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Chapter 1
The Edwards Coat of Arms

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John 1
John 2
John 3
Richard 3
Jonathan 3
Samuel 3
Nathaniel 3
William 3

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This Old House
Justin Edwards had a Farm
Letters from Henry





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Jeremiah Edwards



Father: Mother:



William Edwards
Sarah Ann Elwell

Birth Date: Birth Location: Death Date: Death Location:

9/9/1841 Poland ME 4/27/1917

Married:

Name: Marriage Date: Marriage Location: Father: Mother:
Mary Ann Benson

Jabez Benson Zylphia Foster

Birth Date: Birth Location: Death Date: Death Location:

12/20/1845
Gray ME 1/3/1915
Gray ME

Child(ren):

Name: Birth Date: Birth Location: Death Date: Death Location:
Edward Woodbury Edwards 10/14/1867 Raymond ME
6/20/1930

George Warren Edwards 11/16/1870 New Gloucester ME


Persis Edwards 12/16/1872 New Gloucester ME
2/3/1895 New Gloucester ME
Elizabeth Edwards 4/24/1876 New Gloucester ME
12/25/1894 New Gloucester ME
Bertha Edwards 10/4/1879 New Gloucester ME
3/19/1973

Lillian Edwards

6/16/1962

Gertrude Edwards 1886
2/22/1914 Raymond ME

Comments:

Family located: Gray ME; New Gloucester M
Occupation: Farmer

Other Info:

Lizzie M Edwards d tuberculosis; bur Gray ME
Persis Edwards d tuberculosis of lungs; bur New Gloucester ME
Jeremiah, wife Mary Ann, and children Edward, Persis, Elizabeth, and Lillian bur Gray Village Cemetery, Gray ME; see findagrave

Census:

1860 Paris (Oxford) ME
Geremiah Edwards    20 Farm laborer    ME
living in the home of Joseph G Penley, Farmer

1870 New Gloucester (Cumberland) ME
Edwards Jeremiah    29    Farmer    700    300    ME
_____ Mary A    24    Keeping House    ME
_____ Edward W    2    ME
Elwell Jeremiah    83    Farmer    ME

1880 New Gloucester (Cumberland) ME
Edwards Jeremiah    36    Farmer    ME    ME    ME
_____ Mary A    34    Wife    Keeping house    ME    ME    ME
_____ Edward W    12    Son    At home    ME    ME    ME
_____ George W    9    Son    ME    ME    ME
_____ Persis W    7    Daughter    ME    ME    ME
_____ Mary E    4    Daughter    ME    ME    ME
_____ Bertha H    8/12    Oct    Daughter    ME    ME    ME

1900 New Gloucester town (Cumberland) ME
Edwards Jeremiah    Sept 1839    M 34    ME    ME    ME    Teamster
_____ Mary A    Dec 1845    M 34    7    5    ME    ME    ME
_____ Gertrude M    Daughter    May 1884    S    ME    ME    ME    at school
_____ Lillian E    Daughter    June 1888    S    ME    ME    ME    at school

1910 New Gloucester (Cumberland) ME
Edwards Jeremiah    72    44    ME    ME    ME    Farm Laborer    Working Out
_____ Mary A    64    44    7    5    ME    ME    ME    none
_____ Edward W    Son    44    S    ME    ME    ME    Farm Laborer    Working Out
_____ Lillian B    Daughter    22    S    ME    ME    ME    Servant    Private Family

Online:

For more information about the ancestors of Mary Ann Benson, see this section of Millett.