I knew the famous preacher Jonathan Edwards was from Northhampton, MA. Doing a little research I found that Jonathan Edwards did have a sister named Hannah!
Jonathan Edward and his wife
(See: http://edwards.yale.edu/research/about-edwards/family-life) I was thrilled to have Jonathan Edwards as my great, great, great, great, great, great, great uncle!!!
I jumped to conclusion too fast. I did a little more research and found that Jonathan's sister Hannah did not marry my 7th great grandfather. I am convinced that we must be related---cousins in some way. I will just have to do more research to find out our exact relationship.
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Leecy, I'm afraid we are not linked here either. Our Hannah descends from Alexander Edwards. Check out this information below.
ReplyDeleteColonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 3
ALEXANDER EDWARDS, the immigrant ancestor from Wales, came to America circa 1640, and settled in Springfield, Mass.; d. Sept. 1690; was admitted a freeman, 1690 (?). About 1654 he removed to Northampton, Mass. m. 28th Feb. 1642, Sarah (BALDWIN) SEARLE, widow of John SEARLE.
Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers
Volume 2, page 104
Edwards, Alexander, Springfield, came from Wales a. 1640, emb. [p.103] at Bristol, m. 28 Apr. 1642, Sarah, wid. of John Searl, had Samuel, b. 7 Mar. 1643; Hannah, 18 Feb. 1645; Joseph, 8 Aug. 1647; Mary, 20 Jan. 1650; Benjamin, 24 June 1652; and arah, 21 Nov. 1654; next yr. rem. to Northampton, there had Nathaniel, 25 June 1657; and Eliz. 22 Feb. 1660; d. 4 Sept. 1690. All the s. had fam. Samuel, Joseph, and Nathaniel, with the f. were made freem. 1690; and descend. are very num. Mary m. 17 Dec. 170, John Field. BENJAMIN, Springfield, s. of the preced. m. 23 Feb. 1681, Thankful, d. of the first Isaac Sheldon. EDWARD, Plymouth 1643, perhaps rem. or d. same yr. GRIFFIN, Boston, calls, in a deed, Ann, w. of Rev. John Myles, wh. was sole heir of John Humphrey, his mo.-in-law. JOHN, Wethersfield 1640, had prob. liv. at Watertown, and by a first w. bef. sett. at Wethersfield, had Thomas; and Abraham, b. 12 Aug. 1637; and m. Dorothy, wid. of Abraham Finch, had John, b. 16 Dec. 1638; Esther, June 1641; Ruth Dec. 1643; Hannah, Jan. 1645; Joseph, May 1648; and Lydia. He d. a. 1664, and in May 1667, his wid. m. Richard Tousley of Saybrook, and 1676 was a wid. for third time. JOHN, the s. was a corporal (not capt. as Hinman, 130, tells), and was k. in the great Narraganset fight, 19 Dec. 1675. JOHN, Ipswich, m. 24 Nov. 1658, Mary Sams, had John, b. 22 Jan. 1660; Mary, 15 Oct. 1661; Eliz. and Lucy, tw. 28 Feb. 1667; William, 27 Mar. 1669; Samuel, 1 June 1671; Francis, 29 Dec. 1678; Hannah, 7 July 1681; and Frances, 30 Sept. 1682; was freem. 1690. JOHN, Ipswich, by w. Margaret had Thomas, b. 28 Feb. 1694, d. within 3 mos.; and Margaret, 25 Feb. 1695, d. within 4 yrs. Perhaps he was of Cape Elizabeth 1690. JOHN, Charlestown, by w. Eliz. had John, bapt. 13 Mar. 1687. JOSEPH, Wethersfield, s. of John, had w. Sarah, m. 12 Nov. 1670, wh. d. 12 Dec. 1687. JOSEPH, Northampton 1668, was s. of Alexander, had a fam. but names of w. and ch. are equal. unkn. MATTHEW, Reading, came in the Speedwell 1656, from London, m. 2 Dec. 167, Mary, d. of John Poole, had Mary, b. 25 Mar. 1659; Sarah, 26 Jan. 1661; Matthew, 24 Oct. 1662, d. young; and Eliz.; the ds. are nam. in their gr.f.'s will of 1667. He was freem. 1669; d. 23 Dec. 1683, aged 52. NATHANIEL, Boston, merch. a cit. of London, d. 2 Jan. 1654. NATHANIEL, Northampton, s. of Alexander, of wh. I kn. nothing, exc. that he was freem. 1690, and had fam. NICHOLAS, from Boston, d. at Barbados, 12 Oct. 1661. RICE, Salem 1643, Boston 1646, a joiner. His w. Joan was adm. of our ch. 9 May 1647. RICHARD, Hartford, only ch. of first William, m. 19 Nov. 1667, Eliz. d. of William Tuttle of New Haven, had Mary, b. 1668; Timothy, 14 May 1669; Abigail, 1671; Eliz. 1675; Ann, 1678; Mabel, bapt. 13 Dec. 1685; and ano. ch. whose name is not found; next, m. a. 1692, Mary, d. of Hon. John Talcott, had Jonathan, 20 Jan. 1693 d. soon; John, 27 Feb. 1694; Hannah, 3 [p.104] Jan. 1696; Richard, 5 June 1698, d. young; Daniel, 11 Apr. 1701, Y. C. 1720; and Samuel, 1 Nov. 1702. He was a very valu. cit. and d. 20 May 1713 acc. Geneal. Reg. XII. 334, while fam. tradit. gives 20 Apr. 1718, when Timothy, Abigail, Eliz. Ann, and Mabel, ch. of the first w. beside three s. and one d. of the sec. were liv. Daniel, a judge of the Sup. Court of Conn. d. 6 Sept. 1765. ROBERT, Concord, came from London in the Hopewell, Capt. Babb, in the autumn of 1635, aged 22, or he may be the same wh. seven days earlier than his entry for Babb's sh. is, at the Lond. custom ho. certif. to have tak. the o. of alleg. being aged 27, and to pass. to Virg. Possib. only one man so nam. was in London. He by w. Christian, had at C. Sarah, b. 12 Sept. 1640, d. in 2 wks.; Christian, 15 Mar. 1646, and sev. others, prob. bef. as well as after. He was freem. 18 May 1642, d. early, for his inv. was tak. 18 Dec. 1646. SAMUEL, Northampton 1668, s. of Alexander of the same, freem. 1690, had a fam. but details are not heard. THOMAS, Salem 1637, shoemaker, freem. 28 Feb. 1643, had there bapt. John, 6 June 1639, his w. being of the ch. bef. him; Joseph, 22 May 142; and Joshua, 18 June 1643; and prob. rem. to Lynn, or Watertown, where he may have liv. bef. sett. at S. THOMAS, Wethersfield, brot. Eliz. wh. m. a. 1645, John Goodrich, was of Hartford 1648, engag. to rem. 1659, with other friends of Goodwin, but went not, and in 1663 was by the Court ordered to oversee the work upon bridges. His d. Ruth m. 20 June 1670, Samuel Hale the younger, and d. 26 Dec. 1682, aged 30. THOMAS, Boston 1665, and sev. yrs. after a master mariner, perhaps the same, maltreat. by the French at Tortugas, 1674, ment. by Gov. Leverett, 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. X. 102. THOMAS, Stonington 1667, m. Mary, perhaps d. of Henry Bridgham of Dorchester, d. 1693. TIMOTHY, min. of Windsor, H. C. 1691, s. of Richard bef. ment. m. 6 Nov. 1694, Esther, d. of Rev. Solomon Stoddard of Northampton, had eleven ch. ord. 1698, d. 27 Jan. 1758, less than two mos. bef. his s. Jonathan, the disting. theolog. b. 5 Oct. 1703, Presid. of N. J. Coll. WILLIAM, Hartford 1639, but not freem. bef. 1658; he was brot. in childhood, says the fam. tradit by his mo. Ann, w. of James Cole, m. Agnes, wid. of William Spencer, had only ch. Richard, bef. ment. b. May 1647. WILLIAM, Taunton 1643, perhaps was at Lynn 5 yrs. after, but rem. to L. I. prob. at Easthampton 1650. WILLIAM, Marblehead 1668.
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According to "Field Genealogy," Vol I, pg. 115, Alexander Edwards came from Wales to New England in 1640 and settled first in Springfield, MA. He removed to Northampton in 1655 and died 4 Sept. 1690. He married the widow of John Searle, an immigrant from England to Springfield, Sarah Baldwin.
Sources:
"Abridged Compendium, Frederick Virkus, pg. 4965 & "Gen. Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "Register of Deaths in Northampton, MA," NEHGS "Register," Vol 3, p g. 400.
Title: Field Genealogy, Vol I
Author: Frederick Clifton Pierce
Publication: Chicago: Hammond Press, 1901
Repository: D.A.R. Library, Washington, DC & NEHGS Library & www.GenealogyLibrary.com
Call Number: R929.2 F452 v.01
Media: Book
Page: pg. 115