Baldwin, Jabez (1778-1819)

Name:

Baldwin, Jabez (1778-1819)

Born:

04/04/1778

Birthplace:

Norwich, CT

Died:

11/08/1819

Death Location:

Salem, MA

Residence:

Norwich, CT 1778-
Westfield, MA -- raised
Hanover, NH 1794-1798
Salem, MA 1802-1809, 1817
Boston, MA -- by c.1813

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Silversmith -- Salem, MA, c. 1802-1819
Merchant -- silver, gold, & jewelry -- Boston, MA

Father:

Baldwin, Jabez

Mother:

Barker, Lydia

Relations:

Partnership, Baldwin & Jones, Boston, 1813-
(Jabez Baldwin and John B. Jones)
Partnership, Baldwin & Baker, Boston, Salem, 1817
(Jabez Baldwin and Thomas Baker)
Siblings:
Badwin, Jedidiah (1768-1849; silversmith & clockmaker)
Baldwin, Thomas (Methodist preacher)
Cousin:
Baldwin, Thomas (Baptist minister, Canaan, NH, & Boston MA)

Spouse:

Ann Briggs, September 2, 1804, Salem, MA

Notes:

Charles C. Baldwin, The Baldwin Genealogy, from 1500 to 1881. (Cleveland, Ohio: Published by the author, 1881), 276, 283-284.

Henry N. Flynt and Martha G. Fales, The Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver, With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. (Deerfield, Massachusetts: The Heritage Foundation, 1968), 44, 152, 331, 332.

Philip Zea, "Clockmaking and Society at the River and the Bay: Jedidiah and Jabez Baldwin, 1790-1820," The Bay and the River: 1600-1900, Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife: Annual Proceedings, June 13 and 14, 1981, 43-58.

Philip Zea and Robert C. Cheney, Clock Making in New England, 1725-1825, An Interpretation of the Old Sturbridge Village Collection. (Sturbridge, Massachusetts: Old Sturbridge Village, 1992), 108-110.

Donn Haven Lathrop, Notes on the Baldwins, Bailey, Hale, Hasham, and Osgood Families, 1995. (On-line resource, hard copy put in Baldwin file)