Brief Life History of Jonathan
When Rev. Jonathan Edwards Sr was born on 5 October 1703, in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Timothy Edwards, was 34 and his mother, Esther Stoddard, was 31. He married Sarah Pierpont on 28 July 1727, in Newhaven Towne, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 9 daughters. In 1758, his occupation is listed as president of princeton university in Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States. He died on 22 March 1758, in New Jersey, British Colonial America, at the age of 54, and was buried in Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States.
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- Jonathan Edwards, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Jonathan Edwards, "Find A Grave Index"
- Jonathan in entry for Jonathan Edwards, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"
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1757
Established in 1757, the Princeton Cemetery is owned and operated by the Nassau Presbyterian Church (formerly First Presbyterian Church) and is located near the center of town. It is still an active graveyard and welcomes inquiries for burials in a grave, the columbaria or the Pardee Memorial Garden. The inclusive, non-denominational character of the Cemetery continues, and interment has never been restricted to Church members and their families. The Princeton Cemetery is a unique burial ground. Our cemetery is the final resting place for a President and a Vice President of the United States, most of the Presidents of the College of New Jersey/Princeton University and the Princeton Theological Seminary. Scattered throughout the cemetery are the graves of soldiers beginning with the Revolutionary War, professors, politicians, musicians, scientists, business executives, writers, a Nobel Laureate, Pulitzer Prize winners as well as those who have called the Princeton area home. Take your time and enjoy the rich
1757
This is the oldest recorded burial in the cemetery. Aaron Burr Sr. Famous memorial Birth: 4 Jan 1716 Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Death: 24 Sep 1757 (aged 41) Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA Burial: Princeton Cemetery Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA Plot: Section 1, Block W, Lot 233, Grave 1 Memorial ID: 1683
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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