Ancestor # 66

Mehitable McKay (1735-1801)

Mehitable McKay (McCoy) was born in western Massachusetts or Connecticut about 1735. She was the daughter of Elkenny and Abigail (Rood) MacKay. She married Samuel Buck, as his second wife, on 1 July 1762[i] in New Milford, Fairfield, Connecticut and died before 25 July 1801 in Grenville County, Ontario, Canada.

Mehitable is one of the many strong women who came before me. Samuel and Mehitable originally settled in New Milford but sometime before 1775, they moved to Arlington, Bennington, Vermont. Here Samuel bought a town lot and established his blacksmith business.

When the American Revolution started, Samuel joined Jessup’s Rangers and fought for the British. He left his wife and children in Vermont to deal with the Committee of Correspondence. On 23 April 1778[ii], Vermont officially confiscated their property. At this time the household consisted of Mehitable, her stepdaughters, Eunice, Molly and Phebe, and her children Sally, age 11, Daniel Dayton, 9, Mary, 8, Daniel Anson, 7, Stephen, 5, and Samuel, 3. After confiscating their property and evicting the family, Vermont hired a driver to drive them to the British lines. Before the Bucks left their home, daughter Molly died on 20 May 1778[iii] and is buried in Arlington. Phebe decided to stay in Vermont and marry her second cousin, Lemuel Buck. Lemuel joined the American forces and had a distinguished military career before settling down to farm. Eunice went to Canada with the family.

They were refugees in Canada without many of their belongings. What could they have taken with them on that wagon that took them to the British lines - probably not much, clothes and a few cooking supplies and eating utensils. Everything else would have remained in Vermont. Perhaps Phoebe was able to take the furniture and household items with her into her marriage. We do not know where this family went after reaching the British lines or how they managed but by 1781 they were in the Montreal area.

Samuel received a small plot of land along the river in Sorel, Quebec[iv] while the British Government made plans to settle all the Loyalists flooding into Canada. Samuel was placed on the list of Loyalists and removed, reinstated in 1791, only to be removed again as his wife and children discovered when they made application for a land grant. Mehitable, on 3 July 1798[v], again requested her husband be reinstated on the Loyalist list. After this was done, she applied for a 200-acre land grant on 16 October 1798[vi] as the widow of a United Emperor Loyalist soldier. She died sometime between this application and 21 July 1801[vii] when her daughter Mary applied for a land grant and stated that both of her parents were deceased.

I have DNA matches where the most recent common ancestral couple is Samuel Buck and Mehitable McKay. All three of these matches are through son Daniel Anson Buck’s eldest daughter Marie Louise who married Jean Potvin. I have matches through 3 of her descendants, one of which is a single segment of 56 cMs. My relationship to these matches is either 5^th cousin once removed or 5^th cousin twice removed. Since these are all Ancestry.com matches, I am unable to tell which chromosomes are involved.

Children of Samuel and Mehitable McKay Buck:

i.                     Sarah “Sally” Buck, b. 25 Oct. 1767 in New Milford, d. after 1861 in Mountain, Dundas, Ontario, Canada, m. John Faddle (or Farrell) on 28 Sep. 1788 in Sorel, Quebec.

ii.                   Daniel Dayton Buck, b. 31 Aug 1769 in New Milford, d. unm. in Sorel, Quebec and was buried at Christ Church (Anglican) on 12 Nov. 1791. The parish register lists cause of death as consumption.

iii.                 Mary Buck, b. abt. 1770 in, d. 1839 in Ontario, m. Andrew Liddle (or Liddell) in 1801 in Elizabethtown, Ontario.

iv.                 Daniel Anson Buck, b. abt. 1771, d. 8 May 1814 in Sorel, m. Louise Fortier, in Sorel on 11 Dec 1797.

v.                   Stephen Walker Buck, b. abt. 1773, d. aft 1823 in Canada, m. 11 Aug. 1823 in Sorel, Brigette Antaillon.

vi.                 Samuel Miles Buck, b. 1774 in Massachusetts, d. 1856 in Edwardsburg, Grenville, Ontario, m. (1) abt. 1800, Mehitabelle (?) and (2) Fanny (?).

vii.               Asenath Buck, b. bet 1778 and 1784 in Sorel, bap. 28 Jan 1789 in Sorel, d. abt. 1825 in Matilda, Dundas, Ontario, m. abt. 1803, John Baldwin, b. in Mansfield, Conn. in 1774, d. 26 Sept. 1846 in Mountain, Dundas, Ontario, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Porter) Baldwin.

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[i] “Connecticut Town Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)”, Buck-McKay marriage, 1762; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 May 2016).

[ii] Mary Greene Nye, editor, State Papers of Vermont, Volume Six: Sequestration, Confiscation and Sale of Estates, (1941.), p. 16.

[iii] “Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908”, digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 3 May 2016), death of Molly Buck, 20 May 1778.

[iv] Norman K. Crowder, “Early Ontario Settlers”, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993), p.95.

[v] “Land petitions of Upper Canada, 1763-1865” database and digital images, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca : accessed 6 April 2016), Mehitable Buck, 1798, Vol. 31, Bundle B4, Petition 13, microfilm C-1620; RG 1 L 3.

[vi] “Land petitions of Upper Canada, 1763-1865” database and digital images, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca : accessed 6 April 2016), Mehitable Buck, 1798, Vol. 31, Bundle B4, Petition 30, microfilm C-1620.; RG 1 L 3.

[vii] “Land petitions of Upper Canada, 1763-1865” database and digital images, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca : accessed 6 April 2016), Mary Liddel, 1807, Vol 285A, Bundle L8, Petitons 25 and 50, microfilm C-2125 and C-2126; RG 1 L 3.

Ancestor # 65

Samuel Buck (1731-1792)

Samuel Buck was born in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut on 26 June 1731[i], son of Moses and Eunice (Miles) Buck and died in Sorel, Quebec and was buried there on 14 March 1792[ii]. He married (1) Phoebe Dayton on 12 May 1756[iii] in New Milford. She was born 4 February 1738 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, daughter of Josiah and Catherine (Beardsley) Dayton, and died in New Milford on 26 November 1761[iv]. He married (2) Mehitable McKay (or McCoy), in New Milford on 1 July 1762[v], daughter of Elkenny and Abigail (Rood) MacKay. She was born about 1735 in Western Connecticut or Massachusetts and died before 25 July 1801 in Grenville County, Ontario.

            Samuel was a blacksmith by trade. While residing in New Milford, he purchased a total of 3 acres of land. On 25 February 1753, he purchased 2 acres from Elisha Sanford[vi] lying near the North end of town on the right side of the street, Then on 10 November 1755 he purchased 1 acre from his cousin Joseph Buck[vii] and an additional ¼ acre in town on 22 June 1756 from William Hurd[viii]. On these 3 acres he built a house and blacksmith shop and he also planted fruit trees.

            Five of his children’s births were registered with the town of New Milford. Daniel’s birth in 1769 is the last one. Sometime between August 1769 and 1770 when daughter Mary was born, Samuel and Mehitable left New Milford. Where they went has not been determined. They could have moved West to Dutchess County, New York where Mehitable’s brother Alexander had settled or they could have headed North to Judea, Connecticut where 2 of Mehitable’s sisters were living or further North to Lenox, Massahusetts where sister Elizabeth was living or they could have headed to Orange County, Vermont where Mehitable’s sister Abigail settled. All we do know is about 1775, the family settled in Arlington, Bennington, Vermont. It is interesting that the descendants of Samuel Miles Buck claim that he was born in 1774 in Massachusetts.

            Samuel joined several of his Buck cousins and other friends from New Milford in Arlington. He purchased a town lot from Jehiel Hawley about one year before the Rebellion started. Jehiel’s and Samuels’s families were both members of the Church of England congregation in New Milford. Hawley was a Loyalist, He tried to join the British Army at Fort Ticonderoga but became ill and died on the journey.

            When the American Revolution started, Samuel joined Jessup’s Rangers and fought for the British. He left his wife and children in Vermont to deal with the Committee of Correspondence. On 23 April 1778[ix], Vermont officially confiscated their property. At this time the household consisted of Mehitable, her stepdaughters, Eunice, Molly and Phebe, and her children Sally, age 11, Daniel Dayton, 9, Mary, 8, Daniel Anson, 7, Stephen, 5, and Samuel, 3. After confiscating their property and evicting the family, Vermont hired a driver to drive them to the British lines. Before the Bucks left their home, daughter Molly died on 20 May 1778[x] and is buried in Arlington. Phebe decided to stay in Vermont and marry her second cousin, Lemuel Buck. Lemuel joined the American forces and had a distinguished military career before settling down to farm. Eunice went to Canada with the family. We do not know where this family went after reaching the British lines or how they managed but by 1781 they were in the Montreal area.

In 1782 Samuel described his holdings in Vermont for the Loyalist Claims Commission[xi]. He claimed 50 acres of improved land, an orchard of 100 trees and a nursery of 200 trees, a house, a barn, and a blacksmith shop and two sets of blacksmith tools. In New Milford, he lost 5 acres of improved land and an orchard of improved trees. Of course, furniture, household utensils, farm utensils, livestock, clothing, lumber and produce were also lost.

He received a small plot of land along the river in Sorel, Quebec[xii] while the British Government made plans to settle all the Loyalists flooding into Canada. Samuel was placed on the list of Loyalists and removed, reinstated in 1791, only to be removed again as his wife and children discovered when they made application for a land grant. Mehitable, on 3 July 1798[xiii], again requested her husband be reinstated on the Loyalist list. After this was done, she applied for a 200-acre land grant on 16 October 1798[xiv] as the widow of a United Emperor Loyalist soldier. She died sometime between this application and 21 July 1801[xv] when her daughter Mary applied for a land grant and stated that both of her parents were deceased.

I have DNA matches where the most common recent ancestral couple is Samuel Buck and Mehitable McKay, all are through son Daniel Anson Buck and his wife Louise Fortier. These matches are through three different children of daughter Marie Louise who married Jean Baptiste Potvin.

Children of Samuel and Phoebe (Dayton) Buck, all born in New Milford:

i.                    Eunice Buck, b. 11 Nov 1757, m. 8 May 1797 in Sorel, John Brady. Eunice had a daughter, Rebecca, out of wedlock whose father was Jonathan Nelson. Rebecca was born Oct. 10, 1793.[xvi]

ii.                  Molly Buck, b. 5 June 1758, d. 20 May 1778 in Arlington, Bennington, Vermont, unm.

iii.                Phebe Buck, b. 14 Dec 1759, d. 31 Aug. 1843 in Arlington, m. Lemuel Buck abt. 1782, b. 1758 in New Milford, d. 1823 in Arlington.

Children of Samuel and Mehitable McKay Buck:

i.                   Sarah “Sally” Buck, b. 25 Oct. 1767 in New Milford, d. after 1861 in Mountain, Dundas, Ontario, Canada, m. John Faddle (or Farrell) on 28 Sep. 1788 in Sorel, Quebec.

ii.                   Daniel Dayton Buck, b. 31 Aug 1769 in New Milford, d. unm. in Sorel, Quebec and was buried at Christ Church (Anglican) on 12 Nov. 1791. The parish register lists cause of death as consumption.

iii.                 Mary Buck, b. abt. 1770, d. 1839 in Ontario, m. Andrew Liddle (or Liddell) in 1801 in Elizabethtown, Ontario.

iv.                 Daniel Anson Buck, b. abt. 1771, d. 8 May 1814 in Sorel, m. Louise Fortier, in Sorel on 11 Dec 1797.

v.                   Stephen Walker Buck, b. abt. 1773, d. aft 1823 in Canada, m. 11 Aug. 1823 in Sorel, Brigette Antaillon.

vi.                 Samuel Miles Buck, b. 1774 in Massachusetts, d. 1856 in Edwardsburg, Grenville, Ontario, m.  (1)abt. 1800, Mehitabelle _____ and (2) Fanny ____.

vii.               Asenath Buck, b. bet 1778 and 1784 probably in Sorel, bap. 28 Jan 1789 in Sorel, d. abt. 1825 in Matilda, Dundas, Ontario, m. abt. 1803, John Baldwin, b. in Mansfield, Conn. on 19 Mar 1774, d. 26 Sept. 1846 in Mountain, Dundas, Ontario, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Porter) Baldwin.

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[i] “Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)”, digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 3 May 2016), birth of Samuel Buck, New Milford, p. 47; citing White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

[ii] Marlene Simmons, “Christ Church, Anglican, Sorel, Quebec, 1784-1899” (Point Clare, Quebec: Quebec Historical Society, 1999), p. 34.

[iii] “Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)”, marriage of Samuel Buck and Phebe Dayton, p. 47.

[iv] “Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)”, death of Phebe Buck, p. 47.

[v] “Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)”, digital images, Ancestry.com, marriage of Samuel Buck and Mehitable McCoy, p. 47.

[vi] Litchfield, Connecticut Deed Books, 1706-1902; Elisha Sanford to Samuel Buck, Vol 7: 315; filmed by Genealogical Society of Utah, accessed in the Family History Library 19 Jun 2017, film 5, 192..

[vii] Litchfield Deed Books; Joseph Buck to Samuel Buck, Vol 8: 130, FHL film 5,192.

[viii] Litchfield Deed Books: William Hurd to Samuel Buck, Vol 8:231, FHL film 5,192.

[ix] Mary Greene Nye, editor, State Papers of Vermont, Volume Six: Sequestration, Confiscation and Sale of Estates, (1941.), p. 16.

[x] “Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908”, digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 3 May 2016), death of Molly Buck, 20 May 1778.

[xi] “U.K., American Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835”, digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 3 May 2016), claim of Samuel Buck, piece 053, citing The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series I; Class: AO 13.

[xii] Norman K. Crowder, “Early Ontario Settlers”, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993), p.95.

[xiii] “Land petitions of Upper Canada, 1763-1865” database and digital images, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca : accessed 6 April 2016), Mehitable Buck, 1798, Vol. 31, Bundle B4, Petition 13, microfilm C-1620; RG 1 L 3.

[xiv] “Land petitions of Upper Canada, 1763-1865” database and digital images, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca : accessed 6 April 2016), Mehitable Buck, 1798, Vol. 31, Bundle B4, Petition 30, microfilm C-1620.; RG 1 L 3.

[xv] “Land petitions of Upper Canada, 1763-1865” database and digital images, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca : accessed 6 April 2016), Mary Liddel, 1807, Vol 285A, Bundle L8, Petitons 25 and 50, microfilm C-2125 and C-2126; RG 1 L 3.

[xvi] Simmons, p. 34.

Ancestor # 64

Elizabeth Porter (1740-1808)

Elizabeth Porter was born in Mansfield, Windham (now Tolland), Connecticut, on 30 June 1740[1] and died there on 13 March 1808[2]. She was baptized in the Mansfield Church on 6 July 1740[3]. She is the youngest daughter and fourth child of John and Abigail (Arnold) Baldwin. She married Joseph Baldwin on 16 November 1757[4] in Mansfield. Joseph was born in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts on 20 October 1728[5] and died in Mansfield on 9 January 1808[6].

            Elizabeth is a descendant of John and Anna (White) Porter, one of the founding families of Windsor, Connecticut. Her great grandfather, Samuel Porter, was one of the inhabitants of Hartford who had a falling out with the theology of the Hartford Church and moved up the Connecticut River to Hadley, Massachusetts. Her grandfather, Experience Porter moved to Mansfield, Connecticut about 1724 bringing his children with him.

            I have 2 DNA matches where the most recent common ancestor is Joseph and Elizabeth. Both of these matches are through son Thomas. One match is through his daughter Aurora who married Daniel Beattie. The second is through his son Silas whose daughter married Burdette Dewitt. In both cases, I have identified that my matches and I are fifth cousins. According to the Shared cM Project undertaken by Blaine Bettinger[7], the average shared cMs (centimorgans) for fifth cousins is 17 and the range is 0 – 42. One of my matches and I share a segment 14.3 cMs and with the other I share a segment 31.22 cMs. Both are good representatives for fifth cousin matches.

           

Children of Joseph and Elizabeth (Porter) Baldwin, all born in Mansfield:

                    i.            Silas Baldwin b. 6 Sep. 1758, d. 13 Jan 1837 in Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, m. 8 Feb 1781 in Dorset, Priscilla Cary.

                  ii.            Elizabeth Baldwin, b. 13 Apr 1761, d. 2 Aug 1827 in Hinesburg, Chittenden, Vermont, m. in 1779 Daniel Barnum, b. 1761 in Vermont. This couple had no children.

                 iii.            Anna Baldwin, b. 12 Jan 1764, m. a man named Doane.

                 iv.            Joseph Baldwin, b. 4 Jul 1766, d. in Cooperstown, Otsego, New York, m, Elizabeth Suce b. about 1765, died before 1840.

                  v.            Keturah Baldwin, b. 5 Feb 1772, never married.

                 vi.            John Baldwin, b. 19 Mar 1774, twin of Thomas, d, 26 Sep 1846 in Mountain, Dundas, Ontario, Canada, m. about 1803 Asenath Buck b between 1778 and 1784 in Sorel, Quebec, Canada and died after 1824 in Mountain.

               vii.            Thomas Baldwin, b. 19 Mar 1774. twin of John, died 4 Jul 1854 in Dorset, m. 14 Apr 1807 in Connecticut, Polly Lanfrere, b. Jan 1788 in Connecticut and d. 26 May 1862 in Dorset.

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[1] Dimock, Susan W., Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deathsfrom the Records of the Town and Churches in Mansfield, Connecticut, 1703-1850 (Baker and Taylor Co., New York: 1898), p. 143.

[2] “Second Congregational Church, Mansfield, Connecticut”, Marriages and Deaths, 1737-1824, death of Joseph Baldwin’s wife, 1808, p. 52; digital images, FamilySearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 17 Jan 2019), film 1,010,746.

[3] “Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920”, Baptism of Elizabeth Porter, Mansfield, Vol. 65, p. 86; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 Jan 2019), citing Connecticut State Library records.

[4] Dimock, p. 207.

[5] “Massachusetts Vital Records, 1621-1850”, birth of Joseph Baldwin 1728; database, AmericanAncestors.org (http://www.americanancestors.org : accessed 15 Jan 2019), citing Billerica town records.

[6] “Second Congregational Church, Mansfield, Connecticut”, p. 244.

[7] https://thegeneticgenealogist.com/2017/08/26/august-2017-update-to-the-shared-cm-project/

Ancestor # 63

Joseph Baldwin (1728-1808)

Joseph Baldwin was born in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts on 20 October[1] 1728 and died on 9 January 1808[2] in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut. He is the second son and fourth child of Thomas and Dorothy (Kidder) Baldwin[3]. He married Elizabeth Porter on 16 November 1757[4] in Mansfield. Elizabeth Porter was born in Mansfield on 30 June 1740[5] and died there on 13 March 1808[6].

            Joseph moved to Connecticut with his family about 1736 (his father’s first land transaction was dated 19 February 1736). This Baldwin family descends from John Baldwin, one of the original settlers of Billerica.

            Joseph’s father died in 1750 and left a detailed will with his sons receiving land and his daughters money. Joseph was granted 42 acres[7], part of the homestead farm his father originally purchased from Peter Caudell. Joseph’s land was on both sides of Spring Hill Road in Mansfield. Spring Hill Road is still visible on Google Earth and land along the road is still being farmed. Joseph bought 10 acres of land from his brother Eleazar Baldwin in 1753[8]. He traded land with Jonathan Dimock in 1793[9] and sold to Uriah Hanks in 1801[10]. In 1802 he and his sons John and Thomas sold land to Benjamin Hanks[11]. It is significant that all three signed the sale agreement indicating that this piece of property Joseph had designated as the inheritance for his youngest sons.  In 1802 John was either married or had contracted to marry Asenath Buck and to settle permanently in Ontario, Canada. I am sure that he asked his father for his inheritance so he could establish himself in Dundas County and begin to raise his own family.

            Joseph was enumerated as head of household in the 1790 US census[12]. In his household he had 3 males 16 and over and 3 females 16 and over. The males were probably Joseph and his two youngest sons, Thomas and John, and the females likely were his wife Elizabeth and daughters Anna and Keturah. In 1800, son Thomas is head of household[13]. He has one male under 10, 2 males 16-25 and 1 male over 45. There are also 1 female 16-25, 1 female 26-45 and 1 female over 45. The male and female over 45 are most likely Joseph and Elizabeth. The female 25-45 is probably Keturah and one of the males 25-45 is Thomas. The other inhabitants have not been identified.

            There are stories that Joseph was a Loyalist during the American Revolution and both he and his wife were detained at Fort Ticonderoga for a time. I have not been able to verify this story, but it could be true. His eldest son was definitely a Loyalist and spent several months in jail in Bennington before being released.

Joseph did not leave a will[14]. This is not unusual for this time period especially for individuals who lived a full life. It was practice in this time period to give children their inheritance when they reached their majority or married. Many children moved away from their parents looking for cheaper land they could purchase. All of Joseph’s sons moved to Vermont or New York except for John who went to Canada.

            I have 2 DNA matches where the most recent common ancestor is Joseph and Elizabeth. Both of these matches are through son Thomas. One match is through his daughter Aurora who married Daniel Beattie. The second is through his son Silas whose daughter married Burdette Dewitt. In both cases, I have identified that my matches and I are fifth cousins. According to the Shared cM Project (Version 3) undertaken by Blaine Bettinger[15], the average shared cMs (centimorgans) for fifth cousins is 25 and the range is 0 – 94. One of my matches and I share a segment 14.3 cMs and with the other I share a segment 31.22 cMs. Both are good representatives for fifth cousin matches.

           

Children of Joseph and Elizabeth (Porter) Baldwin, all born in Mansfield:

                    i.            Silas Baldwin, b. 6 Sep. 1758, d. 13 Jan 1837 in Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, m. 8 Feb 1781 in Dorset, Priscilla Cary.

                  ii.            Elizabeth Baldwin, b. 13 Apr 1761, d. 2 Aug 1827 in Hinesburg, Chittenden, Vermont, m. in 1779 Daniel Barnum, b. 1761 in Vermont. This couple had no children.

                iii.            Anna Baldwin, b. 12 Jan 1764, m. a man named Doane.

                 iv.            Joseph Baldwin, b. 4 Jul 1766, d. in Cooperstown, Otsego, New York, m, Elizabeth Suce b. about 1765, died before 1840.

                   v.            Keturah Baldwin, b. 5 Feb 1772, never married.

                vi.            John Baldwin, b. 19 Mar 1774, twin of Thomas, d, 26 Sep 1846 in Mountain, Dundas, Ontario, Canada, m. about 1803 Asenath Buck b between 1778 and 1784 in Sorel, Quebec, Canada and died after 1824 in Mountain.

              vii.            Thomas Baldwin, b. 19 Mar 1774, twin of John, died 4 Jul 1854 in Dorset, m. 14 Apr 1807 in Connecticut, Polly Lanfrere, b. Jan 1788 in Connecticut and d. 26 May 1862 in Dorset.

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[1] “Massachusetts Vital Records, 1621-1850”, birth of Joseph Baldwin 1728; database, AmericanAncestors.org (http://www.americanancestors.org : accessed 15 Jan 2019), citing Billerica town records.

[2] “Second Congregational Church, Mansfield, Connecticut”, Marriages and Deaths, 1737-1824, death of Joseph Baldwin, 1808, p. 244; digital images, FamilySearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 17 Jan 2019), film 1,010,746.

[3] Baldwin, Charles Candee, The Baldwin Genealogy from 1500 to 1881 (Cleveland:1881). Stafford, Morgan Hewitt, A Genealogy of the Kidder Family (Tuttle Publishing Co., Rutland, VT:1941), p. 13.

[4] Dimock, Susan W., Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deathsfrom the Records of the Town and Churches in Mansfield, Connecticut, 1703-1850 (Baker and Taylor Co., New York: 1898), p. 207.

[5] Dimock, p. 143.

[6] Second Congregational Church, death of Joseph Baldwin’s wife, 1808, p. 52.

[7] “Probate file collection, early to 1800”, Probate packets Babcock, N. – Bass, Ebenezer, 1719-1880, probate packet #206, Thomas Baldwin, Mansfield 1750, Windham District; digital images, FamilySearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 23 Jan 2019), film 1,032,530.

[8] “Mansfield, Connecticut, Land records, 1702-1900”, Eleazar Baldwin to Joseph Baldwin, 1753, Vol. 5, p. 484; digital images, FamilySearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 15 Jan 2019), film 4,872.

[9] Mansfield, Connecticut, Land records, Jonathan Dimock to Thomas Baldwin and Thomas Baldwin to Jonathan Dimock, Vol. 12, p. 151 and 152, film 4,872.

[10] Mansfield, Connecticut, Land records, Joseph Baldwin to Uriah Hanks, Vol. 14, p. 261, film 4,873.

[11] Mansfield, Connecticut, Land records, Joseph, John and Thomas Baldwin to Benjamin Hanks, 1802, Vol. 14, p. 288, film 4,873.

[12] 1790 US Census, Windham, Connecticut, population schedule, Mansfield, page 262, line 25, Joseph Baldwin; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 Feb 2016), citing National Archives and Record Administration microfilm M637, roll 1.

[13] 1800 US Census, Windham, Connecticut, population schedule, Mansfield, page 860 (written), page 721 (stamped), line 14, Thos Baldwin; ; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 Aug 2016), citing National Archives and Record Administration microfilm M32, roll 2.

[14] “General Index to probate records; all districts in Connecticut 1641-1948”, no entry for Joseph Baldwin, Mansfield, 1808 was located; digital images, FamilySearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 23 Jan 2019), film 166,002.

[15] https://thegeneticgenealogist.com/2017/08/26/august-2017-update-to-the-shared-cm-project/