A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
Notes for Obed Edson II
Obed I and Keturah Edson's son Obed II, born May 12,1747, moved to Ashfield, Franklin County, Province of Massachusetts, soon after his marriage to Prudence Fiske on April 22, 1769.Their first two children, Prudence and Obed III, were born at Ashfield on March 4, 1771, and May 6, 1772, respectively.Their 6 later children were born between June 19, 1774 and July 25, 1785 at Lanesborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, not far from the Massachusetts - New York state line.It appears, therefore, that they moved with their first children from Ashfield to Lanesborough sometime between May 6, 1772 and June 19, 1774.Obed II purchased land at Lanesborough in 1782, '83, '84, and '86.He conveyed land there in 1789 and 1790.The records of the Church of England in Lanesborough show that he was elected chorister in 1773, '74, '75, '76, '81 and '82, and elected warden in 1781-83 and in 1786.His brother Lewis was elected chorister (choirster [?]) in 1781 and '82.His brother Thomas also moved from Bridgewater to Lanesborough.Obed II's wife, Prudence Fiske, died at Lanesborough and Obed II married, in 1794, Sarah.The Church of England's records show that Obed II's second wife, Sarah, was baptized there on August 10, 1794. He was elected 2nd vestryman of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Richfield on 5/20/1799, and his named appeared for the last time on the vestry in 1814. There were no children from his marriage to Sarah.
It is said he lived one half mile north of Monticello, or about 2 miles southwest of Richfield Springs, on the right side of the road running northward, first in a log house, afterward in a frame dwelling which later was occupied by his son, Stephen Fiske Edson.Obed II's wife Sarah died at Richfield in 1824 and he died there in 1840 at the age of 94. 459
On December 28, 1797, Obed II conveyed land at Lanesborough to John Powell, Jr., also of Lanesborough.His change of residence to Otsego County, New York, is indicated by a deed made January 31, 1798, wherein Levi Beardsley and his wife of Richfield Springs, Otsego County, New York, conveyed 113 acres and 151 rods of land in Schuyler's Patent, Otsego County, to Obed Edson of Lanesborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.It is assumed that Obed II and Sarah, his sons Stephen Fiske Edson and Willys Edson, and his unmarried daughter, Lucy Edson, moved to Otsego County in 1798.It also appears that Obed II's brother Thomas and his family moved from Berkshire County a few years earlier, possibly at about the same time, settling in Fly Creek, in the Cooper Patent.Obed II and Thomas' nephew, Lewis Edson (son of Lewis and Hepzibah Edson) had settled in Otsego County a few years earlier, possibly at the same time (1793) or shortly after Obed III (born May 6, 1772) settled there.Lewis Edson, the younger, was grandfather of Lewis Edson Waterman, inventor of the fountain pen.Mr. Waterman459
It is said he lived one half mile north of Monticello, or about 2 miles southwest of Richfield Springs, on the right side of the road running northward, first in a log house, afterward in a frame dwelling which later was occupied by his son, Stephen Fiske Edson.Obed II's wife Sarah died at Richfield in 1824 and he died there in 1840 at the age of 94. 459
On December 28, 1797, Obed II conveyed land at Lanesborough to John Powell, Jr., also of Lanesborough.His change of residence to Otsego County, New York, is indicated by a deed made January 31, 1798, wherein Levi Beardsley and his wife of Richfield Springs, Otsego County, New York, conveyed 113 acres and 151 rods of land in Schuyler's Patent, Otsego County, to Obed Edson of Lanesborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.It is assumed that Obed II and Sarah, his sons Stephen Fiske Edson and Willys Edson, and his unmarried daughter, Lucy Edson, moved to Otsego County in 1798.It also appears that Obed II's brother Thomas and his family moved from Berkshire County a few years earlier, possibly at about the same time, settling in Fly Creek, in the Cooper Patent.Obed II and Thomas' nephew, Lewis Edson (son of Lewis and Hepzibah Edson) had settled in Otsego County a few years earlier, possibly at the same time (1793) or shortly after Obed III (born May 6, 1772) settled there.Lewis Edson, the younger, was grandfather of Lewis Edson Waterman, inventor of the fountain pen.Mr. Waterman459