A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
NameSamuel Edson II 
Birth1645, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony, BCA
Death10 Apr 1717, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay, BCA Age: 72
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FatherDeacon Samuel Edson I (1613-1692)
MotherSuesanah Bickley (1619-1699)
Spouses
Birth1648, Weymouth, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony, BCA
Death12 Mar 1741/42 Age: 93
FatherNicholas Byram
MotherSusanna Shaw
Marriage1678, Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, BCA
ChildrenSamuel (1690-1771)
Notes for Samuel Edson II
His son, Samuel Edson II was born at Salem, Colony of Massachusetts Bay, in 1645.He participated in the Indian Wars against King Phillip.He lived in what was later West Bridgewater, where his father gave him 40 acres.His house, along with 16 other buildings, was burned when the Indians raided Bridgewater on May 8, 1676.In the spring of that year he was a member of a company of 21 soldiers who went out one day to meet another company under Capt. Church.Failing to meet the company, they unexpectedly came upon a party of Indians, fought them, and took 17 prisoners, with considerable plunder.These prisoners were sold for money and the town voted "that the soldiers that took them should have it [the payments]."Samuel Edson II did not marry until about 2 years after the death of Indian chief, King Phillip, and the end of King Phillip's War.In 1678 he married Susannah Byram, one of the 6 children of Nicholas and Susanna (Shaw) Byram.Nicholas was reportedly the son of an English Gentleman from the County of Kent who had removed to Ireland at about the time Nicholas was born.When Nicholas was 16 his father sent him to the West Indies where he was sold to service to pay his passage. After his time expired, he made his way to Weymouth, Colony of Massachusetts Bay, New England.In 1660 he bought 3 original proprietary shares, or purchase rights, in the Town of Bridgewater.Soon after that he and his wife and 6 children moved from Weymouth to Bridgewater.Samuel Edson II became a proprietor of the Town of Bridgewater about 1683.He was a "Selectman" in 1709, 1712, and 1719, and he represented the town in the General Court at Boston in 1697 and 1713. 459