Moses Cory Edwards (1756 - 1827)

Born 28 Jul 1756 in Northfield, Essex, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Desire (Meeker) Edwards — married 20 Apr 1774 in Canoe Brook, New Jersey, USA(1776)

Husband of Catharine (Corey) Edwards — married 15 Feb 1794 in Livingston, Essex, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 4 May 1827 at age 70 in Bethel, Clermont, Ohio, United States

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Biography

• NB Twin to Aaron.

Moses Edwards (aka Moses Cory Edwards, Deacon Edwards, Rev. Moses Edwards) was licensed to preach, and ordained in 1798. He was the son of Jacob Edwards and Effie Spier and the twin of Aaron Meeker. His twin, Aaron, married Desire Minor and was a Captain during the Revolutionary War.

Birth

July 28, 1756; Northfield, Essex, New Jersey

Marriage

• 1st Desire Meeker

Parents: Timothy Meeker and Desire Cory

Birth

Death September 5, 1793, (Moses donated to the Baptist Society an acre of ground for a burial place; his wife Desire, is buried near the west side of the Burying Ground.)

• 2nd Catharine Corey

widow of Simeon Ogden of Caldwell. (her maiden name was Cory).

Parents: unknown

Birth

Death^[1]

Children

Children with Desire Meeker:

• Joshua;
• Jonathan;
• Caleb; Went to Ohio a year after his father, and became a lawyer practicing in Indianapolis
• Enoch; Married Hannah Reeve
• Abner;
• Asher;
• David;
• Rebecca;

Children with Catherine Cory:

• Desire; Desire married Pell Teed; died at eighteen, and the oldest stone in the Northfield Burying ground markes her grave
• Lo; Lot remained in New Jersey and became a physician
• Jane Caroline; Jane Caroline, another daughter of Moses and Catherine, became the second wife of Pell Teed
• Moses Jr.; Rev. Moses Edwards Jr., licensed to preach by the Bethel Baptist Church on June 4, 1831

Timeline

Northfield, Essex, New Jersey;
1785 - Minutes of the Lyons Farms Church show that "Moses Edwards and his wife Desire, were baptized on June 29, 1785." From the records, they were the first baptised in Cannue Brook waters.
1787 - Moses bought the farm of Obed Dunham (Obed and family removed to Ohio).
1798 - He was ordained and licensed to preach (Moses served for 17 years).
1800 - The first church building was erected in 1800, and the Baptist Society was incorporated as the Northfield Baptist Church.
1815 - He sold his farm to his son Enoch, and went to join his lifelong friend "Obed Dunham" in Ohio.

Death

1827 Bethel, Clermont, Ohio, United States (Bethel Churchyard, in an unmarked grave).

Sources

1. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/ogdenfamilyiname00whee#page/124/mode/1up/search/edwards p124 The Ogden family in America], Elizabethtown branch, and their English ancestry; John Ogden, the Pilgrim, and his descendants, 1640-1906

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111093438/moses-c-edwards

Moses C. Edwards BIRTH 28 Jul 1756 Northfield, Essex County, New Jersey, USA DEATH 4 May 1827 (aged 70) Bethel, Clermont County, Ohio, USA BURIAL - @ Early Settlers Burying Ground Bethel, Clermont County, Ohio, USA MEMORIAL ID 111093438 h/o Desire (nee Meeker) Edwards (1756-1793), d/o Timothy Meeker (1708-1798).

In January 2021, Steven Humphrey came across evidence in a listing of Civil War Veteran buried in Ohio that Moses is not actually in Trissel Cemetery, but is in fact buried in an unmarked grave near to Obadiah "Obed" Denham in what is sometimes called the Old Main Street Cemetery but is now know as the Early Settlers Burying Ground .

Parents Jacob Edwards b1712–1795

Effie Spier Edwards b1728–1765

Spouse:- Desire Meeker Edwards b1756–1793

Siblings:-

John Edwards b1746–1828 Gilbert Edwards b1750–1780 Mary Edwards Meeker b1756–1844 Aaron Edwards b1756–1804 Effie Edwards Kent b1757–1797 Nathaniel Edwards b1761–1811 Jacob Edwards b1763–1843

Children:-

Asher Edwards b1776–1843 Rachel Edwards Meeker b1777–1840 Enoch Edwards b1778–1853 Uzal Edwards b1781–1832 Rebecca Meeker Edwards Reeves b1788–1853 Desire Catherine Edwards Teed b1794–1813 Moses Cory Edwards b1801–1876 Lot Edwards b1806–1874 --

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=edwards&GSfn=moses&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1827&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=111093438&df=all&
• Pioneers of Old Northfield; page 7, [1]
• Information from a family Bible owned by a descendant of Aaron Edwards, twin brother of Moses Edwards; by Lillias Collins Cook Copyright, 1953
• The Ogden family in America, Elizabethtown branch, and their English ancestry; John Ogden, the Pilgrim, and his descendants, 1640-1906 pg 124