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Baldwin family of Connecticut

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• Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807) — of Augusta, Richmond County, Ga. Born in North Guilford, Guilford, New Haven County, Conn., November 2, 1754. Son of Michael Baldwin and Lucy (Dudley) Baldwin; brother of Ruth Baldwin (who married Joel Barlow); half-brother of Henry Baldwin. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1785; Delegate to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1785, 1787-89; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Representative from Georgia at-large, 1789-99; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1799-1807; died in office 1807. Congregationalist. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. One of the founders, and first president, of Franklin College, which later became the University of Georgia. Died in Washington, D.C., March 4, 1807. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Baldwin counties in Ala. and Ga. are named for him.
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• Joel Barlow (1754-1812) — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Redding, Fairfield County, Conn., March 24, 1754. Son of Samuel Barlow and Esther (Hull) Barlow; married 1781 to Ruth Baldwin (sister of Abraham Baldwin). Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; writer; poet; U.S. Consul in Cadiz, 1792-93; U.S. Consul General in Algiers, 1796-97; U.S. Minister to France, 1811-12, died in office 1812. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Freemasons. He was sent to Algeria to negotiate for the release of those held prisoner by the Barbary pirates, and was protected by a detachment of U.S. Marines. The words "to the shores of Tripoli" in the U.S. Marine Hymn are a reference to this incident. Died, of pneumonia or exposure, in Zarnowiec, Poland, December 24, 1812. Interment at Churchyard, Zarnowiec, Poland; cenotaph at Great Pasture Road Cemetery, Redding, Conn.
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• Henry Baldwin (1780-1844) — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., January 14, 1780. Son of Henry Baldwin and Theodora (Wolcott) Baldwin; half-brother of Abraham Baldwin. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1817-22; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1830-44; died in office 1844. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 21, 1844. Original interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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