Ebenezer Baldwin

M, b. before 9 March 1735, d. 10 June 1819
FatherEzra Baldwin b. 1 Dec 1706, d. 26 Mar 1782
MotherRuth Curtis b. c 1710, d. 2 Nov 1772
     Ebenezer was born in Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut. He was christened there on 9 March 1735 in Durham.1 Ebenezer married Lois Wetmore on 5 March 1759 in Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts.2 Ebenezer & Lois had children: Stephen [7/06/1759, Samuel [1/12/1761], Lois [10/06/1662], Millicent [12/26/1666], John [7/25/1770], Ebenezer [7/26/1768], Elnathan [4/17/1772], Wetmore [4/08/1774] & Eunice [6/24/1778].3 Ebenezer made his will on 7 June 1819 at Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

He gives to his eldest son Stephen $1, his 2nd son, Samuel $1, his 3rd son, John $1, the heirs of his deceased son Elnathan, $1. To the child of his daughter, Lois Olds, $5. To his daughter, Millicent's children, or husband, $130, to Eunice, lands bounded by Lyman Baldwin's. His youngest son, Wetmore, executor with Lyman Baldwin, cousin of Wetmore.4

Ebenezer departed this life on Thursday, 10 June 1819 in Granville.5 He was buried there in West Granville Cemetery.6 His will was probated on 7 October 1819 at Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Family

Lois Wetmore b. 6 Mar 1736, d. 12 Jan 1812

Citations

  1. [S2302] Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870: Volume: Durham - page 4 - his name was listed as Eben, son of Ezra and Ruth Baldwin.
  2. [S138] Charles Candee Baldwin, The Baldwin Genealody from 1500-1881, page 502 - Ebenezer removed to Granville, Mass., before March 5, 1759, when he m. Lois Wetmore, of Middletown, Conn.
  3. [S2084] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1620-1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016): Granville, Volume 1, pages 13 & 14.
  4. [S138] Charles Candee Baldwin, The Baldwin Genealody from 1500-1881, pages 502-503 - His will, dated June 7, 1819, proved Oct. 7, of the same year, is in Springfield, Mass.
  5. [S138] Charles Candee Baldwin, The Baldwin Genealody from 1500-1881, page 502 – Ebenezer Baldwin4 -
    He d. in Granville.
  6. [S953] Find a grave - www.findagrave.com.