When Polly Edwards was born on 3 June 1783, in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Captain Clark Edwards, was 21 and her mother, Catherine Maxson, was 25. She married Larkin Wilcox on 3 September 1801, in Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1850, in Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 67.