Descendants of John Edwards

Jonathan Edwards

		Father:	Mother:
		John Edwards	Jemima Wallingford
Birth Date:	Birth Location:	Death Date:	Death Location:
7/11/1766	Bradford MA	5/14/1830	Gilmanton or Laconia NH

Married:

Name:	Marriage Date:	Marriage Location:	Father:	Mother:
Polly Copp	4/11/1783	Gilmanton NH
	Birth Date:	Birth Location:	Death Date:	Death Location:
	1774		2/9/1849	Laconia NH

Child(ren):

Name:	Birth Date:	Birth Location:	Death Date:	Death Location:
John Edwards
Eliza Edwards
Polly Edwards	1794		6/11/1865	Gilmanton NH
Josiah Edwards	1803		3/7/1841	Gilmanton NH

Comments:

Family located: Gilmanton NH
Occupation: Farmer

The town records of Gilmanton contain the following items:-
1798- "To paid to Jonathan Edwards an abatement for steer 14 cents." Capt. Dudley Prescott

In 1819 the inventory for tax purposes shows opposite the name of Jonathan Edwards the following:- "1 poll, 1 acre mowing land, 4 acres pasture, 200 acres uncleared land, 1 horse, 2 oxen, 3 cows, 1 three year old, no buildings."

A deed dated Sept. 4, 1789, recorded in the public records of Strafford County at Dover, N. H.., shows that Jonathan Edwards purchased from his father, for forty pounds, forty acres of land in Gilmantown "Part of the lot No. ten in the north range of hundred acre lots of said town."

Other Info:

Online:

Marriage records of the Smith Meeting House, Gilmanton NH contain the entry "Jonathan Edwards and Polly Copps April 11, 1793" and also the entry "Jonathan Edwards and Sally Copps both of Gilmanton Aug 3, 1800"

Death records of the Smith Meeting House, Gilmanton NH for year 1800 contain the entry "Edwards wife upper Parish." Could this be the death of Polly? Death records also contain for the year 1801 "a child of Mr. Edwards" which may refer to this family.

Census:

Assuming the Smith Meeting House record of Jonathan's first marriage to be a more reliable date than the one given by the author (and it certainly makes more sense for Polly to have married at 19 rather than 9), Jonathan had neither wife nor children at the time of the first U. S. census. His household then consisted of 3 males over the age of 16, 2 males under 16, and 3 females. His mother and her remaining minor children must have been living with him. The family would be:
Jonathan, his brothers David and Timothy - the 3 males over 16
his brothers Samuel and Ebenezer - the 2 males under 16
his mother Jemima and her daughters Martha and Ruth - the 3 females

1810 Gilmanton
Jonathan Edwa
3 males 2 females under 10
1 male 10-16
1 male 1 female 16-26
1 male 1 female 26-45

1830 Gilmanton (Strafford County) NH
Wid Sally Edwards
1 male 10-15
1 male 20-30
2 females 20-30
1 female 30-40
1 female 50-60

1840 Gilmanton
Josiah W Edwards
1 male, 2 females under 5
2 females 5-10
1 male 20-30
1 male, 1 female 30-40