Brief Life History of Sybil
When Sybil Baldwin was born on 22 November 1728, in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Samuel Baldwin, was 28 and her mother, Mercy Allen, was 25. She married Alexander Booth on 4 November 1748. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 18 August 1787, in Woodbridge, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Connecticut, United States.
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- Sibella Baldwin, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Sybil Baldwin, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
- Sibel in entry for Experience Booth, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
Name Meaning
English and North German: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements bald ‘bold, brave’ + wine ‘friend’, which was extremely popular among the Normans and in Flanders in the early Middle Ages. It was the personal name of the Crusader who in 1100 became the first Christian king of Jerusalem, and of four more Crusader kings of Jerusalem. It was also borne by Baldwin, Count of Flanders (1172–1205), leader of the Fourth Crusade, who became first Latin Emperor of Constantinople (1204). In North America, this surname has absorbed Dutch forms such as Boudewijn.
Irish: surname adopted in Donegal by bearers of the Gaelic surname Ó Maolagáin (see Milligan ), due to association of Gaelic maol ‘bald, hairless’ with English bald.
History: A John Baldwin from Buckinghamshire, England, arrived in the US in 1638 and settled in Milford, CT.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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