Ethalinda Edwards

Brief Life History of Ethalinda

When Ethalinda Edwards was born on 26 February 1801, in Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Oliver Edwards, was 43 and her mother, Sarah Howlett, was 41. She married Stephen Cushing on 2 February 1824, in Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 4 March 1858, in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Stephen Cushing
1797–1871
Ethalinda Edwards
1801–1858
Marriage: 2 February 1824
Minerva Cushing
1824–1921
Willard Cushing
1826–1828
Oliver Edwards Cushing
1829–1890
Angeline Cushing
1832–1860
Ethalinda Cushing
1834–1916
Desire Howlett Cushing
1840–1855
Helen Cushing
1843–1920

Sources (24)

  • Elizabeth Cushing in household of Stephen Cushing, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Ethelinda Edwards, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
  • Ethalinda Cushing, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"

World Events (6)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1808 · Concord Becomes the Capital

In 1808, Concord became the capital of New Hampshire. It was originally the Penacook Plantation given to the state by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

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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