Edith Alse was born in 1713, in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. She married Isaac Adams about 1732, in Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died after 1770.
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From an Old English female personal name derived from ēad ‘prosperity, riches’ + gӯð ‘strife’. This was borne by a daughter ( 961–984 ) of Edgar the Peaceful. (She was named in accordance with the common Old English practice of repeating name elements within a family.) She spent her short life in a convent, and is regarded as a saint.
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