- Emily Pitkin Perkins
Emily Pitkin (Perkins) Baldwin, (
1 January ,1796 –29 January ,1874 ), was born inHartford, Connecticut to Enoch Perkins and Hannah Pitkin. On25 October ,1820 she marriedRoger Sherman Baldwin , who became the Connecticut, Governor in 1844 and US Senator in 1847. Emily and Roger had nine children.Children
# Edward Law Baldwin (
1 October ,1822 –6 July ,1848 )
# Elizabeth Wooster Baldwin (born8 August ,1824 date of death unknown)
# Roger Sherman Baldwin (4 July ,1826 –12 November ,1856 )
# Ebenezer Simeon Baldwin (4 March ,1828 –28 April ,1836 )
# Henrietta Perkins Baldwin (born3 April ,1830 date of death unknown)
# George William Baldwin (24 April ,1832 date of death unknown)
# Emily Frances Baldwin (13 December ,1834 –27 April ,1836 )
# Ebenezer Charles Baldwin (17 September ,1837 –10 December ,1937
#Simeon Eben Baldwin (5 February ,1840 –30 January ,1927 )Ancestry
Emily was an aunt by marriage of
Edward Everett Hale , and the mother of Connecticut GovernorSimeon Eben Baldwin .In 1786 her father, Enoch Perkins, began what has become the oldest law firm in continuous practice in the United States, now known asHoward, Kohn, Sprague & FitzGerald ; and his original law practice shingle is one of the firm's most prized heirlooms. In 1820 Enoch's son Thomas Clapp Perkins joined his father's law practice. Thomas Perkins married Mary Foote Beecher, daughter ofLyman Beecher and the sister of authorHarriet Beecher Stowe . In 1855 Thomas Clapp Perkins's son Charles expanded the firm's litigation practice and became widely recognized as one of the State Capital's finest trial lawyers.Charles Perkins also became a close friend and legal counselor to
Samuel Clemens , known to most by his pen nameMark Twain . In 1889 Charles Perkins' son Arthur continued the Perkins family stewardship of the firm until his death in 1932. Arthur Perkins also was a founding member of theAppalachian Trail Association and became known as the "Father of the Appalachian Trail," which spans from Georgia to Maine.Emily was also the niece of US Representative
Timothy Pitkin , the granddaughter of the Rev. Timothy Pitkin (Yale 1747), great-granddaughter Governor William Pitkin and the ReverendThomas Clap , who was the fifth President ofYale College ; and a descendant of Governors George Wyllys andJohn Haynes of Connecticut and GovernorThomas Dudley of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and Governor William Bradford of the Plymouth Colony.References
* [http://www.familysearch.org familysearch.org] Accessed September 4, 2007
* [http://www.cslib.org/gov/baldwinrs.htm Roger Sherman Baldwin - Connecticut State Library] Accessed September 4, 2007
* [http://www.cslib.org/gov/baldwins.htm Simeon Eben Baldwin - Connecticut State Library] Accessed September 4, 2007External links
* [http://www.cslib.org/memorials/perkinst.htm Thomas Clapp Perkins - Connecticut State Library]
* [http://www.cslib.org/westernreserve.htm Research Guide to Connecticut's "Western Lands" or "Western Reserve"]
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