Thomas Edwards (1639 - 1693)

Born 1639 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia

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Descendants

Died 1693 at about age 54 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia

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Discrepancy

Presumed Parents - Robert Edwards and wife Rebecca UNKNOWN arrived 1635 (Estimated Children Births Before 1635 to 1649)

No Proven children or additional information for Rebecca and Robert Edwards - (Children Birth Est before/after 1635 to before 1660-1672)

Not a supported child of contemporary Robert Edwards Mary Hunt - (Estimated Children Births 1649-1681) No Sons listed in either Will.

No original source records have been located to confirm birth or marriage records. It appears that some erroneous information may have been published, and perhaps republished/reported, making the “actual facts” obscure. There is a great deal of conflicting information surrounding Early Edwards' – Many Source-to-Source discrepancies; co-mingling, Lack of records; conflicting family stories; number of Edwards' with the same names, etc.. It is likely that the Edwards' Families may have been accompanied by their families, grown children, sisters, cousins, etc.

Biography

Thomas Edwards was a Virginia colonist.

Thomas Edwards Presumed Parents Robert Edwards and Rebecca UNKNOWN

Estimated Birth 1635-1660 Isle of Wright Virginia (vs VA, , etc)

Estimated Marriage Elizabeth Unknown 1650-1680

Death 1693 Isle of Wright Virginia^[1]

Will

Will - R. Oct 8 1693 p.329 Thomas Edwards Inventory presented by Elizabeth Edwards^[2][1]

Deed of Bargain & Sale Aug 19 1671 to John JENINGS [JENNINGS] [p.] 241 ^[3]. . . .that I Thomas EDWARDS of the upper Pish of Isle of Wight County, & Elizabeth my Wife, formerly the Relict & Ex.rx of Thomas GREENWOOD late of this County dec'ed to whome the land here in this Pattent mençoned being 150 Acres . . . .

Sources

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Source S-877412760

Repository: #R-899753595

Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

Author: Yates Publishing

Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} VA
   • Wills & Admin Index Index Library of Virginia VA Wills & Admin Index
   Publication 1693; Part of index to Isle of Wight County Wills and Administrations (1628-1800); p. 329. Inv. rec. 9 Dec. 1693; Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 2, 1661-1719 (Reel 23)
   • p.331 Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800, Books 1-3; Blanche Adams Chapman; Heritage Books, May 1, 2009 - History - 413 pages
   • Family Search IOW Records
   • IOW Digital Records (Unindexed)
2. ↑ p.70
3. ↑ Deeds Isle of Wright
4. ↑ Digital Copy Marriages of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1628-1800; Blanche Adams Chapman; Genealogical Publishing Com, Jun 1, 2009 -

See Also

• p.538 Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia, During the Seventeenth Century, Including Abstracts of the County Records; John Bennett Boddie Genealogical Publishing Com, 1973 - Travel - 756