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James Baldwin

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death: January 28, 1791 (80)
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Henry Baldwin, II and Abigail Baldwin
Husband of Ruth Baldwin
Father of Cyrus Baldwin; Ruel Baldwin; Col. Loammi Baldwin; Ruel Baldwin and Elisha Baldwin, Sr.
Brother of Henry Baldwin, III, Esq.; Capt. David Baldwin; Deacon Isaac Baldwin; Abigail Baldwin; James Baldwin and 2 others

Occupation: carpenter
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About James Baldwin

James Baldwin

JAMES 3, Henry 2, Henry 1

James Baldwin, son of Henry Baldwin and Abigail Fiske, was b. 1710 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He m., May. 29, 1739, Ruth RICHARDSON, b. June 17, 1713, daughter of Joseph 3, the grandson of Samuel 1, and settled in Woburn. He died January 28, 1791; his wife Ruth died May 13, 1791, aged 78 (age should be 77).

Children: Cyrus (1740), Ruel (1742), Loammi (1744/45), and Ruel (1747).

James is said, in Sewell's "History of Woburn," to have been a carpenter, and a reputed master workman in the erection of the precinct Burlington Meeting House, in 1732, still standing in 1867. It will be noticed that James was then young. By his will, dated 1771, he gave his wife one of his negroes.

Name James Baldwin
Gender Male
Marriage Date 29 May 1739
Place Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Spouse Ruth Richardson

Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850

Name James Baldwin
Gender Male
Age 80
Birth Date 19 October 1710
Birth Place Woburn
First Marriage Date 29 May 1739
Death Date 28 January 1791
Father: Henry Baldwin
Mother: Abigail Fisk

Spouse: Ruth Richardson

Children:

  • Cyrus Baldwin
  • Reuel Baldwin
  • Loammi Baldwin
  • Reuel Baldwin

North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000

Given Name James
Surname Baldwin
Location Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Date 1791
Subject Will
Number 829

Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1648-1870

The Baldwin Genealogy from 1500-1881 (1881)
Author: Baldwin, C.C. (Charles Candee), 1834-1895
Subject: Baldwin Family
Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio [Leader printing company]
Possible Copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
Pg. 618, 620

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James Baldwin's Timeline

1710
October 19, 1710
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1740
November 5, 1740
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1742
May 9, 1742
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1744
January 10, 1744
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1747
June 30, 1747
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1751
February 2, 1751
Carmel, Putnam, New York, British Colonial America
1791
January 28, 1791
Age 80
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
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Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States