Samuel Hedge (abt. 1650 - 1731)

Born about 1650 in Parish of St. Catherine Coleman, London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Fenwick) Hedge — married before 30 Nov 1676 in Salem, Province of West Jersey [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 1731 at about age 81 in Salem, New Jersey

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Biography

Samuel Hedge was an early settler in New Jersey.

DOB is estimated at 21 years old by 1676. Probably born before this.

Samuel sailed to American on "The Griffin" in 1675 with Quaker leader John Fenwick and married his daughter

Samuel Hedge married Ann Fenwick "by 30 Nov. 1676, when Samuel Hedge of Salem was described in a land patent of that date as "second son of Samuel Hedge of London, mercht." He was appointed secretary and register of Fenwick's Colony for lifetime in the will of his father-in-law, dated 7 Aug. 1683, and he represented Salem Tenth in the West N. J. Assembly, at Burlington, 1697-1701..."^[1]

He was co-executor of his son's will of 1708/9; no record of his death was located by Cook at the time of his 1960 article.

Sources

1. ↑ Cook, Lewis D. "Fenwick, Adams, Hedge, and Champneys of Salem." The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey. volume 35, no. 3 (Sep 1960), page 111

• Patents and Deeds of New Jersey.

• Colonial New Jersey Source Records

Acknowledgments

Thanks to X Gorby for starting this profile.