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Joshua EDGE, Sr

Joshua EDGE, Sr

Male 1700 - 1759  (59 years)

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  • Name Joshua EDGE  [1
    Suffix Sr 
    Born 1700  Dorchester, Colony of Maryland, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID L7YF-FCT 
    _UID 6499FD64434F4EA6BE9C7513F4A134C352BB 
    Died 25 Mar 1759  Upper, Somerset, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I594762026  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2024 

    Father Thomas EDGE,   b. Abt 1655, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1741, Dorchester, Colony of Maryland, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Mother Margaret MAHANEY,   b. 1649, , Talbot, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1702, , , Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 1692  Dorchester, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F536729907  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth PONDER,   b. 1703, Dorchester, Maryland, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1764, Somerset, Maryland, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 1728  Somerset, Maryland, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Nehemiah EDGE, Sr.,   b. 1729, Somerset, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1812, Meriwether, Baldwin, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     2. Joshua EDGE,   b. Abt 1735, Somerset, Maryland, United Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1795, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years)
     3. Jeremiah EDGE,   b. 1738, Somerset, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1812, Hancock, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     4. Elizabeth EDGE,   b. 8 Nov 1741, Stepney Parish, Somerset, Maryland, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1840  (Age 98 years)
     5. Obediah EDGE,   b. 9 Feb 1745, Stepney Parish, Somerset, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1824, Campbell, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     6. Abigail EDGE,   b. Abt 1751, Orange, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F536727789  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Liber 30, folio 656
      14 June 1758
      EDGE, JOSHUA, Somerset Co., copper [cooper?].
      To wife, Elizabeth Edge, for widhood, my land & m. e., & on her d., to son & extr., Nemiah Edge, all my land & the boat belonging to me & him, on condition he keep the e. from being encumbered with an e. of John Hardys Olphants.
      To son Joshua Edge, my clothes.
      To dau. Abigal, L 6.10 for her schooling.
      On the d. of sd. wife, the e. is to be equ. div. among all my chldn [not named].
      Witn: Isaac Jones, John Stettey, William Jones.
      21 March 1759, sworn to by Isaac Jones & John Stettey, & the widow elected her 1/3 of the e. r. & p.

      Sources:

      Maryland Archives

  • Sources 
    1. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 11 Dec 2021), entry for Nehemiah Edge, person ID L7YF-ZSN. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 31 Mar 2024), entry for Thomas Edge, person ID LWJT-8L7. (Reliability: 3).