William Edwards, of Wales & Surry, VA

Notes

1 William1 Edwards was an early resident of Surry County was probably son of William Edwards, mentioned among the dead in 1624; (Hotten. Emigrants to America, p. 192). He was probably father of 2 William Edwards, who is mentioned as a merchant in Virginia, in 1644, as per deed to Nathaniel Sylvester, merchant. In 104S William Edwards and Rice Davis obtained a patent for 1080 acres on the Sunken Marsh in James City County (opposite to Dancing Point). Among the headrights was Dorothy, his wife. In 1657 he obtained a grant for 490 acres opposite to Jamestown, and afterwards took out a new grant for the land in Sunken Marsh with the addition of .720 acres. He represented Surry County in the House of Burgesses in 1652 and 1653, and was one of the justices of the peace. According to a deposition in Surry, he was 43 years old in 1658 and in the records of the general court he is said to have died about 1673.

William Edwards and Dorothy, his wife, had issue:

• 3 William-,
• 4 John,
• 5 Thomas.

References

• William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine, Volume 15 By College of William and Mary p 79-80
• Tyler, Lyon G. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Under the Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler. New York: Lewis historical Pub. Co, 1915. Print. p. 228 - 232
• From page 82 of The William and Mary Quarterly, Volume 15 By Earl Gregg Swem