. History of Delaware county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the territory included within its limits to the present time, with a notice of the geology of the county, and catalogues of its minerals, plants, quadrupeds, and birds . BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 443 brother John, who died in Philadelphiain 1685, came from Edgmont, in Shrop-shire, England, which was, doubtless,the transatlantic residence of Joseph,and hence the name of the township inwhich he settled. Baldwin, Thomas, settled on thesouthwest side of Chester creek aboveChester mills, about the year 1697, butafterwards removed to Ches
. History of Delaware county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the territory included within its limits to the present time, with a notice of the geology of the county, and catalogues of its minerals, plants, quadrupeds, and birds . BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 443 brother John, who died in Philadelphiain 1685, came from Edgmont, in Shrop-shire, England, which was, doubtless,the transatlantic residence of Joseph,and hence the name of the township inwhich he settled. Baldwin, Thomas, settled on thesouthwest side of Chester creek aboveChester mills, about the year 1697, butafterwards removed to Chester, wherehe died in 1731. His children wereThomas, Joseph, William, Anthony,Mary, Martha and Elizabeth. Baldwin, John, was an early settlerin Aston township. In 1689 he wasmarried according to the usages ofFriends, to Katharine Turner, a in membership with Friends,he does not appear to have taken muchinterest in the Society. Their childrenwere two—Ruth and John, the latter ofwhom was married to Hannah John-son. The elder John was a brother ofThomas and Francis Baldwin. By tradewas a blacksmith, and came to residein Chester in the latter part of his life,where he died in 1732, leaving a consi-derable property. Bo
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