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Baldwin, Thomas D.D., a Baptist minister, was born at Bozrah, Conn., Dec. 23, 1753, and died at Waterville, Me., Aug. 29, 1826. Though educated among Pedobaptists, he adopted Baptist views, and was baptized by immersion in 1781. In the following year he began to preach, and was ordained in 1783 pastor of the Baptist church … Continue reading “Baldwin, Thomas (2)”

Baldwin, Theron D.D. a Congregational minister, was born at Goshen, Conn., July 21, 1801. While a school-teacher, he was converted and united with the Church, and a year later, when he was twenty-one years old, he began preparation for college under the tuition of his pastor, Rev. Joseph Harvey, D.D. In a little more than … Continue reading “Baldwin, Theron D.D.”

Baldwin, Samuel Davies D.D. a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born in Worthington, O., Nov. 24, 1818. He graduated with high honor at Woodward College, Cincinnati, O.; experienced conversion while a student at college, and.in 1842 entered the Kentucky Conference. In 1848 he was transferred to the Tennessee Conference, and continued one … Continue reading “Baldwin, Samuel Davies D.D.”

Baldwin, Samuel a Congregational minister, was born in Sudbury, Mass., and graduated at Harvard College in 1752; was ordained at Hanover, Dec. 1, 1756, and died in 1784. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, i, 386. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Baldwin of Canterbury (died 1190 ) Archbishop , born probably near Exeter, England ; died Acre , Palestine. He was abbot of the Cistercian Abbey of Ford, in Devonshire. Consecrated Bishop of Worcester, he was elected Archbishop of Canterbury , 1180 . He preached the Third Crusade, and set out for the Holy Land, 1190 … Continue reading “Baldwin of Canterbury”

Baldwin, Moses a Presbyterian. minister, was a graduate of Princeton in 1757, and after graduating studied theology. He was admitted to a master’s degree at Dartmouth in 1791, and was licensed by Suffolk Presbytery. On June 17, 1761, he was ordained and settled over a Congregational Church in Palmer, Mass. He remained as pastor of … Continue reading “Baldwin, Moses”

Baldwin, John (1) a Methodist Episcopal minister, entered the itinerancy, according to Sprague’s Annals in 1782, and according to the General Minutes in 1784, and was appointed to Yadkin. His after-appointments were: 1785, Wilmington; 1786,’Guilford; 1787, New Hope; 1788, Salisbury; 1789, Holston; 1790, Contentnlw; 1791, Amelia; 1792, Brunswick; 1793, Sussex; in 1794 he was book-steward … Continue reading “Baldwin, John (2)”

Baldwin, Jeremiah a Free-will Baptist minister, was born in Strafford, Vt., in 1798, and while a child removed to Bethany, N. Y. His early life was one of hardship and self-denial. While keeping a public-house in Ellington, he was converted in 1832, and at once began to hold meetings and exhort others to become Christians. … Continue reading “Baldwin, Jeremiah”

Baldwin, George an English Wesleyan minister, was born at Cleobury-Mortimer, Shropshire, about 1763. He labored diligently and successfully as a local preacher In 1786 he was appointed to travel in Glamorganshire, and continued in the work for twenty-four years. He died at Burslem during the session of the Conference in London, July 30, 1810. He … Continue reading “Baldwin, George”

Baldwin, Francis (Also Baudoin). A celebrated jurist, b. 1 January, 1520 at Arras, then part of the German Empire; d. 24 October, 1573, at Paris. He was sent in his early youth to Louvain, where he studied jurisprudence with great success. At the end of his studies he came to the court of the Emperor … Continue reading “Baldwin, Francis”