John "Elkspur" Edwards

Brief Life History of John "Elkspur"

John "Elkspur" Edwards was born in 1746, in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States as the son of William Edwards and Ann Beasley. He married Nancy Catherine Marr about 1770, in Henrico, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 1 August 1810, in Grayson, Virginia, United States, at the age of 64.

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Family Time Line

John "Elkspur" Edwards
1746–1810
Nancy Catherine Marr
1757–
Marriage: about 1770
William Edwards
1771–
Thomas Edwards
1772–
Nancy Edwards
1774–
Catharine Edwards
1776–
Jenny Edwards
1778–
Easter Edwards
1780–
Elijah Edwards
1783–
Elisha Edwards
1786–

Sources (3)

  • John Edwards - Grayson County, VA Will books, 1796-1869 ; general index to wills, 1796-1953
  • Website: Edwards Genealogy & Family History Virginia
  • Thomas Edwards Descendants

World Events (7)

1758 · Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · The Declaration to the King

"At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""

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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