Edward Converse (1655 - abt. 1692)

Born 27 Feb 1655 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Stone) Converse — married 5 Nov 1684 (to about 28 Jul 1692) in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 28 Jul 1692 at about age 37 in Woburn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Edward Converse (Convers) was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, on February 27, 1654-5, the son of Lieut. James Converse and Sarah Long.^[1][2][3][4]

He married Sarah Stone, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Stearns) Stone, in Woburn on November 5, 1684.^[2][4][5] Children:

1. Samuel Converse, born October 9, 1685.^[2]
2. Ann Converse, born October 3, 1687; married John Merry, Jr., of Reading, Massachusetts.^[2]
3. Sarah Converse, born October 14, 1689; died 1713.^[2]
4. Edward Converse, born October 26, 1691; died in two days.^[2]

Edward Converse died in Woburn on July 28 (26 gravestone), 1692, "aged 37 years" (gravestone).^[2][4][6] He was buried at the First Burial Ground in Woburn, where his gravestone reads:^[4]

💀

HERE LYES Yͤ BODY OF

EDWARD CONUERS

AGED 37 YEARS

DIED Yͤ 26 OF IULY

1692.

Sources

1. ↑ Converse: Vol I. Page 8. Citing: "Children of Lieut. James and Anna (Long) Convers: ... Edward Convers, born 27 Feb. 1654-55; died 26 July 1692; married Sarah Stone."
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Converse: Vol I. Page 23. Citing: "8. Edward Convers.
3. ↑ Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, Marriages: Volume I. Births. Page 57. Citing: "Converse, Edward, s. of James, Feb. 27, 1655.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, Marriages: Volume II. Epitaphs, First Burial-Ground. Page 9*. Citing: "(7.) 'Here lyes ye body of Edward Conuers aged 37 years died ye 26 of Iuly 1692.'
   Edward Converse, son of Lieut. Converse (epitaph 60) and Ann (Long) Converse (epitaph 4), born Feb. 27, 1654-5; married Sarah Stone, Nov. 5, 1684. (Vide Bond's Watertown Genealogies, 521)."
5. ↑ Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, Marriages: Volume III. Marriages. Page 59. "Edward Converse and Sarah Stone, Nov. 5, 1684."
6. ↑ Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, Marriages: Volume II. Deaths. Page 40. Citing: "Converse, Edward, s. of ____, July 28, 1692; 37 y."

See also:

• Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts. (Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1855). Page 521. Citing: Sarah Stone.

• Converse, Charles Allen. Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr.. (Eben Putnam, Boston, Mass., 1905).

• Johnson, Edward. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Marriage Intentions, from 1640 to 1900. (Woburn, Mass., 1890-1919).

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 29 March 2020), memorial page for Edward Converse (27 Feb 1655–26 Jul 1692), Find A Grave: Memorial #7849462, citing First Burial Ground, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Kevin Avery (contributor 47024642).

• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985). Volume I. Page 365. Citing; "Edward CONVERSE 1684. Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States CONVERSE, Edward (-1692) & Sarah STONE, m/2 Ebenezer HILLS 1697; 5 Nov 1684; Woburn {Stearns (,1) 1:23; Stone 1:23; Sv. 1:444; Converse (1887) 116; Converse (1897) 19; Converse (1905) 23; Reg. 2:270; Dixon Anc. 40} Marriage."