Benjamin Coolidge

Deacon Benjamin Coolidge

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Benjamin Coolidge, son of Thomas Coolidge and Clarissa Baldwin, was born in Hallowell, Kennebec County, Maine in 1813; married with MARY WHITE MANNING, daughter of Jonas & Mary Manning on October 1, 1844 in Woburn, Massachusetts. She was born 1810 in Woburn. Both were teachers. They resided in 1870 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He died August 25, 1871 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He changed vocations and took up the job of civil engineering.

Benjamin Coolidge and his brother, Thomas Brewster Coolidge [1815-1895], were the two sons of Thomas Brewster Coolidge, Sr. [1785-1858]. The two brothers were employed as engineers at the Essex Company, a water power company largely responsible for the development of Lawrence as a manufacturing city.

Child: Baldwin Coolidge (7/7/1845 Woburn; m. Lucy A.Plummer)

• Benjamin is listed as 'teacher' on the birth record for son Baldwin on 7/7/1845.
• 1844 marriage certif: Benjimin Coolidge, s/o Thomas B. Collidge & Clarisa Coolidge, aged 32, teacher, married on 10/1/1844 in Woburn, Mass. w Mary W. Manning, aged 34, teacher, d/o Jonas & Mary Manning.
• 1870 census: Benjamin Coolidge (57, b Maine) and wife Mary W.M. Coolidge (60, b Mass); in Lawrence, Mass with son Baldwin Coolidge (24, b Mass) his wife Lucy Coolidge (25, b Mass) and their daughter Caroline O. Collidge (9, b Maine). Also there is Benjamin's brother Thomas B. Coolidge (55, b Maine). Benjamin and his brother Thomas are civil engineers, as is his son Baldwin.
• 1871 Death Certif: Benjamin Collidge, married, civil engineer, s/o Thom & Clarissa; born Hallowell, Maine; died 8/25/1871 Lawrence, Massachusetts.
• The Baldwin Genealogy from 1500-1881 (1881)

Author: Baldwin, C.C. (Charles Candee), 1834-1895
Subject: Baldwin Family
Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio [Leader printing company]
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