JOHN2, John1 (of Milford)

• http://www.archive.org/stream/baldwingenealogy00bald#page/300/mode/2up. Pg. 300-301

Baldwin, Charles Candee. The Baldwin Genealogy from 1500 to 1881. (Cleveland, Ohio: Leader Printing Co., 1881), pages 298, 301.

His [John Baldwin's] will, dated 1702, names his children Sarah, Hannah, Elizabeth and John, by his 1st wife, and Samuel, Daniel, Joseph, Timothy, Elnathan, Nathaniel and Jonathan.

Source: Families of Early Milford, Connecticut by Susan Emma Woodruff Abbott 2004, page 21.

Son of John Baldwin and Mary Camp. Baptized 26 March 1648. Married (1) on 13 Oct 1663 Hannah Bruen daughter of Obadiah of New London, (2) before 1686 Ruth Botsford, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth.

He was a shoemaker and a sealer of letters.

Children by first marriage (w/Hannah Bruen):

1. Richard born 24 Dec 1666, probably died young
2. Sarah
3. Hannah
4. Elizabeth
5. John

Children by second marriage (Ruth Botsford):

1. Samuel born about 1674. Died 1734. Lived in NJ.
2. Ruth married as his second wife Eleazar Bruen.
3. Joseph born Newark NJ about 1680. Died 1724.
4. Elnathan born Newark, NJ about 1687 . Married Keziah Prudden, daughter of Rev James Prudden.
5. Timothy born about 1687.
6. Daniel baptized 11 April 1689. Died young.
7. Nathaniel b about 1690. Lived in NJ.
8. Jonathan b about 1691. Lived in NJ.