Capt.
Samuel
Ogden
Edison
Sr.
Born in Acquackanonk Township, Essex, New Jersey
Ancestors 
Son of John Edison UE
and Sarah (Ogden) Edison
Brother of
Thomas Edison, Adonijah Edison, Mary (Edison) Dowling, Catharine (Edison) Weaver, Sarah (Edison) Wilson, Moses Edison and Margaret (Edison) Saxton
Husband of
Nancy (Stimpson) Edison
— married
14 Nov 1792 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Husband of
Elizabeth Yokom
— married
5 Sep 1825 in Vienna, Elgin, Ontario, Canada
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Edison, Marcellus Edison, John Edison, Henry Edison, Samuel Ogden Edison Jr., Eliza Edison, Snow Edison, Simeon Ogden Edison, Mahlon Burwell Edison, Elizabeth Jane (Edison) Putman, Fordice Warner Edison and Charles Oscar Edison
Died
at age 98
in Vienna, Bayham, Elgin, Canada West
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Oct 2009
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Biography
Samuel Edison Sr. has Dutch Ancestry
Samuel Edison was an early settler in Upper Canada (now Ontario). His original Talbot Settlement land grant was lot 15, Concession 3, in Bayham Township (Order in Council, August 20, 1811).[1]
SAMUEL EDISON (Sarah Ogden, Samuel, Swaine, David, John), b. March 7, 1767; d. March 27, 1865; 1st married NANCY STIMSON; 2d married on September 5, 1825, to ELIZABETH COOK, b. May 8, 1799; d. March 31, 1890.
Samuel Ogden EDISON b: March 5, 1762 Acquackanonk, Essex Co., New Jersey d: March 27, 1865 Vienna, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada, buried at the Edison Pioneer Cemetery in Vienna +Nancy STIMSON b: October 1769 married on November 14, 1792 Digby Co., Nova Scotia, Canada d: September 26, 1824 Vienna, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada
In 1861, Samuel Edison, age 93, born USA, and Elizabeth, age 56, born USA, were residing with their son Mahlon, a yeoman, 34, and his family, Sarah, 25, b. USA [sic], Mahlon, 5 and Julia, 1.
Famous Connections
Thomas Edison → Samuel Edison (his father) → Samuel Edison (his father)
Sources
- https://archive.org/stream/ogdenfamilyiname00whee#page/122/mode/2up
- https://archive.org/stream/ogdenfamilyiname00whee#page/228/mode/2up
- "Ontario Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ7H-HRQ : 5 September 2017), Saml Edison, Vienna, Elgin, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 8, line 23; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1019, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,435,844.
- alternate source 1861 census, Vienna, Elgin Co., Canada West.
- grave
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel:
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~3.12%
Lisa Haight
:
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Judi Thomas :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~12.50%
David Heyes :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal DAV3c93f8a4, Ancestry member shaverdave92
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Nancy (Clark) O'Hare :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A351032 [compare], Ancestry member nrclark3
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Categories: Talbot Settlers | Vienna, Upper Canada | Dutch Descendants of Canada
b: Mar 5, 1762 Acquackanonk, Essex Co., NJ d: Mar 27, 1865 Vienna, Elgin Co., ON, buried at the Edison Pioneer Cemetery in Vienna +Nancy STIMSON b: Oct 1769 m: Nov 14, 1792 Digby Co., NS d: Sep 26, 1824 Vienna, Elgin Co., ON
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