Edward Ainsworth II

• BIRTH 18 Aug 1693 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• DEATH 16 Jun 1758 (aged 64) Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
• BURIAL Bungay Cemetery, West Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 45044789 Photos by ASB & Jeff Zinsli

Edward Ainsworth, Jr., was born August 18, 1693 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He was the son of (1652-1741) from England and Joanna Hemingway (1670-1748) from Massachusetts. On 05 April 1722 in Woodstock he married Joanna Davis and died June 16, 1758. He had been a successful husbandman (farmer) and lived most of his live in the town of Woodstock. Woodstock was in Worcester County, Massachusetts, when Edward grew up there, but became a part of Windham County, Connecticut during his lifetime.

In 1725, Edward Sr., being at an advanced age, created a lengthy deed of maintenance, transferring title of the family farm to eldest son, Edward Jr. The deed included provisions for the ongoing care of father and mother, in addition to stipulations relating to Edward Jr.'s many siblings. Twelve years after accepting the property, he reconveyed it back to his father for 300 pounds.

He is mentioned in his father's will, receiving a bequest of five shillings, and gives him a deadline for moving out of his father's home. It would seem there was still some ill will over the reconveyance of the farm. The will was written one month after Edward returned the farm to his father, and his father gave him until the following October to leave the family home.

Edward married Joanna Davis of Pomfret, Connecticut on April 5, 1722. She was the daughter of Matthew Davis and Margaret Corbin. She was born October 22, 1696 and died April 25, 1753. They had five children, all of whom were still living when he died, and all agreed that William, the youngest son, should administer the estate.

Spouse
Joanna Davis Ainsworth 1696–1753

Children with Joanna*
Abigail Ainsworth 2/19/1722-1818 m. Jesse Carpenter of Killingly, Connecticut
Daniel Ainsworth 10/21/1724–1810 m. (1) Sarah Bugbee and (2) Eliza Corbin. He moved to New York in 1770
Allis "Alice" Ainsworth Shumway 5/6/1727–1810 m. David Shumway
Dr. Edward Ainsworth III 11/21/1729–1806 m. (1) Keziah Corbin and (2) Sybil Child. He moved to NHCapt. William Ainsworth 7/12/1733–1815 m. Mary Marcy

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