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ester" was changed to "Count." Their de- scendants ruled in the Dukedom of Flanders for many years. They are known as mild. useful rulers, beneath whose care the land flourished. The line is thus given :
The first ruled from 837 to 877 A. D. The second ruled from 877 to g18 A. D.
The third ruled from 918 to. 980 A. D.
The fourth ruled from 989 to 1034 A. D. The fifth ruled from 1034 to 1007 A. D. This one was regent of France during the minority of Philip. The sixth ruled from 1067 to 10,0 A. D.
The seventh ruled from 1070 10 1071 A. D.
The eighth ruled from 1071 to HI9 A. D.
The ninth ruled from 1119 to 1195 A. D.
In the tenth and eleventh centuries the crusades convulsed all Europe. Every promi- nent family was constrained to send its repre- sentatives to the East. The Baldwins of Flanders and England were numerously rep- resented as leaders in the successive armies that went forth to deliver Palestine from the infidels. Godfrey Buillon married a daughter of the Flanders family. He took some of his wife's brothers with him in that successful campaign which resulted in the conquest of Jerusalem. One was made the first King of Jerusalem after Godfrey in 1oo and con- quered the most important cities on the sea- coast of Palestine from HOI to IIOg. He is known in history as Baldwin Ist. He died in 1118, being succeeded by a brother as Baldwin 2d. He was taken prisoner in 1124, removed in 1126, and died in 1131. His nephew was next chosen emperor in 1144. He married in the family of Commenus, the Greek Emperor. in 1158, and died in 1162. Baldwin 4th ruled from 1173 to 1185; Bald- win 5th from 1185 only a few months, being imprisoned. Soon afterwards. in 1187, Jeru- salem was captured by. Saladin. Later in 1204 a Baldwin was Emperor of Constantinople. He was taken by the King of the Bulgarians and died before 1206. In 1228 another suc- ceeded him as Baidwin 2d. but he was de- throned by Michel Palacologu, in 1261 and died in 1273. Tasso in his poem of "Jeru- salem Delivered" often speaks of the Bald- wins.
"Baldwin he does ambitiously aspire The height of human grandeur to attain."
At Patti in Sicily repose the ashes of Oucea Adelasia, mother of the great King Roger. who became the wife of Baldwin, King of Jerusalem. After two years' residence there. discovering that he had another wife living. she returned to Sicily, and taking the veil, buried her grief and mortification in a con- vent founded by her brother, and died in 1178.
Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury, with a train of two hundred horse. three hundred foot, his banner inscribed with the name of Thomas O'Becket, went on a crusade with Richard Cour de Lion in 1120.
Matilda Baldwin, a daughter of the Duke of Flanders, married William of Normandy, the Conqueror of England. and went to Eng- land with him. Her sister married Tosti, the brother of Harold, King of England, in 1006. We are told that when William was courting Matilda, she showed an inclination to play the coquette with him. He could not bring her to a positive consent to marriage. He would not be trifled with. One day, while shopping at Tours, accompanied by some of his boon companions, he met her. and con- trived to have her hustled and crowded through the street and even tumbled in the dust. This brought a decision right off. The lady concluded not to further incur the anger of so rough a lover. They had eight chil- dren, three sons and five daughters. Their son ruled Normandy. William Rufus became King of England after his father. It would appear that there was a Baldwin in England as early as 672 A. D. Baldwin of Flanders married Elstreth. daughter of Alfred the Great. There were Baldwins, Earls of Devon- shire. called in Normandy Baudoin des Ri- viers, and in England . Baldwin de l'Isie. Baldwin or Redvers, the Earl, was the first to rebel against Stephen.
The ancestor of John Hampden, the Eng- lish patriot of ship money fame, was Baldwin de Hampden. The real name therefore of John Hampden was John Baldwin. They had taken the name of the estate, as usual. We read also of Baldwin D'Anesnes, son of Margaret. Countess of Flanders and Hainauit. He is known as the historian of his house in the thirteenth century. There was a Theodore Baldwin, a monk, who died in 119f: also a Baldwin, a French savant, who died in 1650: and a little later a French jurist of that name, quite prominent.
In the beginning of King William's reign he made one Baldwin hereditary Viscount of Devonshire and Baron of Okehampton. He was succeeded by his son Richard. Heming- ton was held by Baldwin de Pettour. who was obliged every Christmas to go to Saltus, Snf- flus and Pettus to retain his estate.
Montgomery was built by Ballwin. licu- tenant of the "Marshes of Wales." The Bali- win who was Count of Flanders about 1234 was called "Baldwin of the Comely Beard." Baldwin du Bourg was the second Emperor of Jerusalem. He was once in great peril. from which he was saved by a Savacon, grant -
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ful for services rendered him at some former time.
Rev. Thomas Baldwin, who died in 119o at the siege of Petolemais, wrote several works: "De Sacremento Atlantis." published in 1521 ; "Bibliotheca Patrum Cisterciensinn," as well as several other commentaries. Rev. William Baldwin was a scholar and divine, born about 1500. He wrote several works, but was noted most for a work called "A Mirror for Magistrates." He wrote several theatrical plays, poems. comedies, tragedies, similes. proverbs, etc. He died in 1564.
We hear also of Benjamin Baldwin, an archeologist of the sixteenth century : and Sir Thomas Baldwin, a miscellaneous writer of the seventeenth century ; of Fredericus Bald- win of Wittenberg in 1628. who wrote a Latin "Treatise-on Cases of Conscience."
George Baldwin wrote "Political Recollec- tions Relative to Egypt" in London, 1801; also works from the Italian, 1811-18. Rev. Edward Baldwin or Daldwyn edited "The Pantheon" in London, 1814. and was author of a number of miscellaneous and educational works. In the buried register of Lymington, Hants, there is the following entry : August 1722. This forenoon the body of Samuel Baldwin, late inhabitant of this par- ish. was conveyed in a vessel off to sea, and committed to the deep off the Needle Rocks, near the Isle of Wight." This appears to have been done, says a Hampshire paper, in accordance with the wi-h of the deceased, to prevent his wife from dancing over his grave, which she threatened to do.
Mr. C. C. Baldwin. in his Baldwin Gene- alogy, gives much interesting information of the name in England; and especially those of the family in Bucks county, from which the American emigrants came. He tells us that "The most eminent Baldwin of Bucks was Sir John Baldwin. Chief Justice of the Com- mon Pleas of England. 1536 to 1546, when he died. He was lord of the Manor of Avles- bury. His office was very lucrative and he was very rich. In 1340 Henry VIII granted him the home and site of Gray Friars in Aylesbury. Sir John died October 24. 1445. leaving his large estate to his grandchildren." Richard Baldwin, of Dundrege, county Bucks, England, was the immediate ancestor of those Baldwins who settled there. Sylvester Bald- win, the great-grandson of the Richard named above. was the immigrant to New England who died on board the ship "Martin." June or July, 1638. His wife wa- Sarah Bryant. Their children and dates of baptism were: Sarah, April 22. 1621: Richard. August 25. 1622; Mary, February 28, 1623, buried 1625 : Mary,
February 19. 1625-20; Martha, April 20. 1628; Samuel. July 1. 1632, buried 1033; Elizabeth, January, 1034, buried three days later: Jolm, October 28, 1635: Ruth. This family came from Aston Clinton, a quiet little parish four miles from Aylesbury. It has a small church called St. Leonard's, built in the old English style. The walls are the same that the Baldwins were familiar with before coming to these shores. The roof had been burned in the revolution of 1640, but was ie- placed. Inside was a mural monument to Samuel Baldwin with the arms-three oak leaves slipped, and the inscription: "Within this chapel are deposited the remains of Sam- uel Baldwin, of the Parish of St. Paul. Covent Garden and of this hamlet. who died the 23rd of March. 1760. in the 6ist year of his age ; and of Tryphene, his widow, who died tic 23rd of April. 1780. in the goth year of her age. They left two children, Joseph and Susanna, by the eldest of whom this is erected to the memory of his parents." The Chapel farm, formerly in the tenure of Sylvester Baldwin, lies directly across the street. a fine grass farm. At the end of the farm are the Baldwin woods. A little way from St. Leon- ard's lies Great Hamp den, the paternal home of Hampden. with its grand old avenue of beeches : so long that one imagines the four thousand yeomen, who are said to have rit- den to London in sympathy for the patriot. congregated about it. Hampden was buried here in 1643. In his will he remember, John Baldwin. From this region came the Bald- wins, Bryants. Fenns, Fowlers and others of Milford, Connecticut, in 1638.
"The 'Woods of Hampden' end to the north upon the brow of a lofty hill, called Green Holly In the side of this chalk hill is cut the 'White Leat Cross.' It is about one hundred feet long by seventy wide. and m .de by cutting off the turi, leaving the bare chalk plainly visible for many miles. This mon :- ment is of great age, intended to commemorate a battle between Saxons and Danes." The usual arm- of the Baldwins were "Three oak leaves shipped six in pairs, two in chief, and one in base, bent staik -. their points downward. With these the nera! crest is a 'Squirrel Sepant' or a squirrel siffra -- colored in Gold. It is generally or always repre- sented as holding a 'sprig of hazel' or oak, sometimes acorned or unaceried.
The first Baldwin settlers in New England were all kindred, but not all brothers. Mr. C. C. Baldwin's book gives very satisfactory accounts of these. showing that like other families they have scattered widely over our iand. and are honorably represented in many profes-ion- and businesses, and in public life. A Henry Baldwin was judge of the supreme court of the United States. Several have been governors of states, members of congress.
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generals of armies, divines and authors, and others in every honorable walk of life.
An Abram Baldwin was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of the United States. He also procured the es- tablishment of the Georgia University. His literary labors and that of numerous others of the name were of great merit and useful- ness.
Matthias Baldwin was a distinguished ma- chinist, rising from a humble place to great success and influence. From a small shop, of which he was the sole occupant, he became the head of an establishment employing a thou- sand workmen. He built the first American locomotive, and his works have since turned out the finest int the world. His gifts to vari- ous good objects were liberal and wise.
(I) John Baldwin, the American immigrant of this family, was born in England and came early to New Haven, Connecticut. He was among the first planters of Milford, Connecti- cut, but was not a freeman and hence not a member of the church. He joined the Milford church, March 19. 1648, and was buried at Milford. June 21, 1681. Among his de- scendants are some of the most distinguished men of Connecticut. He was a witness to the nun-cupative will of Sylvester Baldwin, father of Jolin Baldwin, of Stonington. made on shipboard, and was presumably brother. nephew or cousin. He appears to have hailed from county Bucks, England. He married (first ) Mary - - -: (second ) Mary Bruen. of Pequot, daughter of John Bruen, who came from Stapleton. Cheshire, England. She died September 2. 1670. Children of first wife: John, baptized March 26, 1648, born 1640; Josiah, born 1642, mentioned below ; Samuel,
1645: Nathaniel, baptized March 22, 1648; Elizabeth, baptized July 19. 1640: Joseph, baptized November 9. 1651. Children of see- ond wife: Mary, baptized September 17, 1654: Sarah. December 25. 1655: Abigail, November 15, 1658: Obadiah, October, 1560: George. 1662: Hannah. November 20. 1663; Richard, born in first week of June, 1665.
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(II) Josiah, son of John Baldwin, was bap- tized at Milford. Connecticut, March 20, 1648. aged about six years. He died in 1683. Ilis inventory was dated at New Haven, Novem- ber 2. 1683. He joined the church at Milford in full communion, January 30. 1671. He married. June 25. 166 ;. Mary Camp. prob- ably daughter of Edward Camp. of New Haven. Children, born at Milford: Sarah. March 29. 1668: Mary, September 14. 1670; Elizabeth, September 19. 1672; Samuel. men- tioned below : Josiah. March 21. 1677-78; Re- member. February 20, 1679-80.
(III) Samuel, son of Josiah Baldwin, was born at Milford, Connecticut, March 14, 1074- 75, died January 8. 1737-38. He was called "senior" in the records after 1711. IJe was a wheelwright by trade. He married Rebecca Wilkinson, born 1676. daughter of Edward and Rebecca ( Smith) Wilkinson, of Milford. Rebecca was daughter of Henry Smith, of Stamford, Connectient. He, his wife and eld- est children were baptized at Milford, August 1, 1703. His will is dated February 14, 1734. Ile owned land at Chestnut Hill. He gave land to his sons by deed before his death. Children, born at Milford: Samuel, February 17, 1700-01: Rebecca, November 10, 1702; Caleb, mentioned below ; Peleg, February 13, 1708; Joel, July II, 17II.
(IV) Caleb, son of Samuel Baldwin, was born at Milford, July 26, 1704. He married, January 29, 1729. Ann, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Tibbals. Her mother Sarah was a daughter of Nathaniel Bristol. Caleb Bald- win joined the Milford church in 1741. His will was dated December 20, 1763, and proved April 2, 1782, bequicathing to wife and chil- dren. He lived at Milford and Newtown. Children : Jared, mentioned below : Ann, born November 15, 1732; Thaddeus, February 16, 1735-36: Caleb, 1740, lived at Danbury. Born at Newtown: Sarah, July 2, 1745 ; Mat- thew, April 8, 1748.
(\') Jared, son of Caleb Baldwin, was born at Milford. January 30, 1731. He married, September 18. 1753. Damaris Booth, of New- town, where her father settled when a child. In 1775 he had a deed of land from his par- ents, then of New Milford. He was a sol- dier in the revolution. Jared ( spelled Terad ) was in Captain Caleb Mix's company. Colonel Increase Moseil's regiment in 1778. and in Colonel Heman Swift's regiment in 1,80. After the war he removed to Luzerne county (Wyoming Valley ), Pennsylvania, and set- tled on a large tract of land. Ilis wife died in 1816, and he in 1817. at the residence of his son. Dr. Gabriel Baldwin, in Connecticut. A Jared was of Woodbridge in 1700. according to the census. Children: Jared. October 1, 1754. at Newtown: Ann; Huidah, March 20, 1757-58: Sarah, December 4. 1759. of New Milford; Prue. November 6, 176t: Gabriel. January 29. 1766: Tibbals. November 17. 1,68 (twin): John, twin ot Tibbals, men- tioned below : Amos, October 26, 1,69 : Lucy, May 3. 1772 : Jude : Priscilia.
(\'I) John (2), son of Jared Baldwin, was born November 1 ;. 1768, settled in Weston. Connecticut, died July 7. 1810. He spent his early life in Weston and Bridgeport and was a farmer. He married ( first). October, 1790
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(by Rev. James Johnson ), in Weston, Naomi Brinsmade, born February 27, 1769, died December 16, 1812. Ile married ( sec- ond) in 1814, Mariane Smith, who died in Weston in 1810. Children: 1. Eli, born July 30, 1791, died in Columbus, Ohio. 2. Josiah, born February 28, 1793. died October 25, 1867; married ( first ), May 20. 1818, Jeanette Wells, who died December 5. 1826; (second), May 11. 1828, Sarah Burr, who died in 1864; children : John B., died in 1869; Theodore, died in 1862: Cornelia, born December 14, 1834, died in 1899: married -; chil- dren: Emma C., George B .. Josiah R., Theo- dore L., Julia B., Walter D., Sarah D., Eliza- beth F., Andrew and Harriet. 3. Clarissa, born February 14. 1795, died September 25, 1880; married. November 6, 1817, Levi Beardsley, born November 15, 1791, died in 1874; daughter Abigail, born August, 1824, married Harvey Birdseye. 4. Esther, born April 16, 1797. died March 15. 1852. 5. Na- than, mentioned below. 6. Lyman, born March 27, 1802, died October 8, 1875, at De- troit. Michigan, where he was high sheriff ; married Mary Booth, of Trumbull, Connecti- cut. 7. Abel, born May 3, 1804. a cooper by trade, followed the sea in a whaling vessel for a time, died October 15. 1872. 8. Edwin, April 29, 1808. was in the employ of his brother Josiah as a printer and bookbinder : married Harriet - who died in 1874, leaving eight children : he died May 12, 1882.
(VII) Nathan, son of John ( 2) Baldwin, was born in Weston, Connecticut, May 8, 1799, died May 21. 1854. He was brought up in Weston and educated there in the public schools. He followed the trade of machinist. He came to Bridgeport when a young man and lived there the remainder of his life. He was. a skillful mechanic and a worthy citizen. He married, September 21. 1821, Julia Ann Wheeler, born at Fairfield. September 21. 1800, died December 1, 1883. daughter of Samuel Wheeler, who fought in the revolu- tion. Children of Nathan Baldwin: 1. Sam- uel W., mentioned below, the only one living. 2. Eliza Clarissa, born June 27. 1825, died in Rochester. New York, August 9. 1827. 3. Eliza Catherine, May 13, 1828: married McClelland. 4. Sarah Lavina, May 8, 1830, died April 26, 1910, at San Fran- cisco, California: was a prominent member of the Second Congregational Church of Bridgeport many years. 5. Charles Frederick, September 20, 1832. died September 12, 1897. 6. Mary Louisa, May 12. 1836. died in San Francisco.
(VIII) Samuel Wheeler, son of Nathan Baldwin, was born in Bridgeport, Connecti-
cut, June 1, 1823. He was educated in the public schools and private schools in Bridge- port. After leaving school he was with his uncle, Josiah Baldwin, in his book-publishing concern, for a time. Then went to Newark, New Jersey, where he was connected with Benjamin Olds in a book store on Broad street. At age of eighteen he returned to Bridgeport and started for himself in the bookbinding business in Wall street. This continued for a short time, when he sold out and opened a book store, which continued until 1852. when he entered the employ of Thomas Hawley & Company, hardware deal- ers in Bridgeport. He remained with Mr. Hawley up to the latter's death. after which Mrs. Hawley, for a time, retained her interest, and after her death Mr. Baldwin purchased the entire business and took in his brother as a partner. This partnership continued until the death of Mr. Baldwin's brother, when he took in his son as a partner, which partner- ship still continues, the business being con- tinued under the old firm name of T. Hawley & Company. He became a director of the Connecticut National Bank in 1858. and has served continuously in that office for more than half a century. Since 1880 he has also been president of this bank, and at the pres- ent time, 1910, is the oldest bank: officer and bank president in the city. He was one of the early trustees of the People's Savings Bank and since 1906 has been its president. He was a director of the Bridgeport H ;- draulic Company, which supplies the city with water. He has been one of the sinking fund commissioners of Bridgeport for over thirty years. He was one of the trustees of the Burroughs will. He was one of the incor- porators and builders of the Burroughs Home. This institution has an endowment of $200 .- 000 and a magnificent building. He was also one of the life trustees named in the bequest under which the Bridgeport Hospital was es- tablished and has been on the board since the hospital was established. He served the city on the board of fire commissioners. He is a member of the South Congregational Church. and of the Bridgeport Yacht Club.
Mr. Baldwin married ( first ), November !7, 1846. Mary Waterman Bussey, who died Au- gust 18, 1855, aged twenty-six years, daughter of Enos and Mary ( Waterman ) Bussey. Mary Waterman was born in November. 1707. died April 26, 1831. daughter of Rev. Elijah Waterman, born at Bozrah, Connecticut. No- vember 28, 1750, died in Springfield. Massa- chusetts. October 11, 1825, who was for twen- ty vears pastor of the First Congegational Church of Bridgeport. Rev. Elijah Water-
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man married ( first) Lucy Abbe, born in Wind- (III) Elder Pardon (3) Tillinghast, son of Pardon Tillinghast, the ancestor of all of the name in this country, was born at Seven ham, Connecticut, May 19, 1778, died in Bridgeport, March 17, 1822; married ( sec- ond ) Lucy Wolcott, who died May 22. 1848. . Cliffs, county Sussex, near Beachy Head, now aged fifty-six years. Children of Rev. Elijah and Lucy ( Abe ) Waterman : i. Mary, mar- ried Enos Bussey, mentioned above. ii. Julia, married Alanson F. Lewis. iii. Rev. Thomas Tillston, married Delia Storrs. iv. Susan Isham, married A. Chichester. v. Lucy Abbe, married E. Van Antwerp. vi. George, died November 19, 1809, aged seventeen years. vii. Betsey Joanna, married Henry Day. Chil- dren of Rev. Elijah and Lucy ( Wolcott ) Waterman : viii. Lucy. ix. Thomas. Children of Enos and Mary ( Waterman) Bussey: i George, died June 21. 1851. aged thirty years. ii. Elijah Waterman, died August 21, 1849. aged twenty-five years. ii. Mary Waterman. married Samuel W. Baldwin, mentioned above.
Mr. Baldwin married (second ), June 1, 1858, Catherine Jane Nichols, born April 4, 1830, died August 14, 1902. Children of Sam- uel W. and Mary Waterman ( Bussey ) Bald- win: 1. Mary Waterman, born August 27. 1847, married Frederick Trubee: children : i. Mary Kate Trubee, born February 2, 1871, married Henry P. Davison, of the firm of J. P. Morgan, bankers, New York City and London, and ranks among the most promi- nent financial powers of the country; chil- dren: Frederick Trubee Davison, born Feb- ruary 7. 1896: Henry Pomeroy Davison, April 3, 1898, at Englewood. New Jersey; Alice Trubee Davison, September 6, 1899: Francis P. Davison ; ii. Alice Bussey Trubee, born No- vember 16, 1872, married Rev. William H. Sallmon, of New Haven, one of the professors in Yale College and a man of wide travels in foreign countries, a part of which were cov- ered on a bicycle. 2. George Willard, born February 1, 1854, married Clara B. Nichols ; he is associated in business with his father and is one of the prominent business men and one of the present police commissioners of Bridgeport.
TILLINGHAST Pardon Tillinghast, the first of the name of whom there is any rec- ord, was of Alfriston, county Sussex, Eng- land.
( II) Pardon (2) Tillinghast, of Alfriston, county Sussex. England, was born September I, 1604. at Stroat, county Sussex, England, baptized September 25, 1604. and died in 1665. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Joan ( Buckes ) Tichbourne. He had a broth- er John, the 5th Monarchy Man.
Eastbourne, England, in 1622. He lived in England until about twenty-three years old, and became a soldier under Cromwell. taking part in the battle of Marston Moor, then fairly commencing his career that afterwards made him Lord Protector of the English Common- wealth. He came to Providence, Rhode Island, about 1643, and continued to live there until his death. January 19. 1649. he was received as a quarter shares man. He was allotted one of the fifty original home lots, where he built his house and located a graveyard, where he and about thirty of his descendants are buried. May 18, 1658, he was made freeman. November 19. 1659, he had a deed of certain land in Newport. Rhode Island, and February 19. 1665, he was given lot 60, in a division of land. January 30. 1680, he was granted, on his petition, twenty square feet for building a storehouse, with privileges of a wharf over against his dwelling house. This was the first wharf built in Providence. Ile took an active part in public affairs; was a representative in the colonial assembly for six years, a member of the town council for nineteen years and town treasurer for four years. In 1687 he was overseer of the poor. In 1681 he became pastor of the First Bap- tist Church, the sixth successor from Roger Williams, who had founded it. in 1636. Cp to this time the church had had no meeting house, but its . members had assembled for worship in a grove or in private houses. In 1700 Elder Tillinghast built a meeting house for it, upon a lot owned by him on the west side of North Main street. This was the first house of worship of the Baptist church in America. Seven years before he died he deeded this house, together with the lot on which it stood, to the church, the considera- tion being, as stated in the deed. the "Chris- tian love, good will and affection which I bear to the church of Christ in Providence, the which I am in tellowship with and have the care of as being the ckler of the said church." According to tradition, this church was a rude affair. built in the shape of a hay cap, with a fireplace in the middle, and a hole in the root, through which the smoke es- caped. Elder Tillinghast probably preached here until his death, and was remarkable "for his plainness and piety." Roger Williams speaks of him as being "leading man among the people called Baptists at Providence". He died January 20, 1718.
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