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Samuel Edwards |
| Father: | Mother: | |||
| Richard Edwards |
Hannah Lathrop | |||
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
| 1/27/1770 | Gorham ME | 2/23/1847 | Gorham ME |
Married:
| Name: | Marriage Date: | Marriage Location: | Father: | Mother: |
| Martha McLellan | 7/8/1792 | James McLellan | Abigail _____ | |
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
| 11/6/1774 |
Gorham ME |
7/20/1842 | Gorham ME | |
| Name: | Marriage Date: | Marriage Location: | Father: | Mother: |
| Susanna Pierce | 2/7/1843 | John Greene |
Mary _____ |
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| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
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Gorham ME |
77/4/1859 |
Needham MA |
Child(ren):
| Name: | Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: |
| James McLellan Edwards | 6/27/1793 | Gorham ME | 1/6/1859 | Gorham ME |
| Hannah Edwards | 7/14/1796 | Gorham ME | 3/5/1858 | Monmouth ME |
| Martha Edwards | 2/17/1798 | Gorham ME | 1/22/1843 | Gorham ME |
| Bryce McLellan Edwards | 3/25/1800 | Gorham ME | 4/15/1871 | Saccarappa ME |
| Charles Edwards | 3/9/1802 | Gorham ME | 7/25/1804 | Gorham ME |
| Charles Edwards | 5/9/1805 | Gorham ME | 2/25/1815 | Gorham ME |
| Mary Ann Edwards | 12/8/1807 | Gorham ME | 12/1/1881 | Gorham ME |
| Maria E Edwards | 6/8/1809 | Gorham ME | 4/21/1893 | Gorham ME |
| Abigail Edwards | 8/25/1811 | Gorham ME | 5/6/1882 | Portland ME |
| Theodore Brown Edwards | 5/25/1816 | Gorham ME | 5/19/1900 | Gorham ME |
Comments:
Family located:
Gorham ME
Occupation:
Farmer
Samuel Edwards was Sergeant in Col. Burbank's Regt., Capt., McLellan's Co., in the War of 1812. This regiment was the one which marched to the relief of Portland, Me.
Samuel Edwards lived on South St. in Gorham in a house which had the first plastered room in that town.
Martha McLellan was the sister of Abigail McLellan
James McLellan was the son of Bryce and Abigail McLellan of Portland, Me. The McLellan family became a prominent one in Gorham, Me. It was with the descendants of this family that various members of the Edwards family intermarried. The name Bryce, common in the McLellan family and which later became common in the Edwards family appears for the first time in the family of Samuel Edwards.
Other Info:
| Census: |
1800 Gorham (Cumberland) ME
Saml Edwards
2 males 3 females under 10
2 males 1 female 16-26
1 male 26-45
1 female 45+
1810 Gorham (Cumberland) ME
Samuel
1 male 2 females under 10
1 male 2 females 10-16
1 male 16-26
1 male 1 female 26-45
1 female 45+
1830 Gorham (Cumberland) ME
Samuel Edwards
1(?) male under 5
2 males 10-15
1 female 15-20
1 female 30-40
1 male 1 female 50-60
1840 Gorham (Cumberland) ME
Samuel Edwards
1 male 20-30
1 male 1 female 60-70
| Cemetery: |
Samuel Edwards and wife Martha are buried in Old Cemetery, Gorham ME.
| Online: |
For more information about the ancestors of Martha McLellan, see this section of Ancestry of Kevin Noble Dye.