Chester County PA Archives Biographies.....Thomas BALDWIN, d. 1731 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandra Ferguson [ferg@ntelos.net] from Futhey and Cope's History of Chester County (1881) THOMAS BALDWIN, blacksmith, a brother of John, of Chester, was married in 1684 to Mary, widow of Richard Linville, of the county of Sussex, England. He died in Chester in 1731. His children, so far as known, were, -- 1. Joseph, m. in St. Paul's church, Feb. 6, 1712-3, to Elizabeth Mealis, and dying 1715, left one son John. His widow m. Joseph Bond, and afterwards a Cranston. 2. Thomas. 3. William. 4. Anthony, m. first to Hannah Coebourne, and second to Margery Hannum, daughter of John and Margery, of Concord. 5. Mary. 6. Martha, m. to John Griest. 7. Elizabeth, m. to Richard Weaver. Anthony Baldwin settled in Newlin township, where he died about 1760, leaving a large family. His son, Thomas, married Lydia Johnson, b. 5, 4, 1742, daughter of Robert and Catherine (Hadley) Johnson, and had children, -- Hadley, Thomas, Johnson, Caleb, Robert, Levi, Phebe, Catherine, Anne, and Lydia. Hadley Baldwin married, May 21, 1785, Abigail Cloud, daughter of Abner and Amy, and had fifteen children, nearly all now deceased. Thomas married Jane Clark, and had twelve children. Johnson had eight, Caleb three, Robert two, and Levi seven children. The descendants are too numerous to particularize. This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/chester/wills/b/baldwin-t.txt