History of Michigan Author:CHARLES MOORE Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: was a member of the Country Club, the Yontodega Club, the Grosse Pointe Hunt Club and of the Big Point and Caledon Mountain Clubs of Ontario. George Albert Ba... more »ldwin. This Munising citizen and business man, for many years identified with the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, has a specially notable family record, the line being traced back directly for many generations to prominent early Englishmen. The following genealogy has been carefully compiled from documentary sources, and may be considered a reliable sketch of the Baldwin family in this particular branch. Richard Baldwin of the county of Bucks, England, described as of "Dourigge" in the Parish of Aston-Clinton, made his will January 16, 1552. He was a brother of Sir John Baldwin, Chief Justice of England. Richard Baldwin's wife's name was Ellen, and they had six children. Henry Baldwin, the first child, died June 1, 1603, and his wife's name was Allice. They were the parents of seven'children. Of these the fourth child was Sylvester Baldwin, who died on board the ship "Martin," June 21, 1638, while emigrating to America. He was married in England to Sarah Bryan. They had nine children. Richard Baldwin, the second child and oldest son, was one of the three brothers who were with their parents on the ship Martin. He was baptised in the Parish of Aston-Clinton, Buckinghamshire, August 25, 1622, and was probably born not long before. He settled in Milford, Connecticut, in 1638, becoming one of the founders of that place. He evidently had a good education for the time, since his handwriting is as good as that seen in any early records. He frequently appeared as attorney before the general court at New Haven, and his arguments are so redolent of the shrewd, technical manner of the times that it would seem that he must ha...« less