Dr. Elijah Baldwin

ELIJAH6, Elijah5, David4, Timothy3, Benjamin2, Henry1

Elijah Baldwin Jr., son of Elijah Baldwin Sr. and Hannah Bishop Burnham, was b. in Canterbury, Conn. on Oct. 26,1820; m. Oct. 14,1845, with SARAH HARRIS MATHEWSON, dau. Bucklin Mathewson, of Lisbon, Conn. He graduated Yale in 1841; received his medical degree from Harvard in 1845; a doctor; practicing at first in Plainfield, Conn and then removing, in 1855, to South Canterbury, Conn; living near his father with his family, and said to be the only Baldwin of this line in the vicinity.

Elijah and his wife Sarah maintained correspondences between themselves and their children from 1865 to 1878. These letters (see source below) provide insight into the concerns of a mother about her children's deportment, health, studies, and clothes. She also conveys her emotions on having her children leave the farm and frequently gives moral advice. Among Eliijah's letters are those to C.S. Brainerd, a former classmate, with who he exchanges thoughts about science and philosophy.Other papers contain insights of relatives and also documents relating to the Town of Canterbury (tax documents, land records, etc). Elijah d. Mar. 7, 1888; she d. Oct. 6,1905. Both buried at Baldwin Cemetery, Canterbury, Conn.

Children were: Sarah (1846), Mary (1848-1849), Henry (1850), David (1852-1853), Hannah Burnham (1853), Abram (1860), Lucy (1863), and Helen (1865)

• 1820 birth record: Elijah, s/o Elijah Baldwin & HANNAH, was b. Oct. 26,1820, in Canterbury, Ct.
• 1845 marriage record: Elijah Baldwin m. SARAH H. MATHEWSON on Oct. 14,1845 at Newent Congregational Church, Lisbon, New London, Conn.
• 1850 US census: Elijah Baldwin, physician, resides in Plainfield, Ct. with wife Sarah H. and dau. Sarah. He is aged 29, wife 24, dau. 3.
• 1870 US census: Elijah Baldwin, aged 49, now a farmer, with family. Wife Sarah H. (44) and ch. Sarah (23), Henry (19), Hannah B. (15), Abram (9), Lucy (7) and Helen (4). They reside in Canterbury, Conn.
• 1880 US census: Elijah, aged 59, now a farmer, with wife Sarah H. (55) and ch. Henry (29), Hannah B. (25), Abram (19), Lucy (17) and Helen (14). Also residing there is dau. Sarah, now married to Hadley and listed as Sarah B. Hadley (33) with her children Sarah L. (8), Henry B. (7), and David B. (5). They live in Canterbury, Conn.
• 1888 death record: Elijah Baldwin b. Oct. 26,1820 in Canterbury, Conn., d. Canterbury on Mar. 7,1888.
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• http://www.chs.org/finding_aides/finding_aids/baldwin.html
• The Baldwin genealogy from 1500 to 1881 (1881)

Author: Baldwin, C. C. (Charles Candee), 1834-1895

Subject: Baldwin family

Publisher: Cleveland, O, [Leader printing company]

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