John Edwards

Family

https://whipple.one-name.net/tng/getperson.php?personID=I4224&tree=...

A Partial list of the Descendents of Matthew Whipple, the Elder, of Bocking, Essex County, England / Compiled from Divers Sources by Henry Burdette Whipple (High Point, North Carolina, Oct. 1965), 1:52.

Mary Sams (daughter of Rev. John Sams) married John Edwards, b. of, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts on 25 Nov 1658 at Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.

Children

• 1. John Edwards, b. 22 Jan 1660
• 2. Mary Edwards, b. 15 Oct 1661
• 3. Elizabeth Edwards, b. 28 Feb 1667
• 4. Lucy Edwards, b. 28 Feb 1667
• 5. William Edwards, b. 27 Mar 1669
• 6. Samuel Edwards, b. 1 Jun 1671
• 7. Francis Edwards, b. 28 Dec 1678
• 8. Hannah Edwards, b. Jul 1681
• + 9. Frances Edwards, b. 30 Sep 1682, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts d. 26 Jun 1757, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 74 years)

References

• https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Ipswich/aMarriagesS.shtml Mary, and John Edwards, Nov. 24, 1658. CTR
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Edwards_%28221%29
  • Massachusetts, Probate Court (Essex County). The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920) Case 8609: Edwards, John, Sen'r. 1707, Jan. 6. “Will of "John Edwards sen'r Living in Ipswich ... being Ill of body", dated 1 Apr 1706, proved 6 Jan 1706/7, mentions wife [name not specified]; executor to collect £30 from son John that was reserved when homestead settled on him; son John, and daughters Mary Wait & Lucy Kembal hath received their portions already; son Samuel Edwards a double portion of what is left; 20 shillings to executor; rest of estate to be divided between daughters Elizabeth burch Hannah Wardwell and Francis Whipple equally; son in Law Caleb Kembal to be executor..”. 18 Nov 1706: Inventory of the essteat of Jn'o Edwerds Sen'r of Ipswich Leat deceased: by Nathaniell Lord, Robert Lord; personal: £53-14-2; cash: £30-0-0; debts: £11-1-2.
  • Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862) Vol. 2, p. 103. EDWARDS JOHN, Ipswich, m. 24 Nov. 1658, Mary Sams, had John, b. 22 Jan. 1660; Mary, 15 Oct. 1661; Elizabeth and Lucy, tw. 28 Feb. 1667; William, 27 Mar. 1669; Samuel, 1 June 1671; Francis, 29 Dec. 1678; Hannah, 7 July 1681; and Frances, 30 Sept. 1682; was freem. 1690.
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Edwards_%28220%29
  • Massachusetts, Probate Court (Essex County). The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920) Case 8611: Edwards, John, Ipswich. 1723, Apr. 9. “22 Jun 1732: Wee Thomas Waite & Mary his Wife Do acknowledge that wee have receved of the Administ'rs In full ou'r part of the Parsaonl Estat of o'R Broth'r John Edwards & Sister his Wife Margerett Edwards, as P'r Inventory: giuen in to the Probett Office by Allexsand Lovell Admnit'r". Signed by Thom's Waite, Mary Waite. [Note: Mary Waite is John's sister]”