John1 Baldwin was a native of England. He appeared in Billerica, Mass., as early as 1655; m. Mary, dau. of Thomas and Mary Richardson, of Woburn, who was baptized Nov. 17, 1638. They had a family of ten children. Their seventh child was.

Ensign Thomas2 (John1), b. in Billerica, March 26, 1672; d. Dec. 12, 1747.
[I have received an Email from an indirect descendant of John Baldwin and Mary Richardson who doubts that the John Baldwin and Mary Richardson mentioned above were the parents of Ensign Thomas Baldwin]

Benjamin3 .(Thomas2, John1), b. in Billerica, April 9, 1724, was his eighth child. He m. April 2, 1747, Sarah Pollard, of Billerica. Eleven children. With his two sons, Benjamin4 and Jeremiah4, he enlisted, in 1775, in Capt. Jonathan Stickney's company of volunteers, which formed a part of Colonel Bridge's regiment. This company was in the battle of Bunker hill, and one of its members (Asa Pollard) was the first man that was killed.

Jeremiah4 (Benjamin3, Thomas2, John1), the second child of Benjamin3, was b. in Billerica, Jan. 23, 1749; m. April 11, 1780, Rebecca Tolman. They rem. to Greenfield about the year 1794. They had a family of seven children, five of whom were b. in Billerica, and two were b. in Greenfleld.

• 1. Jeremiah5 (Jeremiah4, Benjamin3, Thomas2, John1), b. in Billerica, Aug. 28, 1780 ; m. Feb. 14, 1815, Esther Maynard, of H. He settled in Greenfleld; rem. to New Boston, and from thence to H.; d. May 7, 1827. Mrs. Baldwin m. 2, Nov. 28, 1837, Capt. Joseph Symonds. (q. v.) Children:-

  
  

• 2. Eli M.6 [7], b. in Greenfield, Nov. 9, 1815.
  
• 3. Mariah R.6 [13], b. in New Boston, March 28, 1818.
  
• 4. Jeremiah6 [16], b. in New Boston, Dec. 16, 1820.
  
• 5. Enoch Nichols6 [19], b. in H., June 7, 1823.
  
• 6. David6 [20], b. in H., Nov. 13, 1825.
  

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  Eli M. Baldwin & Betsey Jewett

  
  

• 7. Dea. Eli M.6 [2] (Jeremiah5, Jeremiah4, Benjamin3, Thomas2, John1), b. Nov. 9, 1815; d. 1902 is a carpenter and deacon of Congregational church (See p. 202); an excellent man; m. April 13, 1837, Betsey Jewett, who was b. in Weston, Vt., in 1814, and d. June 8, 1868. Eli Baldwin stopped serving as deacon at the congregational church when he became too deaf to hear anything from the pulpit, but he must have cherished the title, for all his correspondence came addressed to Deacon Eli M. Baldwin.

  Sermon probably written by Deacon Eli M. Baldwin

  The house where he spent his last days is no longer called the Baldwin home, but he probably built it. It's known that he built the barn, which was one of the largest around the country. There was a center pillar perhaps fifteen inches square, which went all the way from the ground up eight or ten feet to the floor and then on up another twenty or twenty five feet to the ridge pole. There was space for six or eight cows, stalls for two horses and a room where twenty or thirty hens passed the winter. These stalls and stanchions were covered with hay mows, where the hay from forty or more.acres was stored. The entire farm had somewhere around 120 acres, perhaps even more. It sold at his death for $1500.
  He had a carpenter shop equipped with many tools , all handtools, of course. He had a tiny woodstove to warm the shop. Once, a Mrs. Briggs, a summer resident from Boston, combed the neighborhood for all the old time chairs she could find stored away in atticks, minus arms, rockers , slats - - anything . These she brough to Mr. Baldwin for repairs, staining or painting. He had a leather comb with which he gave some of the pieces a wavy grain. He charged fifteen cents an hour for his work. Often when he needed a board an inch thick, he would take one an inch and a half thick and laboriously plane it down to the proper thickness.
  (For res. see map.) Children:&emdash;
  

• 8. Alice W7, b. July 1, 1838; m. June 19, 1868, Otis Tuttle. (q. v.)
  
• 9. Algernon B.7, b. Oct. 9, 1840; was graduated at Dartmouth college in 1865; he was the fourth in his class, and took the "Philosophical Oration"; taught the Gilmanton academy one year, and was graduated at the Albany law school in 1868. He went to Chicago in the fall of 1868, and has continued to res. there until the present time; was admitted to practice in 1870; is a successful lawyer; He was in Chicago at the time of the great Chicago fire. Nellie Baldwin had melted glass relics of it. Once he sent Nellie twenty dollars. It was the biggest gift she received in those days. She often spoke of it with gratitude. He .m. May 7, 1873, Georgie M., dau. of Rev. John Maule, of New York. He has always taken a deep interest in his native town. (See p. 54.)
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  1. Arthur Algernon8 b. Aug. 26, 1878.
• 10. Elizabeth S.7, b. March 16, 1843; m. July 13, 1869, Charles W. Washburn. (q.v.) He inherited money and lived on it during the early 1900s, spending his summers in Hancock and his winters in Boston. They had one son
  
• 11. Franrk H.7, b. May 7, 1848; m. June 19, 1876, Fannie H. Nesmith, of Antrim, res. Keene, where he has been in the sewing-machine business for years. He also had in the early 1900s a carriage business in Keene. He was not known to have gotten into the auto business when his carriage business was no longer in demand. A housekeeper managed his home.
  CHILDREN.
  1. Alice Nesmith8, b. Sept. 20, 1879. d. May 21, 1881.
  2. Edith Nesmith8, b. March 24, 1882.
  3. Marion Nesmith8, b. Sept. 9, 1884.

  
  

• 12. Nellie J.7, b. May 17, 1850; m. Jan. 29, 1876, Otis Tuttle (q.v.)

  
  

  Nellie J. Baldwin

  
  

• 13. Mariah R.6 [3] (Jeremiah5, Jeremiah4 Benjamin3, Thomas2, John1), b. March 28, 1818; m. Nov. 7, 1837, William C. Nichols, who res. for a time in H. with his family; present res. West Gardner,.Mass. Children :&emdash;
  
• 14. Hattie M.7, b. Oct. 27, 1838; m. Oct. 27, 1859, J. J. Dunn; res. Keene.
  
• 15. Enoch7, b. March 14, 1841; m. April 18, 1865, Sara A. Kibby; res. Southington, Conn.
  
• 16. Jeremiah6 [4]. (Jeremiah5, Jeremiah4, Benjamin3, Thomas2, John1), b. Dec. 16, 1820; m. 1, April 6, 1843, Mary C. Bennett, of
  

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  Brookline; two children, d. young. He res. several years in H. at place marked " J. Baldwin." Mrs. Baldwin d. April 24, 1849; he m. 2, Elizabeth F. Hall, of Brookline. Cbildren:&emdash;
  

• 17. Lizzie J.7, b. Feb. 9, 1852; m. Nestor Haines, of Nashua, who d.&emdash;&emdash;
  
• 18. Ella M.7, b. AUg. 9, 1867. m. Albert Pierce, of Brookline; res. Brookline.
  
• 19. Enoch Nichols6 [5] (Jeremiah5, Jeremiah4, Benjamin3, Thomas2, John1), b. June 7, 1823; m. March 15, 1847, Mary W. Ware, of H. He d. April 8, 1882. Mrs. Baldwin res. in H. village. (See Village plan.)
  
• 20. David6 [6] (Jeremiah5, Jeremiah4, Benjamin3, Thomas2, John1), b. Nov. 15, 1825; m. 1, Emily Whittaker, of H., and res. for a time in H. at place marked "W. Fuller". m. 2, Miriam Whittier, of New London; res. New London; several children, d. young.
  

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  Note: the italicized text in this section was taken almost word for word from a letter written by Herbert Bradstreet, a foster child, taken in by Eli and Nellie Baldwin.

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