Ezra Baldwin

A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of PRIVATE.
DAR Ancestor # A005250

Ezra was son of Ezra Baldwin and Ruth. He was b.c1737 and bapt. May 8,1737 (twin) at Durham, Conn; the other born dead. He m. May 16,1764 with ELIZABETH LYMAN, of Durham, dau. of Thomas and Ann, and bapt. Mar. 7,1743/44; joined the Church in Granville, Mass., by letter, June 1764. 'He served in the War of the Revolution.' The record is found in Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution (Mass. Vol1; pg 517. "Ezra Baldwin, private in Capt. Aaron Coe's Co.,Col. Edward Moseley's Regt., Hampshire County, served from Oct. 21,1776 to Nov. 17,1776.-Company marching to reinforce the Northern Army; roll dated Granville." Ezra died in Granville on June 12,1824. His wife, Elizabeth Lyman, died May 9, 1808 and both are buried in the West Granville cemetery. He had:

Children were: Ezra (1765; m. but no ch.) and Lyman (1768).

• Mass VR:Granville deaths: Ezra Baldwin died of infammatory rheumatism on June 12,1824, a.87. 'REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER.'
• LDS birth record: birth is listed as 5/8/1737
• LDS death record is discounted: States he was b 1737, d. 1824 but states that he died in Conn. (Mass. VR transcribed under supervision and certified says Granville, Mass.
• LDS Pedigree: Ezra, s/o Ezra and Ruth Curtis; m. Elizabeth Lyman
• Find a grave memorial: Headstone says date of death was June 13,1824.*
• http://millennium.fortunecity.com/bluepeter/410/baldwin1.htm
• http://archive.org/details/baldwingenealogy00baldThe 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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