Edward Edwards

Male8 May 1793–8 June 1869

Brief Life History of Edward

When Edward Edwards was born on 8 May 1793, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Robert Edwards, was 34 and his mother, Nancy F Quesenbury, was 25. He married Nancy Clemmons on 19 December 1815, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Franklin, Tennessee, United States in 1850. He died on 8 June 1869, in Boon Township, Warrick, Indiana, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Warrick, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edward Edwards
1793–1869
Nancy Clemmons
1796–1848
Marriage: 19 December 1815
James Tompkins Edwards
1817–1882
Robert Edwards
1817–
Hannah Edwards
1832–
William Carroll Edwards
1820–1891
John Lasater Edwards
1822–1915
Eliza Ann Edwards
1824–1880
Prescilla Edwards
1826–1827
George William Edwards
1828–1894
Martha Frances Edwards
1833–1871
Mary Ann Edwards
1835–
Albert Greene Edwards
1837–1915

Sources (8)

  • Edward Edwards, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Edwd Edwards, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Edward Edwards, "United States Census, 1860"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    19 December 1815Wilson, Tennessee, United States
  • Children (11)

    +6 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (15)

    +10 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

    Age 1

    The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

    1799 · Gold Nuggets Found

    Age 6

    "In 1799, in Little Meadow Creak located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina a large yellow """"rock"""" was found by Conrad Reed. A few years later it was determined that the """"rock"""" was a gold nugget."

    1813

    Age 20

    Historical Boundaries: 1813: Warrick, Indiana Territory, United States 1816: Warrick, Indiana, United States

    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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