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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
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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.
- He was a paymaster in the War of 1812, and a freemason.
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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.
- [S1044] The Baldwin Genealogy from 1500 to 1881 by Charles Candee Baldwin. Cleveland: Leader Printing Company, 1881.