Josiah Edson

Birth 1651 Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Death 4 Oct 1734 (aged 82–83) Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Burial First Cemetery Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Plot Section A, grave 47 Memorial ID 22104900 · View Source Josiah Edson Esq. was the son of Samuel Edson and and Susanna Bickley.

Josiah married Elizabeth Hayward, probably the daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah, nee Willis, Hayward. Josiah and Elizabeth had no children. Based on that, Mitchell reported in his book...

"His will proved 1734; Capt. Josiah Edson Executor, Rev. John Angier and Joseph Pratt, Trustees. He had a large estate, and gave lands to the Town and to the South Parish where he lived, for the maintenance of schools, commonly called the 'school lands'; he made his nephew, Capt Josiah Edson (1682-1763), son of his brother Joseph, his principal devisee, on whom also he bestowed most of his estate before his death, viz. in 1704; his nephew to maintain him and his wife during life."

Sources: History of Bridgewater by Nahum Mitchell, pages 153 and 154 (pub. 1840, 1897, 1970, 1975) and Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater Massachusetts by Williams Latham (pub. 1882).