Abiel Baldwin

M, b. 26 March 1730, d. 11 August 1802
FatherEzra Baldwin b. 1 Sep 1706, d. 26 Mar 1782
MotherRuth Curtis b. c 1710, d. 2 Nov 1772
     Abiel was born on Sunday, 26 March 1730 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut.1 On 3 May 1730, he was christened in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut.2 Abiel married Mehitable Johnson, daughter of Deacon Benjamin Johnson and Eunice Sutliffe, on 1 April 1756 in Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut.3 The family lived on the same farm as Abiel's brother Noah in Durham. Both Abiel & Noah built identical homes & raised them on the same day. He had lands in Albany,
New York which he left to three of his children.4 He served in the 1780 Campaign and also in the Militia Regiment under the command of Col. Canfield at West Point in1781 during the American Revolution.5 Abiel departed this life on Wednesday, 11 August 1802 in Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut.6 His will was probated on 30 August 1802 at Middletown, Orange County, New York.

Family

Mehitable Johnson b. 16 Sep 1733, d. 17 Feb 1813
Children

Citations

  1. [S138] Charles Candee Baldwin, The Baldwin Genealody from 1500-1881, page 602 – Abiel Baldwin, son of Ezra & Ruth - b. March 26, 1731.
  2. [S138] Charles Candee Baldwin, The Baldwin Genealody from 1500-1881, page 502 – Abiel Baldwin bapt. 3 May 1730 Milford.
  3. [S138] Charles Candee Baldwin, The Baldwin Genealody from 1500-1881, page 602 – Abiel married April 1, 1756, Mehitable Johnson.
  4. [S138] Charles Candee Baldwin, The Baldwin Genealody from 1500-1881, page 502 - e seems to have had lands in Albany, N. Y., which he left to three of his children. All of his children, except Aaron, removed to Durham, N.Y.
  5. [S506] Note: Sons of the American Revolution Application summitted by Harvey O. Hutchinson dated 24 January 1931 - authorities used: Connecticut Historical Society Collectoin - Revolutionary Lists and Returns, Volume XII, page 198; Connecticut Men in the Revolution, pages 192 & 592; Historical Gazeteer, Tioga County, New York 1785 to1888, page 157.
  6. [S138] Charles Candee Baldwin, The Baldwin Genealody from 1500-1881, page 602 - Abiel died Ang. 11,1802.