Person:Andrew Edwards (16)

Andrew Edwards
b.Abt 1727
  1. William EdwardsAbt 1725 - 1784
  2. Andrew EdwardsAbt 1727 - Bef 1775
  1. Andrew Edwards1753 - Abt 1820
Facts and Events
Name Andrew Edwards
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1727
Marriage to Elizabeth Edwards
Death? Bef 27 Feb 1775 Cumberland, Virginia, United States

MYTH BUSTED: 01. This Andrew Edwards DID NOT marry Elizabeth Waugh or Elizabeth (Cave) Withers ! The will of the Andrew Edwards who first married Elizabeth Waugh in 1751 & 2nd married Elizabeth (Cave) Withers in 1758 Stafford County, VA. is dated 11 April 1786 and was probated on the 14 Sept. 1788 in Stafford Co., VA. His will references son Andrew Neale Monkister Edwards, daughter Margaret, daughter Montjoy, son Travers, and daughter Sarah.

The will of the Andrew Edwards in this profile was signed 7 April 1774 and probated in Cumberland Co., VA. court on 27 Feb 1775. The Andrew Edwards in Stafford Co., VA is a different Andrew Edwards than the one who died in Cumberland Co., VA. living concurrently.

02. Multiple Ancestry DNA tests by descendants of Andrew Edwards 1752-1819 show he is genetically related to descendants of William and Grizzle (Coleman) Edwards son William Edwards who married Grizzel Ghee, all of Cumberland Co., VA. However the will of Andrew Edwards 1727-1775 shows Andrew Edwards was his son. William Edwards 1722-1784 sold 200 acres of land on Grooms Quarter Creek in Cumberland Co., VA. for 5 shillings in 1765, 1/2 of the same land that William Edwards 1722-1784 had in 1764 paid 40 shillings for 400 acres as part of a Virginia Land Grant. A 27 August 1759 Cumberland Co., VA Order Book, a 22 June 1765 Cumberland Co., VA land indenture, and a 20 April 1771 Cumberland Co., VA. land indenture circumstantially suggest William Edwards 1721-1784 and Andrew Edwards 1727-1775 were brothers.

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Several Ancestry / Rootsweb trees state this Andrew Edwards married Elizabeth Christian abt. 1750 Goochland Co., VA. Need documentation / sources!

23 October 1752 Cumberland Co., VA land indenture for Peter Holland references Andrew Edwards as one of the adjacent property owners.

28 May 1754 - This Andrew Edwards was on a Cumberland Co. VA. jury in the trial of Thomas Williams against William Hudgens, Sern.

24 Nov 1755 - Cumberland Co., VA. land indenture between Andrew Edwards and Thomas Holland.

1759 Cumberland Co., VA. Tithe list - Andrew Edwards

27 August 1759 Order Book 1756 – 1762, p. 107 - Andrew Edwards and William Edwards appeared in discharge of the recognizance entered by Andrew before Thomas Davenport, Gentleman, and on hearing the complaint agt. them and John Hamontree making oath and requiring security of the Peace agt. them, ordered Andrew and William be committed to the custody of the sherif until they shall give security (Fretwell 81)

24 September 1759 Order Book 1756 – 1762, p. 119, - Andrew Edwards, Plaintif against John Hamontree, Defendant. } In Case, Dismis'd, the parties having agreed (Fretwell 85).

26 August 1760 Order Book 1756 – 1762, p. 254, On the motion of John Hamontree, a Witness for Martin Richardson against Thomas Broom, It is ordered that Martin pay him fifty pounds of tobacco for two days attendance (Fretwell 125). Other witnesses for Martin Richardson granted similar motions were Adcock Hobson, Samuel Atkinson and Isaac Beacham. Witnesses for Thomas Broom granted similar motions were Andrew Edwards, William Edwards, Elizabeth Palmer and George Palmer.

9 March 1763 Cumberland Co., VA land indenture wherein Andrew Edwards and wife Elizabeth sold 200 acres of land to Joseph Call. For 150 pounds of current Virginia money

22 June 1765 Cumberland Co., VA land indenture between William Edwards and Andrew Edwards for the sum of 5 shillings has bargained and sold a tract of land on Grooms Quarter Creek containing 200 acres. Said lands adjoin lands owned by William Edwards, moiety of 400 acres granted to the said William Edwards by Patent bearing the date XV th day of August MDCCLXIIII.

25 August 1766, Charles Holland to Thomas Holland, 229 acres on south branches of Willis River, on Soak arse, bounded on the east by Nicholas Spears, the north by William Daniels, the west by Abraham Boyle & William Routon, and the south by William Hix. Land being part of land Thomas Holland conveyed to Andrew Edwards and by the sd Edward to Charles Holland. [Cumberland County, Virginia Deed Book 4, p. 92-93]

20 April 1771 Cumberland Co., VA land indenture between William Edwards and Andrew Edwards for and in consideration of one bay mare and a colt and four head of cattle to him delivered by Andrew Edwards doth bargain and sell one tract of land on Grooms Quarter Creek 100 acres of the 400 acres granted to William Edwards bearing the patent date 15 August 1764, adjoining the 200 acres previously purchased by Andrew Edwards

27 February 1775 Cumberland Co., VA will of Andrew Edwards [Cumberland Co, VA. WB 2, pp. 167-168] - Will references married children as William Edwards, Catherine Walker and Elizabeth Walker and minor children as Andrew Edwards, daughters Moutry & Patty Edwards, and son Archibald Edwards. (See transcription of will at Source #1)

References
  1.   Biographical sketch for Andrew Edwards 1727-1775 and his wife Elizabeth.