Thomas BALDWIN

Male 1701 - 1776  (74 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Thomas BALDWIN was born on 15 Jun 1701 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 28 Jan 1776 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA.

    Thomas married Anne BINGHAM on 05 May 1730 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA. Anne (daughter of Abel BINGHAM and Elizabeth ODELL) was born on 13 Sep 1706 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 10 May 1790 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Abigail BALDWIN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Jul 1732 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    2. 3. Jemima BALDWIN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 09 Aug 1736 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 22 Sep 1816 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    3. 4. Lydia BALDWIN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Oct 1740.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Abigail BALDWIN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 28 Jul 1732 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut, USA.

    Abigail married John HOUGH on 11 Nov 1753 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut, USA. John (son of Capt. John HOUGH and Hannah DENISON) was born on 17 Dec 1730 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; died in 1793 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Jemima BALDWIN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 09 Aug 1736 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 22 Sep 1816 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut, USA.

    Jemima married Capt David HOUGH on 24 May 1764 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut. David (son of Capt. John HOUGH and Hannah DENISON) was born on 27 Jan 1723/4 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 08 Jul 1798 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Bernice HOUGH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Sep 1766 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 11 May 1845 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Old Family Cemetery near Norwich.

  3. 4.  Lydia BALDWIN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 19 Oct 1740.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Daughter of Thomas Baldwin and Ann Bingham

    Lydia married Elijah HUNTINGTON on 21 Mar 1771. Elijah (son of Hon. Isaac HUNTINGTON and Rebecca LATHROP) was born on 21 Dec 1734 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 20 Mar 1814 in Bozrah, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Nehemiah HUNTINGTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Apr 1782 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 2 Jun 1852.


Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Bernice HOUGH Descendancy chart to this point (3.Jemima2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 20 Sep 1766 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 11 May 1845 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Old Family Cemetery near Norwich.

    Bernice married Ebenezer HOUGH on 09 May 1785. Ebenezer (son of Jabez HOUGH and Phebe HARRIS) was born on 29 Mar 1767 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 05 Jul 1846 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Old Family Cemetery near Norwich. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Witherell HOUGH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 06 Jun 1800 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 14 Apr 1877 in Almont, Lapeer Co., Michigan; was buried in Hough-Harris Cemetery, Bozrah, Conn..

  2. 6.  Nehemiah HUNTINGTON Descendancy chart to this point (4.Lydia2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 20 Apr 1782 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 2 Jun 1852.

    Notes:

    Name:
    He was for many of his earlier years an invalid, so much so that he lost almost entirely the yers usually devoted to education. But he was characterized through life for his sterling good sense and judgment, and still ore for his gentle and kind heart. If any thing else was needed to render him beloved and esteemed, and trusted by all who knew him, it was his strict conscientiousness. He seemed to feel no other motive than duty; and how faithful he was to every conviction of duty, they best knew who saw him most.

    Nehemiah married Nancy LEFFINGWELL on 8 Sep 1814. Nancy (daughter of Elisha LEFFINGWELL and Alice TRACY) was born on 15 Feb 1781 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 12 Jul 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Rev. Elijah Baldwin HUNTINGTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Aug 1816 in Bozrah, Connecticut; died on 27 Dec 1877.

    Nehemiah married Anne HINCKLEY on 21 Dec 1841. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 7.  Witherell HOUGH Descendancy chart to this point (5.Bernice3, 3.Jemima2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 06 Jun 1800 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 14 Apr 1877 in Almont, Lapeer Co., Michigan; was buried in Hough-Harris Cemetery, Bozrah, Conn..

    Witherell married Abigail BARTLETT before 1833. Abigail (daughter of Stephen BARTLETT and Abigail BAILEY) was born in 1802 in New Hampshire; died in 1879 in Marlette, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 8.  Rev. Elijah Baldwin HUNTINGTON Descendancy chart to this point (6.Nehemiah3, 4.Lydia2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 14 Aug 1816 in Bozrah, Connecticut; died on 27 Dec 1877.

    Notes:

    Name:
    He was a member of Yale College, class of 1840, and received from tat college an honorary master's degree in 1851. He was licensed to preach, by the New London association of Congregational ministers, in 1845, and ordained to the work of the ministry, in Putnam, Conn., in 1848. He was dismissed from this charge in 1850, from vocal weakness; since which time he has been engaged in teaching. He has given one sermon and several addresses to the press, and has devoted his leisure, for years, to the preparation of this genealogical memoir.

    By ill-health and want of means he was obliged to leave college at the beginning of the Sophomore year, but in 1851 the degree of master of Arts was conferred on him, and his name has subsequently been enrolled with his class.

    He taught school in Connecticut for several years, going over in the meantime the regular college studies and also pursuing a theological course, and in 1845 he was licensed to preach by the New London Association of Congregational ministers. Alter laboring for the American Bible Society, he was engaged in organizing a church in Putnam Village in Windham County, Conn., which had lately begun to form about a station of the Norwich and Worcester Railroad, and which is included in the present town of Putnam. Here he was ordained in November, 1848. His voice failing, he was dismissed from this charge after two years' service, and in the spring of 1851 became the principal of a school in West Meriden, Conn. In the fall of 1852, he was invited to Waterbury, Conn., as principal of the high school, and superintendent of the other schools of the city. He removed again in December, 1854, to Stamford, Conn., where he had charge of a public school until 1857, when he opened a private school for boys, which he continued until 1864. he then devoted himself to literary labor, residing in Stamford until April, 1876, when he became acting pastor of the congregational Church in South Coventry, Conn. He retired from this service in April, 1877, and continued a resident of the town until his death. He was prostrated by an attack of paralysis in November, 1877, and after lingering for more than a month, died Dec. 27, in the 62d year of his age. he was married, March 6, 1843, to Julia Maria, daughter of Deacon Thomas Welch, of Windham, Conn., who survives him with two children.

    Elijah married Julia Maria WELCH on 6 Mar 1843. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]