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*Catherine Dorset probably died when she was about 20 years old. "She was retained in memory by all who knew her and very highly esteemed. I remember hearing them talk of her."
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DORSET OF MONMOUTH COUNTY
Mary Herbert: married William Hulse. Benjamin Herbert; married Lydia Pearce. Jane Herbert George Herbert
88 James L. Dorset, born May 10 or 20, 1818.
So Jacob E. Dorset, born Sep. 12, IS20.
66 GEORGE B. DORSET, son of Capt. Benjamin Dorset, 50, born Jan. 18, 1786; married Helena . He succeeded to the homestead of his father, which, in 1899, had long been gone and its site only marked by a thrifty old pear tree standing where the well had Inen, set out by Capt. Benjamin himself.
Issue
90 Eliza Dorset; married Taylor Hoff; she was dead in 1899.
91 James Dorset, born Sept. 3, IS16.
. 92 Joseph Dorset; dead in 1899.
93 Catharine Dorset; dead in 1899; married James II. Stevenson.
94 Sarah A. Dorset, born circ. 1823; living. in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1899; married B. V. Ford.
68 ABRAM DORSET, son of Capt. Benjamin Dorset, 50, born Dec. 31, 1789; married Eleanor
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Issue
95 Andrew Dorset; married; had one son.
96 Benjamin Dorset; married; had one son.
97 Catharine Dorset
98 Adelia Dorset
99 Abram Dorset, of Hoboken, N. J .; living in 1899.
88 JAMES L. DORSET, son of James E. Dorset, 61, born May 10 or 20, ISIS; married, first, Lydia Herbert; second, Julia Ann Woolley.
Issue by first wife
100 James Edward Dorset: married ..... Chamberlain.
IOI Mary Eliza Dorset; married Nelson Bennett.
102 Sarah Ann Dorset; married Jacob Havens.
103 Henry Dorset
Issue by second wife
104 William Dorset
105 Frank Dorset
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89 JACOB E. DORSET, son of James E. Dorset, 61, born Sep. 12, 1820; died Dec. 29, IS91; married Sarah Herbert.
Issue 109 Caroline Louisa Dorset; married John Morris.
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IIO Mary Dorset
III Edmond J. Dorset
112 Hance L. Dorset
113 Susan Armenia Dorset
114 Fanny Dorset
91 JAMES DORSET, son of George B. Dorset, 66, born Jan. 18, 1816; died July 20, 1896; married Hannah, daughter of William B., and Mary Parker, born July 28, 1819; died Mch. 9, 1892.
Issue
115 Mary P'. Dorset, of Mercerville, N. J., 1899.
116 Elizabeth Dorset
117 Elbert E. Dorset, born Jan. 3, 1846. Killed by explosion of the boiler on board the steamer Isaac Bell, Oct. 31, 1866.
IIS George B. Dorset, born Aug. 27, 1850; died Oct. 15, 1882.
119 James W. Dorset; living 1899; no male issue.
120 Emily A. Dorset, born Feb. 13, 1842; died Oct. 27, 1845.
92 JOSEPH DORSET, son of George B. Dorset, 66, married
Issue
12I Emma Dorset
J22 Helena Dorset
123 George C. Dorset
124 Elbert Dorset
125 Kate Dorset
126 Martha Dorset
127 Joseph Dorset, Jr.
NOTES
"the age and death of our deceased sister burdge. She was born ye 3 day of September 1725 and departed this Life the 2 day of Feb 1752"
From Taylor-Dorset Bible in the possession of the Misses Osborn, Middletown.
"James Dorset settled here 1676. Died 1720 and was buried here. His descendants occupied this farm to 1840. Elizabeth Dorset, sixth in descent and last of the name who resided on this property, died, in 1879, aged nearly 102 years, and requested this monument should be erected in memory of the Dorsets." Upon a large monument in the Dorset Burying Ground, where are to be found the stones of, S, and his wife; 9; 16 and his wife; 28; 35; 36 and his wife; 51 and 53.
EATON
OF
MONMOUTH COUNTY
THOMAS EATON, of Eatontown, may have been the same who took his oath, as Free- man, in Dover, Norfolk County, Mass., May 23, 1666. Wickes says that he came, first, to Mid- dietown and thence to Shrewsbury, in 16So, and that he was related to Theophilus and Samuel Eaton, of the New Haven Colony.
1684, Dec. 12. Thomas Eaton married Jerusha, daughter of Thomas and Jane (Paine) Mayhew, and widow of Joseph Wing, who was killed by lightning in 1679. He died, in Shrews- bury, 9 mo., 26, 1688.
1688, Nov. 11. Will of Thomas Eaton, of Shrewsbury; proved Dec. 13, 1688, mentioned: Wife, Jerusha, who is with child.
Son-in-law, Joseph Wing
His friend, John Dennes, son of Robert, of Portsmouth, R. I., to whom he gave property in Dartmouth, New England.
His mother, Mary Carrieway, living in the Town of Goodhurst, in the County of Kent, in Old England, or if she be dead, to all her children, certain notes due him.
Issue
2 A son (whom Miss Sinnott* calls Thomas) who died in Shrewsbury 10 mo., 10, 1686. 3 John Eaton, born in 1689.
3 JOHN EATON, son of Thomas Eaton, I, was born March 26, 1689, and died, Apr. I. 1750, aged 61 years and 6 days, and is buried in the Friends' Cemetery, Shrewsbury, N. J. It was he who gave his name to Eatontown.
1716, Apr. 26. John Eaton and wife Joanna, and Jerusha, his mother, made a conveyance to Gabriel Steele.
1710, Sept. 19. John Eaton had a release from Eliakim Wardell.
1720. Eaton's Mill existed in this locality, prior to this date.
1745, Dec. 2. Will of John Eaton; proved May 11, 1750, mentioned: Wife, Joannat
*Sinnett and Allied Families, page 213.
¡Joseph Wardell. of Shrewsbury, N. J., made his will May 5, 1733; proved May 30, 1755, in which he speaks of his daughter. Joanna Eatton.
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Daughter, Sarah Eatton, [married, June 25, 1761, Richard Tole. She died, July 2, 1786, aged 66 ycars, and is buried in Christ Churchyard, Shrewsbury. He died. Dec. 9, 1782, aged 77 years, and is buried in Christ Churchyard, Shrewsbury.]
Daughter, Lydia Eatton; [married, Aug. 12, 1750, John Wanton, of Rhode Island.]
Daughter, Joanna Eatton: [married, Oct. 15, 1750, Elihu Spencer, of Trenton.]
Daughter, Margaret Eatton; [married, Aug. 10, 1759, John Berrien, of Rocky Hill.]
Daughter, Valeria Eatton; [married Dr. Peter Le Conte. She was born in 1716, and died, in 1788, in her 72nd year, and is buried in Orange, N. J. For notice of her husband, see Wickes' Medical Men of New Jersey, P. 310.]
Son, Thomas Eatton, who received £600, "big bible, big Dicksonary & Nelson's Justice, and my sord & pistils."
Son, Joseph Eatton, who received a small gun, cane, small Dicksonary and Church History & Conductor General; 10 shillings.
Executors: brother-in-law, Joseph Wardell, and son, Thomas Eatton.
The testator signed his name John Eatton, and made a fine signature.
Issue
3 Sarah Eaton
4 Lydia Eaton
5 Joanna Eaton
6 Margaret Eaton
7 Valeria Eaton
8 Thomas Eaton
9 Joseph Eaton
IO Elizabeth Eaton, baptized in Old Tennent, Aug. 5, 1750; marriage license, Apl. 4, 1755, Thomas Richardson.
1768. Johanna Eatton appeared in the Town Poor Records, of Shrewsbury, N. J. 1770, Jan. I. Joanna Eatton was buried, Christ Church, Shrewsbury ..
. 9 DR. JOSEPH EATON, son of John Eaton, 2, married Lucy, daughter of Governor Zaccheus Mayhew, and widow of William Little. He died, Apr. 5, 1761, in his 44th year, and is buried in Christ Churchyard, Shrewsbury, N. J.
1756, Mch. 30. Will of Joseph Eatton, of Shrewsbury, "Surgion"; proved May 6, 1761, mentioned:
Wife, Lucy
Son, Johr. [ each to receive one-half of his estate, and to be "taught merchants," under direction of Son, Thomas \ my brother, Thomas Eatton.
Executor: his brother, Thomas Eatton.
The inventory of his personal estate amounted to £584-19-0.
Issue by first husband
William Little
Issue by second husband
II Mayhew Eaton; died, Apr. 13, 1758, aged 3 months.
12 Thomas Eaton
13 John Eaton, who, in 1775, was spoken of as heir and son of Joseph Eatton.
12 THOMAS EATON, son of Dr. Joseph Eaton, 9, married, in Elizabeth Town, Sarah, daughter of Isaac Woodruff.
1779, Sept. 16. Thomas, son of Dr. Joseph Eatton, was living in Elizabethtown, and mort-
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giged two hundred and forty-four acres, in Shrewsbury, for $3000, to Thomas, John and James lloyd.
Issue 14 Horatio Eaton 15 Daughter Eaton 16 Daughter Eaton
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
1635. Thomas Eaton was mentioned as a child emigrant in this year, and died, at Dedham, Mass., Sept. 10, 1649. He was the oldest son of John and Abigail Eaton, of Watertown, then of Dedham, Mass., and was one year old at the date of immigration, MIch. 3, 1635.
1702, Apl. 30. John Eaton had license to marry (N. Y.) Elizabeth Michel. 1729, Apl. 16. Elizabeth Eatton charged on an account book, Shrewsbury. 1735, 4 mo., 6. Elizabeth Eaton married Philip Edwards, Shrewsbury. 1748, July, 31. Peter Eaton married Mary Perkins. Trinity Church, New York. 1767, June 16. Joseph Eaton married Mary Crue. Dutch Church, New York. 1784. John E. Lecount appeared in the Town Poor Records, of Shrewsbury, N. J.
EDWARDS
OF
MONMOUTH COUNTY
16SI-2, Feb. 9. ABIAH EDWARDS was one of the witnesses to, and appointed as an executor of, the will of Francis Masters.
1682, Mch. 31. Return of survey for one hundred and twenty seven acres of land, for Abija Edwards, upon Long Branch in the town of Shrewsbury, in right of Mrs. Sarah Reape.
1684, May 15. Sarah Reape, of Shrewsbury, widow, sole executrix of William Reape, formerly of Rhode Island, deceased, gave a deed to Abiah Edwards, shipwright, for her right, title and interest in two hundred and forty acres of land, which had been surveyed for Henry Green in two lots, one in Shrewsbury, the other, of seven acres, near Goose Neck. This last was probably salt meadow.
1688. He ran the sloop "Desire" between Shrewsbury and New York.
1691 and 1700. Abiah Edwards was a grand juror in Monmouth Co.
1698-9, Jan. 10. Abiah Edwards was a witness to the will of Thomas Webley, of Shrews- bury.
1701, Aug. 2S. Confirmation of grant to Abiah Edwards of Shrewsbury, shipwright, "in full of his first and second dividend as one of the Proprietors," of one hundred and eighteen acres in Monmouth County, formerly belonging to Sarah Reape.
1710, Aug. 29. Abia Edwards a witness to the will of his near neighbor Nathaniel Cammick. 1714-15, Jan. 17. Abiah Edwards, of Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., yeoman, made his will, proved Feb. 24, 1714-15, in which he mentioned:
Wife Elizabeth Edwards
Son Philip Edwards
Daughter Naomi, the wife of John Curlis, and her children James and John Curlis.
Daughter Elizabeth Brown, and her daughter Naomi Brown.
Executors the wife and son Philip.
Witnesses Cornelius Tomson, Elizabeth Tomson, William Maddock.
1714-15, Jan. 27. The inventory of his personal estate was taken by John Williams, George Williams and Stephen Coluen (Colvin?), amounting to £119-3-772 d. including a scow worth £27.
Issue
2 Philip Edwards, born 1684; died Feb. 21, 1739; married, first Catherine Webley; second, Elizabeth Eaton.
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3 Naomi Edwards; married Jolin Corlies.
4 Elizabeth Edwards; married Nicholas Brown. See Brown Family.
5 Rebecca Edwards, probably, as she was a witness, together with Naomi Edwards, 3, at the marriage, Jan. 26, 1704, of William Brinley to Elizabeth Corlies.
2 PHILIP EDWARDS, son of Abiah Edwards, I, born 1684; died Feb. 21, 1739-40; and is buried in Christ Churchyard, Shrewsbury. He married, first, Catherine, daughter of Thomas and Audrey (West) Webley; second, Aug. 4, 1735, Elizabeth (Michel) the widow of John Eaton.
1719-20, Mch. 21. Philip Edwards and Stephen Colven made the inventory of the personal estate of John Williams Sr.
1720-1, Jan. 2. With Preserve Lippincott and John Webley he signed the inventory of Thomas Hearst, of Shrewsbury.
1731, May 25. He helped make the inventory of the estate of Richard Chambers, mariner, of Shrewsbury, and two months later went on the bond of Ann Chambers, his widow, as admin- istratrix.
1739, Feb. 20. Philip Edwards made his will, proved Aug. 4, 1740, in which he mentions: Son Webley, to whom he left all his lands west of Long Branch path, and half of his sait meadow at Goose Neck.
Wife Elizabeth
Youngest son Philip
Daughter Elizabeth Folwell
Daughter Mary
Daughter Margaret
Wife as executrix, with John Eaton to advise with her.
Witnesses John Miln (he was the clergyman then at Shrewsbury), William Craddock, Patrick Devlin and Jacob Dennis.
Issue by first wife
6 Elizabeth Edwards, born May 25, 1714; married at Shrewsbury, Apr. 22, 1736, William Folwell, of Chesterfield, and was transferred to Burlington Meeting, Nov. 3, 1736.
7 Abiah Edwards, born June 14, 1716; died in Shrewsbury May 26, 1723.
8 Webley Edwards, born May 29, 1718; married, Mch. 3, 1742-3, Margaret Woolley.
9 Mary Edwards, born Nov. 3, 1719; married, July 29, 1742, Thomas Borden Jr.
Io Philip Edwards, born Jan. 28, 1722; died young.
II Naomi Edwards, born Aug. 25, 1723.
Issue by second wife
12 Margaret Edwards
. 13 Philip Edwards, baptized June 17, 1739; married Margaret West.
3 NAOMI EDWARDS, daughter of Abiah Edwards, 1, signing her maiden name, as a witness at the marriage, Jan. 26, 1704, of William Brinley to Elizabeth Corlies, Jan. 27, 170S, at the marriage of George Williams to Joanna Bills, and Feb. 2, 170S, at the marriage of Amos White to Hannah Mills, married, after this last mentioned date, perhaps as his second wife, John, son of George and Exercise (Shattuck) Corlies, born Mch. 11, 1682.
She was living as late as Sep. 13, 1739, when she again appears as a witness at a marriage in Shrewsbury, and her husband, John Corlies, transferred a piece of property to his son John as late as May 24, 1745.
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Issue
James Corlies, born prior to Jan. 17, 1714: died after Aug. 1, 1769; married Mary, daughter of William and Ruth (Lippincott) Woolley.
John Corlies, born Nov. S, 1714; died 1760; married, Feb. 24, 1734/5, Zilpah, daughter of Samuel and Leah (White) Wilbur, born Aug. 16, 1714; died July 9, 1802. Elizabeth Corlies; married, Sep. 25, 1735, Richard, son of Edward and Catherine (Hartshorne) Fitz Randolph, born Apr. 16, 1705; died 1754.
George Corlies, born 1718; died June 16, 1790; married Waitstill, daughter of William Rhodes, of Providence, I. I., born Feb. 1, 1722; died Oct. 21, 1783. In 1749, he was residing at Scituate, R. I., but at the time of his death he was called Captain George Corlies, and was living in Providence, R. I.
Samuel Corlies; will dated Dec. 22, 1748, proved Dec. 5, 1749; married, by license dated Aug. 17, 1745, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Content (Woolley) Bills. born 1723; she married, second, by license dated Sep. 20, 1749, Thomas Cox, of Shrewsbury, Longfield Cox as surety on their bond.
8 WEBLEY EDWARDS, son of Philip Edwards, 2, born May 29, 1718; married, by license dated Mch. 3, 1742/3, Margaret, daughter of Emanuel and Ruth (Cook-Collier) Woolley, he as a "weaver," and she a "spinster."
Issue
14 Stephen Edwards, born 1743; married Abigail Corlies.
9 MARY EDWARDS, daughter of Philip Edwards, 2, born Nov. 3, 1719; married, July 29, 1742, Thomas, son of Francis and Mary Borden, born June 27, 1719; died 1788.
1788, July 25. Will of Thomas Borden, of Shrewsbury, proved Sep. 6, 1788, mentioned: Wife Mary
Granddaughter Mary Borden, daughter of my son Amos.
Son Philip
Son Thomas
Three grandsons Aaron, Amos, Thomas, [they were sons of his son Amos].
Executors Thomas Moriord, son Thomas Borden, John Scott, son of John.
Issue
Amos Borden; married, Jan. S, 1768, Rachel, daughter of Thomas and Rachel (White) Woolley; she married, second, James Parker, and died in 1823 or IS24.
Philip Borden; left a legacy in the will of James Parker, Feb. 3, 1818, who speaks of him as living in his family.
Thomas Borden; married, by license dated Jan. 12, 1780, Hannah Woolley.
13 PHILIP EDWARDS, son of Philip Edwards, 2, baptized June 17, 1739; married, by license dated Apr. 4, 1764, Margaret, daughter of Bartholomew West.
1766, Apr. I. Will of Bartholomew West refers to his daughter, Margaret, "now the wife of Philip Edwards," and leaves her a legacy of Cio.
1793, Jan. Term of Monmouth Co. Orphans Court. Partition of the lands of Philip Edwards, deceased, amongst his children, viz .: Abiah Edwards, oldest son, John, Daniel, Joseph, Stephen, James, Sarah, Abigail and Deborah.
Issue 15 Ahijah Edwards
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EDWARDS OF MONMOUTHI COUNTY
16 John Edwards
17 Daniel Edwards; married May 12, 1800, Nancy Wardell.
18 Joseph Edwards
19 Stephen Edwards
20 James Edwards
21 Sarah Edwards; married Samuel Cook, and had
Issue Samuel Cook; married Miss Fields.
22 Abigail Edwards; married William Cook, and had
Issue Amos Cook Joseph Cook 23 Deborah Edwards
14 STEPHEN EDWARDS, son of Webley Edwards, S, born 1743; died, probably Sep. 17SS: married Abigail, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (White) Corlies, born 3 mo., 2, 1744. She was alive as late as July 1806.
An account of the capture and execution as a spy of Stephen Edwards during the Revolu- tionary War, can be found in Salter's History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, page 182.
Issue
24 Brittain Edwards, born Oct. 2, 1772; died Dec. 8, 1851; married Margaret West.
17 DANIEL EDWARDS, son of Philip Edwards, 13, born 1775; died Sep. 11, 1814; married, May 12, 1800, Ann or Nancy Wardell, born Jan. 28, 1781; died June 10, 1856. She married, second, Feb. 22, 1817, Tucker Cook, born Jan. 22, 1776; died Jan. 30, 1852.
1853, Mch. 10. Will of Ann Cook, widow of Tucker, proved June 25, 1856, mentions: her sons as Daniel Edwards, Henry D. Edwards, Joseph Edwards, Stephen Edwards; daughter Ann, the wife of William I. Chamberlain; and grandson James H. Lane.
Issue
25 Joseph Edwards, born Aug. 22, 1802; married, Jan. 18, 1825, Amy . . . . . , born Mch. 15, 1805.
26 Taylor Edwards; married, Jan. 3, 1824, Margaret Brinley.
27 Henry D. Edwards, born Sep. 10, 1806; married, first, Phebe Joline; second, Lydia Cook.
28 Stephen Edwards
29 Eliza Edwards; married James Lane, and had
Issue
James H. Lane
30 Daniel Edwards; married, first, Eliza Sutphen; second, Harriet Chasey.
31 Ann Edwards; married William I. Chamberlain.
32 Garret Nathaniel Edwards.
24 BRITTAIN EDWARDS, son of Stephen Edwards, 14, born Oct. 2, 1772; died Dec. S, 1851; married, Jan. 26, 1799, Margaret, daughter of Joseph and Deborah (Slocum) West, born Mch. 23, 1779; died Mich. 30, 1869.
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Issue
33 Maria Edwards, born Oct. 30, 1799: married Ethan Allen Fay.
34 Phebe C. Edwards, * born May 24, 1803; died June 12, 1892; married Hiram Hurd,* born July 17, 1802; died Jan. 19, 1854, and had
Issue
Hiram Albert Hurd,* born July 12, 1827; died Aug. 30, 1838.
Phebe Corlies Hurd,+ born Sep. 30, 1843; died Dec. 13, 1844.
35 Deborah W. Edwards. born 1807; died 1819.
36 Elizabeth Edwards, born Mch. 29, 1810; died June 5, 1845; married William P. Luff.
37 Brittain W. Edwards, born July 23, 1812; died Nov. 17, 1875.
38 Margaret Ann Edwards, born 1815; died 1829.
39 John Corlies Edwards, born July 28, 1820; died Oct. 11, 1899; married Deborah Wolcott.
26 TAYLOR EDWARDS, son of Daniel Edwards, 17, married, Jan. 3, 1824, Margaret Brinley.
Issue
40 Tucker Cook Edwards; married, Sep. 20, 1848, Catharine Wardell Joline.
27 HENRY D. EDWARDS, son of Daniel Edwards, 17, born Sep. 10, 1806; died June 17, 1878; married, first, Jan. 1835, Phebe, daughter of James Joline; second, Jan. 14, 1837, Lydia, daughter of Aaron Cook.
Issue by first wife
41 Henry Bartine Edwards; married Kate Price, and had
Issue
Edna Eleanor Edwards; married, Mch. 20, 1907, John Eaton, son of James R. Harvey.
Issue by second wife
42 Aaron B. Edwards, born Oct. 16, 1837; died Mch. IS, 1886; married Mary Cornelia Riddle.
43 Sarah Edwards, born Oct. 24, 1839; married Timbrook Morris.
44 Asbury Edwards, born Nov. 3, 1841; died May 26, 1857.
45 Eliza Edwards, born Sep. 2, 1845; married, May 18, 1864, Flavius J., son of William J. and Margaret Wardell (De Nyse) Newing, born Sep. 17, 1840; died Apr. 2, 18SS, and had
Issue
Lucretia F. Newing, born Feb. 26, 1865; married Feb. 22, 18S7, Winfield Scott Banks, son of Joseph B. and Mary A. (Van Schoick) Parker, born Oct. 15, 1861.
46 Louis Edwards, born Nov. 17, 1847; married, first, Feb. 4, 1875, Catharine A. Clayton; second, Mch. 15, 1882, Clara Louisa Smith.
47 Charles Augustus Edwards, born MIch. 20, 1850; died May 5, 1875.
48 Daniel Edwards, born Feb. 5, 1853; married, Mch. 15, 1874, Henrietta Smith.
*Buried at Long Branch City, N. J.
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EDWARDS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY
49 Thelbert Edwards, born June 10, 1856; married, Oct. 31, 1883, Susan S. Nortwick, born Oct. 31, IS -; and had
Issuc
Edna Van Nortwick Edwards; married, May 12, 1908, Raymond D. Blais- dell.
28 STEPHEN EDWARDS, son of Philip Edwards, 13.
There is a Stephen Edwards mentioned in the Freehold Records, but whether he was this man or not it is impossible to say. He married Deborah, daughter of Job and Lydia (Worth- ley) West, and had
Issue 50 Job Edwards
33 MARIA EDWARDS, daughter of Brittain Edwards, 24, born Oct. 30, 1799; died Nov. 7, 1893; married, Feb. 12, 1826, Ethan Allen Fay, born Aug. 24, 1801; died Feb. 22, 1892. They are buried at Long Branch City, N. J.
Issue
Ethan A. Fay
Webley Fay, born May 25, 1830; died May 5, 1837.
James De Witt Fay, of Eatontown, N. J., born .Aug. 26, 1832; married, Apr. 4, IS53, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Chandler) Worthley, born June 4, 1833. Robert Fay
Sarah M. Fay
Lucinda M. Fay; married Mr. Sherman.
39 JOHN CORLIES EDWARDS, son of Brittain Edwards, 24, born July 28, 1820; died Oct. 11, 1899; married Deborah, daughter of John and Lydia (Brinley) Wolcott, born June 6, 1821; died July 6, 1899.
Issue
51 Maria Lavinia Edwards, born 1844; married, first, William Forman, born Mch. 1838; died Aug. 12, 1870; second, William Augustus Irving or Irwin. She had Issue by second husband
Lionemma Irving or Irwin John E. Irving or Irwin Winfield P. Irving or Irwin
52 Harmon Edwards, born May, 1848; married Mary E. Sickles.
53 Lydia Emma Edwards, of Augusta, Me., born 1851; married Henry, son of Lewis and Elizabeth (Conine) White.
54 John Wolcott Edwards, born Oct. 10, 1844; died July 14, 1845.
40 TUCKER COOK EDWARDS, son of Taylor Edwards, 26, married Sep. 20, 1848, Catharine Wardell, daughter of William Henry and Margaret (Wardell) Joline.
Issue
55 Charles Edgar Edwards; married, Apr. 28, 1880, Maria Alice, daughter of John Myers and Maria Jane (Baxter) White, born July 28, 1855, and had
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Issue John Percival White Edwards, born Apr. 1, 1881.
42 AARON B. EDWARDS, son of Henry D. Edwards, 27. born Oct. 16, 1837; died Mch. 18, 1886; married Mary Cornelia, daughter of Thomas and Eleanor Riddle, borr. 1839; died Feb. 19, 1907.
Issue 56 Asbury Edwards 57 Emily Edwards; married Lewis R. Williams.
58 Charles L. Edwards, born Nov. 15, 1866; married, Sep. 1.1, ISgo, Annie E., daughter of Thomas B. Cubberly, and had
Issue Raymond Edwards
UNATTACHED ITEMS ABOUT THE EDWARDS FAMILY.
1713, Jan. 28. Sarah Edwards, widow and executrix of Richard Edwards, was spoken of as having William Cutler, for her "present husband."
MARRIAGE LICENSES ON RECORD AT TRENTON.
James Edwards, of Monmouth, and Elizabeth Heddy [Huddy?], May 24, 1763.
Sanmiel Edwards and Margaret Hulit, both of Monmouth, Oct. 2, 1749.
Thomas Edwards, of Monmouth, and Elizabeth Vaughan, June 19, 1770.
Elizabeth Edwards and George Smith, both of Monmouth, Jan. 22, 1741.
Hannah Edwards and Peter Tilton, both of Middletown, Jonathan Stout Jr. as surety, June 8, 1765.
Margaret Edwards of Shrewsbury and Peter Burnet, Jan. 1), 1756.
MARRIAGES RECORDED AT FREEHOLD.
William Edwards and Margaret Bowers, Mch. 8, 1802.
Job Edwards and Nancy Slaight, Apr. 23, 1825.
Deborah, the natural daughter of Alexander McGregor and Abigail Edwards, married Feb. 8, 1814, John Hopper.
Isaac B. and Charlotte B. Edwards were the parents of Harry Edwards, of Long Branch, born Oct. 20, 1858; died Dec. 10, 1901; married, Oct. 6, 1881, Annie H., daughter of James II. and Mary Hendrickson.
1906, July 11. Mr. and Mrs. James Proctor, of Long Branch, celebrated their silver wedding, with all of their six children present. She was Miss Julia Edwards, daughter of Captain John Edwards of Long Branch.
Irma, daughter of Lewis Edwards, of Long Branch, died Feb. 20, 1902, in her sixteenth. year.
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Mrs. Ann Marie Edwards, of Long Branch, died Mch. 1, 1907. aged 78 years. She was The mother of Blominfield Edwards and Mrs. Charles Reid of Long Branch, of Mrs. Drusilla Thompson of Glendola, and of Lewis Edwards of Lakewood.
1908, Apr. 28. Mrs. Elizabeth, the wife of James II. Edwards of Long Branch, died there on this date, in her 44th year.
From the occurrence of the name of Naomi in this family it would seem very probable that it belonged to the Monmouth Co. line, although settled at Cape May, N. J.
1 JOSEPH EDWARDS of Cape May, married and had
Issue
2 Eleanor Edwards, born 1753; married 1773 Daniel Steelman, and her great grand- daughter, Emily Steelman, married James C. Fisher, of Reedville, Va.
3 Naomi Edwards; married, by license dated Oct. 4, 1773. Frederick Steelman.
4 Joseph Edwards; married Sarah Willetts.
5 James Edwards; married Elizabeth Griffin, and his grandson, H. Stillwell Edwards, lives in Macon, Ga.
6 David Edwards; married Hannah May.
7 Elizabeth Edwards; married Mr. Maddox.
8 Sarah Edwards; marricd William James.
FITZ RANDOLPH
OF NEW JERSEY
The Fitz Randolph family in this country descends from Edward, son of Edward Fitz Randolph, of Sutton, Nottinghamshire, England, who came, with his widowed mother, to New England, in 1630, when sixteen years of age, and landed in Barnstable, Mass.
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