Brief Life History of John
When John Edwards was born on 20 August 1619, in Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales, his father, David Edwards Sr, was 26 and his mother, Dorothy Goldsmith, was 25. He married Frances Powell. He died on 19 August 1673, at the age of 53, and was buried in Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales.
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- John Edwards, "Wales, Denbighshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912"
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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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