Elizabeth Alsop

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     Elizabeth was born. Elizabeth married Richard Baldwin, son of Sylvester Baldwin and Sarah (?), after 5 February 1643 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. Richard & Elizabeth had children: Sylvanius [ca. 1644], Nathaniel [ca.1646], Sarah [ca.1648], Temperance [ca. 1650], Mary [ca. 1653], Theophilus [ca. 1657], Zakaryah [ca. 1660], & Barnabas [ca. 1665].1 Elizabeth's husband, Richard, died on 23 July 1665 in Milford leaving her a widow. Elizabeth married 2nd Lieut. William Fowler on 1 November 1670 in Connecticut.2

Family 1

Richard Baldwin b. b 25 Aug 1622, d. 23 Jul 1665

Family 2

Lieut. William Fowler d. b 29 Mar 1683

Citations

  1. [S704] Nathan G. Pond, The Story of the Memorial in Honor of the Founders of the Town of Milford

    , In 1888, in celebration of its 250th Anniversary, the towns people of Milford had a bridge & tower of stone errected over the river upon whose banks the first habitations were placed and near the spot where the first mill was erected. Along the sides of the bridge individual memorial stones where placed honoring the original settlers and prominent persons in the history of Milford. The tower, bridge and memorials were dedicated on 28 August 1889. The memorial stones were all by private donation.
    RICHARD BALDWIN. Obit 1665. ELIZABETH HIS WIFE.
    He was the son of Sylvester and Sarah (Bryan) Baldwin (see coping north side under 17), baptized in Parish Ashton, Clinton, Buckinghamshire, Eng., August 25, 1622. He was prominent in many of the land purchases and divisions in Milford, was member of the General Court for the Town from May, 1662, to May, 1664, and was one of the Committee " for ye consumating of matters betwixt Connecticutt and us " when the two Colonies were joined in 1664. He married in 1643, Elizabeth, the sister of Joseph Alsop, of New Haven, and she after Richard's death married as second wife William Fowler, 2nd (1). His son Sylvanus married Mildred, the daughter of Rev. Peter Prudden.
    Hon. Charles Candee Baldwin, Judge of the Circuit Court of Ohio, and editor of the Baldwin Genealogy, contributes this stone, and to this gentleman the writer is indebted for most of the information concerning the Baldwins.
  2. [S326] Families of Ancient New Haven, Volume III: page 622 - Elizabeth Alsop, widow of Richard Baldwin.