Deacon Samuel EDSON^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1613 - 1692  (~ 79 years)

• Name	Samuel EDSON
  Prefix	Deacon
  Born	Abt 1613	Fillongley, Warwickshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	5 Sep 1613	Fillongley, Warwickshire, England
  Religion	Puritan
  Military Event	King Philip’s War
  Immigrant?	Y
  Military Flag	Y
  Died	19 Jul 1692	Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Buried	Old Graveyard, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [3]
  Person ID	I29108	Main
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas EDSON,   b. 7 Sep 1568, Fillongley, Warwickshire, England ,   d. 1 Nov 1596, Fillongley, Warwickshire, England  (Age 28 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth COPSON,   b. Abt 1590, Fillongley, Warwickshire, England ,   d. 20 Feb 1699, Fillongley, Warwickshire, England  (Age ~ 109 years)
  Married	1 Nov 1596	Fillongley, Warwickshire, England
  Family ID	F12249	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susanna BICKLEY,   b. Abt 1619, Over Whitacre, Warwickshire, England ,   d. 20 Feb 1699, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Married	22 Mar 1638	Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England   [4]
  Children	+ 1. Susannah EDSON,   b. 1638, Warwickshire, England ,   d. 16 Oct 1705, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age 67 years) + 2. Sarah EDSON,   b. Abt 1641, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 18 Feb 1716, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 75 years) + 3. Elizabeth EDSON,   b. 1643, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 1695, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts  (Age 52 years)   4. Mary EDSON,   b. 1657, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Sep 1727, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F9982	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 19 Jul 1692 - Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Buried - - Old Graveyard, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
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• Histories

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• Notes

  Deacon Samuel Edson was born about 1612 in Fillongley, Warwickshire England where he was baptized on September 5, 1613. Samuel Edson and his wife Susannah migrated to Salem, Essex County Massachusetts sometime before 1639 and then moved to Bridgewater, Plymouth County Massachusetts (map) around the year 1650. Samuel Edson was highly prominent in Bridgewater where he and his son-in-law James Keith, were added to the list of the fifty-four original proprietors. This list includes the historic Mayflower Pilgrim names of Miles Standish and John Alden. Mr. Edson built the first corn-mill in1662 and was a deacon in the Puritan church between 1664 and 1692. In the year 1657 he was made a Freeman and was a member of the Council of War (King Philip's War) between 1666 and 1676. He was made foreman of a jury to lay out roads 1667 and 1672. He represented the town of Bridgewater in the General Court at Plymouth 1676 and was appointed, with others, to settle the boundary line between Bridgewater and Middleboro and between Bridgewater and Taunton 1680. Samuel Edson recorded his will on January 15, 1688 or 1689 and died on July 19, 1692 in West Bridgewater. His estate was probated on September 20, 1692. Susannah Edson died on February 20, 1699 at West Bridgewater. Children of Samuel Edson and Susannah: * Susanna Edson (abt 1640—1705), m Rev James Keith * Sarah Edson (abt 1641—1717), m John Dean * Elizabeth Edson (abt 1643—aft 1694), m Richard Phillips * Samuel Edson (1645—1717), m 1678 Susannah Byram * Mary Edson (abt 1647—1727), m Nicholas Byram * Joseph Edson (1649—aft 1712), m1 Experience Field, m2 MaryTurner * Josiah Edson (abt 1651–1734), m Elizabeth Hayward * Bethiah Edson (1654—1683), m Ezra Dean Samuel Edson lived in Salem from abt. 1639 until the family moved to Bridgewater in abt. 1650. There are several Salem property records that prove that he was an inhabitant during this period; however, the published Salem vital records do not include any Edson births. The Edson family. Deacon Samuel Edson, his wife Susannah, and his children, came from Salem, MA to Bridgewater, where Samuel set up the very first mill in the town, grinding grain. —— There is a dispute as to exact identity of his wife. Documented by Naum Mitchell is his marriage to a Susannah Orcutt who was thought to be born around 1618 in England. New facts are documented in the following points by Joel Thomas Orcutt: 1 There has never been any person named Susannah Orcutt ever recorded to have married Samuel Edson. The record of marriage Mar 1, 1638, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England, states Samuel Edson married Susannah BICKLEY. 2 Susannah Bickley was the sister of Margaret BICKLEY who married William Awcotte, (Orcott ), May 1635, Over Whitacre, Warwickshire, England. Their son, William Awcotte/Orcott, born 1639 Mancetter, Warwickshire, England and settled in Plymouth, Mass, was the nephew of Susannah [Bickley] Edson, and not the brother, as for these many years previous supposed to have been. 3 There has never been a birth record uncovered for a Susannah Orcutt born 1618 in Massachusetts or England.

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Orcutt_001 gedcom file, Robert Waddell. [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA), 100 (1946):327. [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 16196060. [S241] Misc, England Marriages, 1538-1973, p57802333.