Robert Edwards (abt. 1652 - abt. 1681)

Born about 1652 in Isle of Wight, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hunt) Boddie — married about 1672 (to about 1681) in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died about 2 May 1681 at about age 29 in Isle of Wight, Colony of Virginia

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Northwest Surry County		North James River	Northeast Newport News County James River
West Southampton County		Isle of Wight County, Virginia		East James River
Southwest Southampton County		South Suffolk County	Southeast City of Suffolk

No original source records have been located to confirm birth, marriage or death records. It appears that some erroneous information may have been published, and republished/reported, making the “actual facts” obscure.

There is a great deal of conflicting and mis-information – Several Source-to-Source discrepancies; co-mingling, Lack of records; conflicting family stories; number of same names, etc., some of which was due to Edwards Heirs and erroneous IGI information

No Middle Names Given for 1600's, etc.

Name Variation - Edwards, Edwardes

Date Variation - Estimated dates based on Marriage and Probate sources

See Additional Research Notes regarding the contemporary Robert's

Biography

Robert Edwards (aka Dr. Robert Edwards.)

Also styled as Robert Isham Edwards and Robert of Cardiff

Parents Unknown

Presumed parents Robert (1608) and Rebecca^[1] (No Information located other than (unsourced Ancestry Trees and IGI)

Birth

Estimated Birth 1646-1652 Virginia vs Wales (vs variously reported 1608-1630 - co-mingled trees - b 1608 in Wales; most likely represents the parent )^[1]

Marriage

Marriage 1672 Isle of Wight Virginia Mary Hunt (vs 1628-1633 Wales or England) - Isle of Wight Marriages^{[2] [3][4]}

As Mary married 3X and had additional children after the death of Robert in 1681 (birth estimates 1672-1697) , it is very likely Robert was born later than 1608 either in Virginia or Wales.

(1608-1681 = age 73 / m. 1672 (age 64)

More likely age at death 35-45 = (b. 1636-1646);

(if about age-20 at 1672 marriage = est. birth 1652

Death

Death 1681 Isle of Wight Virginia Recorded Probate named wife (Mary) and 3 Daughters. No indication of any other children found in other probate documents.^[5]

died intestate, Probate Recorded June 18, 1681; Isle of Wight Virginia vs 1680 vs 1685 Isle of Wight, Virginia,^{[6] [7]}

Probate

May 2, 1681 - Administration requested by his relict, Mary. May 2, 1681. Recorded June 18, 1681; Security, Henry King, Owen Griffen. - ^[5]

9 Jul 1685 (WB2, 2170 The appraisal of his estate (wb2, PG 245)

One Hundred Acres of land is listed, the (1664) land he bought of Palmer

1694 final settlement of the estate between three daughters takes place in 1694, when he is recorded as Dr. Robert Edwards.

Arrival

• Presumed b VA vs Estimated Arrival 1635-1643

Only two Roberts are recorded with arrival dates in 1635. and one Robert in 1643, none of which appear to be a firm connection to Dr. Robert. It is likely he may have been a "ship's doctor" and thus considered as a "headright" (paying his own passage).

Immigrant Ancestor^[8]

1635, Robert Edwards, 27 (b.1608), to Virginia, as bonded servant to Georg Mynifie (Menafee). (A Virginia merchant who paid transport for 60 persons in exchange for 50 acres each person transported. Shipping list included Rebecca, the wife of Robert Edward)^[8]

1635 -- Location To Virginia from England (age 27 wife Rebecca birth about 1608)^[1][9]

1635 Robert Edward's Age 22 (b.1613) of Concord from London (Ship Hopewell second voyage of 1635^[10][11] - Wife Christian in Concord; Freeman in 1642; died (inventory) 1646^[12]

1643 Robert Edwards (Sponsor - Sir Francis Wyatt )^[8] (Most likely candidate for the NY Robert connection - James Citie, SIR FRANCIS WYATT, Governor MARGARET LADY WYATT; HANT WYATT, Minister.) Most likely related to Hopton Castle Family -- (William m. Dorothy (Surry Family)

Page: Place: Virginia; Year: 1635; Page Number: . Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1608 Birth place: Arrival date: 1635 Arrival place: Virginia Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pili354&h=4074045&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Land

1664 Robert Edwards bought 100 acres in the upper parish of Isle of Wight County from Edmund Palmer. The land adjoined that of William Boddie, Henry Applewhite and Edmund Palmer.^[13]

Children

Identified Children

No sons named in Robert's Probate/3 daughters Named as co-heiresses in Robert's Probate; -- 2 daughters confirmed in will of Mary Hunt (Body) and Will of Owen Griffith.

The three daughters were:

1. Margaret Edwards 1672-1727 (Probate) (m. Unknown)
2. Mary Edwards 1674-1736 (m. Bragg)
3. Judith Edwards 1676-aft 1727 (m. 1st, Thomas Harris, III and 2nd Unk. Clark) ^[2](p.23) (presumed to be named after her grandmother Judith Hunt)

(1668 Probate) Judith Clark - may be Intermarriages - likely a sister of Mary Hunt m. Clark (and/or mother vs daughter m. Parker. ^[14]

Judith Clark specified as a daughter in Mary Hunt Will and daughter of Robert in probate^[9]

Mary (married James BRAGG about 1694), ^[2] (p.5)

James Bragg - Acquires one third of the land by this marriage,

Bragg later buys the other two thirds from the two sisters, as shown by deeds. ^[15] The Sisters are referred to several times as "Ye daughters and co-heiresses of Robert Edwards deceased"

Mary Hunt Edwards [Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850] Text: Chapman, Blanche Adams; Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County Virginia, Books 1-3; 2006; Heritage Books, Inc.; Westminster, Maryland 21157-5026 Family History Catalogue Ref

Named References

^{[2] [8] [9] [16] [1] [7] [6]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Source: S52 Author: Gale Research Title: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger Record ID Number: MH:S52
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Marriages of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1628-1800
3. ↑ (m. 1672 dau of William Huntt; W.& D. B 2 p.110)
4. ↑ Robert Edwards and Mary Hunt [U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900]
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Wills and Administrations
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Ancestor Family Tree (Unsourced)
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #67031369
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} Complete listing of Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666 (from book published 1912 by George Cabell Greer, now copyright-free)
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} Extensive research by James E. Hargrave and and Joyce Jogen regarding Robert Edwards and Mary Hunt
10. ↑ The Original Lists of Persons Of Quality Register of the names of all ye Passenger wch Passed from ye Port of London for on whole yeare Endinge at Xmas 1635.
11. ↑ Winthrop Society
12. ↑ p.169 Digital Copy Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America: With a Brief History of Those of the First Generation and References to the Various Local Histories, and Other Sources of Information where Additional Data May be Found; Henry Whittemore; Genealogical Publishing Com, 1967 - Reference - 438 pages
13. ↑ (Isle of Wight DB1 PG 1) ( Isle of Wight D.B. 2, PG 110,51, 53, 78, ).
14. ↑ On 18 May 1668 "the inventory of that part of the estate which now belongs to William & Mary Huntt in the hands of Richard Parker, the Father-in-law, on the estate of William Huntt, deceased, and it was divided by John Mungor & Robert Kae, upon the request of the said Parker & James Clark, who married one of the orphans of the said Huntt. 18 Day May 1669" Hunt Family Research

    Isle of Wight County Will Book 1 P. 110

    James Clark calls William Huntt, decd., father-in-law and wants his claim from RICHARD Parker dated 17 May 1669, S: JOHN (signed) Clark, W: Thomas (signed) Taberer and Robert (signed) KAE
15. ↑ DB 1, PG 131 and Vol 2 pg 645
16. ↑ Source: S26 Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derive Record ID Number: MH:S26

Links are provided for reference only. Family Trees and Find a Grave information is considered unreliable Unless sources are included within. Researchers are encouraged to perform their own independent research.

• Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800 Will and Deed Book #2, page 21,Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800 No $ link, Free
• Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800 Administrations and Probates page 71
• Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800 Deed Book #I page 4, Estate present by Owen Griffin 10 Dec 1694

See Also

Books

• Digital Copy p.348 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 pages
• pg 645 Digital Copy 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, VOLUME 2 ONLY; Heritage Books
• Joshua Edwards Hopton Castle
• Robert Edwards vs Glamorgan Record Office
• "Historical Southern Families," by John B. Boddie. IV:204. cited by "Marriages of some Virginia Residents 1607–1800, Volume I, A-H" by Dorothy Ford Wulfeck. Quote: Edwards, Robert m. Mary Hunt(-t).

Trees

• World Connect (sourced)
• World Connect (partial sources)
• Geni Tree (partial sources)
• Family Trees, Find A Grave, etc., (unsourced) Find A Grave: Memorial #77257176 Joshua Edwards m. Margaret Babbs

Acknowledgments

• Extensive research by James E. Hargrave and and Joyce Jogen regarding Robert Edwards and Mary Hunt