A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
NameSamuel Edson III 
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1Birth14 Jan 1690, Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, BCA459
FatherSamuel Edson II (1645-1717)
MotherSusanna Byram (1648-1741)
Spouses
FatherBenjamin Deane (Dean) (1652-1728)
MotherSarah Williams (1662-1723)
Marriage1708
ChildrenObed (1720-)
Silence “Salome” (1726-<1782)
Notes for Samuel Edson III
Samuel Edson III was born in Bridgewater on January 14, 1690.When he was not quite 18 he married Mary Dean who was 20.She descended - on her mother's side - from the family of Oliver Cromwell.At an early age Samuel III turned from Puritanism to the Church of England, and he is regarded as the founder of Trinity Episcopal Church in Bridgewater.On January 23, 1747 he and Mary deeded 14 acres of land at Bridgewater to a Society in England for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts, the income from which was to be appropriated to the support of public worship in the Protestant Episcopal Church in Bridgewater.It was leased to his nephew, John Edson, of Bridgewater, for 999 years, at an annual rental of $21.00 (or £21.00).Samuel III and Mary Edson were the parents of 14 children, 13 of whom grew to maturity. Mary and Samuel died in Bridgewater on February 5, 1770 and December 27, 1771, respectively.Their remains are entombed in Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church graveyard.459