Will of "John Edwards sen'r Living in Ipswich ... being Ill of body", dated 1 Apr 1706, proved 6 Jan 1706/7, mentions wife [name not specified]; executor to collect £30 from son John that was reserved when homestead settled on him; son John, and daughters Mary Wait & Lucy Kembal hath received their portions already; son Samuel Edwards a double portion of what is left; 20 shillings to executor; rest of estate to be divided between daughters Elizabeth burch Hannah Wardwell and Francis Whipple equally; son in Law Caleb Kembal to be executor. 18 Nov 1706: Inventory of the essteat of Jn'o Edwerds Sen'r of Ipswich Leat deceased: by Nathaniell Lord, Robert Lord; personal: £53-14-2; cash: £30-0-0; debts: £11-1-2.
EDWARDS JOHN, Ipswich, m. 24 Nov. 1658, Mary Sams, had John, b. 22 Jan. 1660; Mary, 15 Oct. 1661; Elizabeth and Lucy, tw. 28 Feb. 1667; William, 27 Mar. 1669; Samuel, 1 June 1671; Francis, 29 Dec. 1678; Hannah, 7 July 1681; and Frances, 30 Sept. 1682; was freem. 1690.
Source:Hammatt, Abraham. Early Inhabitants of Ipswich, Mass. : Part One, p. 95, gives John a second wife named Margaret and assigns the last three children to her. However, this appears to be fallout from his erroneous thinking that the son John had died, and so confusing the son's wife as the father's second wife. No record is known of that indicates the father had a wife named Margaret, however it must also be pointed out that the father does not give the name of his wife in the will nor is she named in the birth records.
