Of The New Haven Company and Ship Martin

In my previous post I referred to the "New Haven Company", whose members included Sylvester and Sarah. If I am correct in my conclusions and assumptions, then this should be a reference not to a company, or corporate business entity, but a colony, a company of people, and much is known historically of the ultimately failed New Haven Colony. This attempted colony based its legal system on the Plymouth colony, but later merged with the Connecticut Colony, and history goes from there. One of the thirteen original colonies, and all of that.


Here is the flag of New Haven Colony:

Of my 10th G.Grandfather, Sylvester Baldwin (1598 - 1638) and Sarah Bryant (1606 - 1669)

My 10th great-grandfather was named Sylvester Baldwin. He was born in Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England, either about 1595 or 1598. I have run into two different dates, for reasons unknown. (Like some things in the blog, this is a fact which requires further research). The Baldwin Genealogy by Charles Candee Baldwin lists this Sylvester as first being mentioned, in documentation, in the will of his uncle Richard, and it is from this source (the book, not the will) that I have gathered much of the information on him.

The Book (I'm just going to call it "The Book" from here on) lets us know a few more details. His uncle Richard, in his will, named Sylvester as "executor and residuary legatee", which apparently was a big deal, since this Richard's next heir was a "prosperous lawyer". Wonder what was going on there, eh?

Suspicious!