Christopher Edelen

Reference: Charles County Gentry, page 162. Christopher Edelen, son of Thomas and Mary (Blandford) Edelen, was born about 1723 near Piscataway. By his father's will he received a portion of "Apple Door" on which he paid quit rents of 136 acres from 1760 through 1769. In or about 1758 he married Elizabeth -----, born about 1734. The 1776 census shows the following children in his household: two males, born 1759 and 1774; and five females, born 1760, 1762, 1764, 1767, and 1770. Son, Joseph, born 1759, is the only one who has been placed (q.v.).

The Beaven - Blanford - Clarkson - Mitchell Families of Maryland, Kentucky, U.S.A. source shows that he was born in Charles Co., Maryland.

Sources: 1.Title: Charles County Gentry Author: Harry Wright Newman Publication: Washington, 1940 Note: Reprinted Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1971 Repository: Media: Book Page: p. 142, 162, 168 2.Title: Nancy Leake Flack's Genealogy Author: Nancy Leake Flack Note: Edelen information is almost entirely from Charmaine Edelen Welker of Delaware. Nancy Leake Flack, 3800 Shadowhill Dr., Santa Rosa, California 95404 Telephone (707) 538-8216 nanflack@metro.net Repository: Media: Electronic 3.Title: Beaven - Blanford - Clarkson - Mitchell Families of Maryland, Kentucky, U.S.A. Author: Mary Louise Donnelly Publication: Mary Louise Donnelly, P. O. Box 97, Ennis, Texas 75120, 1997 Repository: Media: Book Page: p. 43