Rutha Baldwin Genealogy
Record modified: 2024-11-04
This is my ancestor 8 generations back.
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Born: about 1714-00-00 North Carolina USA
Died: about 1760-00-00 New Jersey USA
Marriages:
1. 1730-00-00 Joseph Hinds
Children of Rutha Baldwin and Joseph Hinds:
Notes:
Many trees have her last name as Higgins. It appears the original source of this is a compilation
called "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900", a copy of which is at Ancestry.com. I
checked the entry, and its source is a Family Group Sheet submitted by an individual. It is thus at best a
secondary source, and can't be considered proof.
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Some trees say she was born 1709. That date was fabricated by adding 4 years to Joseph's birth.
I originally found her birth date as 1718, but that would make her 13 when Charity was born. (Not that
that's impossible.) I don't remember where I got the 1714 date.
Some say she died in 1772, but clearly that's wrong as Joseph's will mentions his second wife Susanna.
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If she's a Higgins, possible father: Daniel Higgins, living in Elizabethtown NJ at same time as Joseph Hinds.
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It seems her last name probably was not Higgins. The Higgins family of NJ is very well documented, and
there is no Rutha marrying a Hinds listed anywhere.
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In the McClung Library Hinds papers is a note to John Hines (presumably John Henry) from "your friend
and cousin Jacob Baldwin". He could be a son of Rutha's brother or sister, or of Joseph's sister.
Or he could be some other relation. The word "cousin" was often used for any extended family member.
There was a Baldwin family in Mendham NJ at approximately the same time, but I haven't been able to
find a Ruth yet.
This page has a Caleb Baldwin who died in Mendham. His wife was a Beach.
There is a Ruth Baldwin, d/o Elnathan Baldwin c1687 + Keziah Prudden, but she is shown married to Richard Burt.
There were other Baldwin families in other parts of Morris Co as well.
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other surname possibilities: Henderson, Watson
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 1016
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