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nessed. The family of Sylvester Bald-
win came from Aston Clinton, a quiet
little parish four miles from Aylesbury.
It has a small church called St. Leonai
built in the old English style. The walls
an- the same that the Baldwins were
familiar with before coming to these
shores. The roof had been burned in the
Revolution of [640, hut was replaced.
The Chapel farm, formerly in the tenure
^i Sylvester Baldwin, lies directly across
the street. At the end of the farm are
the Baldwin woods. A little way from
St. Leonard's lies I [real Hampden, the
paternal home of 1
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lampden. with its grand
old avenue of beeches, so long that one
imagines the four thousand yeomen who
are said to have ridden to London in
sympathy for the patriot, congregated
about it. Hampden was buried here in
1643. I" his w >" he remembers John
B ddwin. From this region came the
Baldwins, Bryants, Fenns, Fowlers and
others of Milford, Connecticut, in 1638.
John Baldwin was among the earliest
planters of Milford, but was not a mem-
ber of the church, and hence not a free-
man. He joined the Milford church,
March 19, i(>;^, and was buried at Milford,
1681. He married (first) Mary
; (second) Mary Bruen, of Pequot,
daughter of John Bruen, who came from
Stapleton, Cheshire, England. She died
September 2, 1670.
ill) Josiah Baldwin, son of John and
Mary Baldwin, was baptized at Milford,
Connecticut, March 20, 1648, aged six
years. He was a lifelong resident of Mil-
ford, a prosperous landowner and lead-
ing citizen. On January 30, 1671, he
joined the church at Milford in full com-
munion. On June 25, 1667, he married
Mary Camp, who is thought to have been
a daughter of Edward Camp, of New
Haven.
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(!Ih Samuel Baldwin, son of Josiah
and Mary (Camp) Baldwin, was born at
Milford, Connecticut, March 14, 107.175.
He was called "sriii"r" in the ren.rds
after 171 1. He owned lands at Chestnut
Hill. Samuel Baldwin was a wheel-
wright by trade. He di I of his prop-
erty by deed to his sons before his death.
He married Rebecca Wilkinson, who was
born in 1070, daughter of Edward and
Rebecca (Smith) Wilkinson, of Milford.
He and his wife and oldest children were
tized at Milford, August 1, 1703. lie
died in Milford, January 8, [737-38. His
will is dated February 14. 1 734.
(IV) Caleb Baldwin, son of Samuel
and Rebecca (Wilkinson) Baldwin, was
lorn at Milford, Connecticut, July 26,
1704. He married, January 29, 17. j. Ann
Tibbals, daughter of Thomas and Sarah
Tibials. Her mother, Sarah Tibbals, was
a daughter of Nathaniel Bristol. Caleb
Baldwin joined the church at Milford in
1741. His will, which bequeathed to his
widow and children, was dated Decem-
ber 20. 1763. and proved April 2. 1782.
He resided at Milford and Newtown.
1 V )
Jared Baldwin, son of Caleb raid
Ann (Tibbals) Baldwin, was born at Mil-
ford, Connecticut, January 30, 1731 . He
married, September 18, 1753, Daman's
Booth, of Newtown. In 1775 he had a
deed of land from his parents, then of
Xew Milford. Jared Baldwin served with
the Continental forces during the Amer-
ican Revolution, as a member of Captain
Caleb Mix's company, Colonel Increase
Mosell's regiment, in 1778; and in 1780
was in Colonel Heman Swift's regiment.
After the war he removed to Luzerne
county (Wyoming Valley) Pennsylvania,
and settled on a large tract of land there.
His wife died in 1816, and he in 1817, at
the residence of his son, 'Dr. Gabriel Bald-
win, in Connecticut.