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William Edwards Sr. (1711 - 1764)

William Edwards Sr.
Born in Abingdon, Philadelphia Co, PAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of and
Husband of — married 26 Sep 1737 in Gwynedd, Lower Gwynedd Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvaniamap
Descendants descendants
Father of , and
Died at age 53 in Richland, Bucks Co, PAmap
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Biography

William was born in 1711. DOB also given as 16 Feb 1713 or 1717. Son of John Edwards (1685-1756) and Mary Howell (1680-1770).

William Edwards, Sr., married Martha Foulke (1716-1781) on 26 VII [Sep] 1737 in Gwynedd, Montgomery Co, PA. They had seven children: Mary (1739-1755); Thomas (1743-1745); Ann (1743-1795); Martha (1747-?); William, Jr. (1748-1818); Hugh (1754-1766); Sarah (1761-1798).

NB: Most sources put the marriage of William Edwards. Sr., and Martha Foulke in 1738 in Richland, Bucks Co, PA, but the minutes of the Gwynedd, Montgomery Co, PA, Monthly Meeting are clear that the marriage took place in 1737 in Gwynedd.

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See also:

  • Ancestry.com entries for "William Edwards" (4).
  • Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection-Individual Records (database on-line), Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000.

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