Phebe Richardson

  Noted events in her life were:

• Background Information. ¹⁴³²
Henry Baldwin married 1 Nov 1649, Phebe, eldest daughter of Ezekiel Richardson, of Woburn. Phebe was bapt. in Boston 3 Jun 1632. Her parents are given on her baptismal records as Ezekiel and Susanna Richardson. Henry died 14 Feb 1698/7. His original will was admitted to Probate 4 Apr 1698, where he is called Deacon Henry and is found in East Cambridge, Mass. Phoebe died 13 Sep 1716.

~The Baldwin Genealogy, p. 616

• Background Information. ¹⁴³⁴
Phebe Richardson, daughter of Ezekiel and Susanna Richardson, was baptized in Boston, 3 Jun 1632. She married, in Woburn, 1 Nov 1649, Dea. Hexry Baldwin. He came from Devonshire, England, and probably at first lived in Charlestown a few years. He subscribed the "Town Orders," relative to the settlement of Woburn, December, 1640; and settled in Woburn, in 1641. He was a freeman of the colony in1652; and became a distinguished citizen of the town. His place of residence was at "New Bridge," or North Woburn, wliere some of his descendants in each generation have had their abode, and been large proprietors of land. He was a selectman of Woburn, 1681, and a deacon of the church from 1686 until his death.

Heney is presumed to be the ancestor of the Baldwins of New England.

Heney died Feb. 14 Feb 1698. His widow Phebe died 13 Sep 1716.

~The Richardson Memorial, p. 38

Phebe married Henry Baldwin.¹⁴³² (Henry Baldwin was born in Devonshire, England and died on 14 Feb 1698 in Cambridge, Massachusetts ¹⁴³².)