Jesse and Hannah Thornbrough Baldwin of North Carolina and Ohio
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Jesse and Hannah Thornbrough Baldwin Family
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Jesse Baldwin was the seventh child and sixth son of William and Elizabeth Baldwin of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Frederick County, Virginia, and Rowan County, North Carolina. Jesse probably married (2) Catharine Sexton.

Hannah Thornbrough was the second child and second daughter of Henry and Rachel Moon Thornbrough of Pennsylvania, Frederick County, Virginia, Rowan County, North Carolina, and Jefferson County, Tennessee.

  Hannah Thornbrough
born 10/15/1760 Rowan Co, NC
died bef 10/1820 Clinton Co, Oh
Jesse Baldwin
born 1/26/1759 Rowan Co, NC
died prob Highland Co, OH

  Married:12/15/1779 at Deep River Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, North Carolina

Children:
Ann Baldwin born 12/10/1780, died 12/17/1780 Guilford County, NC
Enos Baldwin born 11/30/1781, married Sarah Hunt
Henry Baldwin born before 8/1786 Guilford County, NC, died bef. 11/1803?
William Baldwin born before 8/1786 Guilford County, NC; married Anna Crews
Uriah Baldwin born before 10/1791 Guilford County, NC
Walter Baldwin born before 10/1791 Guilford County, North Carolina
David?/Daniel (see below) Baldwin born between 1791-1803 (probably abt. 1793), married Hannah Williams
Richard Baldwin born between 1791-1803
Sarah Baldwin born between 1791-1803
Sophia Baldwin born between 1791-1803

Unfortunately, there is not a clear list of the children of Jesse and Hannah now found in the Quaker records. We know their names and approximate dates by their listing on various removal certificates that Jesse and Hannah obtained from different Quaker meetings. The first two children are documented in the birth and death records of New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina.

Quaker Records and Land Records for the Family

On 3/3/1783 Jesse, Hannah, and Enos were received on certificate at Deep River Monthly Meeting dated 2/22/1783 from New Garden. On 8/7/1786 Jesse, Hannah, Enos, Henry and William were received at New Garden on certificate from Deep River dated 8/7/1786. Throughout the New Garden and Deep River records there are references to another Jesse and Hannah Baldwin that are easily confused with this Jesse and Hannah. The other couple were Jesse, son of John & Jemima Baldwin, and wife Hannah Mendenhall (this is probably Jesse's brother John who married Jemima Sanders?). Unfortunately some of the Quaker records of our Jesse and Hannah seem to be missing.

On 10/29/1791 Jesse, Hannah, Enos, Henry, William, Uriah & Walter were granted a certificate to Westfield Monthly Meeting, in Surry County, North Carolina "having removed to the waters of the Holston River, Tennessee." The certificate was received at Westfield on 1/21/1792, as at that time it was one of the meetings receiving certificates for those who moved into the Holston River area.

On 10/22/1793 Jesse Baldwin registered land grant #192 for 640 acres at 50 shillings per hundred. The land was described as lying situated in Dry Valley that leades from Dumplin Ridge to the Lost Creek, lying and being in the County of Hawkins, Territory of United States South of Ohio and west of North Carolina. [Although Jefferson was technically a county in 1792 it was quite awhile before land descriptions, etc., stopped referring to Hawkins County. It is also possible that Jesse had the grant for some time and did not register it until there was a court house in Jefferson County. The land was definitely located in Jefferson County - see Tennessee Maps]. The grant was signed by Governor Alexander Martin at Newberry, Tennessee.

There is a notation that on 12/20/1794 Jesse Baldwin of Nolechucky was dismissed from Westfield. Several of the people living on the Nolechucky River were dismissed from Westfield, probably for nonattendance at meeting; there was likely a small meeting near Nolechucky that they attended whose records are not now extant.

Jesse and Hannah Baldwin were charter members of Lost Creek Monthly Meeting in Tennessee when it was set up in 1797 so somewhere they made their peace with the Quakers and were reinstated as members.

On 10/11/1804 Jesse, Hannah, Enos, William, Uriah, Walter, David (Daniel?), Richard, Sarah and Sophia were received on certificate at Miami Monthly Meeting in Warren County, Ohio. Henry is no longer with them but is not necessarily deceased. The certificate was dated at Mount Pleasant Monthly Meeting in Virginia on 11/26/1803, leading to speculation that the family might have moved as far north as Sullivan County, Tennessee, since that would have been under the jurisdiction of Mt. Pleasant. That they were in Ohio much earlier is proven in a letter (at end of this page) written by Jesse in 1800 and mentioning that they do not know the whereabouts of son Henry.

When Fairfield Monthly Meeting was opened 7/18/1807 in Highland County, Ohio, near the town of Leesburg, Jesse and Hannah Baldwin were original members so they must have lived nearer that meeting. Son Enos was dismissed from Fairfield on 8/29/1812 for disunity.

When Fall Creek Monthly Meeting in Highland County was set off from Fairfield on 11/5/1811, the Baldwins were apparently charter members there, as sons Walter, Uriah & Daniel were dismissed from there in 1812, 1813, and 1814 respectively. Son Richard was dismissed for disunity in 1816.

On 10/21/1815 Jesse, Hannah, Sarah & Sophia were granted a certificate to Clear Creek Monthly Meeting located three-fourths of a mile east of Samantha in Clinton County, Ohio. The certificate was received 11/11/1815 at Clear Creek. On 3/14/1818 Sophia was granted a certificate to Darby Creek Monthly Meeting. We believe Hannah probably died at Clear Creek as on 10/14/1820, a Jesse Baldwin was granted a certificate back to Fall Creek Monthly Meeting to marry Catharine Sexton. There was more than one Jesse Baldwin in the area but none of an age for this marriage. On 6/23/1821 Jesse & Catharine Baldwin were granted a certificate back to Fairfield Monthly Meeting in Highland County.

More on the Children of Jesse and Hannah Thornbrough Baldwin

Enos and Sarah Hunt Baldwin

On 11/18/1804 Son Enos Baldwin married Sarah Hunt, daughter of Phineas & Elizabeth Hunt of Back Creek Monthly Meeting, North Carolina. The marriage took place at Miami Monthly Meeting in Ohio, where Sarah was received on certificate on 10/11/1804. The children of Enos and Sarah Hunt Baldwin are documented at Goshen (Darby Creek) Monthly Meeting in Logan County, Ohio. On 4/22/1813 there is a notation at Clear Creek Monthly Meeting that Sarah and children: Jesse, Elizabeth, Phinehas & Hannah, were granted a certificate to Darby Monthly Meeting.

William and Anna Crews Baldwin

On 8/3/1807 Son William Baldwin and wife Anna Crews Baldwin were dismissed at Miami Monthly Meeting for their marriage contrary to discipline.

Daniel/David? Baldwin

We have never seen a further reference to "David" Baldwin mentioned in the certificate from Mt. Pleasant and believe the son's name was Daniel Baldwin, not David. Jan Smith is a descendant of Daniel, son of Jesse, and believes he was born about 1793 in Tennessee. This would fit with the David, next son of Jesse, given in the 1804 certificate to Miami MM in Ohio. Daniel Baldwin was dismissed as a Quaker for fighting in the War of 1812.

Jan tells us that Daniel Baldwin married first to Hannah Williams who died in 1847. This is born out in a well researched Baldwin Web Site where Hannah is listed as the daughter of John and Mary Robinson Williams, marrying Daniel Baldwin 6 November 1817 in Champaign County, Ohio. Jan tells us he then married Sarah [Sally] Steward who died 1/17/1883. Daniel Baldwin died in Logan County, Ohio, 3/1/1866.

We found widower Daniel Baldwin in 1850 in Hale Township in Hardin County, Ohio: Daniel Baldwin, 57, farmer, born Tn; William H. Baldwin, 24, born Oh; Margaret (William's wife), 30, Oh; Walter, 2, Oh; Nancy E., 5/12, Oh; Richard C. Baldwin, 15, Ohio.

Daniel Baldwin was in Hardin County, Ohio in 1840: 1 male 40-50 (Daniel), 1 male 20-30 (Enos); 2 males 15-20 (William and John); 1 male 10-15 (Uriah); 2 males 5-10 (Richard and Philander); 2 males under 5; 1 female under 5; 1 female 40-50 (Hannah). We identified the additional children in the 1850 census in Hale Township in Hardin County, Ohio in 1850 living near their father: Enos Baldwin, 32, farmer, Oh; Sarah J., 21, Oh; Henry T., 1, Oh; Elias Jacobs (Sarah's brother?), 8, Oh; John W. Baldwin, 27, farmer, Oh; Francis (probably Smith?), 24, Oh; Angeline, 3, Oh; Oscar, 6/12, Oh; Uriah Baldwin, 25, farmer, Oh; Hannah, 23, Oh; Joann, 1, Oh; Philander Baldwin, 18, saddler, working for a Henry Miller, saddler, from Tennessee in Kenton Township in Hardin County.

The three youngest children of Daniel and Hannah are not found - they may have been adopted out after Hannah's death, or perhaps they died at the same time if she died of disease. There is much further information on the children in the 1870 census of Hardin County, Ohio.

Jesse Baldwin Letter from Ohio

There is an article in North Carolina Genealogy, Fall-Winter 1972, page 2783, which indicates the Jesse Baldwin family was in Ross County, Ohio prior to May 1800. They probably sent for a certificate from Mt. Pleasant after they were already settled; there would have been no need earlier as there was no nearby Quaker meeting anyway.

A letter is quoted in the article, written from "Northwest Terrotory Ros County May the 21st 1800." "Dear father brothers and sisters, I write you a few lines with love to you our family are in good health we have no sickness in our family sins last fall I hope you may all read these lines and that you may be in good health. I received a few lines from richard that he rote when he was on the rode with his wagon to Lynchburg which gave us satisfaction to hear from you in a short time after Wm Millican started from the Ohio we moved to Sioto head of Salt Creek and settled on Plum run and dug a well 23 feet deep and got exalent lime stone watter which flows from stone gravel and sand very handy to our home and a milk house by the side of it which we watter from this fountain of watter we have had a cold winter a deal of snow the teepes snow we had was about the garter below the knee our cattle all lived through the winter I suppose that we may not look for any of you to come and see us and view this fruitful land as I suppose Samme and Johnny Reador caried back an evil report of this land. I do not blame them for that as we hear the agor (ague) took them before they got home but We cannot give up this rich country for a few shaks of the fever and agor. The fever and agor is around about this perary and on Siota River now but this is not so miserable bad sikly place as it has appeared to many to be. I have not heard of but three deaths on Siota sins it has been settled. Henry Lewis and his woman Lewis died with the agor the woman died in childbed. We are not satisfied in the present circumstances of our living being far distant from anny meeting and ...(unreadable)...way to raise a family in such way but we hope this will be removed our friends is striving to get together there is about 20 of Friends families here aways it apears that ... land laws in the way as it was last fall no way opened for it and it yet Corn is very plenty and cheap there mite thousands of bushels be had at the shiling per bushel goods are tollerable reasonable our merchants trades to Detrovat which comes cheaper to us than Philedelfia goods it is likely detrovet will be a very good place to trade as we have meting to go to we commingly jas spend first days in sitting still at home sometimes walk out in the beautiful plains wich at this time is as beautiful as our hearts could wish view the bluming blossoms and see the hunney bees feeding on them and we often think of our dear relations feel sorry for being far distan from you my outward sircumstances is such that I cant come and see you soon and if I never see you anymore in this world I hope shall in the mansions of ever lasting peas. Now Concerning our much respected son henry we have not heard from him sins he left us we long to hear how he is where he lives and what he is about. I hope he will write to us the first oppertunity if he wants to come home we should be glad he could be continued along if he is satisfied and has got to agreable a plase and in away to learn some trade we are satisfied he shold stay we believe you will advise hime for the best and have some care over him John Millikan has not the oppertunity to write he is not at home he has sat in for a crop along with Wm. Pattreek a very good annes man a nickalite John works very hard and is in good dreadit[sic] I cannot give any acount when he will go home excues bad spelling
/s/ Jesse and Hannah Baldwin
To dear old father Baldwin Samuel and Mary Uriah and Hannah John and Jemimah Joshua and Elizabeth Richard and his beloved children Samul and Ann William Millikan and Hannah Cousin Enos Beir (Blair?) Hannah Jess Williams and Sarah Addressed to William Baldwin Guilford Co. New Garden c/o Samuel Bond." (the identities of these people are given on the William Baldwin page.)

The writing of this letter in 1800 ties in with a story in the Thomas Beals family that Thomas Beals was buried in Ross County, Ohio, in 1801 by his good friend Jesse Baldwin. A Branson Web Site gives a detailed history of Reverend Thomas Beals, telling us that "Thomas Beals was knocked off horse by a tree limb, coffin hewed out of solid butternut tree by Jesse Baldwin."..."His sons and others who were with him found it utterly impossible to get plank or any material out of which to make a coffin, so they went to work and cut down a walnut tree and made a trough, which they covered with a slab." These stories are probably apocryphal since two different types of tree are mentioned, but the method of making the coffin is probably fairly accurate given the rough frontier.



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