BALDWIN, John, a Representative (to US Congress) from Connecticut; born in Mansfield, Conn., April 5, 1772; attended the common schools; was graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1797; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1800 and  commenced practice in Windham, Conn.; probate judge of Windham County 1816-1824; elected to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1829); affiliated with the Whig Party after its formation; resumed the  practice of law; died in Windham, Windham County, Conn., March 27, 1850; interment in Windham Cemetery.
 
(From ancestry.com) Bibliography: Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949: The Continental Congress September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788 and The Congress of the United States. From the First to the Eightieth Congress March 4, 1789 to January 3, 1949, Inclusive, Pg 808. Washington, DC:United States Government Printing Office, 1950
John Baldwin's Baldwin lineage is:
 
1   Henry Baldwin 1630 - 1698
..  +Phebe Richardson 1632 - 1716
........... 2   Benjamin Baldwin 1673 - 1759
...............  +Hannah Knowlton 1679 -
........................ 3   Daniel Baldwin I 1705 -
............................  +Hannah Partridge 1712 - 1742
...................................... 4   Ebenezer Baldwin 1734 - 1832
..........................................  +Ruth Swift 1743 -
................................................... 5   John Baldwin1772 - 1850

"The Thirty-first senatorial district, which consists of Saline and Ottawa counties, is represented by Rufus E. Baldwin, of Ada, Ottawa county.  He was born at Dover, Windham county, Vermont, and is now sixty years of age.

He received a good common-school and academic education, and engaged in teaching.  In 1870 he removed to Kansas from Iowa, and, settling upon a farm, has followed agricultural pursuits since that time.  Mr. Baldwin is married, and has one son and two daughters.  In religion he is not connected with any denomination, and politically he was a Republican until he joined the Greenback party upon its organization.  He then went into the Union Labor party, and upon the birth of the People's party was one of its earliest members.  In 1892 his party nominated him for the Senate, and his candidacy was endorsed by the Democratic Central Committee of Saline county.  He was elected by a plurality of 376 over the Republican candidate and a majority of 326 over all."
 

HANDBOOK OF THE KANSAS LEGISLATURE, 1895. Topeka, Kansas. Geo W. Crane and Co., 1894.(page 47)
Rufus Ebenezer's line is:
 
1   Henry Baldwin 1630 - 1698
..  +Phebe Richardson 1632 - 1716
........... 2   Benjamin Baldwin 1673 - 1759
...............  +Hannah Knowlton 1679 -
........................ 3   Daniel Baldwin I 1705 -
............................  +Hannah Partridge 1712 - 1742
...................................... 4   Daniel Baldwin II 1731 - 1816
..........................................  +Anna "Hannah" Knight 1735 - 1809
................................................... 5   Elijah Baldwin 1756 - 1841
...................................................  *2nd Wife of Elijah Baldwin:
.......................................................  +Polly 'Patty' Richardson 1768 - 1812
................................................................ 6   Ezra Baldwin 1805 - 1892
................................................................  *2nd Wife of Ezra Baldwin:
....................................................................  +Lydia Eaton 1810 - 1872
....................................................................... 7   Rufus Ebenezer Baldwin 1834 - 1903

The Baldwin line of descent for President George W. Bush follows. This is a maternal line. Thus we descendants of the Kansas Pioneer Henry Gilbert Baldwin are cousins, via our common Baldwin ancestor, to George W. Bush through his mother. We are related to his father, also a President of the United States, in various other ways, but not through Henry Baldwin of Woburn.

Baldwin Line of Descent of George Walker Bush

Direct Descendants of Henry Baldwin

 1   Henry Baldwin 1630 - 1698
....  +Phebe Richardson 1632 - 1716
... 2   Susanna Baldwin 1652 - 1694
.........  +Israel Walker 1648 - 1719
........ 3   Phebe Walker 1676 - 1742
..............  +Joseph Reed 1675 - 1741
............. 4   Phebe Reed 1700 - 1776
...................  +James Pierce 1690 - 1773
.................. 5   Joshua Pierce 1722 - 1771
........................  +Esther Richardson 1727 -
........................ 6   James Pierce 1768 - 1849
..............................  +Mary Polly Stacy 1774 - 1847
............................. 7   James Pierce 1810 - 1874
...................................  +Chloe Holbrook 1816 - 1886
.................................. 8   Jonas James Pierce 1839 - 1913
........................................  +Kate Pritzel 1841 - 1931
....................................... 9   Scott Pierce 1866 - 1920
.............................................  +Mabel Marvin 1869 - 1920
............................................ 10   Marvin Pierce 1893 - 1969
..................................................  +Pauline Robinson 1896 - 1949
.................................................. 11   Barbara Pierce 1925 -
........................................................  +George Herbert Walker Bush 1924 - < President
....................................................... 12   George Walker Bush 1946 - < President
.............................................................  +Laura Lane Welch 1946 -
 

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Oliver Prescott is not the Baldwin here, his wife, Lydia Baldwin is. His descendants will be of Baldwin blood.

"PRESCOTT, OLIVER, soldier, jurist, was born April 27, 1731, in Groton, Mass. In 1778 he was appointed third major-general of militia in Massachusetts, and in 1781 he became second major-general, but soon afterward he resigned. From 1779 till his death he was judge of probate for Middlesex county. He died Nov. 17, 1804, in Groton, Mass."
 

Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century, Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography. page 760
An interesting Revolutionary War story involving General Prescott:
 
"Butler's "History of Groton," in Massachusetts, states that, "After the departure of Col. Prescott's regiment of 'minute-men,' Mrs. David Wright of Pepperell, Mrs. Job Shattuck of Groton, and the neighboring women, collected at what is now Jewett's Bridge, over the Nashua, between Pepperell and Groton, clothed in their absent husbands' apparel, and armed with muskets, pitchforks, and such other weapons as they could find; and, having elected Mrs. Wright their commander, resolutely determined that no foe to freedom, foreign or domestic, should pass that bridge. For rumors were rife, that the regulars were approaching; and frightful stories of slaughter flew rapidly from place to place, and from house to house. Soon there appeared one on horseback, supposed to be treasonably engaged in conveying intelligence to the enemy. By the implicit command of Sergeant Wright, he was immediately arrested, unhorsed, searched, and the treasonable correspondence found concealed in his boots. He was detained prisoner, and sent to Oliver Prescott, Esq., of Groton, and his despatches were sent to the Committee of Safety."
Daughters of America; or Women of the Century, Chapter II: Women of the Revolution, page 56
The lineage of  Lucy Baldwin, wife of General Oliver Prescott, is:
 
1   Henry Baldwin 1630 - 1698
..  +Phebe Richardson 1632 - 1716
........... 2   Henry Baldwin, Jr. 1664 - 1739
...............  +Abigail Fiske 1674 - 1771
........................ 3   David Baldwin 1696 - 1770
............................  +Abigail Jemison 1702 - 1767
...................................... 4   Lydia Baldwin 1735 -
..........................................  +Oliver Prescott, General 1731 - 1804

Kansas Legislators - Past and Present lists all Congressmen and women who have served in the Kansas Legislature.

I haven't found this fellow in our genealogy. I think he is of a different line. But, thought I'd at least give him recognition on this page: Abraham Baldwin - involved in our Constitutional Convention.

The Baldwin Page has a page dedicated to, and with small sketches of, famous Baldwins. Other than Loammi Baldwin II, I haven't been able to place any others as descendants of Henry of Woburn. Can you?

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