Mary Edwards (abt. 1760)

Born about 1760 in Virginia [uncertain]

Ancestors

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Biography

IF the information regarding her spouse is correct, (NOTICE THE "IF") then Mary was wed to a cousin (possibly a 1st cousin), Simeon Edwards.

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Family

Uriah Edwards (father)

Will of Uriah Edwards^[2]
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

Research Notes

Mary Edwards (abt.1760-) shows as daughter of Uriah Edwards Sr. (abt.1714-bef.1781) with Mary Ann (Edwards) Bell (1759-1839) as cousin, daughter of Robert Edwards (abt.1700-) . Apparently, one of these married Thomas Bell (1756-1837) but no source is found for Simeon Edwards

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Keith Baker.
2. ↑ 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:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #166704884