Individual Details

Thomas and Dorcas had 10 children: Elizabeth 'Betsy', Thomas Paddock, Ruth, Mosely Abel, Grove, Aaron, Cyrus, Louise, Lorette and Lafayette. The first 7 were born in Vermont. After his first wife died, Thomas married her sister Rachel Green.

1820 census for Dorset, Bennington Co., Vermont, the household of Thomas K. Baldwin lists 3 males 0-10 [Mosley, Grove & Aaron], 1 male 10-16 [Thomas P.], 1 male 26-45 [Thomas K.]; 1 female 0-10 [Ruth], 1 female 10-16 [Betsy], 1 26-45 [Dorcas]; with 2 engaged in agriculture.

"In 1839 Thomas Kidder Baldwin, father of Thomas P., came to the new country bringing with him three other sons, Grove, Aaron and Cyrus. (Thos. K. Baldwin came from Dorsett, Vt., where he served in the militia during the War of 1812.) The Baldwin family were prominent in all the early history of Onondaga. Thos. K. located a farm just south of the village, now owned by Malcolm and LaVan Clay, a great granddaughter.... About the year 1840 Thomas K. Baldwin came to Onondaga. He was born in 1783 and was one of twelve children of Benj. and Ruth Baldwin. He was married to Dorcas Green 1806, in Vermont, and to them were born eleven children, He built the first frame house in the township, it being modeled somewhat after the Colonial style, with a fireplace and a large brick oven. The pine siding and shingles were hauled by him from Flint in the winter of 1845. Mr. Baldwin died at Onondaga in August, 1873, in his ninetieth year, having spent a long and useful life made possible by his indomitable will and energy. Many well known families descended from this man, six generations now living in Onondaga."

1840 census for Alabama, Genesee County, New York. The household of Thomas K. Baldwin has 2 males 10-15 [Lafayette, 11; and Dewitt, 10], 1 male 15-20 [Cyrus, 18], 1 male 20-30 [Grove, 23], 1 male 50-60 [Thomas K., 57]; 1 female 10-15 [Loretta, 12], and 1 female 15-20 [Ruth, 28], except Ruth does not fit and Louise, age 5, is missing. His sons Thomas and Moseley are listed in Onondaga, Ingham Co., Michigan.

1850 census for Onondaga, Ingham Co., Michigan, Thomas K. Baldwin is a farmer, age 67 from Vermont with $2500 in real estate. His wife Rachel is 57 from Massachusetts. Lafayette Baldwin is 20, a farmer born in New York. Next door is his son Grove Baldwin.

1860 census for Onondaga, T. K. Baldwin is 77 from Vermont with $5000 real estate and $1000 personal. Wife Rachel is 67 from Vermont (?) and daughter Louisa is 30, born New York. Next door is son Grove Baldwin.
In the 1870 census for Onondaga, Thomas Baldwin is a farmer, age 88 from Vermont, with $12,000 real estate and $2,300 personal. He is living with his daughters, Louisa Baldwin, 36, and Loretta Wilson, 34, both born New York. David Power, age 28 from Canada is a day laborer. .


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Sources (4)
1. Heywood Genealogy Dale Grimm
2. Baldwin Family Record unknown, possibly Desdemona Baldwin Chapin
3. Ingham Co. Biographical Sketches from "Past and Present of the City of Lansing and Ingham County, Michigan" Albert E. Cowles; 1905; The Michigan Historical Publishing Association
4. Pioneer History of Ingham County Mrs. Franc L. Adams, Ingham Co. Pioneer and Historical Society; 1923

Thomas K. Baldwin, born in 1783 in Vermont, was living in Dorset Township, Bennington County, Vermont at the 1820 census. At the 1850 census he was in Onondaga, Ingham County, Michigan, with his wife Rachel and son Lafayette.
Or is this a different Thomas K. Baldwin in 1850?

There was another Thomas Baldwin, born 1 Nov 1873, in Dorset Township, Bennington County, Vermont. His parents were Eleazer Baldwin and Jennie. In the 1850 census he was living in Coventry, Orleans County, Vermont, with Lucinda Baldwin, Sophrona Harvey, Araleli Harvey, and Robert Harmant. He cannot be Thomas K. Baldwin.

Since Thomas K. Baldwin remained in Dorset Township, Bennington County, Vermont 1810-1840, the children born after Cyrus are probably misattributed to him. Or were there two Thomas K. Baldwins?

Birth	27 Jan 1783	Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont
Marriage	15 Jul 1807	Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont - Dorcas Green
Census (family)	1810	Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont - Dorcas Green
Census (family)	1820	Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont - Dorcas Green
Census (family)	1830	Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont - Dorcas Green
Census	1840	Alabama, Genesee County, New York
Census (family)	4 Oct 1850	Onondaga, Ingham County, Michigan - Rachel Green
Census (family)	14 Jul 1860	Onondaga, Ingham County, Michigan - Rachel Green
Census	29 Jul 1870	Onondaga, Ingham County, Michigan
Death	17 Aug 1873	Onondaga, Ingham County, Michigan
Burial		Onondaga Cemetery, Ingham County, Michigan

Spouse	Dorcas Green (1785 - 1840)
Child	Elizabeth G. "Betsey" Baldwin (1809 - 1892)
Child	Thomas Paddock Baldwin (1810 - 1895)
Child	Ruth Baldwin (1812 - 1892)
Child	Baldwin (1814 - 1814)
Child	Mosley Abel Baldwin (1815 - 1906)
Child	Grove Baldwin (1817 - 1903)
Child	Aaron G. Baldwin (1819 - 1853)
Child	Dr. Cyrus A. Baldwin (1822 - 1909)
Child	Loretta Baldwin (1828 - 1905)
Child	Lafayette Baldwin (1829 - 1862)
Child	Dewitt C. Baldwin (1833 - 1900)
Child	Louise C. Baldwin (1835 - 1907)

Spouse

Rachel Green (1793 - 1869)

Father	Benjamin Baldwin (1743 - 1830)
Mother	Ruth Paddock (1745 - 1810)

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