Betsey Edson1

b. 18 November 1774, d. 28 August 1845
Family
Birth*18 November 1774Betsey Edson was born on 18 November 1774 in Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.1 
Marriage*29 July 1792She married Barzillia Snow, son of Daniel Snow and Abigail Fobes, on 29 July 1792 in Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.1 
Death*28 August 1845She died on 28 August 1845 in Lunenburg, Essex County, Vermont, at age 70.1 

Family

 Barzillia Snow b. 15 May 1765, d. 31 Jan 1846
Child 1.Daniel Snow1 b. 8 Jul 1805, d. 6 May 1891

Citations

  1. [S416] The Alden Kindred Database, online at www.alden.org. The Alden Organization states that "the Alden Kindred Database is incomplete. It is not yet a complete listing of all Alden descendants; nor of all members of the Kindred. It contains information taken from various sources including Alden Kindred lineage papers, Mayflower Five Generations Project research, published genealogies, and other databases, not all of which has been fully documented." Nevertheless, some information obtained from the Alden Kindred Database has been included in this collection with the knowledge that, even if not accurate, may provide valuable clues. Information provided, unless additional proof has been offered, has not yet been verified and cannot be guaranteed. Hereinafter cited as Alden Kindred Database.

Ebenezer Edson1

b. 7 December 1727
Family
Father*Samuel Edson2 b. 14 Jan 1689/90, d. 1771
Mother*Mary ______2 d. 1770
Birth*7 December 1727Ebenezer Edson was born on 7 December 1727 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).2 
Marriage*14 March 1748He married first Jane Griffin on 14 March 1748 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).2,3 
Marriage*27 April 1758He married second, as her second husband, widow Hannah ______ on 27 April 1758 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,3 

Family 1

 Jane Griffin

Family 2

 Hannah ______

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Leach, pages 239-244. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Edson, pages 153-160.
  3. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Volume II, Marriages, page 122. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.

Elizabeth Edson1

Family
Father*Deacon Samuel Edson1 b. 1611/12, d. 1692
Mother*Susanna Orcutt1 b. 1617/18, d. 1699

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Edson, pages 153-160. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.

Elizabeth Edson1

b. 19 August 1684, d. 19 June 1716
Family
Father*Samuel Edson1 d. 10 Apr 1719
Mother*Susanna Byram1 b. c 1648/49, d. 12 Mar 1741/42
Birth*19 August 1684Elizabeth Edson was born on 19 August 1684 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts (Plymouth Colony).1,2 
Marriage*24 May 1705She married Samuel Packard, son of Ensign Samuel Packard and Elizabeth Lathrop, on 24 May 1705 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).3,1,4 
Death*19 June 1716She died on 19 June 1716 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England), at age 31.3,5 

Family

 Samuel Packard d. 1716
Child 1.Bethia Packard+1,3

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Edson, pages 153-160. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Births, Volume I, page 101. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
  3. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Packard, pages 264-276.
  4. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Marriages, Volume II, page 282.
  5. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Deaths, Volume II, page 533.

Huldah Edson1

b. 3 May 1713, d. 14 July 1800
Family
Relationship4th cousin of John Bolton
Father*Captain Josiah Edson1 b. 1682, d. 16 Jan 1762
Mother*Sarah Packard1 b. 19 Aug 1682
Birth*3 May 1713Huldah Edson was born on 3 May 1713 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,2 
Marriage*14 November 1738She married Hezekiah Hayward, son of Benjamin Hayward and Sarah Aldrich, on 14 November 1738 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).3,1,4 
(Wife) Death22 April 1790Huldah became a widow when Hezekiah Hayward died on 22 April 1790.3,5 
Death*14 July 1800She died on 14 July 1800 in Bridgewater at age 873,5 
Burial* and was buried in the Old Burying Ground, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.5 

Family

 Hezekiah Hayward b. 15 Nov 1707, d. 22 Apr 1790
Children 1.Hezekiah Hayward3 b. 2 Aug 1739, d. 25 Jan 1740
 2.Elijah Hayward3 b. 7 Jun 1741
 3.Huldah Hayward+3 b. 12 Jan 1744, d. 28 Dec 1834
 4.Hezekiah Hayward3 b. 26 May 1746
 5.Ziba Hayward3 b. 9 Jul 1749
 6.Edward Hayward3 b. 14 May 1753

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Edson, pages 153-160. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Births, Volume I, page 102. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
  3. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Hayward, pages 181-190.
  4. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Marriages, Volume II, page 171.
  5. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Deaths, Volume II, page 485 referencing G.R.7: citing a gravestone record at the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater.

Jesse Edson 2nd1

Family
Marriage Intention30 July 1768An intention of marriage for Jesse Edson 2nd and Susanna Hayward was recorded on 30 July 1768 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).2 
Marriage*1768He married Susanna Hayward, daughter of Thomas Hayward 3rd and Elizabeth Gannett, in 1768 in Bridgewater.1 

Family

 Susanna Hayward b. Mar 1747

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Hayward, pages 181-190. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Marriages, Volume II, page 176. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.

Joseph Edson1

d. before 1712
Family
Father*Deacon Samuel Edson1 b. 1611/12, d. 1692
Mother*Susanna Orcutt1 b. 1617/18, d. 1699
Marriage*He married first Experience ______.1 
Marriage*2 November 1686He married second Mary ______ on 2 November 1686 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Plymouth Colony).1,2 
Death*before 1712He died before 1712 when his estate was settled.1 

Family 1

 Experience ______
Children 1.Joseph Edson1 d. 26 Aug 1768
 2.Captain Josiah Edson+1 b. 1682, d. 16 Jan 1762
 3.Benjamin Edson1
 4.Samuel Edson+1 b. 28 Aug 1687, d. 7 Jan 1749/50

Family 2

 Mary ______

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Edson, pages 153-160. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Marriages, Volume 2, page 124. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.

Joseph Edson1

d. 26 August 1768
Family
Father*Joseph Edson1 d. b 1712
Mother*Experience ______1
Marriage*7 June 1704He married Lydia Cary, daughter of Francis Cary and Hannah Brett, on 7 June 1704 in Bridgewater.2,1,3 
(Appraiser) Inventory12 April 1722The Inventory of the estate of John Bolton, late of Bridgewater, was appraised and completed by Joseph Edson, Nathaniel Brett and John Field on 12 April 1722. They appeared before Josiah Edson Esq., Justice of the Peace, on 7 May and made an oath to its accuracy according to their best judgment. Administrators John Bolton Jr. and Sarah (Chesebrough) Bolton appeared before Judge Isaac Winslow to approve the submitted inventory, making their oath that it was a true and perfect inventory as far as it came to their knowledge and when more should appear, they would give it to the Judge, and the document was filed with the court on 7 May 1722.

The value of his housing and about 53 acres of land being part of two 50 acre lots was appraised at £340; 4 oxen, 3 cows, 1 heifer, 1 mare and 5 swine were valued at £43, 18s; his farming tools at £13, 1s, 6p, 1 feather bed, bedstead and covering at £7, 5s, wooden vessels and lumber at £4, 7s, Indian Corn at £4, household furniture at £2, iron vessels and utensils about the fire at £2, 10s, a warming iron, glass and earthen vessels at 16s, pewter platters and plates at £1, 18s, a bag of cotton wool, cards and table linen at £1, 6s, 2 pounds of woolen yarn and 1 meal bag at 8s, books appraised at £2, 3s, and his wearing apparel at £4, 11s, 6p.4,5 
(Lands Committee) Estate and Land5 April 1723A special committee of five good and sufficient freeholders, Josiah Edson Esq., Nathaniel Hayward, Joseph Edson, Nathaniel Brett and John Field, was appointed by Judge Isaac Winslow to determine the fair distribution of real estate that John Bolton died seized of in the County of Plymouth. Their task was completed on 5 April 1723 and included setting off the widow Sarah (Chesebrough) Bolton's Dower or Thirds of housing or lands, and also setting off an equitable portion or share of land for each of the deceased's children, John Bolton Jr., Samuel Bolton, Sarah (Bolton) Leonard, Elizabeth Bolton, Nicholas Bolton, Mary Bolton, Elisha Bolton, Joseph Bolton, Nathaniel Bolton, and Abigail Bolton.5,4 
(Lands Committee) Estate and Land25 September 1730He served on a special committee of five freeholders, including Joseph Alden, Joseph Edson, Eleazer Carver, Daniel Hudson and Jonathan Sprague, who were appointed by Judge Isaac Winslow on 15 June 1730 to inventory the land of the deceased, Mary Bolton, a single woman, late of Bridgewater, and to determine, in their best judgment, an equitable division of her real estate, which they estimated to be 6 acres. Their recommendation was submitted to the court on 10 August 1730, approved on 21 August 1730, and the lands were distributed in ten equal shares or lots on 25 September 1730 to Mary's mother, Sarah (Chesebrough) Bolton, and siblings, John Bolton, Samuel Bolton, Sarah (Bolton) Leonard, Elizabeth (Bolton) May, Nicholas Bolton, Elisha Bolton, Joseph Bolton, Nathaniel Bolton, and Abigail Bolton.6,7 
(Husband) Death27 January 1762Joseph became a widower when Lydia (Cary) Edson died on 27 January 1762.1,8 
Death*26 August 1768He died on 26 August 1768 in Bridgewater.1,8 

Family

 Lydia Cary d. 27 Jan 1762

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Edson, pages 153-160. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Marriages, Volume 2, page 124. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
  3. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Cary, pages 130-134.
  4. [S624] Probate records, 1686-1903; with index and docket, 1685-1967, Massachusetts Probate Court (Plymouth County), microfilm of originals at Plymouth, Massachusetts on 157 microfilm reels filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1968. Includes Index. LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, FHL Film# 549782, Index and Docket Abe-Bur 1685-1881, Case number 2216; FHL Film# 550705, Index to probates 1686-1820; FHL Film# 550510, Probates 1717-1724, Volume 4, pages 322-324; FHL Film# 550511, Probates 1724-1731, Volume 5, pages 643-649. Hereinafter cited as Plymouth County Massachusetts Probate (Index) 1686-1903.
  5. [S1124] John Bolton, Probate (1723 Bridgewater, Plymouth County) Case number 2216, Box 107049 on FHL Film# 2426726. Probate file papers 1686-1881, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; microfilm of records at Supreme Judicial Court, Boston, on 246 microfilm reels. LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Probate of John Bolton (1723 Bridgewater).
  6. [S1127] Mary Bolton, Probate (1730 Bridgewater, Plymouth County) Case number 2220, Box 107049 on FHL Film# 2426726. Probate file papers 1686-1881, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; microfilm of records at Supreme Judicial Court, Boston, on 246 microfilm reels. LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Probate of Mary Bolton (1730 Bridgewater).
  7. [S624] Plymouth County Massachusetts Probate (Index) 1686-1903, FHL Film# 549782, Index and Docket Abe-Bur 1685-1881, Case number 2220; FHL Film# 550705, Index to probates 1686-1820; FHL Film# 550511, Probates 1724-1731, Volume 5, pages 704-705, 780-786 and 789-790.
  8. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Deaths, Volume 2, page 464.

Captain Josiah Edson1

b. 1682, d. 16 January 1762
Family
Father*Joseph Edson2 d. b 1712
Mother*Experience ______2
Birth*1682Captain Josiah Edson was born in 1682.2 
(Nephew) Land Records22 December 1702Josiah, who later became known as Captain Josiah Edson, would have been only about 20 years of age when a man identified as Captain Josiah Edson served on a committee chosen by the Purchasers of Bridgewater to resolve the bounds between the houses of John Bolton in Bridgewater and his neighbor Israel Alger. It is believed more likely that Josiah's uncle Josiah Edson Esq. served on the committee and that "Captain" was either an honorary title or an error. On 22 December 1702 the committee, consisting of Josiah Edson, Samuel Allen Sr. and Edward Fobes, measured the land by the box rule measure and set up bounds between the neighbors. At the northeasterly end was a black oak marked on four sides, and about in the middle of the length, a stake and stones, and at the southwesterly end, near the river, a stake and stones. Israel Alger had already cleared about one acre of swamp woods that was going to fall within John Bolton's land, so the committee agreed that Israel Alger should have the grass on it for four years more from the above date.3 
Marriage*27 July 1704He married Sarah Packard, daughter of Zacheus Packard and Sarah Howard, on 27 July 1704 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,4 
(Lands Committee) Land Records2 July 1720Josiah Edson, William Brett and Josiah Snell served on the Purchasers Committee for the township of Bridgewater on 2 July 1720 when they recorded their settlement of the bounds between John Bolton Jr. and his neighbor John Willis in the town's Purchasers Book.5 
(Witness to Deed) Land Records22 February 1730/31Josiah Edson and Sarah Edson witnessed the signatures of Sarah (Bolton) Leonard and her husband William Leonard, Elizabeth (Bolton) May and her husband Michael May, Joseph Bolton and Nicholas Bolton, all of Bridgewater, on 22 February 1730/31 when they sold to Jonathan Washburn of Bridgewater the land they had, a few months earlier, received as heirs in the distribution of their deceased sister Mary Bolton's estate. The deed was recorded in Plymouth County on 18 May 1761.6 
Death*16 January 1762He died on 16 January 1762 in Bridgewater at age 80.7,8 

Family

 Sarah Packard b. 19 Aug 1682
Children 1.Sarah Edson+2 b. 12 Feb 1704/5, d. 3 Mar 1732
 2.Colonel Josiah Edson2 b. 24 Jan 1708/9
 3.Huldah Edson+2 b. 3 May 1713, d. 14 Jul 1800

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Packard, pages 264-276. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Edson, pages 153-160.
  3. [S1154] Purchasers Books of Bridgewater (Massachusetts), earliest original records, Bridgewater Public Library Historical Room, 15 South Street, Bridgewater, Book 1, page 283.
  4. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Marriages, Volume II, page 124. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
  5. [S1154] Purchasers Books of Bridgewater (Massachusetts), earliest original records Bridgewater Public Library Historical Room, Book 1, page 282.
  6. [S625] Deed records, 1664-1900, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, microfilm of original manuscript on 462 microfilm reels. Includes Grantor and Grantee indexes: FHL Film# 559116, Book 46, pages 261-262, filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Deed records, 1664-1900, Plymouth County.
  7. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Deaths, Volume 2, page 464.
  8. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Edson, pages 153-160, his year of death stated as 1763.

Colonel Josiah Edson1

b. 24 January 1708/9
Family
Relationship4th cousin of John Bolton
Father*Captain Josiah Edson1 b. 1682, d. 16 Jan 1762
Mother*Sarah Packard1 b. 19 Aug 1682
Birth*24 January 1708/9Colonel Josiah Edson was born on 24 January 1708/9 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).2,3 
Marriage*13 September 1737He married Ruth Bailey of Scituate, daughter of Joseph Bailey and Jershua Pierce, on 13 September 1737 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).4,1,5 

Family

 Ruth Bailey b. 4 Dec 1709

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Edson, pages 153-160. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Edson, pages 153-160, with date of birth stated as 24 Jan 1709.
  3. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Births, Volume I, page 103. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
  4. [S856] Samuel Deane, History of Scituate, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1831, downloaded from Google Books at www.google.com. (Boston, Massachusetts: James Loring, 1831), John Bailey, pages 213-215. Hereinafter cited as History of Scituate, Massachusetts to 1831.
  5. [S853] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. Volume 1. Births and Volume 2. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town Record Fund, 1909), Volume II, Marriages, page 17, her surname spelled "Baily". Hereinafter cited as Scituate Vital Records to 1850.

Josiah Edson Esq.1

b. 1651, d. 4 October 1734
Family
Father*Deacon Samuel Edson1 b. 1611/12, d. 1692
Mother*Susanna Orcutt1 b. 1617/18, d. 1699
Birth*1651Josiah Edson was born in 1651, as calculated from his age at death in 1734.1 
Marriage*He married Elizabeth Hayward, daughter of Nathaniel Hayward and Hannah Willis.1 
(Lands Committee) Land Records22 December 1702Josiah was identified as Captain Josiah Edson when he served on a committee chosen by the Purchasers of Bridgewater to resolve the bounds between the houses of John Bolton in Bridgewater and his neighbor Israel Alger. Josiah's nephew, who would have been only about 20 years old, was later known as Captain Josiah Edson. It is believed more likely that the uncle Josiah Edson served on the committee and that "Captain" was either an honorary title or an error. On 22 December 1702 the committee, consisting of Josiah Edson, Samuel Allen Sr. and Edward Fobes, measured the land by the box rule measure and set up bounds between the neighbors. At the northeasterly end was a black oak marked on four sides, and about in the middle of the length, a stake and stones, and at the southwesterly end, near the river, a stake and stones. Israel Alger had already cleared about one acre of swamp woods that was going to fall within John Bolton's land, so the committee agreed that Israel Alger should have the grass on it for four years more from the above date.2 
(Justice) Inventory12 April 1722The Inventory of the estate of John Bolton, late of Bridgewater, was appraised and completed by Joseph Edson, Nathaniel Brett and John Field on 12 April 1722. They appeared before Josiah Edson Esq., Justice of the Peace, on 7 May and made an oath to its accuracy according to their best judgment. Administrators John Bolton Jr. and Sarah (Chesebrough) Bolton appeared before Judge Isaac Winslow to approve the submitted inventory, making their oath that it was a true and perfect inventory as far as it came to their knowledge and when more should appear, they would give it to the Judge, and the document was filed with the court on 7 May 1722.

The value of his housing and about 53 acres of land being part of two 50 acre lots was appraised at £340; 4 oxen, 3 cows, 1 heifer, 1 mare and 5 swine were valued at £43, 18s; his farming tools at £13, 1s, 6p, 1 feather bed, bedstead and covering at £7, 5s, wooden vessels and lumber at £4, 7s, Indian Corn at £4, household furniture at £2, iron vessels and utensils about the fire at £2, 10s, a warming iron, glass and earthen vessels at 16s, pewter platters and plates at £1, 18s, a bag of cotton wool, cards and table linen at £1, 6s, 2 pounds of woolen yarn and 1 meal bag at 8s, books appraised at £2, 3s, and his wearing apparel at £4, 11s, 6p.3,4 
(Lands Committee) Estate and Land5 April 1723A special committee of five good and sufficient freeholders, Josiah Edson Esq., Nathaniel Hayward, Joseph Edson, Nathaniel Brett and John Field, was appointed by Judge Isaac Winslow to determine the fair distribution of real estate that John Bolton died seized of in the County of Plymouth. Their task was completed on 5 April 1723 and included setting off the widow Sarah (Chesebrough) Bolton's Dower or Thirds of housing or lands, and also setting off an equitable portion or share of land for each of the deceased's children, John Bolton Jr., Samuel Bolton, Sarah (Bolton) Leonard, Elizabeth Bolton, Nicholas Bolton, Mary Bolton, Elisha Bolton, Joseph Bolton, Nathaniel Bolton, and Abigail Bolton.4,3 
(Justice) Land Transfer1 May 1734Thomas Willis and Susanna Willis witnessed the signature of Nathaniel Bolton, husbandman, of Bridgewater, Plymouth County on 1 May 1734 in his sale of land in Stoughton, Suffolk County, to David Leach, husbandman, of Kingston, Plymouth County. Josiah Edson Esq., Justice of the Peace, verified that Nathaniel Bolton had personally appeared before him and acknowledged the instrument to be his act and deed on 20 August 1734, and the document was recorded in Suffolk County on 23 August 1734 by Samuel Gerrish, Registrar.5 
Death*4 October 1734He died on 4 October 1734 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England), in his 84th year.1,6 

Family

 Elizabeth Hayward b. 1650, d. 1734

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Edson, pages 153-160. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S1154] Purchasers Books of Bridgewater (Massachusetts), earliest original records, Bridgewater Public Library Historical Room, 15 South Street, Bridgewater, Book 1, page 283.
  3. [S624] Probate records, 1686-1903; with index and docket, 1685-1967, Massachusetts Probate Court (Plymouth County), microfilm of originals at Plymouth, Massachusetts on 157 microfilm reels filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1968. Includes Index. LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, FHL Film# 549782, Index and Docket Abe-Bur 1685-1881, Case number 2216; FHL Film# 550705, Index to probates 1686-1820; FHL Film# 550510, Probates 1717-1724, Volume 4, pages 322-324; FHL Film# 550511, Probates 1724-1731, Volume 5, pages 643-649. Hereinafter cited as Plymouth County Massachusetts Probate (Index) 1686-1903.
  4. [S1124] John Bolton, Probate (1723 Bridgewater, Plymouth County) Case number 2216, Box 107049 on FHL Film# 2426726. Probate file papers 1686-1881, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; microfilm of records at Supreme Judicial Court, Boston, on 246 microfilm reels. LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Probate of John Bolton (1723 Bridgewater).
  5. [S633] Records of deeds, 1639-1885; indexes to deeds, 1639-1920 (Suffolk County, Massachusetts). Microfilm of original records in the Registry of Deeds, Boston, Massachusetts on 1128 microfilm reels. Includes indexes to grantors, 1639-1920; indexes to grantees, 1639-1920; and indexes to persons other than grantors and grantees, 1639-1799: Film# 493951, Volume 49 dated 1734, pages 17-L, 17-R and 18-L, filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Records of deeds 1639-1885, Suffolk County.
  6. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Deaths, Volume II, page 466. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.

Mary Edson1

Family
Father*Deacon Samuel Edson1 b. 1611/12, d. 1692
Mother*Susanna Orcutt1 b. 1617/18, d. 1699
Marriage*1676She married Nicholas Byram, son of Nicholas Byram and Susanna Shaw, in 1676 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts (Plymouth Colony).2 

Family

 Captain Nicholas Byram
Children 1.Mary Byram+2 b. 1690
 2.Nicholas Byram2 b. 1711

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Edson, pages 153-160. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Byram, pages 127-130.

Nathaniel Edson1

b. 5 May 1728
Family
Relationship3rd cousin 1 time removed of John Bolton
Father*Samuel Edson1 b. 28 Aug 1687, d. 7 Jan 1749/50
Mother*Mehitabel Brett1 b. 12 Aug 1692, d. 20 Feb 1736
Birth*5 May 1728Nathaniel Edson was born on 5 May 1728 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,2 

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Edson, pages 153-160. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Births, Volume I, page 105. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.

Robert Edson1,2

Family
Marriage*6 June 1782He married Molly Hayward, daughter of Josiah Hayward and Mary Dunham, on 6 June 1782 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Continental Congress).1,2 

Family

 Molly Hayward

Citations

  1. [S612] Paul Dillon Hayward, Thomas Hayward of Bridgewater (Denver, Colorado: P.D. Hayward, 1985), Author stated in his Preface that this book is his third compilation on the Haywards and that most of the data he obtained from previously published sources. He warned that there are undoubtedly many errors, some of which may invalidate entire sections, page 2. Hereinafter cited as Thomas Hayward of Bridgewater.
  2. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Hayward, pages 181-190. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.

Samuel Edson1

d. 10 April 1719
Family
Father*Deacon Samuel Edson2 b. 1611/12, d. 1692
Mother*Susanna Orcutt2 b. 1617/18, d. 1699
Marriage*He married Susanna Byram, daughter of Nicholas Byram and Susanna Shaw.3 
Death*10 April 1719He died on 10 April 1719 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).2,4 

Family

 Susanna Byram b. c 1648/49, d. 12 Mar 1741/42
Children 1.Susanna Edson+1 b. 15 Jan 1678/79
 2.Elizabeth Edson+2 b. 19 Aug 1684, d. 19 Jun 1716
 3.Samuel Edson+2 b. 14 Jan 1689/90, d. 1771

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Hayward, pages 181-190. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Edson, pages 153-160.
  3. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Births, Volume I, page 107; Susanna Edson was the daughter of Samuel and Susanna. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
  4. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Deaths, Volume II, page 465.

Samuel Edson1

b. 28 August 1687, d. 7 January 1749/50
Family
Father*Joseph Edson1 d. b 1712
Mother*Experience ______1
Birth*28 August 1687Samuel Edson was born on 28 August 1687 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Plymouth Colony).1,2 
Marriage*30 March 1721He married Mehitabel Brett, daughter of Nathaniel Brett and Sarah Hayward, on 30 March 1721 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,3,4 
Residence*They lived at East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).5 
(Husband) Death20 February 1736Samuel became a widower when Mehitabel (Brett) Edson died on 20 February 1736.1,6 
Marriage*1 March 1737/38He married second Mehitabel Hayward, daughter of Joseph Hayward and Mehitabel Dunham, on 1 March 1737/38 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,5,7 
Death*7 January 1749/50He died on 7 January 1749/50 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England), at age 62.8,9 

Family 1

 Mehitabel Brett b. 12 Aug 1692, d. 20 Feb 1736
Children 1.Samuel Edson1 b. 2 Feb 1721/22, d. 25 Feb 1801
 2.Nathaniel Edson1 b. 5 May 1728

Family 2

 Mehitabel Hayward b. 17 May 1701, d. 28 Feb 1776

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Edson, pages 153-160. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Births, Volume I, page 106. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
  3. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Marriages, Volume II, page 126.
  4. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Brett, pages 120-123.
  5. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Hayward, pages 181-190.
  6. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Deaths, Volume II, page 465.
  7. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Marriages, Volume II, page 174.
  8. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Edson, pages 153-160, with year of death noted as 1750.
  9. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Deaths, Volume II, page 465, with date of death recorded as Jan. 7, 1749.

Samuel Edson1

b. 2 February 1721/22, d. 25 February 1801
Family
Relationship3rd cousin 1 time removed of John Bolton
Father*Samuel Edson1 b. 28 Aug 1687, d. 7 Jan 1749/50
Mother*Mehitabel Brett1 b. 12 Aug 1692, d. 20 Feb 1736
Birth*2 February 1721/22Samuel Edson was born on 2 February 1721/22 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,2 
Death*25 February 1801He died a bachelor on 25 February 1801 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, at age 79. His gravestone marker, however, said he died in his 87th year.3,4 

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Edson, pages 153-160. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Births, Volume I, page 106. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
  3. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Edson, pages 153-160, with year of death noted as 1800.
  4. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Deaths, Volume II, page 465, referencing G.R.10 and citing a gravestone record from Trinity Church Graveyard, "in his 87th year" with his date of death recorded as Feb. 25, 1801.

Samuel Edson1

b. 14 January 1689/90, d. 1771
Family
Father*Samuel Edson1 d. 10 Apr 1719
Mother*Susanna Byram1 b. c 1648/49, d. 12 Mar 1741/42
Birth*14 January 1689/90Samuel Edson was born on 14 January 1689/90 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Plymouth Colony).1,2 
Marriage*He married Mary ______.1 
(Purchase Right Grantee) Land Grant29 May 1751When ten acres of land within the eight mile grant of the township of Bridgewater, and joining to his other land at Robbins Pond, was laid out to John Bolton on 29 May 1751, the land was laid out upon the purchase right of Samuel Edson from the ten acre grant made on 17 April 1749.3 
(Husband) Death1770Samuel became a widower when Mary Edson died in 1770.1 
Death*1771He died in 1771.1 

Family

 Mary ______ d. 1770
Children 1.Susanna Edson+1 b. 14 Dec 1708
 2.Ebenezer Edson1 b. 7 Dec 1727

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Edson, pages 153-160. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Births, Volume I, page 106. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
  3. [S1154] Purchasers Books of Bridgewater (Massachusetts), earliest original records, Bridgewater Public Library Historical Room, 15 South Street, Bridgewater, Book 2, pages 215-216.

Deacon Samuel Edson1

b. 1611/12, d. 1692
Family
Birth*1611/12Samuel Edson was born in 1611/12.1 
Marriage*He married Susanna Orcutt, daughter of William Ochar.1 
(Added Proprietor) Land Grant1656Samuel Edson was one of two men added later to the initial list of fifty-four original proprietors for the development of the town that would become Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts (Plymouth Colony). The original list of men, most if not all from Duxbury, included John Willis, Solomon Leonard, Francis West, John Ames, John Howard, Thomas Hayward, Philip Delano, George Soule, Moses Simmons, John Alden, Christopher Wadsworth and James Lindall and was approved in 1645. When the town of Bridgewater was actually incorporated in 1656 the two new proprietors had been added and there were a total of fifty-six. Of these proprietors, only eighteen, about one-third, actually relocated and became residents of the new plantation. Samuel Edson was probably granted his later proprietor's share in exchange for building the first mill in the town. He had come to Bridgewater from Salem, in Essex County.

The area known as the Bridgewaters was originally inhabited by Wampanoag who called it Saughtuchquett (Satucket). In 1642 when the township of Marshfield was separated from Duxbury and became its own distinct entity, Duxbury petitioned the court for additional land “to the westward” in compensation.

The General Court granted their petition in 1645 and six trustees, Captain Myles Standish, John Alden, George Soule, Constant Southworth, John Rogers, and William Brett were appointed to divide the land. The action by the General Court was primarily an authority to purchase land, and Captain Standish, Samuel Nash, and Constant Southworth were appointed to make the purchase. The deed was signed on 23 Mar 1649.

The Bridgewater lands were divided among the inhabitants “by an agreement among themselves”. Unfortunately, there is no record to tell us how the town proceeded to agree to their division, or how, by whom, or when it was determined what residence or other circumstance should entitle anyone to a share. To view the complete list of Bridgewater's Original Proprietors, click on the PDF icon; the photo icons lead to four early maps of the Bridgewater settlement.2,3,4,5,6
Relationship Note*Deacon Samuel Edson was Thomas Snell's uncle.7 
Death*1692He died in 1692 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 

Family

 Susanna Orcutt b. 1617/18, d. 1699
Children 1.Samuel Edson+1 d. 10 Apr 1719
 2.Joseph Edson+1 d. b 1712
 3.Josiah Edson Esq.1 b. 1651, d. 4 Oct 1734
 4.Susanna Edson+1
 5.Elizabeth Edson1
 6.Mary Edson+1
 7.Sarah Edson1
 8.Bethiah Edson1

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Edson, pages 153-160. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  3. [S913] Author unidentified, A map identifying the lands of the Original Proprietors of the Bridgewater Settlement, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, c1645-1656, Old Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts: (Hand drawn, not published, creation date unidentified). Hereinafter cited as Bridgewater Original Proprietors Map, c1645-1656.
  4. [S888] Author unidentified (although probably a descendant of David Perkins), A map of Old Bridgewater identifying the lands of the Perkins Family and their neighbors, 1680-1730, Old Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts: (Hand drawn, not published, creation date unidentified), size: 17.995 x 15.555 inches. Hereinafter cited as A map of Old Bridgewater, 1680-1730.
  5. [S889] Author unidentified, A map of the Second Precinct of Bridgewater incorporated June 1, 1716 and called the South Parish, indicating the early highways and paths and the dwelling places of the settlers, at the date of incorporation of the Precinct and before the Census of 1746, Second Precinct, South Parish, Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts: (Hand drawn, not published, creation date unidentified), size: 22.48 x 17.51 inches. Hereinafter cited as A map of the Second Precinct of Bridgewater, 1716-1746.
  6. [S890] Author unidentified, A map of the East Parish of Bridgewater founded from Old Bridgewater December 14, 1723, the Meeting House raised March 14, 1720 and officially incorporated in 1823; the map also includes West Bridgewater, first settled in 1651 from Old Bridgewater and officially incorporated in 1822. The dwelling houses of some of the landowners are identified, c1723, East & West Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts: (Hand drawn, not published, creation date unidentified), size: 22.215 x 17.12 inches. Hereinafter cited as A map of the East and West Parishes of Bridgewater, c1730.
  7. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Snell, pages 295-300.

Sarah Edson1

Family
Father*Deacon Samuel Edson1 b. 1611/12, d. 1692
Mother*Susanna Orcutt1 b. 1617/18, d. 1699

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Edson, pages 153-160. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.

Sarah Edson1

b. 12 February 1704/5, d. 3 March 1732
Family
Relationship4th cousin of John Bolton
Father*Captain Josiah Edson1 b. 1682, d. 16 Jan 1762
Mother*Sarah Packard1 b. 19 Aug 1682
Birth*12 February 1704/5Sarah Edson was born on 12 February 1704/5 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,2 
Name VariationShe was called Sary.3 
Marriage*2 February 1731She married Elisha Pierce of Scituate, son of Benjamin Pierce and Martha Adams, on 2 February 1731 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,4,5 
Death*3 March 1732She died on 3 March 1732 in Scituate at age 273 
Burial* and was buried in Groveland Cemetery, North Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).3 

Family

 Elisha Pierce b. 24 Nov 1699, d. 15 Jul 1770
Child 1.Sarah Pierce+4 b. 3 Mar 1732

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Edson, pages 153-160. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Births, Volume I, page 106. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
  3. [S853] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. Volume 1. Births and Volume 2. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town Record Fund, 1909), Volume II, Deaths, page 433 referencing G.R.2: citing a gravestone record, Groveland Cemetery, North Scituate. Hereinafter cited as Scituate Vital Records to 1850.
  4. [S470] Collected by Harvey Cushman Pierce, Seven Pierce Families, a record of births, deaths and marriages of the first seven generations of Pierces in America, including a record of the descendants of Abial Peirce to the present (Strasburg, Virginia and Washington DC: originally printed by Shenandoah Publishing House and reprinted by Higginson Book Company, 1936), Section 4, The Descendants of Michael Pierce of Scituate, Massachusetts, pages 145-214. Hereinafter cited as Seven Pierce Families.
  5. [S853] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Scituate Vital Records to 1850, Volume II, Marriages, page 236.

Susanna Edson1

b. 15 January 1678/79
Family
Father*Samuel Edson1 d. 10 Apr 1719
Mother*Susanna Byram2 b. c 1648/49, d. 12 Mar 1741/42
Birth*15 January 1678/79Susanna Edson was born on 15 January 1678/79 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts (Plymouth Colony).3,1 
Marriage*She married John Hayward, son of John Hayward and Sarah Mitchell.1 
(Wife) Death14 April 1705Susanna became a widow when John Hayward died on 14 April 1705.1,4 
Marriage*17 December 1706She married second Elihu Brett Jr., son of Elihu Brett Esq. and Ann ______, on 17 December 1706 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,5,6 

Family 1

 John Hayward b. 20 Apr 1667, d. 14 Apr 1705
Children 1.Susanna Hayward1 b. 13 Sep 1699
 2.Sarah Hayward1 b. 7 Aug 1703

Family 2

 Elihu Brett Jr.

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Hayward, pages 181-190. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Births, Volume I, page 107; Susanna Edson was the daughter of Samuel and Susanna. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
  3. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Births, Volume I, page 107.
  4. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Deaths, Volume II, page 486.
  5. [S612] Paul Dillon Hayward, Thomas Hayward of Bridgewater (Denver, Colorado: P.D. Hayward, 1985), Author stated in his Preface that this book is his third compilation on the Haywards and that most of the data he obtained from previously published sources. He warned that there are undoubtedly many errors, some of which may invalidate entire sections, page 1, although he identified a different Susanna Hayward who has not been found to have existed. Hereinafter cited as Thomas Hayward of Bridgewater.
  6. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Marriages, Volume II, page 60.

Susanna Edson1

Family
Father*Deacon Samuel Edson1 b. 1611/12, d. 1692
Mother*Susanna Orcutt1 b. 1617/18, d. 1699
Marriage*She married Reverend James Keith.2 

Family

 Reverend James Keith
Children 1.James Keith2
 2.Joseph Keith+2
 3.Mary Keith+2 d. 1760
 4.Samuel Keith+2
 5.Timothy Keith2
 6.Josiah Keith+2
 7.Margaret Keith2
 8.Susanna Keith2
 9.John Keith+2 b. c 1688, d. 11 Jun 1761

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Edson, pages 153-160. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Keith, pages 214-224.

Susanna Edson1

b. 14 December 1708
Family
Father*Samuel Edson1 b. 14 Jan 1689/90, d. 1771
Mother*Mary ______1 d. 1770
Birth*14 December 1708Susanna Edson was born on 14 December 1708 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,2 
Marriage*17 June 1736She married Samuel Hayward, son of Samuel Hayward and Elizabeth Barbour, on 17 June 1736 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).3,4,5 
Residence*Susanna and Samuel Hayward moved to Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).6 
Death*She died in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).6 

Family

 Samuel Hayward b. 29 May 1706
Children 1.Samuel Hayward6
 2.Abigail Hayward6
 3.Daughter Hayward6
 4.Betty Hayward6

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Edson, pages 153-160. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Births, Volume I, page 107, her father identified as Samuel Edson 3rd. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
  3. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Hayward, pages 181-190, indicated certainty that he married Susanna Edson, daughter of Samuel Edson.
  4. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Edson, pages 153-160, but indicated she "perhaps" married Samuel Hayward.
  5. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Marriages, Volume II, pages 126 and 175.
  6. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Hayward, pages 181-190.

Alonzo Eli Edwards1

b. 27 April 1834, d. 20 March 1900
Family
Father*Eli Edwards2,3,1 b. 1 Jun 1791, d. 15 Apr 1862
Mother*Catherine Longstreet2,3,1 b. 12 Jun 1792, d. 15 Mar 1863
Birth*27 April 1834Alonzo Eli Edwards was born on 27 April 1834 in Ellington, Chautauqua County, New York.1,2,3 
Marriage*1 July 1856He married Lillis C. Frost, daughter of George H. Frost and Zerviah M. Sherman, on 1 July 1856.4,1 
Death*20 March 1900He died on 20 March 1900 in Forestville, Chautauqua County, at age 655,2,3 
Burial* and was buried in Plot# 115 in Cherry Creek Central Cemetery, Cherry Creek, Chautauqua County.1 

Family

 Lillis C. Frost b. 4 Jan 1838, d. 5 Sep 1922

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Alonzo Eli Edwards, Memorial# 7919878. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Eli Edwards, Memorial# 5949995.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Catherine (Longstreet) Edwards, Memorial# 5950089.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Lillis C. (Frost) Edwards, Memorial# 7919915.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Alonzo Eli Edwards, 7919878.

Ann Edwards1

d. 6 June 1732
Family
Marriage*18 September 1661She married, as his second wife, Daniel Pond, son of Robert Pond and Mary ______, on 18 September 1661 in Dedham.1,2 
(Wife) Death4 February 1697/98Ann became a widow when Lieutenant Daniel Pond died on 4 February 1697/98.1,3 
Death*6 June 1732She died on 6 June 1732 at age 92.1 

Family

 Daniel Pond d. 4 Feb 1697/98
Children 1.Robert Pond+1 b. 8 Aug 1667
 2.Jabez Pond+1 b. 6 Mar 1677, d. 6 Nov 1749

Citations

  1. [S1293] Edward Doubleday Harris, A Genealogical Record of Daniel Pond, and his descendants, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: William Parsons Lunt, 1873), Daniel Pond, pages 9-11. Hereinafter cited as Daniel Pond and his descendants.
  2. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 127. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  3. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 28.

Benjamin Heaton Edwards1

b. 28 July 1857, d. 24 June 1909
Family
Relationship6th great-grandson of Robert Heaton
ChartsDescendants of Robert Heaton of Yorkshire, The Immigrant
Father*Lathan Edwards1,3 b. 8 Apr 1820, d. 16 Jan 1866
Mother*Celia Jane Heaton1,2 b. 23 Aug 1830, d. 11 Nov 1904
Birth*28 July 1857Benjamin Heaton Edwards was born on 28 July 1857 in Taylor County, Iowa.4 
Marriage*25 December 1882He married first Annie Genophia Findley, daughter of William Henry Findley and Elizabeth Thompson, by license dated 25 December 1882 at the Court House, Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa. Their names, as they appeared on their license, were B.H. Edwards and G.A. "Finley."5,1 
(Husband) Death15 March 1887Benjamin became a widower when Annie Genophia (Findley) Edwards died on 15 March 1887 at age 25.5 
Marriage*1888He married second Haidee Belle Risher, daughter of Louis Risher and Sarah E. McKinley, in 1888 in Prescott, Adams County, Iowa.6,1 
Death*24 June 1909He died on 24 June 1909 in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, at age 511 
Burial* and was buried in Section 76 of Topeka Cemetery, Topeka.1 

Family 1

 Annie Genophia Findley b. 2 Feb 1862, d. 15 Mar 1887

Family 2

 Haidee Belle Risher b. 1868, d. 1941

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Benjamin Heaton Edwards, Memorial# 14296569. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Celia Jane (Heaton) Edwards, Memorial# 5951132.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Lathan Edwards, Memorial# 5951085.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Benjamin Heaton Edwards, Memorial# 14296569, reporting that, although his gravestone noted his year of birth as 1861, the Bible record of his parents reported his date of birth as 28 July 1857 and that the census of 1860 agrees with the earlier date of birth.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Annie Genophia (Findley) Edwards, Memorial# 44062032.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Haidee Belle (Risher) Edwards Warren, Memorial# 14296575.

David Edwards1

Family
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Marriage*15 November 1849He married Mahala Elam, daughter of John Elam and Phebe Heaton, on 15 November 1849.1 

Family

 Mahala Elam b. 13 May 1831, d. 15 Dec 1874

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 5, pages 167-168. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.

Deborah Edwards1,2

b. 29 March 1823, d. 5 October 1824
Family
Father*Eli Edwards1,2 b. 1 Jun 1791, d. 15 Apr 1862
Mother*Catherine Longstreet1,2 b. 12 Jun 1792, d. 15 Mar 1863
Birth*29 March 1823Deborah Edwards was born on 29 March 1823 in Ellington, Chautauqua County, New York,3,1,2 
Death*5 October 1824 and died on 5 October 1824 in Ellington at the age of 1 year, 6 months and 6 days.3,1,2 
Burial*She was buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Ellington.3 

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Eli Edwards, Memorial# 5949995. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Catherine (Longstreet) Edwards, Memorial# 5950089.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Deborah Edwards, Memorial# 100698602.

Eleazer Edwards1

Deed Memorial*27 October 1749A memorial of a lease dated 27 October 1749 whereby Eleazer Edwards the younger of London, merchant, did devise unto Samuel Gerrard of Gibbstown in the county of Meath in the Kingdom of Ireland all those two several parcels of land commonly called and known by the name of Tankardstown, containing on the east part 219 acres Irish measure, little more or less, and on the west part 186 acres Irish measure, little more or less, and all those two several parcels of land called Castlemartin land, containing on the east part 92 acres Irish measure, little more or less, and on the west part 90 acres, little more or less, and all that parcel of land called Great Addanstown containing 7 and 20 acres Irish measure, little more or less, and all that parcel of land called Betaghstown containing 142 acres Irish measure, little more or less. Which said several parcels of land do contain in the whole and together, by estimation, 756 acres Irish plantation measure or 1,225 English statue measure or thereabouts, according to a survey formerly taken thereof by Alexander Stewart by order and appointment of the Fraternity of Drapers of the city of London. All which said lands are situate, lying and being in the baronies of Kells and Navan in the county of east Meath in the Kingdom of Ireland. And all messuages, tenement houses, edifices, buildings, barns, stables, cottages and all other erections whatsoever now standing and being in and upon and of right belonging to the said premises or any part thereof, together with all mills, wares, fishings, fowlings, waters, water courses, and all other profits, commodities, advantages and appurtenances whatsoever to the said premises hereby devised, belonging or in any wise appertaining.

To hold from the first day of May before the date thereof for 46 years at the yearly rent of £260 without any deduction except for land tax.

In which lease is contained a covenant for executing a lease or grant of the premises to the said Samuel Gerrard, his executors, administrators or assigns, in case the said Eleazer Edwards, his executors or administrators shall, during the continuance of that lease, purchase, obtain or take a further grant or lease from The Master and Wardens and Brethren and Sisters of the Fraternity of Drapers, their successors or assigns, for all such further term, estate or interest so to be purchased or obtained one year only excepted at the same rent and covenants as are in said lease contained.

The lease was witnessed by Samuel Purlement of the city of Bath, gentleman, and Bartholomew Hall of Clongill, Meath, and the memorial was witnessed by the said Bartholomew Hall and Michael Argent of the city of Dublin, gentleman. Samuel's brother Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan signed and sealed the memorial in the presence of Bartholomew Hall and Michael Argent, and the within named Bartholomew Hall gave his oath that he saw the lease of which the within is a memorial executed by the party thereto and saw the within memorial signed and sealed by Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, brother and sole executor of the within named Samuel Gerrard, deceased. The memorial was registered on 26 May 1750.1 

Citations

  1. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1750; Film# 560264, Volume 139, pages 446-447, Deed Number 94944, images 426-547. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.