Person:Archibald Edmonston (1)

Colonel Archibald Edmonston
b.Abt 1668
  1. Colonel Archibald EdmonstonAbt 1668 - Abt 1734
  • HColonel Archibald EdmonstonAbt 1668 - Abt 1734
  • WJane Beall1685 - 1745
  1. Mary Ann Edmonston1703 - 1758
  2. Eleanor EdmonstoneAbt 1707 -
  3. Captain James EdmonstoneAbt 1713 -
  4. Archibald Edmondston, JrAbt 1701 -
Facts and Events
Name Colonel Archibald Edmonston
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1668
Marriage to Jane Beall
Census[2] 1696 Prince George's County, Maryland
Military[3] Prince George's County, MarylandRevolutionary War - Colonel of the Prince George’s County militia
Death[1] Abt 1734 Prince George's County, Maryland
References
  1. Cotton, Jane Baldwin; F. Edward (Frederick Edward) Wright; and Annie W. B. (Annie Walker Burns) Bell. The Maryland calendar of wills. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1968).

    Name: Archibald Edmonston
    Will Date 13 Mar 1734
    Will Place: Prince George's, Maryland, British America
    Probate Date: 28 Jun 1734
    Death Year: Abt 1734

    Edmonston (Edmondson), Archibald,Prince George's Co.,13th Mch., 1734
    28th June, 1734. To sons James and Archibald, daus, Mary Beal, Ellenor Offutt, Ruth Orme, Martha Allen and granddau. Jane Allenn, personalty. To dau. Martha Allenn and hrs., dwelling plantation, “Dunkell,” at decease of wife Jane. To son-in-law Thomas Allenn and hrs., 200 A. out of “Dear Park” and “Bare Garden,” sd. tract to be e. n. e. of plantation where son Ninian formerly lived. To son Thomas and hrs., residue of afsd. tracts, also 200 A. “The Goar” on e. branch of Potomack and 60 A. “Addition to the Goar” and personalty, to be for himself at age of 17. Sd. son dying without issue his portion of “Dear Park” and “Bare Garden” to son Archibald, and two tracts last named to son James. To wife Jane and hrs., personalty, to divide the residue of personal estate with son Thomas, wife Jane to have charge of personalty bequesthed son Thomas until he arrives at age of 21. To Clement Hill and hrs., other half of “Cool Spring Level,” half of which has been conveyed by deed of gift to dau. Ellinor Offutt. Test: George Wells, Samuel White, William Beall, Elizabeth White. 21. 159.

    Original Source Name Land Office
    Original Source Location Annapolis, Maryland, USA
    Original Source Series Will books
    Original Source Book 21
    Original Source Page 159

  2. MD Early Census Index, in Jackson, Ron V. Maryland, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1772-1890
    p. 546.

    Name: Archibald Edmonston
    State: MD
    County: Prince George's County
    Township: Petitioners
    Year: 1696
    Page: 546
    Database: MD Early Census Index

  3. Edmonston Road Marker: Archibald Edmonston (c. 1663-1734), born in Scotland, immigrated to Maryland in 1683, and afterward married Jane Beall. He would later become Colonel of the Prince George’s County militia. In Maryland, the Edmonstons accumulated great wealth. James (1689-1753), the Edmonston’s eldest son, paid five shillings for 60 acres of land in 1742, which eventually became the town of Edmonston. Other large tracts of land owned by the family would later become part of what is now known as Berwyn Heights. Devout Presbyterians, the Edmonston family attended two churches, one in Beltsville, the other in Seat Pleasant. The road they traveled was later named Edmonston Road in their honor. Edmonston Road is one of the oldest streets in Prince George’s County. Today, it runs from north to south through many communities, including Berwyn Heights. Source: Berwyn Heights Historical Committee (https://berwynheightshistory.com/historic-markers/edmonston-road/)