Susanna Edson

Samuel Edson and his wife Susannah migrated to Salem, Essex County Massachusetts sometime before 1639 and then moved to Bridgewater, Plymouth County Massachusetts around the year 1650.

Samuel Edson recorded his will on January 15, 1688 or 1689 and died on July 19, 1692 in West Bridgewater. His estate was probated on September 20, 1692. Samuel is buried at the Old Graveyard on South Street in West Bridgewater, MA.

Susannah Edson died on February 20, 1699 at West Bridgewater.

Children of Samuel Edson and Susannah:

1. Susanna Edson [b.abt.1640 Salem, Essex Co. MA][m. Rev James Keith][d. 1705 Bridgewater MA]
2. Sarah Edson [b. abt.1641 Salem MA][m. John Dean][d.12/8/1717 Taunton,Bristol Co. MA]
3. Elizabeth Edson [b. abt.1643 Salem MA][m. Richard Phillips][d. aft.1694]
4. Samuel Edson Jr.[b.1645 Salem MA][m. 1678 Susannah Byram][d.4/10/1717 Br. MA]
5. Mary Edson [b. abt.1647 Salem MA][m. Nicholas Byram jr][ d.1727 Bridgewater MA]
6. Joseph Edson [b.1649 Salem MA][m. Experience Field m.Mary Turner][d. aft.1712]
7. Josiah Edson [b.abt.1651 Duxbury, Plymouth Co.MA][m. Elizabeth Hayward][d. 1734 Bridgewater]
8. Bethiah Edson [b.3/2/1654 Duxbury MA][m. Ezra Dean][d. aft.1683]

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Disputed origins

There is now a dispute as to exact identity of his wife. Documented by Nahum Mitchell is his marriage to a Susannah Orcutt who was thought to be born around 1618 in England. New facts are documented in the following points by Joel Thomas Orcutt:

Fact 1: There has never been any person named Susannah Orcutt ever recorded to have married Samuel Edson. The record of marriage Mar 1, 1638, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England, states Samuel Edson married Susannah BICKLEY.

Fact 2: Susannah Bickley was the sister of Margaret BICKLEY who married William Awcotte,(Orcott), May 1635, Over Whitacre, Warwickshire, England. Their son, William Awcotte/Orcott, born 1639 Mancetter, Warwickshire, England and settled in Plymouth, Mass, was the nephew of Susannah [Bickley] Edson, and not the brother, as for these many years previous supposed to have been.

Fact 3: There has never been a birth record uncovered for a Susannah Orcutt born 1618 in Massachusettes or England.

That as it is, Samuel Edson and his wife Susannah migrated to Salem, Essex County Massachusetts sometime before 1639 and then moved to Bridgewater, Plymouth County Massachusetts around the year 1650.

"Recent research in England parish records turns up information that Susannah Edson was born Susannah Bickley in Warwickshire, England. Her sister (Margaret Bickley if I remember correctly -- I am working without my notes here) married William Awcotte, father of WIlliam (Awcotte) Orcutt, who came to America sometime in the latter half of the 1600s (exact date unknown, but we know he was here by 1663).This William Orcutt was born circe 1632 in Fillongley, Warwickshire, England, and Susannah (Bickley) Edson is his aunt."

Place of Burial: Old Graveyard, West Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States

• Birth: February 20, 1618 Fillougley, Warwickshire, England
• Death: October 18, 1699 (81) Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts

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References

• http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_8d.htm#143
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Susanna_Orcutt_%281%29