A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
NameDeacon Joseph Edson II 452,1
Birth1679, Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, BCA55,1,11
Death26 Aug 1768, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay, BCA1,55,11 Age: 89
BurialPowder House Graveyard, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts453,55
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FatherCol Joseph Edson I (1649-1711)
MotherExperience Holbrook (1661-1685)
Spouses
Birth1681, Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, BCA55,11
Death23 Jan 1762, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay, BCA55,11 Age: 81
BurialPowder House Graveyard, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts55,454
FatherFrancis Cary (1648-1718)
MotherHannah Brett (1658-1725)
Marriage7 Jun 1704, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay, BCA55
ChildrenSarah (~1706-)
 Hannah (1709-1768)
 Lydia (1711-1793)
 Joseph (1712-1778)
 Bethiah (1715-)
 John (1717-)
 Daniel (1720-)
 David (1722-1795)
 Jesse (1724-1787)
 James (1726-1808)
Notes for Deacon Joseph Edson II
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Joseph Edson was a selectman for the Town of Bridgewater, 1719-1722. He lived in the North Precinct, now West Bridgewater, and was a Deacon of First Church for many years before his death. “Through a long live” he “uniformly sustained the character of an honest and useful man, a kind and obliging neighbor, a pious and exemplary Christian.”55
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