My guess is if yours are the "Irish" Edgeworths then they are all related to the original 2 Edward and Francis bout 1585 (roughly) sons of Roger or John Edgeworth (both Vicars) parentage not truly established.. The Edgeworth's in my family originate from Edgeworth in Gloucester. It is only assumption made in The Black Book of Edgeworthstown that the Edgeworth's came from Edgware and does not fit with the English meaning of Edgeworth. The earliest recorded Edgeworth Peter de Egewurth 1221 was to have hailed from Gloucester. Edward and Francis who went to Ireland in approx 1585, are said to be fathered by Roger (though some say it was his brother John) I tend to think of it as John, not because Roger was a zealous catholic as quoted, but because naming children followed a pattern in England, the first son of a son being named after the fathers father and in this case Francis named his firstborn John. This does not mean it was not Roger, as Catholics were not barred from marrying for a few decades after this. (It has not always been a Catholic ruling) remember Caesera Borgia the Pope. The mother (Rose) of John and Roger is buried in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire and they are meant also to have hailed from Holt in Denby but I expect that over 300 years people moved around. But I believe the origins are in Gloucester with Edgeworth being named after Peter de Egewurth 1221 (or possible later Stephen de Eggeworth) as de means of then I think its likely to be Edgeworth in Gloucester not Edgware. I believe a whole family of Irish Edgeworth were also transpoted to Australia at the beginning of the 1800's. Hope this helps ----- Original Message ----- From: "M Odonell" <m.odonell@sky.com> To: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com>; <edgeworth@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 12:08 AM Subject: Re: [EDGEWORTH] William Edgeworth > Has no-one ever come across the Kildare Edgeworths? Its where mine come > from. I have a John born around 1799 but dont know his parents. I think > there is a Francis born in 1797 too. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to EDGEWORTH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message