Notes for Abel EDWARDS
Henry David Sherman 1824 New Milford CT 1917 Cedar Rapids IA
an unpublished 84 page booklet created by Edith Sherman Averill in August 1936
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The original Edwards immigrant in this line was one John of that name, who was born in Scotland in 1662. He was .a captain in the rebel army in Scotland during the reign of Charles II. He was captured, sentenced to death, escaped, and fled to America settling in Stratford. In April, 1706, he purchased sixty acres of land from the Reverend Charles Chauncey. This land included Chestnut Hill, the highest elevation there-abouts, and there, hidden from sight by trees, but where he could overlook the Sound, he built his home. His idea seemed to be that if an enemy boat appeared he could depart into the interior wilderness before a landing could be made in the harbor.
This man was known as a duke but whether that meant a title or a nickname his present-day descendants do not know. He married Mary Hanford, also a native of Scotland. Their son was Joseph Edwards who married Prudence Wakely. Joseph and Prudence in turn had a son, Abel Edwards, born in 1753.
Abel Edwards married first, Lucy Hawley, who bore him two daughters, Polly and Lucy. Lucy
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married David Main and became my maternal grandmother. Polly married a man named Sigsby and her family moved to New York State.
Lucy (Hawley) Edwards died and Abel married again, a girl named Sarah Mann. Among their children was a daughter.
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