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Rev. Philip Edelen, son of Richard Edlyn and Margaret (surname unknown), was born about 1598 at Pinner Marsh, County Middlesex, England. His grave marker notes that he was age 58 at his death in 1656.
Pinner Marsh is about fourteen miles north of London, and across the county line from Denham, Buckinghamshire, where he is buried. [1]
He was admitted as a pensioner at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, on June 28, 1614, and was incorporated at Oxford in 1617.
He was listed as a scholar in the Alumni Cantabrigienses, having received three degrees: a Bachelor of Arts in 1618, Master of Arts in 1621, and a Bachelor of Divinity in 1628.
Philip Edelen (c. 1602-1656) was educated at Cambridge University and became a minister in the Church of England. Throughout his life he used different spellings for his last name, including Edlin and Edelen, while his brother Richard used Edelin and Edelen. As will be seen below, all of these variations in spelling would eventually be reincorporated by American descendants over time. [2]
Anglican minister. On Mar. 17, 1622 he was ordained a minister of the Established Church of England.
C. G. Welker quotes the records of Cambridge University as saying Philip Edelen was:
"London, England, 1653. Philip Edlin was 'parson of the parish' until the restoration. Upon Mr. Ash leaving the parish in 1651, there appears a curious account of some negotiations with Parliament as to the election of a new minister. There were two candidates in the field, Mr. Jaggard and Mr. Edlin, and much complication, going to and from with 'boat hire' and coach hire to Westminster to visit 'Lord Whitelock', the Lords of the Council, the Commissioner of the Great Seal, and so on. The inter-regnum must have existed for a lengthened period, for there is a list in the vestry minutes of twenty-eight ministers who preached 58 sermons in church to fill the gap between the going of Mr. Ash and the coming of Mr. Edlin. He must have been elected in 1652, from which time he performed his duty to the satisfaction of the parishioners. The Commonwealth marriages averaged from 20 to 30 a year, nearly all being specified as taking place before a justice, 'and in the church of Mr. Edlin, parson'. Whether he died or resigned his living does not appear; he is not mentioned as one of the ejected ministers." [3]
Crolian Edelen writes, "I have a copy of a letter written by Rev. Philip Edelen to the Goldsmith’s Company while rector of that Church." [1]
The published works of Rev. Philip Edelen include
Philip Edelen married Catherine Offley around 1630. Their children include
The surname was spelled Edelin, Edlyn, or Edlin until about 1645 or 1650 when Philip and his children adopted Edelen as the spelling. This was because his wife, Catherine Offley, had been raised in Elbing, Prussia while her father, Thomas, was agent for London merchants there. She spoke both English and German and possibly Swedish, and must have liked the German sounding spelling of Edelen, even though we are of Norman Descent, the original surnane being Edelin De Burgh. [1]
The spelling Philippe of his given name is found on his death memorial stone.
Rev. Philip Edelen died Mar. 22, 1657 in Denham County, Buckingham, England. [8]
Philip Edelen's will was dated 8 March 1656/7 and proved 6 April 1657. It does not mention wife Catherine who therefore probably predeceased him. [9]
He is buried in St. Mary's Church in Denham. His work with the Church of England is honored by a black stone mural monument on the wall of St. Mary's Church in Denham. His memorial is on the wall to the right of the altar as follows:
Philip was Rector of St. John Zachary and St. Michael Bassishaw churches in London, and is buried in St. Mary's Church in Denham, Buckinghamshire. The monument shown below is located above his grave, with the following inscription: "Here lyeth Philippe Edelen, a man of rare endowments, singular integrity, holy Conversation and a most prudent solide and constant preacher of Truth in the most difficult times wherein he lived, continuing unmoved in the principles he had first layd and dying a true sonne of the Church of England, March 22nd, 1656 and of his age 58." [2]
In the name of God Amen the eighth day of March one thousand six hundred and fifty six I Philip Edelen of the parish of Saint Andrew Undershaft clerk and minister of the parish of St Michael Bassishaw being in perfect mind and memory (praise be given to God) but weak in body and considering the certainty of death do make and declare my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say:
first and principally I commend my soul into the hands of almighty God my creator hoping and fully believing by and through the only merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour and Redeemer to have free pardon and omission of all my sins, and my body I commit to the earth from whence it came to be interred in Christian-like manner according to the discretion of my executor hereinafter named in hope of my full resurrection in the great day of the Lord. And as regards my worldly goods and estate wherein it hath pleased God in his mercy to endow me I give and dispose of the same as followeth, that is to say:
First, I give unto my son Richard three hundred pounds in money to be paid unto him in when he is a freeman of London by and for his serving out his full time, also I give unto him two hundred pounds to be paid unto him two years after, provided he does not marry without the consent and good liking of my executor and son in law James Hills, and the said two hundred pounds in case he does marry without consent to be left to the discretion of my said executor. I give unto him the said Richard the lease for the remaining time which I have in the house where now Edward Blackwell lives which is taken in the name of my brother Richard Edelen. Also I give unto him the furniture of the chamber wherein I now lie except the death bed and my wearing apparel, and ten pounds more to buy him plate and a small gold ring and my blessing.
Item, I give unto my daughter Ann Hills all my plate and household goods to me belonging now in the hands of my son in law James Hills except those which hereafter shall be excepted. I give unto her my said daughter the sum of twenty pounds lawful money of England.
Item. I give unto my godson Philip Hills the like sum of twenty pounds.
Item, I give unto my loving son in law James Hills ten pounds over and above theirs.
Item, I give unto my said son and daughter, to both of them, a small ring.
Item, I give to (illegible) widows to each of them twenty shillings.
Item, I give to the poor of Pinner where I was born three pounds.
Item, I give to the poor of the parish where I shall be buried five pounds.
Item, I give to the poor of Saint Michael Bassishaw the arrears of tithes due to me until two months before my (illegible) which if duly paid amount to the sum of two hundred pounds.
Item, I give unto my son Hills (illegible) if she then be confirmed his servant twenty shillings.
Item, I give to Alice Robinson formerly my servant forty shillings. Item, I give small rings unto friends not under the value of ten shillings apiece that is to say Master Bowyer and his wife each, one to my brother Richard, my three own (illegible), my sister Mason, my brother Richard Chase and his wife, my cousin Richard Gower, my cousin Philip Burkett, Doctor Minshall, Doctor Wharton, and Master Robert Bowyer of London, Esquire, each one, as testimonies of my affection to them and theirs to me.
Item, I give to my oldest son Christopher Edelen, whom I make and ordain my whole and sole executor of this my last will and testament revoking all former wills, all my wearing apparel, my library of books, and my picture, provided he furnish his sister with a good dowry at his own charge.
Item, I will that my pension allowed to my cousin Norland of Uxbridge be continued to her death and at her death forty shillings to bury her.
Item, I will that my linen not already given be divided into two moieties, the one moiety thereof I give to my daughter Ann, one third of the other moiety to my son Richard and the other two thirds to my son Christopher my (illegible) and executor with all the rest of my estate whatsoever real and personal (illegible) unto my said oldest son Christopher Edelen, he my said executor paying all my debts and discharging all my legacies within one year after my decease (excepting such as are expected to be paid at a long date) and to bring my body decently (but without any pomp) to the ground to be interred according to the Church of England whereof I have professed myself in life and do declare at my death to be a true member, in witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this eleventh day of March one thousand six hundred fifty six.
Philip Edelen
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within named Philip Edelen to be his last will and testament in the presence of us, Benjamin Bannister, Thomas Measure, John Nicholas, Richard Edelen
(She was the sister of Rev. Philip Edelen and daughter of Richard Edlyn of Pinner Marsh, County Middlesex, who died in 1616. Her mother's name was Margaret, called "Hannah”.)[1]
Ann Edelen, Rev. Philip’s daughter, was given about 700 pounds to buy the lease of a farm in Denham as her dowry to marry James Hills, who was a grocer of London.[1]
Crolian Edelen writes: In 1962, Garter King at Arms and the Heralds of the College of Arms in London, granted me a Coat of Arms on behalf of the Queen and the Duke of Norfolk, which was the old Edelin Arms with the addition in chief of the “Cross Patonce Azure: from the Arms of the Offley Family of London. [1]
Descended from Richard Edlyn of Pinner Marsh, who died in 1616. She married an apothecary of London with the surname of Richmond. In 1725 she divided 7 acres between her daughters at her death. Marlepit Wood, owned by Richard Edlyn in 1616 and mentioned in his will, went to her daughter, Lucy Bateman, and then was called “Bateman’s Wood”. Her Grandson, Edmund Aubrey, received the rest of the Estate. His son, Edmund, grandson Edward, and great grandson Edward entered the Church. Each, in turn, inherited Waxwell Farm and let it our to tenants. Great Grandson Edward sold it in 1827 to Dixon Gibbs, who held it until 1891. The year Edward Trotter and wife Ann bought the house and moved in four years later. In 1903 he died in the garden at which time she built Waxwell Farm Cottage and moved there to live. (See “The Gardens of England” by E. T. Cook, 1908)[1]
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