Mildred Baldwin

• 'Peter Prudden; a story of his life and New Haven and Milford, Conn. (1901)
• http://archive.org/details/peterpruddenstor00prud
• http://archive.org/stream/peterpruddenstor00prud#page/58/mode/1up
• Capt. and Mrs. Willett first resided in New York, and then removed to Rehoboth and Swansea, Mass., where he died in 1674. The record of the letter which received her again into the fellowship of Milford church shows that Mrs. Willett returned shortly after Capt. Willett's death to Milford.
• Although past sixty years of age Mrs. Joanna Prudden Willett was again sought in marriage and became the wife of the Rev. John Bishop, for fifty years pastor in Stamford, Conn.* He was a few years her junior, a widower with several grown-up children, and with him she lived until her death. Neither the date of this marriage, nor of her death, nor of the place of her burial is known. In a letter from Rev. John Bishop to Increase Mather, written in 1681, he sends his "Greetings" and those of his wife, "who was Mrs. Willet, to good Mrs. Mather."
  • The following is a copy of
    • "Last Will of Joanna, wife of Rev. Peter Prudden."
  • The last will and testament of Mrs. Joanna Bishop, sometime Prudden, late of Milford, now of Stamford in the ....
  • * Rev. John Bishop walked all the way from Boston to Stamford with his Bible under his arm accompanying two men who had been sent to invite him to become pastor of the Stamford church. This Bible is still owned by his descendants. ....
• http://archive.org/stream/peterpruddenstor00prud#page/63/mode/1up
• Pg. 63
• The children of Peter Prudden1 and Joanna Boyse1 -- daughter of Rev. John Boyse and Joana Boyse of Halifax,* England:
  • I. Joanna2, born August, 1640, married __ Chittenden.
  • II. Mary2, born Jan., 1641, married Zacheriah Walker as his first wife. ....
  • (1) III. Elizabeth2, born Feb., 1642, baptized 4th of March, 1643. Married, name unknown.
  • (2) IV. Samuel2, born Feb., 1643, died 1685; lived in Milford.+
  • V. John2, born Nov., 1645 in Milford, died Dec. 11, 1725, ....
  • VI. Abigail2, baptized Dec., 1647, married Joseph Walker of Stratford, Nov. 14, 1667. Married, second, Richard Hubbell, in 1688. ....
  • VII. Sarah2, born May 12, 1650, married Gideon Allen.
  • VIII. Peter2, born May 26, 1652, died June 10, 1652.
  • ' IX. Mildred2, born March, 1653, married Lieut. Sylvanus Baldwin, 20th of Sept., 1671, died Jan. 6, 1712. ......
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GEDCOM Note

Biography ==Mildred Prudden was christened on May 14, 1653, at 1st Congregational Church, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, <ref name = "Ancestral file 7TVZ-LQ">Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints database</ref>

Mildren Prudden, daughter of the Rev. Peter & Joanna (Boyse) Prudden of Milford, married Sylvanus Baldwin, on September 20, 1671 in Milford,New Haven, CT.<ref name = "Findagrave.com">Findagrave.com publicationfor Sylvanus Baldwin, Memorial #28249167 {http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28249167]</ref> It is believed that Silvanus & Mildred moved the remainder their family of eight known children<ref>Descendants of John Baldwin of Stonnington CT</ref> (most died young) from Milford to New Milford (now Woodbridge) and lived their remaining lives in New Milford. Records show thatin 1716, Silvanus Baldwin was a "messenger" in the ordination of Rev.Daniel Bordman, pastor of the First Church of Christ in New Milford, New Haven, Conn.<ref name = "Findagrave.com"/> Children of Sylvanus Baldwin and Mildred Prudden:<ref name = "Findagrave.com"/>

i. Elizabeth (Baldwin) Woodruff

ii. Richard Baldwin,

iii. Sarah Baldwin

iv. Silvanus Baldwin, Jr.

v. Ebenezer Baldwin,

vi.Grace Baldwin

vii. Mildred Baldwin

viii. John Baldwin

Mildred died January 6, 1712.<ref name = "Findagrave.com"/>

Sources

<references />*The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. <i>Ancestral File (R)</i>. Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998. 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA. Ancestral File Number: 7TVZ-LQ* Baldwin, John D. (1880). A Record of the descendants of John Baldwinof Stonington, Conn.: with notice of other Baldwins who settled in America in early colony times. Printed by Tyler and Seagrave, Worcester,Mass. (pg 10).