Uriah Edwards Sr. (abt. 1714 - bef. 1781)

Born about 1714 in Westmoreland, Virginia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mildred (Head) Edwards — married 1749 in Spotsylvania, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died before 17 Aug 1781 before about age 67 in Berkeley Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Uriah Edwards Sr. was a Virginia colonist.

His parents are unknown. He may have been the son of John Edwards of King George County (d.1743) or James Edwards of King William County (d. aft.1756) both of whom owned land in Spotsylvania County in the early 18th century.

Probate

Will of Uriah Edwards^[1]
Written: 16 April 1781
Proved: 17 August 1781
Berkeley Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Legatees:
wife Milley Edwards;
son John Edwards;
my four youngest children, Benjamin, Moses, Milley and Mary Edwards;
my seven children, Uriah, Benjamin, Moses, Milley and Mary Edwards, Rebecca, the wife of Reuben Hawkins, and Elizabeth, the wife of Elisha Hawkins
Witnesses: Charles Pemberton, Edward Brasfield, Bennet Pemberton
Executors: Edward Herndon, Joseph Herndon and my son John Edwards

Evidently he appears in the Road Orders of Spotsylvania County, Virginia in 1755 and in the order books as early as 1753.

Sources

1. ↑ Spotsylvania County (Va.), William Armstrong Crozier, and Clayton Torrence. 1905. Spotsylvania county, 1721-1800 being transcriptions from the original files at the county court house, of wills, deeds, administrators' and guardians' bonds, marriage licenses, and lists of revolutionary pensioners. New York: Pub. for the Genealogical Association by Fox, Duffield & Co.

See also:

• Book, Forks of the Elkhorn Church, 1939 by Ermina Jett Darnell reprinted and revised 1985, Clearfield Press, USA. See pages 127 thru 129.
• FamilySearch L6LC-8FS