Theophilus BALDWIN, b in Milford....settled in New Milford among the first settlers: m. there, 5 June, 1722, Jerusha Beecher; was admitted to New Milford ch. 19 June, 1727; d. 1 May 1745.....
In 1738 and '39, affairs looked ominous in the colony as to war with France and Spain; and in November 1738, Theophilus was made, by the Assembly, captain of the company or train band in New Milford; and from 1735 to 1741, he was a member of the Assembly, seven sessions, at three of which he met, as his fellow in the Assembly, his second cousin, Theophilus Baldwin of Stonington.