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Sir Richard Edgeumbe, who was a man of great note in his day. He was knighted on the battle field of Bosworth by his victorious leader, King Henry VII, and had conferred upon him many honors, dignities, and lands. He was made comptroller of the royal household, and one of the privy coun- cil. At the same time he received the castle and lands of Totnes, in County Devon. He was recorder and constable of the castle of Launceston and Hert- ford. In 1488, he was sent to Ireland as lord deputy, by the king, to take the oaths of allegiance, with a retinue of five hundred men, who embarked in vessels at Monts Bay. In consequence of zealously espousing the cause of the Earl of Richmond, he was at one time so hotly pursued by his enemies that he was forced to hide himself in the woods near his home at Cothele. He eluded his pursuers by a very ingenious stroke of policy. Putting a stone into his cap, he managed to tumble it into the water, while the searchers were fast at his heels. Hearing the noise and looking down, they saw the cap floating upon the river, and supposing that he had drowned himself in his desperation, gave up the pursuit, and left him to go into Brittany at his leis- ure. In gratitude for this deliverance he afterwards erected a chapel in the place where he had been secreted.
The preamble of his will reads as follows: "First, I bequeath my soule to Almighty God, beseching the blessedfull Virgyn Mary, his moder, to be a meane unto his most benygn Grace to show his most petyfull grace and mercy to my soule and myn especial good Master send Thomas of Canterbury to be a remember unto for the same."
He provides in this will for a priest to pray for him during the space of five years. He died in Brittany, Sept. S, 1489. Ancient documents now pre- served by the English family, copies of which Lord Edgcumbe furnished the author, show that John, the Provost Prior of the Friars Preachers of Morlaix. and the convent there made an agreement with the widow and executor of Sir Richard for his burial before the high altar in the church of the convent, in an honorable manner. Accordingly a monument was erected there, upon which is represented a man in armor kneeling upon a tomb, praying before a desk, before whom stands a friar dressed in proper habit, in his right hand a staff and two fingers held up as if rebuking Sir Richard. At the foot of the pedestal are the arms and crest of the family of Edgcumbe, and behind the two figures, before-mentioned, is an inscription of great length recording the virtues of the deceased knight.
The wife of Sir Richard was Joan, dau. of Thomas Tremayne, Esq., by whom he left a son, his successor, and a daughter bearing her mother's name.
Piers Edgenmbe, son of the preceding, was sheriff of the county of Devon for many years; was one of the Knights of the Cross of St. Andrews. He was appointed to review and array all men-at-arms, archers, and others who were to engage in an expedition against the "Moors and infidels." For
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his distinguished gallantry displayed at the sieges of Tournay and Thurorenne, and at the battle of Spurs, in France, he was created a knight-banneret. He married, first, the daughter and heiress of Stephen Dumford, by his wife the heiress of Rame; and second, Katherine, daughter of John St. John, by whom no issue. By the first marriage the manors and estates of the Dum- fords, including that of West Stonehouse, now Mount Edgcumbe, were ac- quired. He had three sons and three daughters. Sir Piers died in 1539 and was succeeded by his eldest son and heir.
Sir Richard Edgenmbe was knighted in 1536. He it was who built the present mansion on part of the estate acquired by marriage with his first wife, and gave it the name of "Mount Edgcumb." He was a sheriff of Devonshire. He supported a fine establishment, and entertained on a munificent scale, at one time, the English, Spanish, and Netherlands admirals. By his first wife, daughter of Sir John Arundel, no issue. His second wife became the mother of several children. Sir Richard died in 1561, and was succeeded by
Peter Edgeumbe, who was a member of Parliament and sheriff of County Devon. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir Andrew Lutterell, and had issue, five sons and four daughters. He died in 1607, and the following lines inscribed upon his tomb commemorate his honors :
"Lief Tenant to my Queen long Time And often for my Shire and Knighte; My merit did to Creddit clime, Still bidinge in my callinge righte: By Loyalty my faith was tryde. Peacefull I liv'd, hopeful I diede."
Sir Richard Edgeumbe, son and successor of the preceding, was knighted by James I. He was a member of Parliament. His wife was Mary, daughter and heiress of Sir John Cottle, of London, and by her, who predeceased him, he had two sons, PIERS and RICHARD.
Piers Edgeumbe, Esq., eldest son and successor of the preceding, distin- guished himself by his devotion to the royal cause. It has been said of him that he "was a master of languages and sciences, a lover of the king and church, which he endeavored to support in the time of the civil wars to the utmost of his power and fortune." He held a colonel's commission in the king's army, and for associating with him two distinguished men were be- headed. He married Mary, daughter of Sir John Glanvil, and died in 1660, leaving issue, several sons.
Sir Richard Edgenmbe, son and successor of the last mentioned, was knighted in his father's life-time. He was a member of Parliament. His wife, by whom he had two sons and six daughters, was Anne Montagu, dau. of the Earl of Sandwich. He died in 1688 and was succeeded by his second son, the eldest, Piers, having died young.
Richard Edgenmhe was chosen a member of Parliament soon after reaching his majority and was continued from several places up to 1742. He was a lord commissioner of the treasury in 1716 and 1720, and in 1724 was vice-treasurer and paymaster of taxes. In 1742 he was created BARON EDG- CUMBE of Mount Edgeumbe, and was subsequently made chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, one of the privy council, and lord-lieutenant of Cornwall. By his wife Matilda, daughter of Sir Henry Furnese, he had three sons,
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RICHARD, HENRY died in infancy, and GEORGE who was a captain in the navy. He died in 1758, and was succeeded in his title and estate by his eldest son,
Richard Edgcumbe, second baron, member of Parliament, one of the lords of the admiralty, and subsequently comptroller of His Majesty's house- hold. Walpole, in his " Royal and Noble Authors," says of him : " His lord- ship's skill as a draughtsman is said to have been such as might entitle him to a place in the 'Anecdotes of English Painting,' while the ease and harmony of his poetic compositions give him an authorized introduction here. He was a man of fine parts, great knowledge, and original wit, who possessed a light and easy vein of poetry; who was calculated by nature to serve the public and to charm society; but who unhappily was a man of pleasure and left his gay associates a most affecting example how health, fame, ambition, and everything that may be laudable in principle and practice, are drawn into and absorbed by that most destructive of all whirlpools -gaming." He died un- married, in 1761, and was succeeded by his brother,
George Edgenmbe, as third baron. This nobleman had sat in several parliaments, and had been lord-lieutenant of Cornwall, and vice-admiral of the Blue. He married Emma, only daughter and heiress of John Gilbert, archbishop of York, by whom he had an only son. On Feb. 14, 1781, he was created VISCOUNT MOUNT EDGCUMBE AND VALLETORT; and in 1789 was advanced to the dignity of an earl, by the title of EARL OF MOUNT EDGCUMBE. He died in 1795, and was succeeded by
Richard Edgecumbe, as second earl. This nobleman held the office of lord-lieutenant of Cornwall. He married Lady Sophia Hobart, dau. of John, second Earl of Buckinghamshire, and had issue, two sons and two daughters. He died in 1839, and was succeeded by his eldest son,
Ernest Augustus Edgeumbe, as third earl. He was born in 1797; m., in 1831, Caroline Augusta, daughter of Rear-Admiral Charles Fielding, who long survived her husband and was extra Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen. His lordship was aid-de-camp to the Queen, and colonel of the Corn- wall militia. He had issue, two sons and two daughters. Dying in 1861, he was succeeded by his eldest son,
William Henry Edgeumbe, as fourth earl, and is the present owner of Mount Edgcumbe, and of the large estates concentrated in the family. He was born in 1832; was educated at Harrow, and Christ's Church, Oxford, where he became B. A. in 1856. He was member of Parliament from Ply- mouth from 1859 to 1861, when, by the death of his father, he entered the Upper House. He married, in 1858, Lady Catherine Elizabeth Hamilton, fourth dau. of the first Duke of Abercorn, and had issue as follows :
I. PIERS ALEXANDER HAMILTON EDGCUMBE VISCOUNT VALLETORT, born 1865.
2. VICTORIA FREDERICA CAROLINE, born in 1859.
3. ALBERTHA LOUISA FLORENCE, born 1861.
4. EDITH HILARIA, b. 1862.
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EDGECOMBES OF ASHBURTON, ENGLAND.
William Edgecombe was descended from the ancient family in Devon- shire, now represented at Old Edgcumbe and Mount Edgcumbe. He resided at Ashburton, Eng., where he died, Nov. 21, 1866, aged 83 years. His wife, Joan Edgecombe, died Feb. 26, 1867, aged 83 years. Five sons and one daughter, all born at Ashburton. The sons were:
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4. John, b. in Ashburton, Devonshire, Oct., 1809 ; emigrated to America, the 24th of March, 1833, arriving at St. Andrews, New Brunswick, where he was m., in 1835, to Elizabeth Carter, who was b. July 16, 1815, in Ashburton, being a daughter of William and Mary Carter. These had two daughters, of whom hereafter. The family removed to St. John in 1838; thence to Frederickton, in May, 1840, where the father engaged in the manufacturing of carriages. On Friday morning, July 17, 1840, his wife died, leaving two babes. He m. second, Apr. 1, 1841, Miss Ann J. Wildman, b. in County Tyrone, Ireland, Oct. 23, 1817, and by her had nine sons, b. in Frederickton. He d. Dec. 18, 1890, in the 8Ist year of his age.
I. MARY J .. b. in St. Andrews, N. B., July 15, 1836 ; m. Thomas Knowles of St. John, N. B.
II. SOPHIA, b. in St. Andrews, N. B., May 31, 1838 ; m. William Stirling, of Nashwaak, N. B., and has three children, Bessie, Norman, and Archie.
III. WILLIAM J., b. Nov. 28, 1843; m. Sophia Thompson, of St. Mary's N. B., and has a son.
(1). Percy, b. Nov. 12, 1878.
IV. ALFRED G., b. Aug. 13, 1847; m. Helen Giles, of Rosedale, Toronto, and has a family of five children, as follows :
(1). Queenie H., b. May 24, 1882.
(2). Dorothy E., b. June 19, 1884.
(3). Helen K., b. Dec. 12, 1885 ; d. May 31, 1888.
(4). George H., b. Dec. 9, 1886.
(5). Winifred G., b. Feb. 9, 1890.
V. ROBERT B., b. Sept. 27, 1848; d. Nov. 4, 1848.
VI. FREDERICK B., b. Apr. 28, 1851 ; m. Ellen L. Eaton, of Milltown, Charlotte Co., N. B., and has three children. He is engaged in the dry goods trade at Frederick, N. B.
(1). Charles H., b. July 16, 1888.
(2). Louisa E., b. Apr. 1, 1891.
(3). Marion G., b. Aug. 1, 1893 ; d. Aug. 27, 1893.
VII. CHARLES H., b. May' 4, 1853 ; d. Dec. 18, 1874.
VIII. ALBERT W., b. Jan. 4, 1856; m. Minnie Logan, of St. John, N. B., and had four children.
(1). Annic HI., b. Mar. 14, 1884.
(2). Charles F., b. May 31, 1886 ; d. Oct. 6, 1891.
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(3). Edith K., b. Nov. 26, 1889.
(4). Zilliah G., b. June 8, 1894.
IX. HEDLEY V., b. Apr. 24, 1858; single.
x. NORMAN A., b. Apr. 20, 1860; single.
XI. ARTHUR C .. b. Apr. 21, 1865 ; m. Mabel Estey, of Frederickton, N. B., and has
(1). Frederick A., b. Feb. 3, 1893.
EDGECOMB FAMILY OF CONNECTICUT.
John Edgecombe, son of NICHOLAS EDGECOMBE, of Plymouth, England, received a grant of land through the Connecticut assembly in 1663, and set- tled in New London about 1673. He was married Feb. 9, 1673, to Sarah, daughter of Edward Stallion, and by her had issue. His second wife was Elizabeth, widow of Joshua Hempstead. He died April 11, 1721, and in his will he is called "aged." His estate was a "homestead in the town plot and two considerable farms." It has been assumed that this John Edgecomb and the Nicholas Edgecomb who settled in Scarborough, Me., were relatives; that they were brothers. Now I find that a John Edgecomb was an inhabitant of Kittery, Me., as early as 1640, and as there is no record of any grant of land to him there, as was the case with permanent settlers, he probably soon went away. As no other family of the name was settled in New England besides those of the two immigrants mentioned above, it may be assumed with plausi- bility that John, of Kittery, removed to Connecticut. In the record of mar- riage, John, of New London, is designated as "son of Nicholas Edgecombe, of Plymouth, in Old England." This establishes the parental connection of John Edgecombe, of New London. It is also stated that a "Nicholas Edge- combe was actively engaged in establishing a settlement on Casco Bay, and himself visited it in 1658." This person was probably the father of John Edgecombe, of New London. The corresponding name, Nicholas, suggests a near connection between the Maine and Connecticut families, and the prob- ability that their respective heads, Nicholas and John, were brothers. The records of New London were destroyed when the town was burned by the British in 17SI, and only an imperfect history of this family can be compiled. Children of John, far as known, as follows* :
SECOND GENERATION.
I. JOHN,2 b. Nov. 14, 1675; m. Hannah Hempstead.
2. SARAH,2 b. July 29, 1678; m. John Bolles.
3. JOANNA,2 b. Mar. 3, 1679 ; m. Henry Delamore, Feb. 14, 1716. He styled himself "late master spar-maker to his majesty the king of Great Britain, at Port Mahon."
4. NICHOLAS,2 b. Jan. 23, 1681-2.
5. SAMUEL,2 b. 1690 ; d. Feb. 26, 1786, aged 96.
6. THOMAS,2 b. in 1694, at New London ; settled in Norwich before 1720, and there d. Sept. 16, 1745. His first wife was Catherine Copp ; his
* Mr. Jessee Edgecomb d. May 7, 1792. Mrs. Lydia Wheeler, formerly wife of Jessee Edge- comb, d. Aug. 23, 1787, aged 65.
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second, Esther Post, who survived him but a few months. While on her way to New London, she was thrown from her horse and severely wounded in the head. She was carried to the house of William Angel where she lingered in great distress for two weeks. The whole neigh- borhood was moved by her suffering and the best medical skill was employed, but to no avail. She d. May 20, 1746, aged 40, and was buried at New London. Four children, of whom hereafter :
THIRD GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF THOMAS AND CATHERINE:
I. THOMAS,3 d. in Norwich, Apr. 29, 1755.
2. JOHN,3 was in the expedition against Cape Breton, and d. there after the surrender in 1746, aged 20.
3. JONATHAN,8 as seaman, was taken by a Spanish privateer, Aug. 3, 1752; was carried to C'ompeachy, thence to Spain, where he was confined for several months. He succeeded in picking the lock of his prison, and escaped to a French port in safety. Here he went on board an English vessel, and worked his passage to England, where he was immediately seized by a press gang, and forced on board of a man-of-war. After a year's service he made his escape, and after many vicissitudes he finally reached home, Nov. 30, 1754. He is said to have settled in Vermont.
4. SAMUEL,8 b. 1730; m. Dorothy Smith, of Groton, Conn., May 7, 1752. He settled in Groton; was a cabinet-maker by trade, also a farmer. He was an important member of the society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts ; was a vestryman or warden from 1735 to 1767; deacon of First Presbyterian church, a man of great worth, highly re- spected, who, according to inscription on his tombstone, " died in great peace, Aug. 14, 1795, aged 65 years." His wife d. Jan. 14, 1813, aged 84. Children and descendants' names will follow:
FOURTH GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND DOROTHY :
1. KATHERINE, 4 b. Mar. 8, 1753; d. Mar. 14, 1759.
2. DOROTHY,4 b. Dec. 8, 1754; m. Jonathan Witham, of Stonington, Conn., and had one son.
3. DAVID, 4 b. June 8, 1756; m. Desire Park, of Boston, Conn., Mar. 29,- 1781. He d. Apr. 8, 1826; his wife d. Sept. 26, 1826. These had issue, as will appear.
+ ELIZABETH, 4 b. Jan. 15, 1758 ; m. Joshua Walsworth, and had three sons, one, Henry,5 a prominent merchant in New York city. She d. Jan. 10, 1821.
5. SAMUEL,4 b. Feb. 28, 1760; m. Kitty Williams, of Stonington, Conn., Mar. 13, 1788 ; she d. Dec. 26, 1790, and he m., second, Rachel Copp, of New London, Dec. 11, 1791. This wife d. Sept. 30, 1824. He d. Feb. 25, 1843. Samuel was a cabinet-maker by trade, but carried on a farm. He was at the battle of Fort Griswold, where, out of one hundred and sixty persons, half were killed and nearly all wounded. He is rep- resented as "a stout, lion-hearted man," who said : "We threw down shot like a shower of hail upon our assailants." He was also in the privateering service. Of his large family, more hereafter.
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6. GILBERT, 4 b. Mar. 3, 1762 ; m. Lucy Allyn, June 21, 1790-one account says Lucy Stoddard-of North Groton, Conn., now Ledyard; removed thence to Brougliton, where four sons and a dau. were b., of whom here- after. He d. Oct. 5, 1847. Mr. Edgecomb was a soldier of the Revo- lution, having enlisted when only 15 years of age. He was with Wash- ington at Valley Forge, and went through the three years' campaign, receiving an honorable discharge in 1780. He volunteered in defense of Fort Griswold, Sept. 16, 1781. Of 160 men, who comprised the gar- rison, 84 were killed on the spot; the 32 who remained unhurt were taken prisoners, placed on board a man-of-war and carried to New York, where they were shut up in an old sugar-house till after the surrender of Gen. Cornwallis; they were then discharged and after a weary journey, ragged and foot-sore, but full of patriotism, reached home. He removed from Connecticut to Cortland, N. Y., in 1820; was a farmer; a man of sound mind and unyielding will, who possessed a store of useful information.
7 JABEZ,4 b. Oct. 6, 1763 ; m. Esther Morgan, Mar. 8, 1787, and had issue, as will appear. He was a soldier of the Revolution and served with great fidelity. When asked if he was ever in an engagement, he is quoted as saying : "No, I could never get a shot at the dogs; I was always held in reserve." He d. May 18, 1843; his wife d. Apr. 6, 1843, aged 79 years.
8. HANNAH,4 b. May 27, 1765; m. Gilbert Grant, of Stonington, Conn., and d. Feb. 4, 1836. Two sons.
9. THOMAS,4 b. June 29, 1767; m. - Morgan, of Groton, Conn. Two sons. He died, near Albany, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1848. William Edge- comb, of Albany, is of this family.
IO. ASA,4 b. Apr. 14, 1772; d. Sept. 4, 1774.
FIFTH GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF DAVID AND DESIRE:
I. DOROTHY, 5 b. Jan. 19, 1782 ; d. Apr. 14, 1812.
2. DEBORAH,5 b. Jan. 22, 1784; d. June 22, 1800.
3. DAVID, 5 b. Aug. 3, 1786; d. May 29, 1812. He was an accomplished scholar and was an assistant of Nathan Dabott, the astronomer.
4. JONATHAN, 5 b. Aug. 24, 1788; m. Mary Gore, of Galway, N. Y., Feb. 5, 1818. He removed from his home in Groton, Conn., to Herkimer county, N. Y., and engaged in the tanning of leather. In the war of 1812 he served as quartermaster in northern New York and Sackett's Harbor. After his marriage he settled in Galway, where he carried on the leather business and farming. He then spent a few years at Albion, but finally, in 1854, purchased a farm at Lima, LaGrange county, Ind., where he spent the remainder of his days. He and wife united with the Baptist church, at Galway, in 1831. "A good and noble man, this Jonathan," wrote one of the family. He d. Feb. 24, 1867 ; his wife, Apr. 27, 1849. Issue, of whom hereafter.
5. AVERY,5 b. Dec. 28, 1790; d. May 18, 1848.
6. BETSEY, 5 b. Apr. 29, 1793 ; d. May 27, 1849.
7. ASA P.,5 b. Oct. 10, 1795 ; m. Mary Bill, and had a son, David.6 He
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m., second, in Montrose, N. Y., and d. without other issue. Nov. 23, 1849.
8. LYMAN,5 b. Feb. 27, 1798 ; d. Mar. 26, 1805.
CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND KITTY:
I. MARY,6 b. Sept. 24, 1789; in. John S. Moxley, Jan. 24, 1813; d. Sept., 1843.
2. KATHERINE,5 b. Dec. 13, 1790; in. Gilbert Morgan, Aug. 6, 1815; d. Dec. 4, 1878. Morgan was lost at sea in Nov., 1825.
CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND RACHEL:
3. JULIA,5 b. Dec. 26, 1792 : m. Edmund Williams, Jan. 1, 1815; d. June 8, 1851.
4. SAMUEL,5 b. May 29, 1794 ; d. Jan. 26, 1819.
5. SARAH B.,5 b. Jan. 7, 1796; m. Daniel Knowles, Feb. 13, 1820; d. Feb. 18, 1864.
6. ALBERT,5 b. Sept. 30, 1797 ; in. Mary Bill, Aug. 29, 1819; she d. Dec. 22, 1820, and he m., second, Feb. 20, 1822, Lucy Avery; she d. Nov. 14, 1825, and he m., third, Clarissa H. Fish, May 21, 1826; she d. Apr. 9. 1864, and he m. Sept. 30, 1867, Emily Burrows; she d. Oct. 20, 1879. He d. July 7. 1874. Mr. Edgecomb was for many years a far- mer at "Hazlenut hill," in Poquonock, Conn. He was an exemplary Christian, and for rising fifty years the beloved deacon of the Union Baptist church at Mystic, Conn. He was universally respected. Seven children, of whom hereafter.
HARRIET,5 b. Mar. 16, 1800; m. Sanford Morgan, Dec. 14, 1828; d. Mar. 19, 1837.
8. DANIEL D.,5 b. Jan. 2, 1802; m. Harriet, dau. of Edward and Sally (Latham) Ashbey, June 2, 1824; she d. May 9, 1826; he m. second, Esther, dau. of Nathan Standish -a descendant of Capt. Miles Stan- dish, of Plymouth -and Sally Park, Sept. 2. 1827. There were eight children, who will be mentioned again. Mr. Edgecomb was much in- terested in the family history and by diligent research assembled con- siderable data now incorporated into this book. Then his son, William C. Edgecomb, Esq., took up the chain where the father laid it down and furnished the links for the later generations. Mr. Daniel D. d. Jan. 27, 1887.
9. JOHN,5 b. Aug. 26, 1803; m. Abby Gates, Aug. 1. 1826. He d. at Mys- tic, Conn., Nov. 24, 1878 ; of his children more presently.
CHILDREN OF GILBERT AND LUCY :
I. Lucy,5 b. Apr. 14, 1795; m. Joseph Eldridge in 1818; d. 1877. She had issue.
2. GILBERT,5 b. Sept. 27, 1797 ; m. Elizabeth Fish, Aug. 5, 1818 ; she was b. July 9, 1796; d. Nov. 3, 1867. He m. second, Lucy Turrell, Apr. 5, 1868, and d. Nov. 11, 1877. Eight children, of whom more hereafter. Mr. Edgecomb was something of a speculator; dealt in live stock, and at one time operated a line of stages from Oswego north, and was well- to-do. About 1840 he moved to Tioga county and settled in a compar-
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ative wilderness; here he engaged in lumbering, a business in which he had no experience, and stocked a store. Reverses came in succession and he became poor. He ended his days on a small farm, near Wav- erly, in old age.
3. ERASTUS,5 b. Oct. 15, 1803; m. Eliza Breed, Oct. 7, 1834; his second wife, Lucy A. Wood, July 15, 1860. He d. Dec. 29, 1865. Issue, six children.
4. ISAAC,5 b. May 12, 1806; m. Clarissa Woodruff in 1828, and had issue. He d. July 6, 1860. Seven children.
CHILDREN OF JABEZ AND ESTHER :
I. NATHAN S.,5 b. Dec. 7, 1796, in Groton, Conn., m. Julia E. Williams, Dec. 9, 1824, who d. Aug. 24, 1854. He d. Jan. 12, 1875. Five chil- dren, of whom hereafter.
2. THOMAS J.,5 m. Mary A. Law, and had issue; house carpenter; resided at North Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN OF THOMAS:
I. WILLIAM H.,5 b. in Schoharie, N. Y., and d. some thirteen years ago, aged 72 years. He m. a daughter of Isaac and Harriet (Stark) Orcott, who was b. in Auburn village, N. Y., and is still living. He was formerly a carriage builder in Albany, N. Y. Three children living, of whom further on.
2. SAMUEL.5 3. POLLY.5
SIXTH GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF JONATHAN AND MARY :
I. ORPHELIA, 6 b. Dec. 3, 1818.
2. DAVID,6 b. Feb. 13, 1821 ; d. in infancy.
3. LOUISA, 6 b. May 15, 1822.
4 GEORGE W.,6 b. Nov. 29, 1824.
5. CLARA,6 b. May 26, 1827.
6. MARY A.,6 b. July 25, 1830; d. June 27, 1837.
CHILDREN OF ALBERT AND MARY :
I. MARY A.,6 b. June 25, 1820.
2. LUCY C.," b. June 25, 1825.
3. CLARISSA E.,6 b. May 8, 1827 ; m. Roswell Burrows.
4. JULIA A.,6 b. July 10, 1828; m. Silas Fisk; second, Rev. Abel P. Buell, of Cleveland, O.
5. JOHN A.,6 b. July 10, 1830; d. in San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 5, 1851.
6. COURTLAND, 6 b. Oct. 19, 1832 ; d. Oct. 30, 1832.
7. ROSWELL S.,6 b. Oct. 11, 1835; m. Fannie R. Ashbey, Nov. 12, 1863 ; second, Gertrude L. Coe, Nov. 18. 1879. He was formerly proprietor of the "Edgecomb House," at Eastern Point, Groton, Conn., a fash- ionable summer resort at the mouth of the Thames river. He is now captain of the steamer "Colonel Ledyard," on the ferry between New London and Groton, Conn. Seven children.
8. EMELINE, 6 b. Sept. 20, 1838; m. Samuel Taylor, of Norwich, Conn.
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EDGECOMB FAMILY.
CHILDREN OF DANIEL D .:
I. MELVINA,6 b. Mar. 6, 1825; m. Thomas H. Lovett, Dec. 5, 1844; d. Oct. 29, 1859.
2. HARRIET,6 b. Sept. 7, 1828.
3. GILBERT,6 b. Oct. 30, 1830; d. June 24, 1843.
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