Elnathan Baldwin, Sr.

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ELNATHAN3, John2, John1 (of Milford)

'See Will in documents.

Elnathan Baldwin, son of John Baldwin and Ruth Botsford (2nd wife), was b. in Newark, NJ., about 1687; m. KEZIAH PRUDDEN, dau. of Rev. John Prudden of Newark, s.of Rev. Peter Prudden, of Milford,from Yorkshire, England.

About 1780 (change to 1730), he moved to Hopewell (Pennington), Hunterdon county, NJ. His will was proved Aug. 1739, dated 1738. It names children:

Children: Moses (of Hopewell), Thomas (living in 1783), Joseph (of Hopewell), and Elnathan.

• CC Baldwin: Baldwin Genealogy pg. 306

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• Per "Hist of Presby Church of Maidenhead & Hopewell"

Children: Stephen, Moses (of Hopewell), Thomas (a ruling elder of the Presby Church), Joseph (of Hopewell, will of 1770), Elnathan, and Ruth.

'In his will, executed Dec. 6 1738, he mentions his wife Kezia, dau. Ruth BURT, and his five sons: Stephen,Moses, Thomas, Joseph, and Elnathan. No other chidren are NAMED. No other daughters are mentioned except Ruth. ('Will packet #125j for Hunterdon Co., located at the NJ State Archives in Trenton, NJ)

Stephen and Ruth are found in Hist of Presb.Church, Hopewell". Pg. 33

• http://www.archive.org/stream/peterpruddenstor00prud#page/70/mode/2up. Pg. 71..Kezia Prudden m. Elnathan Baldwin
• http://www.archive.org/stream/baldwingenealogy00bald#page/306/mode/2up
• http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofoldpres00hale#page/32/mode/2up

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GEDCOM Note

Biography

Elnathan Baldwin spent much of his life in colonial New Jersey and wasone signer of the "50 Men's Compact" during the 1733 Coxe Trials. This was an important legal conflict which occurred in the Hopewell Township of New Jersey in the years leading up to the Revolutionary War. The incident exposed the failures of the colonial legal system. The trials revolved around whether the government could require landowners to pay twice for land they had already settled and paid once for because of a deed despute. The result of the bitter legal battle was that many families from Hopewell township lost their farms and later resettled as a group in North Carolina in something that would come to be called the Jersey Settlement. A detailed account was written by Ethel Stroupe in 1996 and includes a description of the trials, family displacement, and tar and feathering of those who would profit from such injustice. Her work is linked in the sources. The Coxe Trails are also discussed where the issue is described simplyas a challenge to the validity of the original deeds, not an expression of a corrupt legal system:"A History of the Old Presbyterian Congregation of the People of Maidenhead and Hopewell". Reverend George Hale. Press of Henry B Ashmead, Philadelphia, 1876. http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofoldpres00hale#page/32/mode/2... This small history also records the marriage of Keziah Prudden, daughter of Reverend John Prudden, to Elnathan Baldwin which is listed on page 33, and mentions some of their many children. Will written in 1738 mentions children Stephen, Ruth, Moses, Thomas, Joseph and Elnathan. Elnathan /Baldwin/<ref>Source: #S65 Page: Ancestry Family Trees</ref> "Elnathan was born about 1687, the son of John Baldwin and his second wife, Ruth Botsford Baldwin. He married Keziah Prudden in 1708 in Newark (now Essex Co.), New Jersey. They had six children: Ruth, 1709, Stephen about 1712, Moses and Thomas (twins) about 1714, Joseph 1716 and Elnathan about 1724.

The family migrated to Hopewell Twp. (now Mercer Co.), New Jersey. Parents: John Baldwin (____ - 1706) Ruth Botsford Baldwin (____ - 1717) Spouse: Keziah Prudden Baldwin m 1708 Newark, Essex County, NJ Children: Ruth Baldwin Burt* Burial: Hopewell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey"

Created by: Mary Jo C. Martin Record added: Mar 03, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 49051640<ref>Entered by Elizabeth Loftus.</ref>

Sources

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• Coxe Trials of 1733 are explained in "Origins of the Jersey Settlement of Rowan County, North Carolina, First Families of Jersey Settlement", Ethel Stroupe, 1996. vol 11, no. 1, February 1996, Rowan Cunty Register, Salisbury, NC.
• Extensive Family Chart at: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/278V-73G
• "A history of the Old Presbyterian Congregation of the People of Maidenhead and Hopewell". Reverend George Hale. Press of Henry B Ashmead, Philadelphia, 1876. http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofoldpres00hale#page/32/mode/2...
• Source: S65 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1 NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. * Repository: R1 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49051640
• New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 source number: 240.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; SubmitterCode: REB Yates Publishing.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Sandy Harris for creating WikiTree profile Baldwin-3126 through the import of Clark Goudy Odenbaugh Price Family Tree_2013-02-04.ged on Feb 4, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Sandy and others. Thanks to Elizabeth Loftus for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Elizabeth andothers.