A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
NameObed Edson III 
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459Birth6 May 1772, Ashfield, Franklin Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay, BCA459
FatherObed Edson II (1747-)
MotherPrudence Fiske
Notes for Obed Edson III
Obed III first married Aurora Higgins, but she died with no issue, and in 1794 he married Fanny Thankful Bigelow, one of the 21 children of Elisha and Thankful (Beebe) Bigelow .They were parents of 3 children, one of them Obed IV.In the May 19, 1796 issue of the Otsego Herald or Western Advertiser, there is listing of Obed Edson III, being in the clothing business at Cooperstown.On August 8, 1798 he, a merchant of the town of Richfield, gave a mortgage to George Fraligh and John Bartlett, to secure payment of $747.54 on several pieces of land lying in the town of Richfield, in Schuyler's Patent.On January 17, 1801 he bought an acre of land on the Chenango River in the town of Hamilton (later called Eaton), Madison County, New York, and erected there a cloth-dressing works.Obed III died at Hamilton on August 16, 1804.
Following Obed III's death, Fanny Bigelow married Maj. Samuel Sinclair.Maj. Sinclair had served 3 years in the American Revolutionary Forces.He'd been at Monmouth and other battles and had suffered with the army during the winter of Valley Forge.He also had served in Gen. Sullivan's campaign against the Indians on the New York - Pennsyvania frontier in 1789.He was one of the first settlers of Hamilton (Eaton).Sternberg estimates he was at least 16 years older than Fanny Bigelow Edson.459
Following Obed III's death, Fanny Bigelow married Maj. Samuel Sinclair.Maj. Sinclair had served 3 years in the American Revolutionary Forces.He'd been at Monmouth and other battles and had suffered with the army during the winter of Valley Forge.He also had served in Gen. Sullivan's campaign against the Indians on the New York - Pennsyvania frontier in 1789.He was one of the first settlers of Hamilton (Eaton).Sternberg estimates he was at least 16 years older than Fanny Bigelow Edson.459