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| Name |
John Baldwin |
| Birth |
Abt 1415 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Person ID |
I10408 |
Duane's Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
8 Feb 2003 |
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| Notes |
- The surname of Baldwin is derived from the Christian name so popular among the Normans in England at the time of the marriage of William the Conqueror to Mathilda, daughter of Baldwin, Fifth Earl of Flanders. The ancestry of the first of the name in America seems to have been correctly established through the research of Col. Joseph Chester, D. C. L. and L. L. D. of London, England, and published many years ago by G. W. Baldwin of Boston, Massachusetts, in the New England Historic Genealogical Register, Vol. 38. Colonel Chester proves the relationship of most of the progenitors of the name in New England.
"As early as 1542 King Henry VIII bestowed the Manor of Dunridge, in Aston Clinton, Bucks, upon Sir John Baldwin, Chief Justice, who held the estate until his death, October 24, 1545. From him it passed to his grandson, Thomas Packington, son of his daughter Agnes, who held the Manor until 1577 when, on March 1, according to the Patent Roll of that date, he alienated it with other buildings and tenements in Aston Clinton, Chesham, and Wendover, County Bucks, to Henry and Richard Baldwin." The fact that seven years or more after the death of Sir John Baldwin the Manor is found in the hands of others by this name would indicate some very near relationship, although none is recorded in the record.
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