Timothy Baldwin, Sr.

Two wives: (1) Mary Welles, who he married in 1642, was the daughter of Governor Thomas Welles and Alice Tomes Welles. Timothy & Mary Baldwin joined the church in Milford in 1643. She died in 1647 leaving her husband and small children including

1. Hannah Botsford (Baldwin)
2. Mary Baldwin Smith
3. Sarah Baldwin Buckingham
4. a son, Timothy Baldwin who died young

The family removed to Guilford and while there, he married

(2) Mary, widow of John Mepham, on March 5, 1649. They returned to Milford by 1651. The children of Timothy & widow, Mary (Mepham) Balwin were

1. Abigail Baldwin b. 1650
2. Ann Baldwin b. 1655
3. Timothy Baldwin b. 1658, d. 1703

Timothy Baldwin

• Birth: 1605 Bishopstone, England
• Death: Jan. 17, 1664 Milford New Haven County Connecticut, USA
• Parents: Richard Baldwin, Isabella Harding
• Married: Mary Welles; Mary, widow Mapham

Welles, John, in Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edgar Francis Waterman. Hale, House and Related Families, Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley. (Hartford: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1952), 781.:

Timothy Baldwin, who d. at Milford, 17 Jan. 1664/5. He m. (2) by 1650, Mary, widow of John Mapham; she d. in 1676, having m. (3) in 1666, Thomas Topping of Branford.

~MY ANCESTOR~

The son of RICHARD & ISABEL (HARDING) BALDWIN, he was baptized in Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. His father died in 1632 and Timothy was named executor of his will.
In 1638 he immigrated to Boston & then Milford in the Colony of New Haven accompanied by the wife of his second cousin, SYLVESTER BALDWIN, who died at sea on his journey to New England (See memorial of SARAH BRYAN BALDWIN). Timothy had a lot reserved for him in New Haven, but he went to Milford instead. He was a free planter in Milford on Nov. 29, 1639 and had homelot #22.

In 1642, he married MARY WELLES, daughter of GOV. THOMAS WELLES and his wife, ALICE (TOMES) WELLES. Timothy & Mary Baldwin joined the church in Milford in 1643. She died in 1647 leaving her husband and three small children including my ancestor, HANNAH (BALDWIN) BOTSFORD, Mary Baldwin Smith, Sarah Baldwin Buckingham and son, Timothy Baldwin who died young. The family removed to Guilford and while there, he married Mary, widow of John Mepham, on March 5, 1649. They returned to Milford by 1651. The children of Timothy & widow, Mary (Mepham) Balwin: Abigail Baldwin b. 1650; Ann Baldwin b. 1655; and Timothy Baldwin b. 1658, d. 1703.

His will written January 31, 1664/5, was signed by my ancestors, GEORGE CLARK SR. & GEORGE CLARK, JR., and his inventory taken Feb. 6th, 1664 was œ529-18-06. In his will he mentions daughters: Mary Smith (wife of Benjain Smith), Hannah Baldwin (married Elnathan Botsford), and Sarah Buckingham; and son, Timothy Baldwin; his wife (not by name) was appointed sole executrix.

The picture to the right shows a memorial stone on the Founders Bridge over the Wepewaug River in Milford.

Family links:

Parents:

 Richard Baldwin (1553 - 1633)

 Isabel Harding Baldwin

Spouse:

 Mary Welles Baldwin (1618 - 1647)*

Children:

• Mary Baldwin Smith (1643 - 1680)*
• Hannah Baldwin Botsford (1644 - 1706)*
• Sarah Baldwin Buckingham (1645 - 1706)*
• Timothy Baldwin (1658 - 1703)* [born after Mary Welles died - mother was his fathers second wife]
• Calculated relationship

Burial: Milford Cemetery Milford New Haven County Connecticut, USA Plot: BURIED IN PETER PRUDDEN'S GARDEN --NO TOMBSTONE REMAINS

Created by: Nareen, et al Record added: Aug 16, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 29065390

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Birth Date 1605 or 1616

Timothy Baldwin, of Milford, Conn., one of the first settlers, in 1639; joined the Church there in 1643, with MARY, his wife, who died July 31, 1647. He was the eldest son of Richard Baldwin, of Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, whose will was made in 1633, and Timothy was executor. He was the brother of Nathaniel, as evidenced from an entry from the long,narrow book of Milford Records, transcribed in 1700 by Richard Bryan, by order of the town.

See Update 9/18.2011 on wife? Mary Welles Profile page

Timothy lived for a while in Guilford, Conn.,since he married, on Mar, 5,1645 (this has to be an error, since his wife Mary still lived until 1647) with MARY MEPHAM, widow of John, of Guilford. About 1651 or 1652 they sold the Guilford property and moved back to Milford. Her son, by John Mepham, also named John, move to Southhampton, Long Island, NY. She joined the Church in Milford in Dec. of 1653. He died the night following Jan. 17,1664/65.She remarried with Thomas Tapping, of Milford.

Timothy's stepson, John Mepham, was remembered in his will.

If we calculate that he married Mary Mepham circa 1648 then the children would be:

By Mary (1st wife): Mary (c1643), Hannah (c1644), Sarah (c1645). By Mary (2nd wife): Abigail (1650), Anne (1655), and Timothy (1658).

Mary2 had no children by her 3rd husband (Tapping).

• 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]

Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT. Pg. 303

Note: The early Milford settlers were buried in the eastern end of Reverend Peter Prudden's home lot (#40) known as "Peter Prudden's Garden" until about 1675, which is in the old part of the Milford Cemetery.

The son of RICHARD & ISABEL (HARDING) BALDWIN, Timothy was baptized in Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. His father died in 1632 and Timothy was named executor of his will. In 1638 he immigrated to Boston & then Milford in the Colony of New Haven accompanied by the wife of his second cousin, SYLVESTER BALDWIN, who died at sea on his journey to New England (See memorial of SARAH BRYAN BALDWIN). Timothy had a lot reserved for him in New Haven, but he went to Milford instead. He was a free planter in Milford on Nov. 29, 1639 and had homelot #22.

In 1642, he married MARY WELLES, daughter of GOV. THOMAS WELLES and his wife, ALICE (TOMES) WELLES. Timothy & Mary Baldwin joined the church in Milford in 1643. She died in 1647 leaving her husband and three small children including my ancestor, HANNAH (BALDWIN) BOTSFORD, Mary Baldwin Smith, Sarah Baldwin Buckingham and son, Timothy Baldwin who died young. The family removed to Guilford and while there, he married Mary, widow of John Mepham, on March 5, 1649. They returned to Milford by 1651. The children of Timothy & widow, Mary (Mepham) Balwin: Abigail Baldwin b. 1650; Ann Baldwin b. 1655; and Timothy Baldwin b. 1658, d. 1703.

His will written January 31, 1664/5, was signed by my ancestors, GEORGE CLARK SR. & GEORGE CLARK, JR., and his inventory taken Feb. 6th, 1664 was œ529-18-06. In his will he mentions daughters: Mary Smith (wife of Benjain Smith), Hannah Baldwin (married Elnathan Botsford), and Sarah Buckingham; and son, Timothy Baldwin; his wife (not by name) was appointed sole executrix.

The picture to the right shows a memorial stone on the Founders Bridge over the Wepewaug River in Milford.

Family links:

Parents:

 Richard Baldwin (1553 - 1633)

 Isabel Harding Baldwin

Spouse:

 Mary Welles Baldwin (1618 - 1647)*

Children:

 Mary Baldwin Smith (1643 - 1680)*

 Hannah Baldwin Botsford (1644 - 1706)*

 Sarah Baldwin Buckingham (1645 - 1706)*

 Timothy Baldwin (1658 - 1703)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Milford Cemetery Milford New Haven County Connecticut, USA Plot: BURIED IN PETER PRUDDEN'S GARDEN --NO TOMBSTONE REMAINS

Created by: Nareen, et al Record added: Aug 16, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 29065390

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Age: About 0

GEDCOM Source

Age: About 58-59

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Biography

Origins=== Timothy was born about 1605 at Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. He was the oldest son of Richard Baldwin and Isabell Harding.

Immigrated to New England===Timothy immigrated in 1639 with his 2 brothers Nathaniel and Joseph,<ref name="Jac"> An American family : Botsford-Marble ancestral lines Ancestry.com. [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Jacobus, Donald Lines,. An American family : Botsford-Marble ancestral lines. New Haven, Conn.: unknown, 1933. Pages 29-30</ref> first to Boston and continued on to Milford. Thiswas despite his having a lot reserved in New Haven, (Connecticut).<ref name="And"/> He was a free planter in Milford on Nov. 29, 1639 and was granted a homelot on November 22, 1643. <ref>#S-91 "Milford (Conn) Land Records" TAG 12:171-172</ref> It is said that he was accompanied by Sarah, the wife of his second cousin, Syvester Baldwin, who died at sea on the journey to New England.

Family<ref name="Jac"/> ===Timothy married twice. First, he married by 1643, Mary Welles (b say by 1618), daughter of Thomas Welles and Alice Tomes.<refname="And">Anderson, Robert C., Great Migration 1634-1635, T-Y. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y, (Page 291) accessedonline 4/4/2014.</ref> They were admitted to the church in Milford on March 5, 1643. <ref> #S-92 Milford VRs, Page 12, referencing Vol. OL, Page 98</ref>She died in Milford on July 21, 1647.<ref>#S-92Milford VRs, Page 12, referencing Vol. ES, Page 238</ref> Timothy had three children by Mary Welles:* Mary Baldwin Smith (bpt. 1643 by Rev. Peter Prudden<ref>#S-92 Milford VRs, Page 12, referencing Vol. OL, Page 100</ref> - bur. August 3, 1680<ref>#S-91 "Milford Church Records" TAG 16:33</ref>)* Hannah Baldwin Botsford (bpt. 1644 by Rev. Peter Prudden<ref>#S-92 Milford VRs, Page 10, referencing Vol. OL, Page 101</ref> - 1706)* Sarah Baldwin Buckingham (bpt. 1645 by Rev. Peter Prudden<ref>#S-92 Milford VRs, Page 15, referencing Vol. OL, Page 101</ref> - 1706)

• ? Timothy Baldwin who died young

The family removed to Guilford and while there, he married, second, Mary, widow of John Mapham on March 5, 1649. The ceremony was performed by Samuel Disborow.<ref>#S-92 Guilford Vital Records, Page 5, citing Vol. A, Page 123</ref> They returned to Milford by 1651. In December 1652, she was admitted to the church at Milford as Mary Baldwin. (Mary outlived Timothy and married Thomas Topping of Branford in 1666.) Timothy and this Mary had three children:* Abigail, bpt. 29 Dec 1650 (bpt. 1650 by Rev. Peter Prudden<ref>#S-92 Milford VRs, Page 6, referencing Vol. OL, Page 104</ref>), d. 166* Anne (bpt. 1 July 1655, d. 21 July 1655<ref>#S-92 Milford VRs, Page 7, referencing Vol. OL, Page 105 (bpt. 1655 by Rev. Peter Prudden) </ref>)* Timothy Baldwin (b. June 12, 1658<ref>#S-91 "Milford (Conn) Vital Records" TAG 9(1932-33):102</ref> - December 8, 1703<ref>#S-92 Milford VRs, Page 17, referencing Vol. OL, Page 87 and Vol. 1, Page 41</ref><ref>#S-91 "Milford (Conn) Vital Records" TAG 9(1932-33):171</ref>)

Death & Burial===Timothy died January 17, 1664<ref name="Find"/><ref>"Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7HL-KQM : 9 February 2018), Timothy Baldwin, 1664; citing Milford, Connecticut, reference ; FHL microfilm 3,083. or July 18, 1664</ref><ref>#S-92 Milford VRs, Page 17, referencing Vol. ES, Page 16</ref> and was buried in Peter Pruden's garden without a tombstone at New Haven Colony (Connecticut). Today there is a large, naturalistic, memorial stone engraved with Timothy's name and his wifeMary's and the words, "Obit 1664" on the Founders Bridge over the Wepewaug River in Milford.<ref name="Find">Find-A-Grave Virtual Cemetery memorial #29065390 in Milford Cemetery, Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA.</ref>

Note: Even though his modern tombstone says 1664 and the Church recordsays 17 Jan 1664,<ref>Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Volume 071 Milford. [?pid=401864&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=MDl134&_phstart=successSource Accessed at Ancestry ($)]</ref> his probate records indicate that this is a case of double dating 1664/5 where new style is 1665.

Will ===His will was written 31 January 1664/5. "I Timothy Baldwin of Milforddo make this my last Will and Testament: I give to my eldest daughterMary Smith, the wife of Benjamin Smith, Lands adjoyning Samuel Buckingham and John Lane. Item. I give to my daughter Hannah Baldwin £50. Item. I give to my daughter Sarah Buckingham £50. Item. I give to my son Timothy Baldwin all my houses, Lands and Meadows Lying in Milford that is undisposed of, to enter upon, but two thirds thereof until after the decease of my wife. I give to my three grand children, to each of them, a ewe sheep. Item. I give unto John Mappam, my wive's son, £4upon this condition, if he be obediant to his mother and carry dutifully towards her. Item. I give unto our Honor Paster, Mr. Newton, £5. I doe give unto my servant Jeremie Andros one sheep when his time is out, to what I have already promised him to be paid by my executrix, incase he carry dutifully to his Dame. I constitute my wife sole executrix, and doe give and bequeath unto her al ye rest of my estate undisposed of, and the Improvement of al my houses, Lands and meadows, till my son Timothy come to ye age of twenty one years. My will is that my son Timothy should be brought up in learning, that he be taught to read and write well. Mr. Benjamin Fenn, Deacon George Clark, George Clark, Jr., and Samuel Coley were appointed overseers of his estate. Witnessed by: George Clarke, Sen., George Clarke, Jr.Signed by Timothy Baldwin, Ls.<ref name=probate>Manwaring, Charles William. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records.Volume 1. Hartford District 1635-1700. Hartford, Conn., R.S. Peck & Co., Printers, 1904.) p. 177</ref>

The inventory taken Feb. 6th, 1664, and the value was £529-18-06. Exhibited and Proved in ye Court at Milford, 2 March, 1664-5.<ref name=probate /> In his will he mentions daughters: Mary Smith (wife of Benjamin Smith), Hannah Baldwin (married Elnathan Botsford), and Sarah Buckingham; and son, Timothy Baldwin (then a minor); his wife (not by name) was appointed sole executrix.<ref name="Jac"/>

Sources

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• Source S-91 The American Genealogist (TAG) New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
• Source S-92 Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.
• Chester, Joseph Lemuel (1884). "Investigations concerning the Baldwin Family of Aston Clinton, co., Bucks.
• Baldwin, Charles Candee.<i>The Baldwin Genealogy From 1500 To 1881</i>(The Leader Printing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 1881)
• Baldwin, Charles Candee, The Candee Genealogy : with notices of allied families of Allyn, Catlin, Cooke, Mallery, Newell, Norton, Pynchon,and Wadsworth (Cleveland, Ohio, Leader Printing Company, 1882), p. 97.
• Rev. F. W. Chapman, The Buckingham Family; or the Descendants of Thomas Buckingham, One of the First Settlers of Milford, Conn. (Hartford,CT, Press of Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1872), p. 43.
• Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 105.
• Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. Index based upon data collectedby the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City
• Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, p. 676. " ... dau of Timothy & Mary (Welles) ..."

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~MY ANCESTOR~

The son of RICHARD & ISABEL (HARDING) BALDWIN, he was baptized in Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. His father died in 1632 and Timothy was named executor of his will.
In 1638 he immigrated to Boston & then Milford in the Colony of New Haven accompanied by the wife of his second cousin, SYLVESTER BALDWIN, who died at sea on his journey to New England (See memorial of SARAH BRYAN BALDWIN). Timothy had a lot reserved for him in New Haven, but he went to Milford instead. He was a free planter in Milford on Nov. 29, 1639 and had homelot #22.

In 1642, he married MARY WELLES, daughter of GOV. THOMAS WELLES and his wife, ALICE (TOMES) WELLES. Timothy & Mary Baldwin joined the church in Milford in 1643. She died in 1647 leaving her husband and three small children including my ancestor, HANNAH (BALDWIN) BOTSFORD, Mary Baldwin Smith, Sarah Baldwin Buckingham and son, Timothy Baldwin who died young. The family removed to Guilford and while there, he married Mary, widow of John Mepham, on March 5, 1649. They returned to Milford by 1651. The children of Timothy & widow, Mary (Mepham) Balwin: Abigail Baldwin b. 1650; Ann Baldwin b. 1655; and Timothy Baldwin b. 1658, d. 1703.

His will written January 31, 1664/5, was signed by my ancestors, GEORGE CLARK SR. & GEORGE CLARK, JR., and his inventory taken Feb. 6th, 1664 was œ529-18-06. In his will he mentions daughters: Mary Smith (wife of Benjain Smith), Hannah Baldwin (married Elnathan Botsford), and Sarah Buckingham; and son, Timothy Baldwin; his wife (not by name) was appointed sole executrix.

The picture to the right shows a memorial stone on the Founders Bridge over the Wepewaug River in Milford.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 31 2024, 13:33:44 UTC