Captain Thomas J. Edwards, son of major Nathan and Sarah (Main) Edwards, and grandfather of Lafayette Edwards, was born in the year 1801, and died in 1889. He made his home at Canonchet, R. I., where he settled about 1820, and engaged in the manufacture of spools and bobbins. Like his father he was a prominent member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church and was one of the congregation at Rockville. He was also active in military affairs and was captain of the State Militia. He and his wife were the parents of the following children: James R., of whom further; Harriet, who became the wife of Caleb Burdick and removed to Pennsylvania; Asa M., who went to Pennsylvania where his death occurred in 1903; Lydia A., who became the wife of Benjamin B. Kenyon, of Palmer, Mass.; Sarah, who became the wife of Hazard R. Gates; Mary E., who became the wife of William H. Burdick, of Ashaway; Phebe, who married George Amos Langworthy, also a resident of Ashaway; Thomas R., Nathan P., and Catherine, who became the wife of Henry C. Lanphear, of Westerly.
