Person:John Edwards (60)
John Edwards
b.Est 1600
d.Bef 27 Dec 1664 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)
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m. Bef 1623
  1. Thomas EdwardsCal 1623 - 1683
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  • H.  John EdwardsEst 1600 - Bef 1664
  • W.  Dorothy MoultonEst 1618 - Aft 1679/80
m. Bef 1638
  1. Corporal John EdwardsAbt 1638 - 1675
  2. Hester EdwardsAbt 1641 -
  3. Ruth EdwardsAbt 1643 - 1714
  4. Hannah EdwardsAbt 1645 - Bef 1699
  5. Joseph EdwardsAbt 1648 - 1681
  6. Lydia EdwardsAbt 1650 - 1683
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] John Edwards
Gender Male
Birth[2] Est 1600
Marriage Bef 1623 Based on estimated date of birth of only known child (Thomas).
to Unknown (26484)
Marriage Bef 1638 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)Based on calculated date of birth of eldest known child (John).
to Dorothy Moulton
Emigration[1] 1638
Residence[1] 1638 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death? Bef 27 Dec 1664 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)Before date of inventory.
Estate Inventory? 27 Dec 1664 £400-01-00. Taken by John Chester, William Gutteridg (Goodrich), Samuell Hall, John Deminge.
Probate? 2 Mar 1664/65 Inventory exhibited. Distribution ordered.
Probate? 9 May 1665 Administration to [son] John and Dorothy Edwards, the widow.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 John Edwards, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Directory. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jun 2015)
    103.

    "Edwards, John: [Origin] Unknown; [Emigration] 1638; [Resided] Watertown, Wethersfield [SChR 16; MLR 2:356; CCCR 1:55; WetLR 1:148; NEHGR 145:317-41, 149:41-45; 150:215-16; TAG 71:235-41; Bond 204, 756]."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harris, Gale Ion. John Edwards of Wethersfield, Connecticut. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (1991)
    145:317-22.

    "1. John1 Edwards, born near the year 1600, presuming that he was in his mid-20s when his eldest child, Thomas, was born about 1623, died at Wethersfield on 27 December 1664 (Stiles, Wethersfield, 1:367; 2:314)."

  3.   Edwards, John, Wethersfield, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:193.

    "Probate Records. Vol. III, 1663 to 1677. Page 39.

    Edwards, John, Wethersfield. Invt. £400-01-00. Taken 27 December, 1664, by John Chester, William Gutteridg (Goodrich), Samuell Hall, John Deminge. The Legatees: Thomas, eldest son; John, 26 years of age, Esther 23, Ruth 21, Hanna 19, Joseph 16, Lydia [__] years old.

    Court Record, Page 28—2 March, 1664-5: Invt. Exhibited. Dist. Ordered: To the widow £96, to Thomas £30, to John £30, to Joseph £28, to Ruth, Hester and Lydia each £25, to Hanna because of her Impotency £30.

    Page 30—9 May, 1665: Adms. to John & Dorothy Edwards, the widow."

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