Born in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Alvord Jr.
and Eunice (King) Alvord
Sister of
Eunice (Alvord) Strong and Margaret (Alvord) Edwards
Wife of
Noah Edwards
— married
28 Jun 1749 (to 26 Dec 1798) in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Noah Edwards, Justin Edwards, Simeon Edwards, Benjamin Alvord Edwards, Jerusha (Edwards) Warner, Eli Edwards Sr., Vester Edwards and Eunice (Edwards) Wales
Died
at age 68
in Westhampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Jul 2011
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Biography
Jerusha Alvord, born in 1730 in Northampton, Massachusetts, was the third child of Eunice (King) Alvord (1703-1732) and Benjamin Alvord Jr. (1695-1772).
She married 28 Jun 1749 in Northampton, Noah Edwards [1].
Notably, Jerusha and her sister Margaret became mutual fraternal in-laws, as they both married Edwards siblings.
Jerusha and Noah Edwards had 8 children:
- Noah EDWARDS b: APR 1750, Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA; married Jerusha Rust
- Justin EDWARDS b: AUG 1752; married 1) Elizabeth Clark; 2) Mary Bartlett
- Simeon EDWARDS bapt.: 17 NOV 1754
- Benjamin Alvord EDWARDS bapt.: 23 JAN 1757
- Jerusha EDWARDS bapt.: 18 FEB 1759; married Joseph Warner
- Eli EDWARDS bapt.: 20 DEC 1760
- Vester EDWARDS bapt.: 15 MAY 1763
- Eunice Tirzah EDWARDS bapt.: 22 MAY 1768 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts Bay colony
Jerusha (Alvord) Edwards died 26 Dec 1798 at Westhampton, Massachusetts.
Notes
Find A Grave Memorial 37524672 pertains to Jerusha Rust, who was a daughter-in-law, wife of Jerusha & Noah Edwards's son Noah.
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-LG5X : 19 May 2022), Noah Edwards and Jerusha Alvord, 28 Jun 1749; citing Marriage, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004329300.
- A Genealogy of the Descendants of Alexander Alvord an Early Settler of Windsor, Conn. and Northampton, Mass. (1908), no. 72: https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofdesce00alvo#page/48/mode/1up; https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00alvo/page/70
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WikiTree profile Alvord-83 created through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Brian McCullough.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jerusha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jerusha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jerusha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jerusha:
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~0.39%
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