This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: grijalco61 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.edgeworth/62.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sir John had EIGHT sons: Francis (aka Protestant Frank); Robert (MP Irish Parliament); Henry (Capt); Ambrose (Lt.Col); Essex (Rev of Templemichael and Granard); Arthur; William; and John. He also had FIVE daughters: Anne; Mary; Margaret; Dorothy; and Jane. Married Anne Bridgman daughter to Edward Bridgman. To clear up the mistake JOHN is the Father to Frances and Edward NOT brother Roger. RLE made a mistake and everybody here is running with that. I have Roger Last Will and Testament and Roger in his own words states he is not the Father. So this whole "smitten like his master King Henry VIII....." is BS! In addition BOTH Francis and Edward were born AFTER Roger died in 1560. I have no indication to believe he rose from the dead to father them either. Second Roger Edgeworth himself suffered forcible silencing and imprisonment: 'I have invehied ernestlie and oft in my sermons in disputacions and reasoninge with the protestauntes, untill I have be put to silence either by general prohibitions to preache, or by name, or by captivitie and imprisonment' Does that sound like a guy who turned away from his faith to you? Both were Vicars at Chalfont Roger continued to climb the ladder in his career rubbing elbows with the likes of King Henry VIII and sitting on his legatine court hearing where Henry sought ANNULMENT not DIVORCE from wife Catherine of Aragon! It was Francis who was granted 600 acres of land near Mostrim in 1619 by King James I. You hail from Frances? What is your lineage? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>