� This profile represents John Edwards (1597-1667) son of John Edwards and Agnes Scortred (m Unnamed wife in England + 3 Unidentified children
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Thomas Edwards [1]
John Edwards son of John Edwards and Agnes Scortred, of Cambridgeshire, England
John paid taxes in Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, based on his labor force. The county assessed him for four tithables, 6 Feb 1655.[3]
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Will of John Edwards, 1667 (of Lancaster Co. VA – Wife +3 Children left in England))
By researching “Duke’s Place” in London, we find that Spencer Piggott of Duke’s Place is actually in Stepney, Middlesex County, England (outskirts of London). John’s uncle, Robert Edwards, son of Thomas Edwards and Katherine Crosse, [and Sarah Gore’s husband], was also in London as a Merchant and an Alderman’s Deputy in 1634]]. John and Robert obviously knew each other in London as John picked up the trade and disappears from English records by 1642. Robert Edwards’ Will was probated in 1642 and in it he lists his mercantile company, “Merchant Adventurers” and names his son, Robert “Secretary”. Robert-1642 was involved heavily in trade with the colony and the looming Civil War between Cromwell and the Royalists in England. His loyalty appears to be with the Crown. On 12, December 1634, Robert was reimbursed by the Burgess Council of Wisbech “for moneys expended by him about the Toune Buissness upon his journey to London concerning the King’s Ma~ties shipping, viijll 2s 4d.” This falls in line with his actions eleven years earlier, in 1623, Robert Edwards informed Virginia Company officials he would send his surplus commodities to Virginia. Sir Edwin Sandys is Treasurer of the Virginia Company and George Sandys is Treasurer of the Jamestown Colony during this time.John Edwards, son of John Edwards and Agnes Scortred, first appears in James City County, Virginia in 1642. He is leasing land, along with Christian Williams.
Thank you to Kristin Schmidt for creating WikiTree profile Edwards-5170 through the import of Kristin Schmidt family tree.ged on May 24, 2013. * Source: S-1499248329 Repository: #R-1668899733 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=54585233&pid=4177
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John is 27 degrees from Herbert Adair, 23 degrees from Richard Adams, 21 degrees from Mel Blanc, 27 degrees from Dick Bruna, 21 degrees from Bunny DeBarge, 35 degrees from Peter Dinklage, 21 degrees from Sam Edwards, 19 degrees from Ginnifer Goodwin, 23 degrees from Marty Krofft, 16 degrees from Junius Matthews, 16 degrees from Rachel Mellon and 23 degrees from Harold Warstler on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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