John Edge (abt. 1646 - 1711)

Born about 1646 in Cheshire, England

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Died 10 May 1711 at about age 65 in Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania

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Biography

John Edge was a part of William Penn's Pennsylvania Settlers community.

John was a Friend (Quaker)

John Edge founder of the family in country came with his wife Jean and family of small children over to the Quaker colonies on the Delaware from St Andrew's Hol county, Middlesex, England about 1685. Settled in Nether Providence. He bought William Penn one hundred and twenty acres of land by deeds of lease and release March 21 and 22 1681/82. He was an member of the Society of Friends and monthly meetings were sometimes held at his house. In his native home he had been subjected to heavy fines and imprisonment for refusing to act contrary to his conscientious scruples and on one occasion he was subjected to a public trial. In Besse's remarkable book 'the Sufferings of Quakers' under date of 1680 we find that in Trinity Term of this Yeare Sir Hugh Windham, one of the Justices of the Common Pleas, brought into that Court at Westminster information in the Name of Thomas Moore as informer against Thomas Farmborrow of London. Chairmaker Henry Waddy John Edge of St Andrew's Holborne in the county of Middlesex and John Jones of St Andrew's Holborne Glover for 260 each of them alleged to be forfeited for their not coming to hear Common prayer for thirteen months past preceding the Information on the Statute of 23rd Elizabeth made against Popish Recusants Some other Friends being in like circumstances a statement of the case was published and presented to the king and parliament and the house of commons resolved that such prosecution of Protestant dissenters was dangerous to the peace of the kingdom but they failed to provide a remedy In 1683 a warrant was granted against George Whitehead for preaching at a meeting in the parish of St Margaret's Westminster The constabulary went to his house broke into it seized his goods and when two of his friends, John Edge and Joseph Peckover, who were among the spectators to the proceedings remonstrated and asked them to make an inventory of the goods seized the police arrested them, fined them and committed them to Newgate prison where they were detained for ten weeks. Later in the same year John Edge. together with Richard Butcher, Christopher Sibthorpe, Antony Ellwood, and John Denton were distrained ig 15 shillings for their refusal to bear arms.

After coming to this country John Edge rose rapidly in the esteem of his neighbors and with his brother Joseph who accompanied him to this country became not only an active Friend but also one of the important and influential members of the civil life of the community. Joseph, who with his brother John, was a member of the grand jury during 1686/87 probably died unmarried, but their sister Sarah who died second month 26 1692 married eighth month 1686 Thomas Bowater. John Edge himself died fifth month 10 17n, but his widow Jean who survived him and all her children was living in third month 27 1734 when the Monthly Meeting records mention a collection of 1 5 shillings paid to her. Like her husband she too was a prominent active and influential member of the Society of Friends.

The children of John and Jean Edge were 1 Mary died Second month 17 1698 married James Sharpless 2 Abigail died Ninth month 27 1716 married Edward Woodward 3 John referred to below 4 Jacob born Third month 8 1690 died probably Second month 7 1720 married in 1712 Sarah daughter of Rees and Hannah Jones and had four children Hannah married John Lea Jane married first Thomas Parke and second James Webb Abigail died unmarried and Sarah died at nine years of age Jacob's widow married second Caleb Cowp land From the above it will be seen that all the descendants of John Edge bearing his name spring from his son John Jr II John 2 eldest son and the only one to bear male issue of John 1 and Jean Edge was born about the beginning of fifth month 1685 died in third month 1734 After his marriage he settled on land which his father had purchased in Upper Providence ninth month 30 1713 he was chosen as overseer of the Providence Meeting of Friends in the room of James Sharpless his brother in law and sixth month 29 1715 was succeeded by Randall Malin In 1721 becoming dissatisfied with certain members of the Providence Meeting he changed his attendance to the Middle town Meeting He was a farmer and a blacksmith and he died intestate possessed of three hundred and twenty eight acres letters of administration being granted his widow May 6 1734 August 30 1739 three of his children James Mary and Rachel petitioned for guardians and their uncles Thomas and George Smedley were appointed His widow was appointed eleventh month 29 1738 39 overseer of the Middletown Meeting in the place of Mary Pennell and ninth month 26 1739 was succeeded by Hannah Howard In eighth month 1709 John Edge married Mary daughter of George and Sarah Smedley of Middleton who survived him and married second ninth month 7 1739 at New town Meeting John son of Francis and Hannah Baker Yarnall of Willistown The first intentions of John Edge's marriage were published at Middletown Meeting Sixth month 29 1709 the second intentions at Springfield Meeting seventh month 26 1709 and the orderly accomplishment at Springfield

John Edge. ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Born Little Hulton, Cheshire, England. 20 DEC 1648. ^{[9][10] [11][12]}

Died 10 JUL 1711. Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. Map: Latitude: N39.967136. Longitude: W75.751953. ^[13][14][15]

Event: Arrival 1682 Pennsylvania, USA. Map: Latitude: N40.858330. Longitude: W76.383354. ^[16] Arrival 1683 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Map: Latitude: N40.006821. Longitude: W75.134705. ^[17]

Residence Nether Providence, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA. ^[18]

Baptism: 25 JAN 1628. Handley, Cheshire, England.

File @M1477@. @M2563@. @M3282@. @M2672@. @M1480@. @M1978@.

Marriage Husband @I391@. Wife @I109@. Child: @I585@. Marriage St Andrew, London, England. 10 OCT 1666. ^[19]

Husband @I391@. Marriage Pennsylvania, USA. Map: Latitude: N40.858330. Longitude: W76.383354.

Husband @I404@. Wife @I270@. Child: @I391@. Marriage 1647 Baschurch, Shropshire, England. Map: Latitude: N52.783337. Longitude: W2.866667.

External Files

• File: Users/debralove/Desktop/Debra Love Family Tree-direct ancestors-1 MediaCheshire, England, Select Bishop's Transcripts, 1576-1933 - Jane Smedley.pdf. Format: pdf. Cheshire, England, Select Bishop's Transcripts, 1576-1933 - Jane Smedley. 22117, 7:12:55 AM.

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• File: Users/debralove/Desktop/Debra Love Family Tree-direct ancestors-1 MediaJohn Edge birth date Family Data Collection - Births - Ancestry.com.pdf. Format: pdf. John Edge birth date Family Data Collection - Births - Ancestry.com. 41417, 1:52:32 PM.

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• File: Users/debralove/Desktop/Debra Love Family Tree-direct ancestors-1 MediaJohn Edge 2 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 - Ancestry.com.pdf. Format: pdf. John Edge 2 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 - Ancestry.com. 42917, 8:57:53 PM.

• File: Users/debralove/Desktop/Debra Love Family Tree-direct ancestors-1 MediaEdge, John UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975 - Ancestry.com.pdf. Format: pdf. Edge, John UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975 - Ancestry.com. 5517, 6:59:57 PM.

• File: Users/debralove/Desktop/FTM Backups/Debra Love Family Tree-direct ancestors-1_2017-07-03 MediaUS Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records 16801(1)-1.jpg. Format: jpg. U.S., Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records, 1680-1940. 11617, 2:14:26 PM.

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• File: Users/debralove/Desktop/FTM Backups/Debra Love Family Tree-direct ancestors-1_2017-07-03 MediaEngland Wales Quaker Birth Marriage and Death Re(1)-1.jpg. Format: jpg. England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837. 11617, 2:14:26 PM. Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

Sources

1. ↑ Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012. Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Year: 1683; Page Number: 100 File @M2563@
2. ↑ Original data: General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials. Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department, and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, RG 6. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England. File @M852@
3. ↑ Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001 Name: John Edge Father: George Edge Mother: Joan Birth Date: 20 Oct 1648 City: Holborn County: London Country: England File @M1978@
4. ↑ Original data: Hinshaw, William Wade. William Wade Hinshaw's Index to Unpublished Quaker Records. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania: Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College. File @M850@
5. ↑ Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie Source number: 24010.004; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 4 File @M2672@
6. ↑ Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012. Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1682; Page Number: 641 File @M2563@
7. ↑ Original data: Electronic databases created from various publications of probate records. File @M3282@
8. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Burials, 1682; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph 99 File @M851@
9. ↑ Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001 Name: John Edge Father: George Edge Mother: Joan Birth Date: 20 Oct 1648 City: Holborn County: London Country: England File @M1978@
10. ↑ Original data: General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials. Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department, and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, RG 6. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England. File @M852@
11. ↑ Original data: Electronic databases created from various publications of probate records. File @M3282@
12. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Burials, 1682; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph 99 File @M851@
13. ↑ Original data: Electronic databases created from various publications of probate records. File @M3282@
14. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Burials, 1682; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph 99 File @M851@
15. ↑ Original data: Hinshaw, William Wade. William Wade Hinshaw's Index to Unpublished Quaker Records. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania: Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College. File @M850@
16. ↑ Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012. Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1682; Page Number: 641 File @M2563@
17. ↑ Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012. Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Year: 1683; Page Number: 100 File @M2563@
18. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Burials, 1682; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph 99 File @M851@
19. ↑ Original data: England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1576-1933. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013 Name: Jane Gender: Female Spouse: George Edge Child: Sarah Edge File @M1480@

• Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey

• Yates Publishing U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;

• Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Births Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2001;

• U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; NOTEPassenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

• UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;

• U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014

• England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013

• U.S., Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records, 1680-1940 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;

Acknowledgements

• Edge-251 created through the import of rgy_complete.ged on Jun 23, 2011 by Robert York.