Barnabas Edson (1786 - 1859)

Born 5 Mar 1786 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Died 30 May 1859 at age 73 in North Bridgewater, Massachusetts

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Biography

Barnabas Edson was born in 1786. He was the son of Josiah Edson and Reliance Fuller.^[1][2] Barnabas is the great, great, great grandson of Mayflower Pilgrim Deacon Samuel Fuller Sr. (click to see the relationship trail).

Barnabas married Betsy Gurney in Bridgewater, Mass., in 1815.^[3] They had the following children:

1. Harriet Allen Edson, b. 21 Sep 1815; d. 04 Mar 1904
2. Sarah Hayward Edson, b. 17 Nov 1819
3. Josiah Edson, b. 27 Mar 1822
4. James Edson, b. 15 Aug 1824
5. Matilda Gurney Edson, b. 03 Apr 1827

Barnabas passed away in 1859.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Stover, Margaret Harris and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower families through five generations : descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620 Vol. 10, Family of Samuel Fuller (Plymouth:GSMD, 1996), p. 109 #159 "Reliance Fuller ... iv BARNABAS b. 5 Mar 1786 ...."
2. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch (4 December 2014), Barnabas Edson, 05 Mar 1786; citing BRIDGEWATER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 164,691, 164,692.
3. ↑ Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, database, FamilySearch (4 December 2014), Barnabas Edson and Betsey Gurney, 01 Jan 1815; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0873755 IT 2.
4. ↑ Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch (10 December 2014), Barnabus Edson, 30 May 1859; citing North Bridgewater, Massachusetts, v 130 p 223, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,175.