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John Edwards |
| Father: | Mother: | |||
| John Edwards |
Jemima Wallingford | |||
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
| 4/14/1764 | Bradford MA | 1/2/1849 | Bristol NH |
Married:
| Name: | Marriage Date: | Marriage Location: | Father: | Mother: |
| Betsy Powers Holden (Mrs.) | 2/17/1785 | Hollis NH | ||
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
| 8/29/1767 | Pepperell MA | 7/11/1855 | Concord NH |
Child(ren):
| Name: | Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: |
| Betsy Edwards | 8/23/1786 | Pepperell MA | 11/30/1871 | Brooklyn NY |
| Hepzibah Powers Edwards | 5/23/1788 | Pepperell MA | 12/27/1865 | MN |
| Ruth Edwards | 5/10/1790 | Gilmanton NH | 11/20/1852 | Haverhill MA |
| John Edwards | 5/15/1792 | Gilmanton NH | 5/22/1824 | PA |
| James Edwards | 4/23/1794 | Gilmanton NH | 3/4/1817 | Gilmanton NH |
| David Edwards | 8/2/1796 | Gilmanton NH | 10/9/1883 | Newbury VT |
| Jemima Wallingford Edwards | 4/29/1799 | Gilmanton NH | 12/24/1842 | Bristol NH |
| Hannah Powers Edwards | 5/21/1801 | Gilmanton NH | 6/7/1893 | Haverhill MA |
| Samuel Edwards | 7/21/1803 | Gilmanton NH | 9/10/1805 | Gilmanton NH |
| Mary M Edwards | 3/28/1806 | Gilmanton NH | 1893 | Salem OR |
| Pierpoint Edwards | 9/1/1808 | Gilmanton NH | 9/20/1814 | Gilmanton NH |
| Melinda Edwards | 11/21/1809 | Gilmanton NH | 2/10/1875 | Concord NH |
| Sarah Wallingford Edwards | 3/1/1812 | Gilmanton NH | 1/24/1902 | Haverhill MA |
Comments:
Family located:
Pepperell MA, Hollis NH, Gilmanton NH, until 1830 when they moved to
"Boardman Farm," High St., Bristol NH.
Occupation:
Farmer
A deed dated Sept. 4, 1789, recorded in the public records of Strafford County at Dover, N. H., shows that John Edwards, Jr., of Hollis, N. H., purchased from his father, for thirty pounds, ten shillings, thirty seven acres of land in Gilmantown, "part of lot No. ten in the ninth range of the hundred acre lots in said town." This adjoined land which Jonathan, his brother, bought of his father. I this deed the father reserved for himself "two acres at the southwesterly corner of said piece of Land I lately sold to Jonathan Edwards." which reservation he made "for the pine timber on said two acres of Land or any other use I see fit to put it to."
The public
records of Belmont, N. H. (original records of Gilmantown, N. H.) give
the following interesting data:-
On the
Selectmen's inventory for 1819 John Edwards was taxed:- 1 poll, 1/3
acre orchard, 2 1/2 acres tillage, 8 acres mowing, 12 acres pasture,
106 acres land with 83 acres unimproved, 3 horses, 2 oxen, 4 cows, 1
two-year old, $50.00 buildings. His highway tax was $9.50, school tax
$3.71, town tax $4.75, state tax $1.61, county tax $0.48.
In the records for 1820 there is a statement that his lot was divided as follows:- "To John Edwards 81 acres, to David Edwards 26 acres.
As John Edwards
spent the last years of his life with his daughter, Melinda (page 32),
it is probable that she had possession of the two articles bearing the
Edwards coat of arms.
In the letter to
Col. A. M. Edwards referred to on page 8, David Edwards wrote,-"My
father had two articles which this John Edwards brought from Wales,
that bore the Edwards coat of arms. He likewise had a hammer which had
been handed down generation to generation. I have the hammer; a sister
of mine had the others."
In a letter
written to Jeremiah W. Bennett (page 28) at about the same date, he
wrote,- "These articles were in the possession of my sister, Melinda."
Other Info:
| Census: |
The 1790 census for Gilmanton (Strafford County) NH shows that John Edwards' household consisted of one male over 16 and 4 females including his wife.
1810 Gilmanton (Strafford) NH
John Edwards
3 females under 10
2 males 10-16
1 male 3 females 16-26
1 female 26-45
1 male 1 female 45 and over
1830 Gilmanton (Strafford) NH
John Edwards
1 female 15-20
1 female 20-30
1 male 1 female 60-70
1840 Bristol (Grafton) NH
1 male 10-15
1 female 30-40
1 male, 1 female 70-80
1850 Concord (Merrimack) NH
J S Blodgett
29
Coachmaker
1500 NH
Melinda M 40
Betsey Edwards 83