Samuel Smith Baldwin

1777 - 1822  (45 years)

• Name	Samuel Smith Baldwin  [1, 2]
  Alternate birth	1775  [3]
  Birth	5 Jul 1777	Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate death	Jul 1822	Newburgh, Cuyahoga, Ohio   [3]
  Alternate death	11 Jul 1822	Cuyahoga Counrty, Ohio   [4]
  Death	12 Jul 1822	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio   [5]
  Burial	Harvard Grove Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio   [4]
  Person ID	I39788	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LD
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Samuel Baldwin,   b. 22 May 1753, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 19 Dec 1831, Aurora, Portage, Ohio (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Hannah Northrup,   b. 28 Feb 1755, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 5 Aug 1822, Aurora, Portage, Ohio (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	9 Dec 1772  [1, 2, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F23389	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Camp,   b. Bef 3 Feb 1782   d. 9 Aug 1818 (Age > 36 years)
  Marriage	10 May 1796	Ridgebury, Fairfield, Connecticut   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Lucretia Baldwin,   b. 18 Dec 1805, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 13 Jun 1873, Aurora, Portage, Ohio (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F23369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2024

  
  

• Notes

  He was a paymaster in the War of 1812, and a freemason. From the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History (citation details below): BALDWIN, SAMUEL S. [...] was an early Cleveland and Cuyahoga County public official. Born in Ridgefield, Conn., to Samuel and Hannah (Northrup) Baldwin, he moved to a farm in NEWBURGH in 1808 and dabbled in real estate with LEONARD CASE. Baldwin's short public career revolved around politics. In 1809, he was elected justice of the peace in Cleveland. In 1810, he became the first surveyor and may have been sheriff of Cuyahoga County. (Several sources indicate Smith S. Baldwin was the first sheriff.) As surveyor he relaid the road between Cleveland and Aurora, and from Mantua to Warren, as a state road. Sheriff Baldwin officiated at the murder trial and hanging of JOHN O'MIC. In 1812, he served in the state assembly. The next year, he was elected to the Board of County Commissioners and appointed by the board to act as clerk. Baldwin married Sarah Camp of Ridgefield, Conn., who died in 1818 at the age of 36. They had 6 daughters and 2 sons. In 1819, Baldwin married Rhoda Boughton of Grafton, Ohio. They had 8 children: Philander, Lucretia, Caroline, Julia, Sarah, Emily, Henry, and Edward. Baldwin died in Cleveland but his burial site is unknown.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1044] The Baldwin Genealogy from 1500 to 1881 by Charles Candee Baldwin. Cleveland: Leader Printing Company, 1881. [S7160] The Northrup-Northrop Genealogy: A Record of the Known Descendants of Joseph Northrup by A. Judd Northrup. New York: The Grafton Press, 1908. [S7158] The Baldwin Genealogy Supplement by C. C. Baldwin. Cleveland, Ohio, 1889. [S7133] Find a Grave page for Samuel Smith Baldwin. [S7151] Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, at Case Western Reserve University. [S7152] Find a Grave page for Samuel Baldwin., year only. [S7159] Find a Grave page for Hannah Northrop Baldwin., year only.