Richard Edwards, Schoolmaster of Ratcliffe

Not a known child of Rev. Richard Edwards

Richard Edwardes ancestry is unknown. Most researchers believe he was born in Wales and came to London during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Other researchers give his birth year between 1579 and 1596, in England or Wales and say his father may have been named Richard or William. With all this uncertainty, we end his line with him.

Richard was buried on August 31, 1625 in the St Dunstan and All Saints Churchyard.

family

From http://jtbullock.com/Tree/Edwards-Tuttle.html

Anne Munter married Richard Edwards [his parents unknown] in London England and had had about six children with him. Those known are listed in Donald Lines Jacobus book Hale, House, and Related Families as follows

• Anne, who was baptized at Henry Munter's house on July 30, 1615 in St. Botolph Aldgate;
• ancestor William;
• John, who was baptized on October 7, 1621 in Stepney as the son of Richard of Radcliffe, scholar, and Anne his wife and died young;
• Sarah baptized on June 29, 1623, in Stepney and died of plague and was buried in St Dunstan and All Saints Churchyard 22 months later on May 21, 1625.

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biography

From http://jtbullock.com/Tree/Edwards-Tuttle.html

William Edwards was purportedly baptized at the parish of St. Botolph's without Aldgate (pictured right), in east London, England on November 1, 1618. He was the only son of Richard & Ann Munter Edwards. His father died and his mother married James Cole. He immigrated to America in 1635 to Hartford from England with his mother & step dad

Richard Edwardes ancestry is unknown. Most researchers believe he was born in Wales and came to London during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Other researchers give his birth year between 1579 and 1596, in England or Wales and say his father may have been named Richard or William. With all this uncertainty, we end his line with him. George Frederick Tuttle in his book The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle refers to him in a footnote as Rev. Richard Edwards, stating he was a minister of the established chh There is, however, no evidence that he ever had a position in a church.

Richard married Ann Munter in London, England. According to Ava Chamberlain, in her book about Elizabeth Tuttle, it was likely in 1614 for their first child was baptized in July of the following year. Their second child was ancestor William. Chamberlain seems to say that they had about six children (see Annes bio for details on the known children).

For those educated as a minister, but without a church appointment, teaching was a common occupation. Probably through Anns family connections, Richard secured a post as a schoolmaster in the Free-School at Ratcliffe, Middlesex. It was run by the Coopers Company of London, of which Anns father was a member. His salary was more than 23 pounds a year, possibly supplemented by private pupils. This was a modest income, but adequate for their needs. They lived in relative comfort for the next five years.

In 1625 there was an epidemic of bubonic plague in London, which killed 35,000 people. The east end, where they lived, was particularly hard hit. Richard died in August of that year and, apparently so did all of their children except William. Richard was buried on August 31, 1625 in the St Dunstan and All Saints Churchyard This church has a long tradition of nonconformity where, according to Ava Chamberlain, religious radicalism dated back to the reign of Henry VIII, when its rector was burned for heresy The church's burial record (mouse over image for more) seems to read under 1625, August 31 Plague Richard Edwards Schoolmaster of Ratcliffe . . .[illegible] . . . Day

The descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, who came from old to New England in 1635, and settled in New Haven in 1639, with numerous biographical notes and sketches : also, some account of the descendants of John Tuttle, of Ipswich; and Henry Tuthill, of Hingham, Mass. (1883)

http://www.archive.org/stream/descendantsofwil01tutt#page/n841/mode...

• Rev. Richard Edwards came from Wales to London, time Queen Elizabeth; he was a minister of the established chh. His wf. Anne was employed in some capacity in the Queen's household. She m. 2d hus. James Coles and came with her only child William Edwards to America. She d. in Hartford Feb. 20, 1679, leaving by will the use of her house and land to her son William during his life, then to her gr. s. Richard Edwards and his heirs forever. Wm. Edwards is named with Wm. Tuttle and others as concerned in the East Haven settlement. He m. about 1643 Agnes __, wid. of William Spencer; the latter of Hartford; selectman 1639, and d. 1640. Agnes, it is said, had two brothers in England, one of them Mayor of Exeter the other of Barnstable, Devon. By William Edwards she had an only child, Richard, who m. Elizabeth Tuttle; (2) Mary, dau. of Lieut-Col. John Talcott of Hartf. Col. Talcott was Justice of the Peace, Assistant from 1662 to 1668, Treasurer of the colony nineteen years, and distinguished himself as an officer in King Philip's war, in which he commanded a body of 550 men, composed of Englishmen and Mohegan Indians. He d. July 23, 1688. Inv. (english pound)2,272. Chil. of Richard Edwards by 2d m. 5 sons and 1 dau. 1. Jonathan, b. June 20, 1692; d. March 11, 1693. 2. John, Feb. 22, 1694; Dea.; d. May 16, 1769; m. Dec. 14, 1719, Christian Williamson, who d. June 18, 1769. 3. Hannah, Jan. 3, 1696; d. Oct. 17, 1747; m. March 1, 1722, Joseph Backus, jr. 4. Richard, Jan. 5, 1608; d. May 10, 1713. 5. Daniel, April 11, 1701; Hon.; d. Sept. 6, 1765; m. 1728 Sarah Hooker (gr. dau. of Rev. Thomas), who d. July 31, 1775, a. 70 yrs. 6. Samuel, Nov. 1, 1702; d. Nov. 4, 1732; m. 1731 Jerusha Pitkin, who d. July 31, 1799, a. 89 yrs--Godwin's Gen. Notes of Conn.

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Rev. Richard Edwards came from Wales to London, time Queen Elizabeth; he was a minister of the established chh. His wf. Anne was employed in some capacity in the Queen's household. She m. 2d hus. James Coles and came with her only child William Edwards to America. She d. in Hartford Feb. 20, 1679, leaving by will the use of her house and land to her son William during his life, then to her gr. s. Richard Edwards and his heirs forever. Wm. Edwards is named with Wm. Tuttle and others as concerned in the East Haven settlement. He m. about 1643 Agnes __, wid. of William Spencer; the latter of Hartford; selectman 1639, and d. 1640. Agnes, it is said, had two brothers in England, one of them Mayor of Exeter the other of Barnstable, Devon. By William Edwards she had an only child, Richard, who m. Elizabeth Tuttle; (2) Mary, dau. of Lieut-Col. John Talcott of Hartf. Col. Talcott was Justice of the Peace, Assistant from 1662 to 1668, Treasurer of the colony nineteen years, and distinguished himself as an officer in King Philip's war, in which he commanded a body of 550 men, composed of Englishmen and Mohegan Indians. He d. July 23, 1688. Inv. (english pound)2,272. Chil. of Richard Edwards by 2d m. 5 sons and 1 dau. 1. Jonathan, b. June 20, 1692; d. March 11, 1693. 2. John, Feb. 22, 1694; Dea.; d. May 16, 1769; m. Dec. 14, 1719, Christian Williamson, who d. June 18, 1769. 3. Hannah, Jan. 3, 1696; d. Oct. 17, 1747; m. March 1, 1722, Joseph Backus, jr. 4. Richard, Jan. 5, 1608; d. May 10, 1713. 5. Daniel, April 11, 1701; Hon.; d. Sept. 6, 1765; m. 1728 Sarah Hooker (gr. dau. of Rev. Thomas), who d. July 31, 1775, a. 70 yrs. 6. Samuel, Nov. 1, 1702; d. Nov. 4, 1732; m. 1731 Jerusha Pitkin, who d. July 31, 1799, a. 89 yrs--Godwin's Gen. Notes of Conn.
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