Alice (Ripley) Edgerton (abt. 1683 - 1768)

Born about 17 Sep 1683 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Edgerton — married 18 Apr 1703 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 18 Dec 1768 at about age 85 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

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Name

Name: Alice /Ripley/

Sources: OneWorldTree (Record for Joshua Ripley), Beem Genealogy

Name: Alice Ripley /Edgerton/^[1]

Birth

Date: 17 SEP 1683

Place: Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts^[2]

Source: OneWorldTree (Record for Joshua Ripley)

Date: 17 Sep 1682

Source: Beem Genealogy

Used the 1683 date, but marked as uncertain. Better documentation is needed to establish which year is correct.

Death

Mrs Alice Edgerton Widow Died December 18th 1768, recorded in Norwich, Connecticut. ^[3]

Burial

Inscription:^[4]

Mrs Alice wife to Samuel Edgerton died Dec. 18, 1768, Aged 86 years

Place: Gager Cemetery, Franklin, New London, Connecticut, USA

Children

The children of Samuel and Alice (Ripley) Edgerton were born in Norwich, Connecticut:^[5]

1. Samuel Edgerton, b. 15 Mar 1704
2. Peter Edgerton, b. 14 Jan 1705/6
3. Joshua Edgerton, b. 26 Feb 1707/8
4. William Edgerton (twin), b. 25 Apr 1710
5. John Edgerton (twin), b. 25 Apr 1710; d. 13 Jul 1730 in 21st yr.; unmarried.
6. Mary Edgerton, b. 17 May 1713
7. Elijah Edgerton, b. 01 Dec 1715
8. David Edgerton, b. 28 Aug 1718
9. Alice Edgerton, b. 25 Dec 1721; living 25 Jul 1748
10. Daniel Edgerton, b. 10 Jul 1725; d. 31 Aug 1726

Notes

Note - Gagertown Cemetery

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S9 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Alice Ripley Edgerton
2. ↑ Source: #S9 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Alice Ripley Edgerton Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
3. ↑ Norwich CT: Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) Originally published as: Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. Hartford, Society of colonial wars in the state of Connecticut, 1913. Vol. 1:60
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36510550/alice-edgerton: accessed 31 May 2023), memorial page for Alice Ripley Edgerton (17 Sep 1683–18 Dec 1768), Find a Grave Memorial ID 36510550, citing Gager Cemetery, Franklin, New London County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by " Another Rose ♥ (contributor 47054535). (Includes gravestone photo and transcription.)
5. ↑ Lainhart, Ann Smith; Wakefield, Robert S. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. William Bradford. Volume 22. (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004) pages 73-4.

• Source S3 OneWorldTree (Ancestry.com). Provo, UT, USA : The Generations Network, Inc.
• Source S1283 Personal Individual Genealogy. Beem Genealogy. Family tree done by professional genealogist Howard French in 1936 for Mrs. Berton Beem of Reading, Michigan.
• Source: S9 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Web: Connecticut, Find A Grave Index, 1636-2013 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R2
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