Family:Benjamin Edwards and Martha Gaines (1)

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Parents: Rice Edwards and Elnor Unknown
Sergt Benjamin Edwards
b. 1662 Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
d. 29 Sep 1723 Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Parents: John Gaines and Mary Treadwell
Martha Gaines
b. 17 Nov 1661 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
d. 20 Oct 1723 Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
m. 14 Jul 1681 Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Facts and Events
Marriage[1] 14 Jul 1681 Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Children
BirthDeath
1.
Esther Edwards
1681 Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
20 Aug 1766 Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
2.
John Edwards
1686 Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
25 Sep 1760 Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
3.
Benjamin Edwards
1690 Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
2 Oct 1774 Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
4.
Nathaniel Edwards
20 Oct 1695 Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
 
5.
Abraham Edwards
22 Oct 1699 Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
 
6.
Sarah Edwards
22 Oct 1699 Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Bef 1701
7.
Sarah Edwards
5 Oct 1701 Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
 
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All of Benjamin's children in Wenham are recorded as children of Benjamin and Mary. "John Gaines of Ipswich and his wife Mary (Treadwell) had daughters, Mary, b. 1660, and Martha, b. 1661. Benjamin may have married Mary Gaines as a second wife, though there is no proof that he did not marry some other Mary."S1

It is also possible, since only one marriage is recorded for Benjamin Edwards, that the name on the record is in error and that he married Mary Gaines to begin with. Because Wenham records are notoriously incomplete during this time period, the actual situation may never be clear.

References
  1. ↑ Mills, William Stowell, "The Edwards Family of Wenham prior to 1715, in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    Vol 56 p. 61, 1902.
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