History of the town of Stonington, county of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900 with a genealogical register of stonington families, Part 21

Author: Wheeler, Richard Anson, b. 1817
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: New London, Conn., Press of the Day publishing company
Number of Pages: 794


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112 ELIAS, b. Dec. 16, 1736.


113 ABEL, b. April 28, 1739. 114 MARTHA, b. Feb. 22, 1741.


Nathaniel Babcock (No. 69) m. Sarah Billings, of Preston, Nov. 20, 1733.


CHILDREN:


115 NATHANIEL, b. Jan. 24, 1735.


116 JONAS, b. Feb. 24, 1737.


Elias Babcock (No. 70) m. Ann Plumb, Nov. 10, 1737. CHILDREN:


117 ELIAS, b. July 5, 1738, d. July 15, 1738.


118 ELIJAH, b. Aug. 15, 1739.


119 ANNE, b. July 5, 1743.


120 NANCY, b. April 4, 1746.


121 LYDIA, b. Dec. 9, 1752.


122 RUFUS, b. April 22, 1758.


Isaiah Babcock (No. 73) m. Elizabeth Plumb, Dec. 25th, 1738. CHILDREN:


123 ISAIAH, b. April 27, 1741.


124 ENOCH, b. Dec. 27, 1742.


125 ELIZABETH. b. June 9, 1745.


126 ELISHA, b. July 26, 1747.


127 GEORGE, b. July 27, 1749.


128 JOHN, b. Nov. 13, 1752. 129 PHEBE, b. Oct. 5, 1755.


Oliver Babcock (No. 74) m. Anna Avery, (No. 104) that fam- ily, Mch. 6, 1740.


CHILDREN:


130 OLIVER, b. Jan. 22, 1741.


131 JOSHUA, b. June 5, 1743. 132 ANNE, b. July 15, 1745. 133 WILLIAM, b. Mch. 19, 1747.


134 RUFUS, b. Nov. 10, 1748. 135 GERSHOM, b. Nov. 9, 1752.


136 ATTANA, b. Jan. 14, 1755.


137 CHRISTOPHER, b. Jan. 26, 1757.


138 ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 15, 1759. 139 DANIEL, b. Aug. 31, 1760.


217


BABCOCK FAMILY.


Timothy Babcock (No. 76) m. Lois Billings, (No. 68) that family, July 12th, 1745.


CHILDREN:


140 LOIS, b. April 18, 1746, m. Oliver Clark.


141 TIMOTHY, b. Aug. 22, 1747.


142 JESSE, b. Mch. 24, 1750.


143 GRACE, b. Sept. 4, 1753.


144 DESIRE, b. May 4, 1756.


Mrs. Lois Babcock d. Oct. 14, 1756, and Mr. Timothy Bab- cock m. 2nd, Thankful Read in Norwich, Ct., Oct. 20, 1757.


CHILDREN:


145 SARAH, b. Jan. 20, 1761, m. Stanton Campbell.


146 ANNE, b. Mch. 20, 1763. She was unmarried at the time of her father's death, 1795.


147 JOHN, b. July 26, 1766, m. Louisa Gilmore, dau. of Robert and Sarah Gilmore, of Keene, New Hampshire, Oct. 18, 1787; he d. April 24, 1806. His wife d. Mch. 21, 1844.


CHILDREN:


148 JOHN READ, b. Jan. 28, 1788, m. Eliza Ely, Nov. 1, 1815, and moved to Pennsylvania; he d. Oct. 15, 1836. They had ten children.


149 LOUISA M., b. Dec. 17, 1789 in North Stonington, m. Jesse Brown, Sept. 13, 1815; he d. in Hopkinton, R. I., July 27, 1869. His wife d. Sept. 17, 1870; had seven children.


150 ROBERT G., b. Feb. 29, 1792, in Pomfret, Ct., m. 1st, in Boston, Mass., Sally Otis, Aug. 3, 1817; she d. two months after and he m. Lucy Blackman April 22, 1822; she was of Dorchester, and they had eleven children.


151 JAMES, b. July 5, 1770; supposed to have gone to New York state.


Timothy Babcock, Jr., (No. 141) m. Esther Billings.


Col. Henry or Harry Babcock (No. 77) m. Mary Stanton, (No. 288) Stanton family, Dec. 2nd, 1764. She was dau. of Robert and Anna Stanton.


NOTE .- Colonel Henry Babcock, (No. 77), served in a Rhode Island Regi- ment in the French and Indian wars, 1755-59; captain under Sir William Johnson, after the battle of Fort George; major 1756-58; colonel Rhode Island Regiment at Ticonderoga, wounded there, 1759. Led his regiment at capture of Ticonderoga, and publicly thanked by Lord Amherst.


CHILDREN:


152 BENJAMIN F., b. Nov. 6, 1765, d. July 27, 1781.


153 PAUL, b. Mch. 13, 1768, d. Mch. 14, 1839.


154 DUDLEY, b. Jan. 7, 1770, m. Nancy Wright of Newport, R. I.


155 JOSHUA, b. Oct. 29, 1771, d. Mch. 1797.


156 HANNAH, b. Nov. 30, 1773, m. Joseph D. Phelps, (No. 36) Phelps family, Sept. 30, 1792.


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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.


Major Paul Babcock (No. 153) m. Ist, Nancy Bell, April 2nd, 1789; had six children.


CHILDREN:


157 BENJAMIN F., b. Feb. 3, 1790, m. Maria Eells, April 1813; he d. July 21, 1829.


158 MARY A., b. April 3, 1792, m. David Sherman, Oct. 6, 1813, d. Aug. 3, 1815. 159 DUDLEY, b. May 10, 1794, d. Nov. 17, 1794.


160 JOSHUA, b. May 11, 1796, d. Sept. 1, 1818.


161 HENRY, b. Oct. 4, 1798, m. Ann E. Smith, Dec. 3, 1828, d. May 15, 1834. 162 NANCY B., b. Mch. 5, 1802 m. William R. Palmer, (No. 391) that family, July 3, 1822, d. Dec. 22, 1845.


Mrs. Nancy Bell Babcock was b. Sept. 30, 1767, and d. Nov. 2, 1803, and April 15, 1804, Major Paul m. Lucy Bell, the cousin of his first wife; they had ten children.


CHILDREN:


163 COURTLAND, b. Mch. 25, 1806, m. Elizabeth Cany, May 3, 1834, d. Feb. 10, 1853.


164 GILES, b. Jan. 8, 1808, m. Anne Denison, (No. 552) that family, Oct. 1, 1832; . d. Mch. 4, 1862.


165 ELIZA T., b. Feb. 13, 1810, m. Nathaniel B. Palmer, (No. 474) that family, Dec. 7, 1826; d. April 17, 1872.


166 ABBY E., b. Sept. 4, 1811, m. Jedediah Leeds, Nov. 13, 1833.


167 GEORGE W., b. Oct. 26, 1813, m. Louisa Boucher, Mch. 19, 1845, and d. Feb. 11, 1874.


168 LUCY B., b. Mch. 30, 1815, m. Giles F. Ward, Dec. 22, 1836.


169 ROBERT S., b. Feb. 8, 1818, m. Emily Hall, Sept. 11, 1850; d. Apr. 20, 1885.


170 MARY A., b. Apr. 1, 1821, m. John Breckenridge, Sept. 1, 1840.


171 DAVID S., b. Aug. 13, 1822, m. Charlotte A. Noyes, (No. 278) that family, May 28, 1850; d. Aug. 24, 1885.


172 HANNAH, b. June 6, 1825, d. Aug. 18, 1829.


Mrs. Lucy Bell Babcock was b. Mch. 10, 1784, and d. Feb. 8, 1846.


George Babcock (No. 99), of South Kingston, m. Mehitable Wheeler, (No. 59) that family, June 26, 1751.


CHILDREN:


173 GEORGE, b. Sept. 22, 1753.


174 LUCY, b. Dec. 15, 1754.


175 CYRUS, b. Dec. 11, 1756.


176 EPHRAIM, b. May 19, 1758.


177 SUSANNAH, b. May 2, 1760.


178 MARY, b. Jan. 17, 1767.


179 FREDERICK, b. Sept. 10, 1771.


180 THOMAS WHEELER, b. Aug. 13, 1773.


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219


BABCOCK FAMILY.


Rouse Babcock (No. 105) m. Ruth Maxson, Oct. 12, 1769.


CHILDREN:


181 RHODA, b. Dec. 17, 1769, m. Gen. William Williams, (No. 271) that family, June 15th, 1799; d. Aug. 29, 1801.


182 ROUSE, b. Feb. 27, 1771, d. Dec. 4, 1772.


183 ROUSE, b. May 12, 1773, m. Hannah Brown, Jan. 13, 1801; d. Apr. 2, 1841.


184 ELIZABETH, b. Mch. 14, 1775, m. Joseph Noyes, (No. 153) that family, Jan. 13, 1799; d. July 1, 1846.


185 MARTHA, b. May 2, 1777, d. June 15, 1778.


186 BENJAMIN, b. Sept. 2, 1779, m. Nancy Wilcox, Jan. 26 1806; d. July 10, 1815.


187 SALLY, b. April 6, 1782, m. Jeremiah Thurston; d. Feb. 27, 1841.


188 NANCY, or ANN, b. May 15, 1786, m. Gen. Wm. Williams, (No. 271) that family, Dec. 23, 1804; d. Oct. 23, 1855.


Rouse Babcock (No. 183) b. May 12, 1773, and m. Hannah Brown, Jan. 13, 1801. He d. April 21, 1841. She d. July 14, 1872, and was 86 years old, being b. Oct. 10, 1785.


CHILDREN:


189 ROUSE b. Oct. 19, 1801; d. May 4, 1802.


190 ROUSE, b. May 4, 1803, m. Mary Townsend, April 27, 1832; d. Mch. 6, 1872.


191 HANNAH B., b. Nov. 1805, m. Oliver D. Wells, Nov. 29, 1825, and d. July 30, 1874.


192 MARTHA, b. Sept. 1807, m. Thomas P. Stanton, (No. 419) that family, Oct. 25, 1827; d. Apr. 24, 1864.


193 HARRIET, b. Oct. 5, 1809, m. Horatio Campbell, Sept. 8, 1846, and d. Aug. 28, 1884.


194 SARAH A., b. Jan. 27, 1812, m. John G. Pierce, June 1, 1840; d. Jan. 10, 1881.


195 WILLIAM R., b. Mch. 28, 1814, m. Catharine Pearce, Oct. 6, 1840. 196 ALBERT, b. Sept. 6, 1816, d. young.


197 EDWIN, b. April 8, 1819, m. Olive S. Cady, April 21, 1845.


198 HORACE, b. Aug. 14, 1822, m. 1st, Abby Jane Cross, Sept. 11, 1843; she


died at the expiration of sixteen years, and Mr. Horace Babcock m. for his 2nd wife, her sister, Harriet Cross, Dec. 18, 1861.


Daniel Babcock (No. 139) m. Content, dau. of George and Content (Maxson) Potter, April 8, 1784. He d. Sept. 18, 1846. She was b. May 25, 1765, and d. Sept. 14, 1850.


CHILDREN:


199 DANIEL, b. Dec. 16, 1784, d. Apr. 2, 1874. 200 BETSEY, b. Feb. 21, 1787, d. June 4, 1858. 201 JACOB, b. Jan. 20, 1789, d. June 17, 1867.


220


HISTORY OF STONINGTON.


202 ANN, or NANCY, b. May 9, 1791, d. Nov. 20, 1868. 203 GEORGE P., b. Nov. 4, 1795, d. Sept. 29, 1825. 204 OLIVER, (twin) b. Dec. 12, 1797, d. Sept. 9, 1859. 205 LUCY, (twin) b. Dec. 12, 1797, d. Sept. 9, 1869.


206 MARY, b. Nov. 2, 1807, d. Jan. 18, 1883.


207 EMILY H., b. June 14, 1810, d. May 23, 1890.


Oliver Babcock (No. 204) m. Phebe, (No. 219) of that fam- ily, dau. of Stephen and Phebe (Burch) Babcock, Jan. II, 1824. She was b. Mch. 5, 1802, d. Oct. 15, 1886.


CHILDREN:


208 NATHAN, b. Nov. 19, 1824.


209 PHEBE M., b. Feb. 20, 1826, d. May 18, 1833.


210 AMANDA, b. Oct. 20, 1827, d. July 15, 1887.


211 DANIEL, b. Dec. 4, 1828.


212 ANN E., b. Jan. 7, 1831, d. Apr. 2, 1859.


213 STEPHEN, b. Dec. 22, 1832.


214 LUCY A., b. Sept. 17, 1834.


215 MARTHA J., b. Dec. 9, 1836, d. Oct. 31, 1837.


216 PHEBE J., b. Sept. 30, 1838.


217 CYNTHIA C., b. May 28, 1841, d. Apr. 25, 1842. 218 JULIA M., b. Apr. 13, 1843.


The above said Stephen Babcock, father of Phebe, who m. Oliver Babcock (No. 204) is descended from John and Mary (Lawton) Babcock (according to the views of Mr. Stephen Babcock of New York.) Capt. John Babcock, fourth child of John and Mary (Lawton) Babcock, b. in Westerly, R. I., about 1669, d. in Westerly, Mch. 28, 1746. He m. about 1770, Mary Champlin, dau. of Wm. and Mary Babcock Champlin. William Babcock, fourth child of Capt. John and Mary Champlin Babcock, b. in Westerly, Apr. 15, 1708, d. there Jan. 15, 1752. He m. Aug. II, 1730, Sarah Dennison, of Saybrook, Ct. Their third child, Christopher Babcock, b. Sept. 12, 1734, m. Mehitable Chaucer, of Saybrook. Their tenth child, Stephen Babcock, b. in Westerly, Feb. 27. 1772, m. Mch. 22, 1801, Phebe Burch, (No. 55) that family, dau. of Henry and Mary (Irish) Burch, b. in Stonington, Nov. 2nd, 1774, d. Nov. 10, 1837.


CHILDREN:


219 PHEBE, b. Mch. 5, 1802, d. Oct. 15, 1886; m. Oliver Babcock (No. 204) that family.


220 STEPHEN, b. May 10, 1804, d. Jan. 22, 1856.


221 ELIAS, b. Mch. 19, 1806, d. Mch. 19, 1881.


222 NATHAN, b. July 27, 1808, d. Dec. 11, 1814.


223 AMANDA, b. Nov. 29, 1810, d. Sept. 19, 1812.


221


BABCOCK FAMILY.


Robert Babcock (No. 22) m. Lydia - -, and their son 224. Ezekiel Babcock, b. in Westerly, R. I., June 23rd, 1716, m. Eunice Billings (No. 67) that family, Oct. 26, 1740. In 1794 the sons of this family went to New York State.


CHILDREN:


225 ELIHU, b. July 8, 1741, m. Elizabeth Jeffries, Aug. 28, 1766. 226 MARY, b. Dec. 18, 1744, m. Nathan Hinckley, Sept. 8, 1776, (No. 35) Hinckley family.


227 DAVID, b. - 1745, m. Mary Hinckley, (No. 36) that family.


228 MARTHA, b. - - -, m. Nath. Eells, Jr., Dec. 24, 1772, (No. 20) that family.


229 ROBERT, b. - -, m. Grace Hinckley, Feb. 27, 1780, (No. 40) of Hinckley family.


David Babcock (No. 227) m. Mary Hinckley, Mch. 12, 1769. He d. Nov. 16, 1820. She d. Mch. 5, 1838.


CHILDREN:


230 DANIEL, b. May 13, 1769, d. 1831.


231 DAVID, b. Feb. 28, 1770, d. 1801.


232 HENRY, b. July 29, 1771, d. 1824; m. Anna Bull.


233 ROBERT, b. July 6, 1773.


234 GURDON, b. Oct. 6, 1775.


235 POLLY, b. Apr. 22, 1778, m. Rev. Elisha Morgan.


236 DUDLEY, b. Apr. 29, 1780, d. 1846.


237 FREDERICK, b. June 16, 1782.


238 MERIT, b. Sept. 18, 1784.


239 FANNY, b. July 5, 1787, m. Amos Cell.


240 FRANKLIN, b. Dec. 18, 1789.


Benj. F. Babcock (No. 157) m. Maria Eells, Apr. 1813, (No. 42) of that family.


CHILDREN:


241 FRANK, b. -, m. Phebe Swan, (No. 153) of the Swan family.


242 SAMUEL D., b. -, m. Crary, dau. of Peter Crary.


243 MARIA, b. - , m. Rev. Mr. Moore.


244 PARTHENIA, b. - -, m. William Babcock.


245 CHARLES, b. - -, m. - Crary.


David S. Babcock (No. 171) m. Charlotte A. Noyes, (No. 278), on May 28th, 1850.


Elias Babcock (No. 221) m. Lucretia, dau. of Clark Davis.


CHILDREN:


246 MARIA, b. -, m. Samuel H. Chesebrough.


247 ELIAS, b. , m. Miss Hancox.


222


HISTORY OF STONINGTON.


Courtland Babcock (No. 163) m. Elizabeth Cany, May 3rd, 1834


CHILDREN:


248 LOUISE, b. -- , m. Edmund Stanton; and 2nd, Edwin Tillinghast. 249 GEORGIA P., b. -, m. Capt. Charles P. Williams (No. 297) Williams family.


250 COURTLAND C., b. -, m. Mary B. Woodruff.


251 AMELIA C., b. - -, d. 252 HENRY S., b. -, m. Lena Denison.


BALDWIN FAMILY.


SYLVESTER BALDWIN, father of the family that settled in New Haven, Conn., in 1638, was b. in Aston-Clinton, Buck- inghamshire, Eng., a little previous to the year 1600. His father, Sylvester Baldwin, and his mother, Jane Willis, were married in 1590, and he was their fifth son. His grandfather, Henry Baldwin, held the manor of Dundridge, in Aston-Clinton, which went from him to Richard, his oldest son, and from Rich- ard to our Sylvester's brother Henry.


I Sylvester Baldwin (son of Henry) was m. to Jane Wissis, in 1590. Had six sons, and d. previous to 1632.


CHILDREN:


2 HARRY, b. -- , buried in 1594.


3 JOHN, living in 1632.


4 HENRY, inherited Dundridge.


5 RICHARD, no record.


6 WILLIAM. no record.


7 SYLVESTER, b. , m. Sarah Bryan in 1620. These six sons were born between 1590 and 1600.


Sylvester Baldwin (No. 7), before coming to America, lived at St. Leonards in Aston-Clinton, near Dundridge, where he owned the "Chapel Farm." He m. Sarah Bryan, early in 1620. In 1638, Sylvester and his wife Sarah and six living children, sailed for America in the ship Martin. They belonged to the "New Haven Company." Sylvester d. on the passage, "in mid ocean," July 21, 1638. His will was admitted to probate, in Boston, where the ship Martin arrived. He left a large estate. His widow and six children settled with the rest of the emigrat- ing company in New Haven. In 1643, "the Widow Baldwin" was recorded in New Haven as one of the wealthiest proprietors. In 1643 she m. Capt. John Astwood; they settled in Milford, Conn. Capt. Astwood d. in London in 1654. She d. in Milford in 1669.


224


HISTORY OF STONINGTON.


CHILDREN BY 1ST MARRIAGE.


8 SARAH, b. or bapt. April 22, 1621, m. Benjamin Fenn.


9 RICHARD, b. or bapt. Aug. 25, 1622, m. Elizabeth Alsop.


10 MARY, b. or bapt. Feb. 28, 1624, d. in 1624.


11 MARY, b. or bapt. Feb. 19, 1625, m. Robert Plum of Milford.


12 MARTHA, b. or bapt. Apr. 20, 1628.


13 RUTH, b. or bapt. in 1630.


14 SAMUEL, b or bapt. Jan., 1632, d. 1632.


15 ELIZABETH, b. or bapt. Jan. 25, 1633, d. 1633.


16 JOHN, b. or bapt. in 1635, m. Mrs. Rebecca (Palmer) Chesebrough.


John Baldwin, of Stonington, (No. 16) m. first wife, name unknown. It is conjectured that she was a daughter of Capt. John Atwood, his mother's second husband, in 1656, and it appears in the records that "a house lot of an acre and half" was then assigned to him in Milford, Conn. His first wife d. in 1657, soon after the birth of her child. In 1664 he settled in New London, and July 24, 1672, he m. 2nd wife, Rebecca Palmer (No. 13) Palmer family, young widow of Elisha Chese- brough, and daughter of the first Walter Palmer, of Stonington. They settled permanently in Stonington, where they owned an extensive tract of land. He d. Aug. 19, 1683. She outlived him thirty years, and d. May 2, 1713.


CHILDREN:


17 JOHN, b. April 13, 1657, d. in England, 1676.


18 REBECCA, b. May 20, 1673, m. Elnathan Miner, Mar. 21, 1694, (No. 59) Miner family.


19 MARY, b. Feb. 24, 1675, m. John Randall, Nov. 25, 1706, (No. 2) Randall family.


20 SYLVESTER, b. Mar. 4, 1677, m. Lydia Miner; 2nd, Elizabeth Avery.


21 SARAH, b. - -, 1680, d. unmarried.


22 JANE, b. - -, 1681, d. previous to 1692.


23 THEOPHILUS, b. , 1683, m. Priscilla Mason.


Sylvester Baldwin, of Stonington, (No. 20) m. first, Lydia Miner, July 8, 1706, (No. 63) Miner family. She d. April 22, 1707. He m. 2d wife, Elizabeth Avery, of New London, May 19, 1724, (No. 35) that family. She d. July 17, 1728. He d. in 1732, leaving a large estate.


CHILDREN:


24 JOHN, b. and d. April 18, 1707.


25 ELIZABETH, b. July 6, 1725, m. Capt. Thomas Prentice, Feb. 1, 1744, (No. 21) Prentice family.


26 MARY, b. Sept. 14, 1726, m. Humphrey Avery of Preston, June 19, 1745.


225


BALDWIN FAMILY.


Theophilus Baldwin, of Stonington, (No. 23) m. Ist, Priscilla Mason, (No. 27) that family, May 25, 1710, dau. of Daniel Mason, and granddaughter of the famous Major John Mason; granddaughter also of Rev. Jeremiah Hobart, of Hingham, Mass., whose daughter Rebecca was Daniel Mason's second wife. Mrs. Priscilla (Mason) Baldwin d. soon after the birth of her son Sylvester. He m. May I, 1724, Jemima Powers, who d. in 1733, and Oct. 18, 1733, m. Mrs. Elizabeth Hascall, of Norwich. He was the first deacon of the church organized in 1727, in what is now North Stonington. In many ways a man of mark in the town, having character, ability, wealth, and a remarkably sunny temper.


CHILDREN:


27 JOHN, b. July 12, 1711, m. Mary Clark; 2nd, Eunice Spaulding.


28 PRISCILLA, b. Nov. 17, 1713, m. Daniel Calkins of Norwich, Sept. 2, 1731, son of Hugh Calkins, a great great grandson of the first American John Calkins. ,


29 THEOPHILUS, b. Oct. 23, 1716, m. Sarah Lamb; 2nd, Elizabeth Billings. 30 SYLVESTER, b. Mar. 29, 1719, m. Anna -; 2nd, Bridget Chese- brough.


John Baldwin, of Stonington, (No. 27) m. Mary Clark, Feb. 6, 1736. She d. Jan. 24, 1737, four weeks after the birth of a son. He m. 2nd, Eunice Spaulding, of Plainfield, Conn., July 3, 1740. He d. in 1762, having been known in Stonington as Capt. John Baldwin, and she was m. Nov. 1, 1764, to Elisha Williams, (No. 51) Williams family. He d. Sept. 22, 1788; she d. in Jan. 1819, aged 98 years and 6 months.


CHILDREN:


31 JOHN, b. Dec. 27, 1736, d. Jan. 8, 1737.


32 MARY, b. Feb. 9, 1741, m. Stephen Frink, Nov. 5, 1780, (No. 47) Frink family.


33. PRISCILLA, b. May 20, 1743, m. Hubbard Burroughs, Jr., Dec. 24, 1761, (No. 87) that family.


34 ELIZABETH, b. June 23, 1745, m. Jesse Swan, (No. 49) Swan family. 35 EUNICE, b. Oct. 25, 1747, d. Apr. 23, 1766.


36 THOMAS, b. Apr. 6, 1751, d. Apr. 10, 1751.


37 JOHN, b. May 12, 1752, m. Sarah Denison.


38 ZIBA, b. Feb. 16, 1755, m. Amy Brown.


Theophilus Baldwin (No. 29) m. Ist, Sarah Lamb, of Ston- ington, Feb. 5, 1738, who d. Aug. 20, 1764. He m. 2nd, Elizabeth Billings, Jan. 20, 1764. They lived in Stonington, Conn.


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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.


CHILDREN :


39 THANKFUL, b. Jan. 26, 1739, m. Ichabod Brown (No. 119) that family.


40 DAVID, b. Aug. 17, 1741, m. Phebe Billings.


41 ABIGAIL, b. May 17, 1744, d. unmarried.


42 SARAH, b. Oct. 6, 1746, m. John Davis.


43 THEOPHILUS, b. Feb. 26, 1749, d. young.


44 JOSEPH, b. Sept. 13, 1751, m. Sabra Billings.


45 NATHAN, b. May 17, 1754, d. young.


46 ASA, b. Dec. 17, 1756, m. Dolly Brown.


47 LUCY, b. Oct. 19, 1758, m. Randall Billings, (No. 139) Billings family.


48 REBECCA, b. Oct. 25, 1761, d. unmarried.


Sylvester Baldwin (No. 30) m. Ist, Anna -; she d. childless, Oct. 1754; and Oct. 22, 1759, he m. 2nd, Bridget Chesebrough. He d. Oct. 12, 1795; his wife d. Sept. 14, 1818, all of Stonington.


CHILDREN:


49 THEOPHILUS, b. Nov. 13, 1762, d. in 1781.


50 SYLVESTER, b. Nov. 13, 1761; married.


51 WILLIAM, b. Dec. 2, 1763, d. Feb. 9, 1765.


52 JONATHAN, b. Dec. 24, 1765, m. Lucy Slack, 1788.


53 ANNA, b. June 27, 1768, m. Edward Chesebrough, (No. 232) Chesebrough family.


54 BRIDGET, b. June 27, 1768, m. John Leray, in 1791.


55 PRISCILLA, b. Oct. 7, 1770, d. in 1788.


56 AMOS, b. Jan. 2, 1773, m. Rebecca Palmer, Jan. 2, 1793. "


57 THOMAS, b. Dec. 7, 1775, d. young.


58 PHEBE, b. Apr. 21, 1778.


John Baldwin (No. 37) m. Sarah Denison, Jan. 23, 1772, (No. 213) Denison family. They settled on the old homestead in Stonington, Conn. She d. June 19, 1813; he d. Aug. 3, 1814, leaving a large estate.


CHILDREN:


59 JOHN, b. Oct. 28, 1772, m. Abigail Boardman; 2nd, Mrs. Anner Rose.


60 EUNICE, b. Mar. 16, 1775, m. Stephen Tucker, Jan. 17, 1793.


61 DENISON b. Mar. 25, 1778, d. unm.


62 ANDREW, b. Dec. 15, 1780, m. Mary Boardman, Nov. 22, 1801.


63 DANIEL, b. May 21, 1783, m. Eunice Frink; 2nd. Lucy Boardman, Aug. 27, 1806; 3rd, Hannah, dau. of Nathaniel Stanton, Apr. 21, 1808, the mother of his nine children.


64 POLLY, b. Feb. 1, 1786, m. Stephen Frink in 1807.


65 GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. July 21, 1788, m. Mary C. Kinney, Nov. 16, 1809.


66 SARAH, b. Nov. 1790, m. Thomas Holmes.


67 NANCY, b. Oct. 1793, d. in 1834, unmarried.


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BALDWIN FAMILY.


Ziba Baldwin (No. 38) m. Amy Brown of Preston, July 20, 1775, and settled in North Stonington, where he d. Sept. 27, 1803. His widow m. 2nd, Isaac Randall, Aug. 31, 1817.


CHILDREN:


68 THOMAS, b. May 3, 1777, m. Nancy, dau. of Dr. Asa Spalding, of Ston- ington, Apr. 16, 1801.


69 AMOS, b. June 4, 1779, m. Sally White of Hartford, May 2, 1807.


70 TURNER, b. July 6, 1781, m. Elizabeth Gray in 1805.


71 HEZEKIAH, b. Aug. 12, 1783, m. Amanda, dau. of Dr. Asa Spalding of Stonington, Mar. 22, 1812.


72 ELISHA, b. Aug. 11, 1786, m. Patty, dau. of Asa Spalding, in 1808.


73 ALANSON, b. Oct. 15, 1788, d. unmarried.


74 ASHER, b. Dec. 9, 1791, m. Polly Morgan, Nov. 13, 1814.


75 BILLINGS, b. Sept. 25, 1795, m. Orla O. Jones, Jan. 1, 1815.


76 NATHAN, b. Aug. 13, 1797, m. Betsey A. Bromley, Jan. 3, 1823.


77 AMY, b. Oct. 26, 1801, m. Ephraim Randall, only child of her mother's second husband, Mar. 8, 1818.


David Baldwin (No. 40) m. Phebe Billings, Dec. 1, 1763, both of Stonington, Conn.


CHILDREN:


78 PHEBE, b. - , d. unmarried.


79 MARTHA, b. June 27, 1764, m. Brown.


80 DAVID, b. Aug. 5, 1766, m. Susan Stewart.


81 THEOPHILUS, b. 1769, m. Philura Holmes, (No. 97) Holmes family.


Joseph Baldwin (No. 44) m. Sabra Billings in 1771.


CHILDREN:


82 ELIZABETH, b. -, m. Thomas Holmes, (No. 59) that family, Nov. 19, 1789.


83 SALLY, b. 1774, m. Simeon Clark.


84 SABRA, b. 1777, m. Daniel Thurston.


85 BRIDGET, b. 1780, d. unmarried.


86 ANDREW, b. Jan. 2, 1788, m. Betsey Hutchins, Jan. 1, 1811.


87 HENRY, b. Mar. 8, 1790, m. Abigail Baldwin, Sept. 18, 1815.


David Baldwin (No. 80) m. Susan Stewart, May 29, 1793. He d. Oct. 14, 1805; she d. June 5, 1835.


CHILDREN:


89 SUSAN, b. Mar. 2, 1794, m. Capt. Samuel Prentice, (No. 85) that family.


90 STEWART, b. Mar. 6, 1796, m. Mary A. Baldwin.


91 DAVID, b. May 5, 1798, m. Mary Brown.


92 WOLCOTT, b. Oct. 20, 1801, m. in Troy, N. Y.


93 BENJAMIN, b. Sept. 20, 1805, d. Jan. 6, 1806.


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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.


David Baldwin (No. 91) m. Mary Brown, Feb. 13, 1823, and settled in Preston, Conn. He d. Apr. 17, 1848; she d. Jan. 2, 1865.


CHILDREN:


94 MARY, b. Apr. 12, 1824, d. infant.


95 DAVID D., (twin) b. Apr. 12, 1824, m. Belle F. Sturgis, of Providence, R. I. 96 SUSAN, b. May 5, 1828, m. Thomas S. Wheeler, (No. 284) Wheeler family. 97 LUCY, b. Mar. 17, 1830, m. Henry T. Loring, of St. Louis, Mo.


98 MARY ELLEN, b. Sept. 4, 1831, m. Samuel B. Wheeler, (No. 267) Wheeler family.


99 CHARLOTTE W., b. Aug. 28, 1854.


John Baldwin (No. 59), of Stonington, m. Abigail Boardman, of Griswold, Jan. 31, 1796. She d. July 30, 1814, aged 35, and he m. 2nd, Mrs. Anna Rose, who d. in 1864. He d. in 1858.


CHILDREN:


100 ABIGAIL, b. Mar. 21, 1797, m. Henry Baldwin.


101 JOHN ADAMS, b. May 26, 1799, d. 1805.


102 BETSEY MASON, b. Apr. 18, 1801, m. William S. Grant, of North Stonington, (No. 74) Grant family.


103 LUCY P., b. Nov. 13, 1803, m. Isaac Swan.


104 EUNICE, b. Sept. 26, 1806.


105 BENJAMIN, b. Jan. 15, 1809, d. infant.


106 EMILY A., b. Apr. 26, 1810, m. John Smith Hewitt; 2nd, Russell Griffin. 107 SALLY ANN, b. June 1, 1814, m. George N. Griffing.


BENNETT FAMILY.


I. JOHN BENNETT, the first of this name in Stonington, Conn., came here from New London, and m. Oct. 22, 1691, but who, it is not known.


CHILDREN:


2 JOHN, b. in 1658, d. Feb. 11, 1660.


3 WILLIAM, b. Apr. 18, 1660.


4 JOHN, b. Feb. 19, 1666, m. Elizabeth Park.


5 ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 28, 1672.


6 JOSEPH, b. Mch. 20, 1681.


William Bennett (No. 3) m. Susannah Bright, Oct. 30, 1676. He served in King Philip's war.


CHILDREN:


7 REBECCA, b. Nov. 22, 1678.


8 JOHN, b. Aug. 11, 1683.


9 WILLIAM, b. Feb. 8, 1685.


10 HENRY, b. -


John Bennett (No. 4) m. Elizabeth Park, Mch. 8, 1687. He served in King Philip's war.


CHILDREN:


11 HANNAH, b. Apr. 2, 1688.


12 JOHN, b. Jan. 24, 1691.


13 SAMUEL, b. Sept. 7, 1694.


14 THOMAS, b. Nov. 14, 1697.


15 JOSEPH, b. Feb. 8, 1699.


16 ELIZABETH, b. July 31, 1702.


17 ISAAC, b. July 14, 1705.


18 NATHAN, b. July 14, 1709.


Joseph Bennett (No. 6) m. Sarah Bequess, Nov. 4, 1702. CHILDREN:


19 JOSEPH, b. Oct. 16, 1703. 20 JERUSHA, b. Oct. 26, 1705. 21 STEPHEN, b. Apr. 8, 1707. 22 SARAH, b. Mch. 4, 1709.


23 HANNAH, b. Apr. 19, 1711. 24 PHEBE, b. May 19, 1713.


25 DANIEL, b. Aug. 19, 1715. 26 WILLIAM, b. Oct. 22, 1717. 27 JOSEPH, b. Feb. 20, 1724.


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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.


Joseph Bennett (No. 15) m. Joanna Williams, Nov. 14, 1724. William Bennett (No. 9) m. Mary Church, Feb. 2, 1718. CHILDREN:


28 SAMUEL, b. Apr. 3, 1719. 29 MARY, b. Jan. 3, 1722. 30 SARAH, b. Aug. 3, 1729. 31 ESTHER, b. Jan. 28, 1725.


Stephen Bennett (No. 21) m. Mehitable Stebbens, Sept. 23, 1736.


CHILDREN:


32 MEHITABLE, b. June 25, 1738.


33 STEPHEN, b. Apr. 22, 1740.


34 JESSE, b. Aug. 20, 1742.


35 NATHANIEL, b. Aug. 6, 1744.


36 NOAH, b. July 4, 1746.


37 AARON, b. Oct. 25, 1748.


38 MARY, b. Jan. 16, 1751.


39 ELISHA, b. May 18, 1753.


40 SAMUEL, b. July 18, 1755.


41 THANKFUL, b. Oct. 5, 1757.


42 DAVID, b. -.


43 JOSEPH, b.


44 CHARLES, b.


Joseph Bennett (No. 27) m. Anna Wyllis, Oct. 27, 1743. CHILDREN:


45 JERUSHA, b. May 1, 1744, d. y.


46 JOSEPH, b. Aug. 8, 1746.


47 JOANNA, b. Mch. 28, 1749.


48 JEDEDIAH, b. July 17, 1751.


Aaron Bennett (No. 37) m. Hannah Holdredge, Sept. 15, 1773. CHILDREN:


49 AARON, b. Aug. 9, 1774.


Mrs. Hannah Bennett d. - , and Mr. Bennett m. 2nd, Abigail Smith, Feb. 13, 1777. CHILDREN:


50 HANNAH, b. Feb. 11, 1779, m. Jonathan Fish.


51 SALLY, b. Dec. 14, 1780, m. Mark Ethridge.


52 AMOS, b. June 28, 1783.


53 THANKFUL, b. Mch. 14, 1785, m. 1st, Jerry Burrows, and 2nd, Joseph Chapman.


54 MERRANDA, b. July 19, 1788, m. Samuel Hempstead.




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