Baldwin, Ashbel

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Name Baldwin, Ashbel [1] Born 7 Mar 1757 Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA [1]
Gender Male Died 8 Feb 1846 Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA Buried Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA Person ID I22239 Sullivan Burgess Family Tree | Charlemagne I Descendant, The Hyde History, William The Conqueror Descendent Last Modified 15 Sep 2018
Father Baldwin, Isaac C, b. 22 Feb 1715, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA , d. 15 Jan 1805, Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
(Age 89 years)
Relationship natural Mother Collins, Anna, b. 24 Aug 1725, Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA , d. 16 Apr 1790, Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
(Age 64 years)
Relationship natural Married 7 Mar 1750 Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA [1]
Family ID F8249 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Johnson, Clarissa, b. 1762 Married 1782 [1] Last Modified 15 Sep 2018 Family ID F7974 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map Born - 7 Mar 1757 - Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Died - 8 Feb 1846 - Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA Buried - - Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Headstones Baldwin, Ashbel Grave Stone
Family Crest Baldwin Family Crest
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Notes - Clergyman, born in Litchfield, Connecticut, 7 March 1757; died in Rochester, New York, 8 February 1846. He was graduated at Yale College in 1776, and was a quartermaster in the revolutionary army. On 3 August 1785, he was ordained to the deaconate by Bishop Seabury in Middletown. This was the first Episcopal ordination ill the United States. He was ordained priest in September following, and became rector of St. Michael's Church, Litchfield, where he remained till 1793. From 1793 to 1824 he was rector of Christ Church, Stratford. He then held parishes in Wallingford, Meriden, North Haven, and Oxford, until in 1832 he became disabled by age. His records show that he had preached 10,000 times, and baptized 3,010 persons. He was secretary of the general convention, and also of the diocesan convention of Connecticut
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Sources - [S206] Hyde Genealogy Descendants in the Female as Well as in the Male Lines by Reuben Hyde Walworth, Reuben Hyde Walworth, (Date: 1864;).
- [S206] Hyde Genealogy Descendants in the Female as Well as in the Male Lines by Reuben Hyde Walworth, Reuben Hyde Walworth, (Date: 1864;).