Mary (Churchill) Edwards (1675)

Born 6 Apr 1675 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Josiah Edwards — married Apr 1699 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in East Hampton, Long Island, New York

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Biography

Mary Churchill, born 6 April 1675, the daughter of Joseph Churchill, son of Josiah. She married Josiah Edwards in Apr 1699.^[1] Josiah Edwards died some time before the birth of the twins in Apr 1713.^[2] Children:

1. Josiah Edwards, b. March 17, 1700
2. Churchill Edwards, b. April 17, 1703.
3. Jonathan Edwards, b. Jan. 13, 1704
4. William Edwards, b. 1706
5. David Edwards, b. April 6, 1707
6. Mercy Edwards, B. Sept. 24, 1710
7. Nathaniel Edwards, B. April 12, 1713
8. Mary Edwards, b. April 12, 1713; m. Capt. Zebulon Peck, of Bristol, Conn., July 10, 1735. They lived in Bristol, where he died Jan. 13, 1795, and she died May 23, 1790."^[3]

Marriage to Joseph Belden?

An unsourced change to this profile changed her current last name to Belden and added "W/O Joseph Belden" in her biography. Is there a source to place this Mary (daughter of Joseph 1649-1699) as the wife of Joseph Belden? The Churchill Family in America indicates she married Josiah Edwards and had 8 children. Josiah died about 1713, so it's possible Belden was her second husband.

Sources

1. ↑ Doherty
2. ↑ "The Churchill Family in America" by Nathaniel Wiley Churchill & George Madison Bodge, pub 1904 p 327 https://archive.org/stream/churchillfamilyi01chur#page/327/mode/1up
3. ↑ The Churchill Family in America, 326-327

• Doherty, Frank J. The Settlers of the Beekman Patent (1990) Vol. 3 Page 423.
• Wethersfield Vital Records, In Land Records, Vol. 2, The American Genealogist (1933) Vol. 10, Page 105. Birth record.