Edward Herndon, Jr.
Son of Edward & Elizabeth Stubblefield
Edward appears to be at least 20 by 1750
Estimated Birth 1730
Estimated Marriage 1750 - 1768 (Edward (possibly married 2-3X by 1768)
Marriage #1)- Mary Duerson (b. 1741 Duerson-6 ) (death 1806) see FindaGrave and tombstone:[1]
Mary Duerson b. 1741 d. 1799 (may be wrong dates) (Mary as daughter of Thomas & Mary
The Will of Thomas Duerson shows Edward as a son in law)
1768 WiLL BOOK D—1761-1772 p.25 WilL BOOK D—1761-1772 25 DUERSON, THOMAS, Spotsylvania Co., d. May 5, 1768, Executors Bond dated Aug. 7, 1769. Wit. Joseph Willoughby, Thomas Bartlett, John Wigglesworth. Ex. wife, Mary; son-in-law Edward Herndon; son Joseph Duerson. Leg. wife Mary; children Joseph, Thomas, William, Lucy, Henry; daughter, Sarah Wigglesworth. (Page 386)
Marriage #2)-Elizabeth Maury (b. 1756) (Laurel Hill)
Elizabeth Maury (Laurel Hill) (might be son of Joseph (Edward & Mary Brock) instead of Edward - Circumstantial as Joseph at Laural Hill)
John 5 Herndon [5-3-2-1], b. Spot., January 16, 1756, d. February 13, 1812; m., December 11, 1783, Judith Hampton, dau. Phillip and Hannah (Hammond) Hampton, b July 8, 1767, d. July 18, 1853. )
Mary Herndon (1758 – 1778)
Hannah Herndon (1760 – 1824)
Edward H Herndon, III (1762 – 1808)
William P Herndon (1763 – 1823)
Sarah Colston Herndon (1764 – 1785)
Thomas Collins Herndon (1765 – 1820)
Philadelphia Herndon (1770 – 1830)
Joseph Herndon (1773 – 1832)
Lucy Garnett Herndon (1781 – 1838)
Marriage #3) - Mary Coleston
3rd marriage by 1755 - to Mary Colston of Virginia, daughter of Charles Colton and Rebecca Travers (VA Mag V1 cont children) (Edward son of Edward & Stubblefield)[3].[2][4]
Note, This Edward Herndon in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000.
Name: Edward HerndonJr.
Gender: Male
Age: 69
Birth Date: 1730
Death Date: 1799
Spouse: Mary Colston
Child: Joseph Herndon
Laurel Hill Research Notes
Laurel Hill Herndon's
Possibly this is son of Joseph (son of Brock) (more research required to be positive - no records located to prove)
[Herndon-74 | Edward Herndon , Jr]] m. Elizabeth Maury
( Elizabeth (b.1756) m. 1s James Lewis [ will of Rev. James Maury:} - 2nd Herndon)
183. Sarah, (dau of Joseph) b. July 2, 1766; d. Nov. 20, 1784, m.
James Lewis, who afterwards m. Elizabeth Maury (see 181). then Maury marries (brother of Sarah) Edward Herndon (Herndon's continued V.1 VA Magazine of History)
1776 American Revolution, Edward Herndon
Military Place: Virginia, USA: State or Army Served: Continental Troops as Private.[6][7]
Death
Edward died about 1799 in Berkeley Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA. He is buried in Post Oak, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA.[8][9]
Will
Will, dated August 5, 1793, proved September 3, 1799: Sons: John, Edward, William and Joseph, sons-in-law, James Lewis and Anthony Frazer, wife died Unknown.[5]Codicil Mar. 14, 1799, appoints his four sons John, Edward, William and Joseph HERNDON executors.
Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; National Archives, Washington. D.C.
↑Probate & Codicil Codicil dated Mar. 14, 1799, appoints his four sons John, Edward, William and Joseph HERNDON executors.
↑ Source number: 7054.001; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
↑ Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; National Archives, Washington. D.C.
↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; National Archives, Washington. D.C.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Edward by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Edward:
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 16 February 2020), "Record of Edward Herndon", Ancestor # A054158.
spouses: [[Duerson-6|Mary Duerson) m. Elizabeth Maury (m. before 1768) and Mary Colston