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{geni:about_me} ==Notes== 1 William1 Edwards was an early resident of Surry County was probablyson of William Edwards, mentioned among the dead in 1624; (Hotten.Emigrants to America, p. 192). He was probably father of 2 WilliamEdwards, who is mentioned as a merchant in Virginia, in 1644, as perdeed to Nathaniel Sylvester, merchant. In 104S William Edwards andRice Davis obtained a patent for 1080 acres on the Sunken Marsh inJames City County (opposite to Dancing Point). Among the headrightswas Dorothy, his wife. In 1657 he obtained a grant for 490 acresopposite to Jamestown, and afterwards took out a new grant for theland in Sunken Marsh with the addition of .720 acres. He representedSurry County in the House of Burgesses in 1652 and 1653, and was oneof the justices of the peace. According to a deposition in Surry, hewas 43 years old in 1658 and in the records of the general court he issaid to have died about 1673. William Edwards and Dorothy, his wife, had issue: * 3 William-, * 4 John, * 5 Thomas. Links *[http://books.google.com/books?id=0y8SAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA80&ots=_-AT8wJn0S&dq=william%20edwards%201722&pg=PA80#v=onepage&q=william%20edwards%201722&f=false William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine,Volume 15 By College of William and Mary] p 79-80 *[http://books.google.com/books?id=CWiel4PVkEkC&lpg=PA228&ots=_8cc9x8D1D&dq=james%20william%20edwards%201702&pg=PA228#v=onepage&q=james%20william%20edwards%201702&f=false Tyler, Lyon G. Encyclopedia of VirginiaBiography, Un]der the Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler.New York: Lewis historical Pub. Co, 1915. Print. p. 228 - 232
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