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Abraham Baldwin

Abraham Baldwin

Male 1754 - 1807  (52 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    Has 52 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Abraham Baldwin 
    Birth 22 Nov 1754  Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 4 Mar 1807  Washington, District of Columbia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Initiatory (LDS) 8 Nov 1905  SLAKE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID LHD1-Y85 
    Burial Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Person ID I96003  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father Michael Baldwin,   b. 2 Apr 1719, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Apr 1787, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Lucy Dudley,   b. 29 Mar 1721, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1758, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Marriage 7 Dec 1749  Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F30847  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 Nov 1754 - Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 4 Mar 1807 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 8 Nov 1905 - SLAKE Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Baldwin, Abraham b1754 - Portrait
    Baldwin, Abraham b1754 - Portrait

  • Notes 
    • Signer of the US Constitution.

      He was a Connecticut-born and raised minister, Patriot, American politic i an, and Founding Father. A graduate of Yale University Divinity School , a fter the Revolutionary War Baldwin became a lawyer. He moved to the U .S . state of Georgia in the mid-1780s to work under the governor and dev elo p its educational system. Baldwin is noted as the developer and found in g president of the University of Georgia (1785-1801), the first state - ch artered public institution of higher education in the United States.

      After serving in the state Assembly, Baldwin was elected as a Georgia re p resentative in the Continental Congress and one of two signatories fro m G eorgia of the United States Constitution. He served in the United Sta te s House of Representatives for five terms and in the Senate from 179 9 unt il his death in office in Washington, DC.