Person:John Edgecomb (6)

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EDGECOMB, JOHN, New London 1670, m. 9 Feb. 1673, Sarah, d. of Edward Stallion, the rec. calls him "s. of Nicholas E. of Plymouth, old Eng." had Margaret, b. 1674; John, 14 Nov. 1675; Sarah, 29 July 1678; Joanna, 3 Mar. 1680; Nicholas; Samuel, 1690; and Thomas; d. Apr. 1721, at gr. age. NICHOLAS, Scarborough 1640, took o. of submis. to Mass. 13 July 1658; but as I find his subscript. by a mark, he was not, prob. (as Farmer thot.) of the fam. of Sir Richard E. of Mount Edgcombe in Devon. Yet he may have been a depend. of that ho. He rem. a. 1660 to Saco. In Southgate, p. 25, we learn that his d. Mary m. George Page of Saco; and next, John Ashton of Scarborough; and that his other d. Joanna m. a Pynchon of Boston. Christopher, John, Michael, and Robert, soldiers at Blackpoint, Scarborough, 1676, were, we may well imagine, his s. John was one of the selectmen of Saco 1676; Robert m. Rachel, d. of James Gibbins of Saco, and there d. 1730, aged 74.