Brief Life History of Jonathan Bennett
When Jonathan Bennett Edwards was born on 28 February 1809, in Union, Union, South Carolina, United States, his father, Repps Edwards, was 39 and his mother, Elizabeth Bennett, was 36. He married Sarah Elizabeth Woodson in 1837, in Union, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 16 April 1884, in Union, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Edwards Cemetery, Bowman, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States.
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- J B Edwards, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Jonathan Bennett Edwards - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Jonathan Bennett Edwards
- Jonathan Bennett Edwards, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1822 · Slave Rebellion
"On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called ""the rising."" The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it."
1829 · Fort Sumter Constructed
In 1829 Fort Sumter is constructed in the Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Fort Sumter is most known for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War. It is barely ready when the American Civil War starts.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: variant of Edward , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
History: One of the earliest American bearers of this very common English surname was William Edwards, the son of Rev. Richard Edwards, a London clergyman in the age of Elizabeth I, who came to New England c. 1640. His descendant Jonathan (1703–58), of East Windsor, CT, was a prominent Congregational clergyman whose New England theology led to the first Great Awakening, a great religious revival.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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