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Letters from
Henry
| 168- | John1 born, presumably in Wales |
| 1712 | John1 marries Lydia Crockett in Portsmouth |
| 1713 | John2 born in Haverhill |
| 1715 | Nathaniel2 born in Haverhill |
| 1737 | John2 marries Elizabeth Crockett in Haverhill |
| 1738 | John3 born in Haverhill |
| 1740 | Richard3 born in Haverhill |
| 1747 | Jonathan3 born in Haverhill |
| 1749 | Samuel3 born in Haverhill |
| 1752 | Nathaniel3 born in Haverhill |
| 1755 | William3 born in Haverhill |
| 1756 | John2 dies in Haverhill |
| 1757 | John1 dies |
| 1761 | John3 marries Jemima Wallingford in Haverhill |
| 1762 | Richard3 already in Gorham |
| 1765 | Richard3 marries Hannah Lathrop in Gorham - all ch born Gorham |
| 1770 | Jonathan3 marries Hannah Heath (Hampstead? Haverhill?) |
| 1771 | Samuel3 moves to Gorham; marries Mary ? |
| 1771 | John4 (Jonathan3) born Meredith NH |
| 1773 | Stevens4 (Jonathan3) born Sandown NH |
| 1775 | Nathaniel3 marries Sarah Hunt in Gorham |
| 1776 | Samuel3 moves to Buxton ARW veteran |
| 1776 | William3 marries Lydia Baker in Haverhill ARW veteran |
| 1782 | William3 buys land in Gilmanton |
| 1784 | William3 sells part of land in Gilmanton to bro. Jonathan who is already in Gilmanton |
| 1785 | John4 (John3) marries Betsy Powers Holden in Hollis |
| 1786 | Elizabeth4 (John3) marries William Buck in Haverhill |
| 1789 | April: John3 sells in Haverhill, buys in Gilmanton |
| 1789 | Sept: John3 sells 2 parcels of Gilmanton land to sons John and Jonathan |
| 1789 | Oct: Jemima is appointed executrix of John3 estate |
| 1789 | Olive4 (Samuel3) marries John McQuillan in Gorham |
| 1790 | First US census places Richard in Gorham, Jonathan and William in Gilmanton, Samuel in Buxton, and Nathaniel in either Gorham or Otisfield* |
| 1790 | William4 (John3) marries Ruth Gile in Haverhill |
| 1792 | David4 (John3) marries Betty Gilman in Gilmanton |
| 1792 | Samuel4 (Richard3) marries Martha McLellan prob. in Gorham |
| 1792 | Hannah4 (Richard3) marries John Sawyer in Gorham |
| 1793 | Jonathan4 (John3) marries Polly Copp in Gilmanton |
| 1794 | Timothy4 (John3) marries Nancy Anna Gilman prob in Gilmanton |
| 1795? | David4 and Timothy4 (John3) in Walden |
| 1795 | William3 sells remainder of Gilmanton farm |
| 1796 | William3 to Otisfield |
| 1797 | Jonathan3 to Otisfield |
| 1798 | Stevens4 (Jonathan3) marries Deliverance Hamblen in Gorham |
| 1799 | Enoch4 (Richard3) marries Abigail McLellan in Gorham |
| 1800 | Sally4 (Jonathan3) marries Phineas Morse in Otisfield |
| 1800 | Enoch4 (Richard3) to Otisfield |
| 1800 | Susanna4 (Richard3) marries Thomas Worcester in Gorham |
| 1801 | John4 (Jonathan3) marries Jane Bragden in Gorham |
| 1802 | John4 (Samuel3) marries Eunice Smith in Gorham |
| 1802 | Simeon4 (William3) marries Eunice Gammon prob in Otisfield |
| 1803 | William4 (Richard3) marries Dorcas Merrill in Gorham |
| 1803 | Hannah Edwards Sawyer (Richard3) to Otisfield** |
| 1805 | Sarah4 (Samuel3) marries Nahum Elwell in Buxton |
| 1806 | William4 (William3) marries Mary4 (Nathaniel3) in Casco |
| 1806 | Anna4 (William3) marries Jacob Thurston in Otisfield |
| 1807 | Lydia4 (Richard3) marries Abner Fogg of Ossipee |
| 1807 | John4 (Nathaniel3) marries Susanna Scribner prob in Otisfield |
| 1807 | George4 (Nathaniel3) marries Lydia Coffin |
| 1807 | Asa4 (William3) marries Sally Jiles |
| 1807? | Jonathan4 (William3) marries Sarah Stevens |
| 1808 | Samuel4 (John3) marries Hannah Thompson in Gilmanton |
| 1808? | Samuel4 and David4 (John3) to Montville Plantation |
| 1809 | Mary4 (Samuel3) marries John Meserve in Gorham |
| 1809 | Rachel4 (William3) marries Henry Gould in Otisfield |
*The Otisfield census lists "Nathaniel Edward"; the Gorham census lists "Nathl Edwards" and "Nathl Edwards Jr"
**This is the year that Phillips Gore was annexed to Otisfield; the Sawyers were living in Phillips Gore prior to that
Distribution
of John
Edwards' descendants in 1810
~approx. 100 years after he arrived from Wales~
~approx. 100 years after he arrived from Wales~
| 3rd Gen | 4th Gen | 5th Gen | Res.in 1810 | ||||||
| John | - | 7-10 | [deceased] | ||||||
| John | 10-11 | Gilmanton NH | |||||||
| Jonathan | 4-6 | Gilmanton NH | |||||||
| William | 3 | Haverhill MA* | |||||||
| David | 6 | Montville Pl ME | |||||||
| Timothy | 7 | Walden VT | |||||||
| Samuel | 1 | Montville Pl ME | |||||||
| Richard | 1 | 7-8 | Gorham ME | ||||||
| Samuel | 7-8 | Gorham ME | |||||||
| Hannah | 4 | Otisfield ME | |||||||
| Enoch | 5-6 | Otisfield ME | |||||||
| Lydia | 1 | Ossipee NH | |||||||
| William | 4 | Gorham ME | |||||||
| Susanna | 5 | Gorham ME | |||||||
| Jonathan | 1 | 4 | Otisfield ME | ||||||
| John | 3 | Otisfield ME | |||||||
| Stevens | 5 | Otisfield ME | |||||||
| Sally | 4 | Otisfield ME | |||||||
| Samuel | 1 | 7 | Buxton ME | ||||||
| Olive | 4 | Gorham ME* | |||||||
| John | 4 | Buxton ME | |||||||
| Sarah | 2 | Buxton ME | |||||||
| Nathaniel | 1 | 10 | Casco ME | ||||||
| George | 2 | Harrison ME | |||||||
| John | 1 | Otisfield ME | |||||||
| Mary | (married to William4, below) | Casco ME | |||||||
| William | 1 | 10 | Otisfield ME | ||||||
| Simeon | 4 | Otisfield ME | |||||||
| William | 2 | Casco ME | |||||||
| Asa | 2 | Otisfield ME | |||||||
| Jonathan | 2 | Poland ME | |||||||
| Anna | 3 | Otisfield ME | |||||||
| Rachel | 1 | Otisfield ME* | |||||||
| 5 | 45 | 100 | 150 | ||||||
*not verified by census
