Chester County PA Archives Biographies.....John BALDWIN, d. 1731
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from Futhey and Cope's History of Chester County (1881)

BALDWIN, JOHN, was an early settler in Aston township, 
and by trade a carpenter. Afterwards he became a merchant 
in Chester, and acquired a considerable estate. He married, 
4, 4, 1689, Catharine Turner, a widow, by whom he had 
children, -- Ruth, b. 2, 6, 1694, and John, b. 4, 10, 1697. 
The latter was a saddler, and resided in Middletwon for a 
time, but mostly at Chester. He married, 4, 11, 1719, 
Hannah Johnson, daughter of Joshua, and died in 1728, 
leaving two sons. His father died in 1731.
    John Baldwin, son of John and Hannah, was born at 
chester, 12, 22, 1719; died in East Clan, 1787; married, 
9, 9, 1743, Ann Peirce, daughter of Caleb and Ann, of 
Thornbury, who was bornm 11, 11, 1724, and died in 1788. 
Joh nwas a timn-plate worker, and about 1751 settled in 
East Caln on land pruchased by his grandfather in 1702.
    Joshua Baldwin, his brother, was born at Chester, 11, 
11, 1721-2, and died in East Caln, 5, 13, 1800. He married, 
4, 7, 1744, Sarah Downing, daughter of Thomas and Thomazine, 
of East Clan, who was born 8, 14, 1725, and died, 7, 16, 
1745; married (second) 9, 17, 1747, Mercy Brown, daughter 
of Samuel and Mercy, of Falls, Bucks Co., who was born 1, 
12,1722, and died 1, 22, 1784; married (third), 9, 14, 1785, 
at Nantmeal Meeting, Ann Milhous, widow of Robert, and 
daughter of John and Grace Meredith. Joshua settled on the 
western part of his grandfather's purchase in East Caln.
    John and Ann's children were,-- 1. Mary, b. 6, 17, 1744; 
m. Jonathan Vernon. 2. John, b. 6, 2, 1748; d. 9, 9, 1748. 
3. Caleb, b. 6, 31, 1749; d. 2, 11, 1826; m. 11, 24, 1774, 
to Charity Cope, daughter of Samuel and Deborah Cope, of 
East Bradford, b. 4, 8, 1754; d. 8, 29, 1840. 4. Ann, b. 6, 
20, 1752; d. 4, 11, 1808; m. Aaron Martin.
    Joshua Baldwin's children were, -- 1. Sarah, b. 7, 16, 
1745; m. Thomas Meteer. 2. Hannah, b. 11, 4, 1748; m. William 
Milhous. 3. John, b. 10, 11, 1751. d. 12, 26, 1758. 4. Samuel, 
b. 2, 13, 1754; d. 7, 14, 1837; m. 4, 28, 1779, to Mary 
Buchanan, widow of George, and daughter of Hugh and Ann Hilles. 
5. Rachel, b. 7, 13, 1756; m. Nathan Sharpless. 6. Ann, b. 12, 
13, 1758; m. Benjamin Maule. 7. Mercy, b. 1, 15, 1761; m. John 
Lloyd. 8. Jane, b. 3, 22, 1763; m. Jacob Maule.
    Caleb and Charity Baldwin had four children, -- 1. Deborah, 
b. 11, 1, 1775; m. Samuel Jones. 2. John, b. 7, 13, 1778; d. 
1867, unmarried. 3. Samuel, b. 6, 30, 1782; d. 12, 17, 1841, 
unmarried. 4. Jonathan C., b/ 1, 30, 17092; d. 10, 20, 1874; 
m. 1822, Mary Ann Jacobs, daughter of Richard and Lydia 
(Gibbons) Jacobs, of East Bradford, b. 11, 17, 1803, and still 
living at the homestead in East Caln. Jonathan C. Baldwin 
inherited half of his father's lands, to which he made additions 
by purchase. He was much interested in horticulture, and for 
some time president of the Chester County Horticultural Society. 
His children were John Erskine, Hannah (dec's), Caleb (owns the 
original homestead in Caln), Deborah,. Caroline (m. John Cope), 
Lydia J. (dec'd), Richard A. (dec'd), James Hanover (died near 
Vicksburg, Miss., from gunshot wounds, 1863), Charity, Susan 
P. (dec'd), Jonathan C., Rebecca S. (m. T. P. Conard), Henry 
C. (dec'd), Mary Ann. Samuel and Mary Baldwin had several 
children, of whom, a daughter, Mercy, married Zebulon Thomas, 
of East BRadford and was the mother of Samuel B. Thomas, Esq., 
of the Chester County bar; also of Mary B. Thomas and sisters , 
who conducted their well-known seminary at Downingtown.




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