Samuel Baldwin

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel Baldwin was born on 28 August 1777, in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Zacheus Baldwin, was 23 and his mother, Sarah Bradfield, was 21. He married Flora Woodruff on 28 November 1799, in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 22 August 1840, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Baldwin
1777–1840
Flora Woodruff
1780–1862
Marriage: 28 November 1799
Almond Pitchie Baldwin
1800–1870
Sarah L Baldwin
1802–1865
Sereney Baldwin
1803–1806
Joseph Baldwin
1805–1877
Emily Baldwin
1807–
Labinius Baldwin
1809–
Serena Baldwin
1810–1864
Aletta "Lettie" Baldwin
1811–1877
Arden W. Baldwin
1812–1847
James Harvey Baldwin
1814–1885
Nancy M. Baldwin
1816–1877
John Baldwin
1818–1876
Samuel Davis Baldwin
1818–1866

Sources (11)

  • Samuel Baldwin, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Samuel Baldwin, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Samuel Baldwin in entry for Flora Woodruff, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"

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World Events (8)

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

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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