baldwin was born in Billerica.

Mary, the third of twelve children of Oliver Farmer and Abigail Johnson was born on 26 August 1721 at Billerica, Massachusetts.^[1]

Marriage and Children

Mary wed William Baldwin (1710-1762), the son of John and Sarah (Heywood) Baldwin on 23 September 1741 at Concord, Massachusetts.^[2]They had eight children born at Billerica:

1. Sarah Baldwin (b. 5 Jul 1742; d. 1817)^[3]m. 23 May 1769 at Tewksbury, MA, Benjamin Frost (1742-1806)
2. John Baldwin (b. 13 Jan 1744; d. bef. 1805, Tewksbury, MA)^[4]m. 7 Mar 1769 at Billerica, MA, Susannah Chamberlain (1744-)
3. William Baldwin (b. 12 Apr 1748; d. Apr 1802)^[5]m. 20 May 1777 at Billerica, MA, Susanna Wilson (1752-1801)
4. Thomas Baldwin (b. 27 Feb 1750; d. 12 Jun 1796, Billerica, MA)^[6][7]
5. Micah Baldwin (b. 1 Oct 1753; d. )^[8]
6. Mary Baldwin (b. 15 Apr 1756; d. 27 Oct 1825, New York)^[9] m. 20 May 1777 at Bellingham, MA, Thomas Shepard (1744-1815)
7. Nahum Baldwin (b. 16 May 1759; d. 1808)^[10]m. 25 Sep 1783 at Billierica, MA, Patty Baldwin (1761-)
8. Oliver Baldwin (b. 12 Feb 1762; d. )^[11]

Death and Burial

Mary (Farmer) Baldwin died on 25 September 1803 in her 82nd year at Berlin, Massachusetts.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VH-L7S : 20 May 2022), Mary Farmer, 26 Aug 1721; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSC-X5Z : 20 May 2022), William Baldwin, 23 Sep 1741; citing Marriage, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VH-FPF : 20 May 2022), William Baldwin in entry for Sarah Baldwin, 5 Jul 1742; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VH-FPV : 20 May 2022), William Baldwin in entry for John Baldwin, 13 Jan 1744; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VH-FPL : 20 May 2022), William Baldwin in entry for William Baldwin, 12 Apr 1748; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VH-FP5 : 20 May 2022), William Baldwin in entry for Thomas Baldwin, 27 Feb 1750; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHDK-B2P : 20 May 2022), William Baldwin in entry for Thomas Baldwin, 12 Jun 1796; citing Death, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VH-FPY : 20 May 2022), Wiliam Baldwin in entry for Micah Baldwin, 1 Oct 1753; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VH-F5M : 20 May 2022), William Baldwin in entry for Mary Baldwin, 15 Apr 1756; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6M-58L : 15 January 2020), William Baldwin in entry for Nahum Baldwin, 1759.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VH-F5W : 20 May 2022), Wm Baldwin in entry for Oliver Baldwin, 12 Feb 1762; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
12. ↑ Baldwin, Charles Candee. The Baldwin genealogy supplement. Cleveland, OH: Leader, 1889. Page 1249.

Other Sources

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970: Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. Ancestry Record 2204 #994172

Acknowledgements

• Biography written in full with inline sourcing following further research by Carol Baldwin on 2 July 2023.