BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



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brother John, who died in Phihvdelphia 

 in 1085, came from Edijmont, in Shrop- 

 shire, Enjrliind, which was, donhtless, 

 the triuisiithintic residence of Joseph, 

 and licnce the name of the township in 

 which he settled. 



Baldwin, Thomas, settled on the 

 southwest side of Chester creek above 

 Chester mills, about the year 1C97, but 

 afterwards removed to Chester, where 

 he died in IT.il. His children were 

 Thomas, Joseph, William, Anthony, 

 Mary, Martha and Elizabeth. 



Baldwin, John, was an early settler 

 in Aston township. In 1689 he was 

 married according to the usages of 

 Friends, to Katharine Turner, a widow. 

 Though in membership with Friends, 

 he does not appear to have taken much 

 interest in the Society. Their children 

 were two — Ruth and John, the latter of 

 whom was married to Hannah John- 

 son. The elder John was a brother of 

 Thomas and Francis Baldwin. By trade 

 was a blacksmith, and came to reside 

 in Chester in the latter part of his life, 

 where he died in 1732, leaving a consi- 

 derable property. Both his children 

 were then deceased. Francis Baldwin 

 was also a settler in the neighborhood 

 of Chester as early as 1686. 



Bauber, Robeut, was an early resi- 

 dent of the borough of Chester. He 

 was in membership with Friends, and 

 in 1690 married Hannah Ogden, also a 

 member. He appears to have carried on 

 the shoemaking business. Died in 1708. 



Ball, John, came from Derbyshire, 

 England, and settled in Darby, now 

 Upper Darby, in 16S9. It appears that 

 he had been married in England, as his 

 son Roger was married to Mary 

 Scothorn in 17u9. They were in unity 

 with Friends. 



Barnard, Isaac D., son of James 

 and Susanna Barnard, was born in 

 Aston township in 1791. His father 

 being elected sberitf the following year, 

 purchased a farm near the borough of 

 Chester, upon which he resided till 

 1800, when, having received the ap- 

 pointment of Register, Recorder, Pro- 

 thonotary and Clerk of the several 

 Courts of Delaware county, he removed 

 into the borough. Neither on the farm. 



nor while residing within the town of 

 Chester, had young Barnard any op- 

 portunity of obtaining more than an 

 ordinary common-school education. 

 At the early age of thirteen years he 

 was taken from school and employed in 

 the oHice of his father as a clerk, ia 

 which situation, by his obliging atten- 

 tion and aptness in the performance of 

 his duties, he soon gained the confidence 

 and respect of those whose business 

 caused them to visit the office. His 

 father died in 1806, but young Barnard 

 had become such an expert clerk, 

 and with all so much of a favorite in 

 the office, that Thomas B. Dick, who 

 succeeded his father, very wisely se- 

 cured a continuance of his services. 

 In 1809 he left Chester and entered the 

 office of F. Wolbert, Prothonotary of 

 Philadelphia, where he continued till 

 the spring of 1811, when he returned 

 to Chester and entered the office of 

 William Graham, Esq., as a student of 

 law. While still a student, and shortly 

 before he became of age, he obtained a 

 captain's commission in the regular 

 army ; and soon after war was declared 

 with Great Britain, in 1812, he was 

 emidoyed in the recruiting service, and 

 opened a rendezvous at West Chester. 

 Early in the spring of 1813 he pro- 

 ceeded, with his company, to Sacketfs 

 Harbor and joined the regiment of 

 General Winder — was present at the 

 capture of Fort George, in .May of that 

 year, and by his gallantry in that affair, 

 and the good discipline of his com- 

 mand, commended himself to the fa- 

 vorable notice of his superior officers. 

 He received the appointment of major 

 out of the regular order of promotion, 

 and in that capacity was with General 

 Izzard at Plattsburg, where his conduct 

 again received the approbation of his 

 commander. In the battle at Lyon's 

 creek his conduct in executing a gal- 

 lant charge elicited the special notice 

 of General Bissell. 



After the close of the war. Major 

 Barnard left the army, resumed bis 

 studies, was admitted to the bar in 

 1816, and commenced the practice of 

 the law at West Chester. He soon 

 received the appointment of Deputy At- 

 torney General, and in 1820 was elected 

 to the State Senate — the County of 

 Delaware giving him his whole ma- 

 jority. In 1826 he was appointed Se- 

 cretary of the Commonwealth under 



