38th Generation

Family of Obadiah Bruen (5805) & Sarah [Bruen]

5903. Mary Bruen. Born ca Jun 1634 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Mary was baptized in St. Julians, Shrewsbury, on 12 Jun 1634. Mary died on 2 Sep 1670 in Milford, CT.⁸

It is not certain that the Mary Bruen who married John Baldwin was the daughter of Obadiah Bruen; she may have been his half-sister.

Check out Donald Lines Jacobus’s book: The Ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley and His Wife Emma Arabella Bosworth. N. G. Parke, Woodstock, VT, 1960

On 13 Oct 1653 Mary married John Baldwin, son of John Baldwin (ca 1565-bef 14 Oct 1637) & Hannah [Baldwin] (-aft 14 Oct 1637), in Milford, CT.²⁴ Born in 1593 in Wendover, Buckinghamshire. John died in Jun 1681 in Milford, CT. Buried on 21 Jun 1681 in Milford, CT.²⁴

From Abbott’s Families of Early Milford:⁸
“John Balwin will dated 24 May 1681. ... Admitted to the church 1652. ... He was not a freeplanter because he was not a member of the church but later joined on 19 March 1648. His home lot was #113 on the map of 1646, containing 2 acres 1 rod and 10 poles.”

Charles Candee Baldwin, author of The Baldwin Genealogy,25 was not convinced that John Baldwin of Wendover, son of John & Hannah Baldwin, was the John Baldwin who settled at Milford.

Their children include:

		i.	Mary Baldwin (7 Sep 1654-3 Feb 1675/6)
		ii.	Sarah Baldwin (ca Sep 1655-11 Jan 1729)
		iii.	Abigail Baldwin (15 Nov 1658-24 Jun 1739)
		iv.	Obadiah Baldwin (29 Oct 1660-8 Jan 1737/8)
		v.	Hannah Baldwin (20 Nov 1663-1691)
		vi.	Dea. George Baldwin (13 Jun 1665-26 Oct 1728)
		vii.	Richard Baldwin (second week of Jun 1665-28 May 1726)

5904. Sarah Bruen. Born on 1 May 1636 in Tarvin, Cheshire.

5905. Rebecca Bruen. Born say 1640. Rebecca died on 15 Apr 1721 in Norwich, CT.

In Sep 1663 Rebecca married Thomas Post, son of Stephen Post (ca 1596-16 Aug 1659) & Ellen Panton (-13 Nov 1670), in Saybrook, CT. Born ca 1631 in Otham, Kent. Thomas was baptized in Otham, Kent, on 1 Nov 1631. Thomas died on 5 Sep 1701 in Norwich, CT.

Thomas first married Mary Andrews, second Rebecca Bruen.

Their children include:

		i.	Thomas Post (Dec 1664-)
		ii.	Hannah Post (Died soon) (Feb 1666-Jun 1667)
		iii.	Mary Post (Jun 1669-7 Mar 1742)
		iv.	Obadiah Post (ca 1671-1703)
		v.	Hannah Post (ca 1674-7 Mar 1743/4)
		vi.	Joseph Post (ca 1681-23 Apr 1749)

5906. Hannah Bruen. Born on 9 Jan 1642/3 in Gloucester, MA. Hannah died ca 1685 in Newark, NJ.

On 3 Oct 1663 when Hannah was 20, she married John Baldwin, son of John Baldwin (1593-Jun 1681) & Mary Camp (ca 1620-ca 1652), in Milford, CT.²⁴ Born ca 1640/1 in Milford, CT. John was baptized in First Congregational Society, Milford, on 26 Mar 1648.⁸ John died on 31 Aug 1706 in Newark, NJ. Occupation: shoemaker.

John’s wife Hannah Bruen was neice of his stepmother Hannah Bruen.²⁵

John was a shoemaker and sealer of leathers. He moved to Newark, NJ. His will was dated 1702.⁸

Children of John Baldwin, order and mother uncertain in some cases:
i. Richard Baldwin, b. 24 Dec 1666 at Milford, d. young;
ii. Sarah Baldwin;
iii. Hannah Baldwin;
iv. Elizabeth Baldwin;
v. John Baldwin;
vi. Samuel Baldwin, b. ca. 1674;
vii. Ruth Baldwin, d. 1717, m. Eleazer Bruen of Newark;
viii. Joseph Baldwin, b.ca 1680 at Newark, d. there 14 mar 1724 æ. 44;
ix. Elnathan Baldwin;
x. Timothy Baldwin, b. ca. 1687;
xi. Daniel Baldwin, bp. 11 Apr 1689 at Milford, d. young;
xii. Nathaniel Baldwin, b. ca. 1690; and
xiii. Jonathan Baldwin, b. ca. 1691.²⁵

Their children include:

		i.	Richard Baldwin (Died young) (24 Dec 1666-)
		ii.	Sarah Baldwin
		iii.	Hannah Baldwin
		iv.	Elizabeth Baldwin
		v.	John Baldwin
		vi.	Samuel Baldwin (ca 1674-24 Nov 1734)

5907. Caleb Bruen. Born ca 1644 in Gloucester, MA.

5908. John Bruen. Born on 2 Jun 1646 in Gloucester, MA. John died bef 1696 in Newark, NJ.

On 1 Mar 1667 when John was 20, he married Esther Lawrence, daughter of Dea. Richard Lawrence (28 Mar 1625-) & Sarah Baldwin (ca 1627/8-aft 1661), in Newark, NJ. Born ca 1651 in Newark, NJ. Esther was baptized in Newark, NJ, on 1 Jun 1651. Esther died on 1 May 1697 in Newark, NJ.

Their children include:

		i.	Hannah Bruen (ca 1670-)
		ii.	Rebecca Bruen (ca 1671-)
		iii.	Eleazer Bruen (ca 1674-Dec 1711)
		iv.	Joseph Bruen (ca 1677-1 Feb 1753)
		v.	Sarah Bruen (ca 1679-30 Apr 1745)
		vi.	Elizabeth Bruen (ca 1683-29 Sep 1746)
		vii.	Esther Bruen (ca 1684-29 Sep 1746)
		viii.	John Bruen (ca 1690-8 Sep 1767)

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