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- John William Edwards was the eldest son of William and Anne Edwards and is frequently mentioned in Easthampton records in connection with land transactions between himself, his father, and his brothers.
On 30 September 1661, he married Mary, daughter of Josiah Stanborough of Southampton, and it is of recored that John gave a receipt to Peregrine Stanborough for all the estate bequeathed to John's wife Mary by her father Josiah Stanborough. The latter was one of the earliest and most prominent of Southampton settlers.
Though a will of John Edwards is referred to in a deed from Thomas Edwards to his brother Josiah, under date of 02 July 1694, no record of the instrument has been found. However Hedges, in his account of the family on pp.258 ff. of his 'A History of the Town of East Hampton', says that he has a copy of John edwards' will, dated 25 August 1685. He gives 1693 as the date of John Edwards' death.
Only three children of John William Edwards are mentioned in East Hampton records: Thomas, Josiah, and a daughter, wife of Samuel Daniels, but Hedges lists four more.
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- Abt 1693