Another interesting tidbit about the Edwards boys.... Capt. William Henry Edwards from Chester County, SC, wrote a number of books/stories which were published ca. 1908 and on. Most of his stories were about the civil war and the Regiment he commanded. In one of his stories he states: "John Edwards, Joseph Edwards and Stourton Edwards, three brothers, came to Edgecomb Co, N.C.. John and Joseph settled in Chester Co., S.C. Stourton, the other brother, settled on Taylor's Creek, in York Co." I believe that these are the sons of Joseph (d. 1794). They started a Ferry service on the Roanoke River where in 1863 at Edwards Ferry NC, the Ironclad CSS Albemarle was constructed durring the Civil War. Randy On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Linda Reno <lindareno@comcast.net> wrote: > Joseph Edwards died 1794 in NC vs. 1783. > > I feel confident that he was the son of Joseph who died in 1746. This Joseph > is the one who received the legacy from Robert Stourton, named a son > Stourton and his son Joseph also named a son Stourton. > > 1762: Tax lists of SMC show that Mary, widow of Joseph Edwards, Sr., paid > taxes on 110 ac. "Diamond's Venture" through 1761. On the 4/10/1762 list, > the tax was paid by Benjamin Edwards, co-heir with his brother Joseph > Edwards, Jr. to this tract of land. His brother Joseph paid his tax on two > other tracts he owned in 1761 and does not appear in the lists after that > year. Joseph Edwards, his wife, Maryan and their children may have arrived > in NC as early as 1765. According to a deed registered in Edgecomb Co., NC > a Joseph Edwards bought 100 ac. in that year. (More Marylanders to > Carolina, Peden). > > ???Hal 311=17-19 Joseph Edwards and wf Mary (x) of Hal to Hercules Morriss > same 11 Feb 1788, £23, 150a jng Horspen Branch, Green. wit Arthur Sheffield, > Sterlin Edwards, Randal Daniel, recd May 1788. [Hercules Morris also had > land on Beaverdam Swamp.] > http://home.comcast.net/~p.a.miller/genealogy/docs/danieledgehalifnashwilson > /index.htm > > Linda Reno > > -----Original Message----- > From: mdstmary-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mdstmary-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Karen Caldwell > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 12:11 AM > To: mdstmary@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] Joseph Edwards (1794 will)'s wives > > The Edwards family makes my head spin! > > How do you know for certain that Joseph Edwards who died at NC in 1783 > was the son of Joseph Edwards who died at SMC in 1746? > > > > > > On 12/31/12, Daniel B. Troublefield <dantrouble@comporium.net> wrote: >> Thanks, Randy, for your helpful response. >> >> I only just downloaded the recorded wills of Thomas Suit 1765 and Joseph >> Edwards 1783 today. >> Thomas Suit's recorded will >> St. Mary's County Register of Wills >> Wills 1733-1776 Vol TA1 >> Filmed by Maryland Hall of Records >> Images 662-663 of 794 >> Volume TA#1 Pages 616-617 >> > https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-25106-46412-66?cc=1803986&wc=M > M1X-SVM:n1259355819 >> >> Will of Joseph Edwards dated 8 Sep 1783, proved May Sessions 1794 >> > https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19462-368-65?cc=1867501&wc=109217 > 57 >> North Carolina, Probate Records 1735-1970, >> Halifax, Wills, 1781-1824 vol. 3 >> Vol. 3, Page 228 >> Image 261 of 763 >> >> It appears to me that if Walter Brewster's estimates of the birth years of >> Joseph Edwards' children are at least somewhat accurate, then a Mary Ann >> Higgs born about 1749 could not be the mother of the first five children: >> Sarah, Jarrott, Joseph, John, and Peter. But she could possibly be the >> mother of Mary, my Stourton, Jonathan, Ann, and Jesse. >> Possibly, but I do not know. But was Maryan, Joseph's wife, the same > person >> >> as Mary Ann Higgs born about 1749? If not, then whoever Maryan Edwards > was, >> >> she might be the mother of more of the younger children, but not of Sarah >> Edwards Daniel, the eldest, who was a granddaughter of Thomas Suit. >> >> Will have to check for information on Richard Suit and whether he could be >> Maryan's/MaryAnn's father, as you men-tioned that some have suggested. >> >> Also, need to find someone to explain how to access the digital images on >> the Maryland State Archives site. That worked fine for me a few years ago, >> but now find it impossible to search (successfully). >> >> Regards, Dan >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "C Greenwell" <cgreenwell01@gmail.com> wrote: >> December 31, 2012 10:10 AM >>> Hi Dan, >>> This is what I have for Joseph Edwards (d. 1794), Halifax County, NC: >>> >>> Joseph Edwards married first, the daughter, Sarah (?), of Thomas >>> Suit, Sr. and Christian Dent before 1765 and they had a daughter named >>> Sarah Edwards (b. 1755). >>> >>> Will of Thomas Suite, SMC 10/16/1765-11/4/1771. Children: Dent, >>> Thomas, Ann Noe. Grandson: Dent Suite of Thomas. Granddaughter: Sarah >>> Edwards of Joseph Edwards. Exec: Daughter-in-law, Mary Bright. Wit: >>> Hezekiah Turner,Nathaniel Suite, Samuel Cooksey Barron. (Maryland >>> Calendar of Wills). >>> >>> Joseph's first wife was likely deceased before his father in law wrote >>> his will on 16 Oct 1765. >>> >>> Joseph married second, Maryan. I suspect that they were married about >>> 1758 based on the birth dates of their children: Jarrot, Joseph, John, >>> Peter, Mary, Stourton, Jonathan, Ann, and Jesse. >>> >>> Writing in 1994 (two issues of the Chester Co. Genealogical Society >>> "Bulletin"), Walter Whatley Brewster states: >>> >>> "Joseph, Jr. and Maryan (Suit) Edwards had the following children: >>> Sarah Edwards, b. ca. 1755, m. Ambrose Daniel ca. 1773; Jarrott >>> Edwards, b. ca. 1757, m. 1) Susannah Porter, and 2) Rebecca Bell; >>> Joseph Edwards, III, ca. 1759, m. Elizabeth (Turner); John Edwards, b. >>> ca. 1761, d. 1820, m. Olive Exum; Peter Edwards, b. ca. 1763; Mary >>> Edwards, b. ca. 1765, d. 1861, m. Iles Cooper; Stourton Edwards, b. >>> ca. 1768, d 15 Nov 1838, m. Sarah _____: Jonathan Edwards b. ca. 1770, >>> m. Mary _____; Ann Edwards, b. ca. 1772; and Jesse Edwards, b. ca. >>> 1774." >>> >>> Also, notice in Joseph's will that he mentions his daughter Sarah >>> separately from his and Maryan's children. >>> >>> Will of Joseph Edwards (my transcription), >>> Halifax Co.. NC will book 1781-1825 vol. 3. p.228; 8 Sep 1783; >>> proved May Session 1794 >>> To: Son Jarrot Edwards 150 A of land laying on the north side of the >>> Horse Pin Branch. >>> To: beloved Maryan all the land whereon I now live and all my househod >>> furniture and all of my personal effects for her natural life or >>> widowhood. >>> To: at my widows death or marriage, I give to my daughter Sarah Daniel >>> one feather bed, cow, and calf. >>> To; my children Joseph, John, Peter, Mary, Stourton, Jonathan, Ann, >>> Jesse. each a feather bed, cow, and calf. >>> At the death of my widow all of my land to be sold and the money >>> distributed to each of my children equally, except Jarrot. And the >>> rest of my estate to be devided between all my children equally. >>> Exec: Wife Maryan and son Jarrot equally >>> Wit: Malicka Butt, Richard Suit, James Neal, Thomas Hall >>> >>> Now, who is Maryan? There are some reseachers who say that she is the >>> daughter of Samuel Higgs and his wife Elizabeth. I have also seen some >>> who believe that she is the daughter of Richard Suit. I am not sure >>> and have not found any proof either way. >>> >>> Randy >>> On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Daniel B. Troublefield wrote:>> >>>> A revision of part of my previous posting seems in order. >>>> I'm still curious whether there is a record of Joseph Edwards's first >>>> wife's >>>> given name as Sarah. >>>> >>>> But I can see why it seems unlikely that Thomas Suite had a daughter >>>> named >>>> Mary Ann or Maryan who was not named in his will and the naming of Sarah >>>> >>>> Edwards as daughter of >>>> Joseph Edwards does seem to imply that Sarah Edwards' mother (whatever >>>> her name might have >>>> been) was deceased. >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Daniel B. Troublefield" <dantrouble@comporium.net> >>>> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 7:59 PM >>>> > My Stourton/Strutton was a son of Joseph Edwards, died 1794; and >>>> > grandson >>>> > of Joseph Edwards, died 1746. >>>> > >>>> > Am aware that Thomas Suit(e) (of 1765 will) had a daughter (name >>>> > unknown) >>>> > who married Joseph Edwards and had a daughter Sarah Edwards. >>>> > >>>> > Is there any record that Stourton's father Joseph (1794 will) had a >>>> > wife >>>> > named Sarah? >>>> > >>>> > Or that Thomas Suit(e) (of 1765 will) had a daughter named Sarah? >>>> > >>>> > A direct, contemporary record from their lifetimes? >>>> > >>>> > I understand that there is no proof of my Stourton's mother's >>>> > identity. >>>> > >>>> > Some think that his mother was Mary Ann Suit. That is the view >>>> > that I learned from Walter W. Brewster's articles on our Edwards >>>> > families for The Bulletin (Chester District Genealogical Society, >>>> > Richburg, South Carolina). >>>> > >>>> > Linda Reno believes that she was Mary Ann Higgs. >>>> > >>>> > Joseph Edwards (1794 will) had a wife named Maryan or Mary Ann. >>>> > Perhaps she was a Higgs, but is there any direct proof? Deeds perhaps? >>>> > >>>> > My questions, above, are based on a posting by Linda Reno on 9 Aug >>>> > 2009. >>>> > > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MDSTMARY/2009-08/1249842252 >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MDSTMARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDSTMARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDSTMARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have Thomas Edwards born probably around 1750 and died in Washington Co., KY in 1809 or 1810. He was the son of Joseph Edwards and had possession of Diamonds Venture in 1801. He too named a son Stourton and had grandsons also carrying the name. (This family also uses the name Dent over and over.) Josias Edwards called him cousin and the son of Joseph Edwards in his 1774 will. EDWARDS, JOSIAS, St Mary's Co. 15 Sept. 1774; 10 Nov. 1774 To bro. John Edwards, ex., plantation Taurlon Dean, 164 acres, tobacco, stock. To cousin Thomas Edwards son of Joseph Edwards, furniture. Residue of estate to brother John Edwards. Wit: John H. Briscoe; Thomas Nicholls; Mary Edwards. 40. 2 http://www.genealogytoday.com/columns/everyday/040607.html The word "cousin," for instance, was a general term used to refer to any relative outside the immediate family circle. Usually, it referred to a niece or nephew. The beginning researcher who encounters the word "cousin" in early documents and automatically thinks it has today's meaning may be making a mistake that could seriously confuse or distort his research. Thomas sold Diamond's Venture in 1801 probably readying himself for his move to Kentucky. Charles County gentry: a genealogical history of six emigrants - Thomas Dent ... By Harry Wright Newman During the Revolutionary War Hatch Dent served as a private in Captain Clarkson's Company of Charles County Militia. In 1801 he purchased 141 acres of Diamond's Venture from Thomas Edwards of St. Mary's County. Digest of Deeds, Liber 1, folio 272 The first record of Thomas Edwards paying taxes in Washington Co., KY was on 4/20/1803. Sons, Josiah and Stourton also paid taxes (for the first time in KY) that day and were over the age of 21. Thomas Edwards died between 6/27/1809 (when he paid taxes on 400 acres of land on the Waters of the Rolling Fork, 1 white male over 21, 2 blacks over 16, 8 total blacks and 4 horses) and 9/10/1810 when William Dickens is appointed guardian to Rhody, Thomas*, William and Charles Edwards (Washington Co. Court Order Book B, Page 131). *son Thomas died shortly after the death of Thomas Edwards Washington Co. KY Will Book B, Page 210 In obedience to an order for the county court for Washington County, to us directed, we have met, this 23rd day of December, 1812 and after being sworn, have proceeded to the division of the Estate of Thomas Edwards, Dec'd among the heirs ......each heir is entitled to 306.67 1/2 cents....... Jemina Edwards, widow negro Patty (valued at ) 166.66 to Josiah Edwards negro Esther (valued at ) 180.00 to Elkany Edwards Cash 306.67 1/2 to Stouton Edwards negro Sam (valued at ) 450.00 to John Edwards negro Milly (valued at) 150.00 to Nancy Edwards negro Cate (valued at ) 320.00 to Joseph Edwards negro Jess (valued at ) 430.00 to Henry Edwards negro George (valued at ) 150.00 to Hezekiah Edwards negro Fanny (valued at ) 166.66 to Rhody Edwards negro Dole (valued at ) 320.00 to William Edwards negro Peter (valued at ) 116.66 to Charles Edwards negro Risson (valued at ) 100.00 Given under our hands, the date above written Edw Rutter Phil Washburn James Scanland Information from Thomas Edwards grandson who was still living in the early 1900's stated that, "Thomas Edwards, married his cousin, Elizabeth Dent Edwards, who lived in St. Mary's County, Maryland...... He came to Kentucky in 1794 (1802 or 1803) and brought his family with him all except Elkanah who was already married, and who remained near Cool Spring, same county." (Elkanah Edwards had married Elizabeth Chappelear on 12/19/1801 in SMC.) Who is Thomas Edwards if he is not the grandson of Joseph Edwards 1746 through his son, Joseph Edwards? Since Thomas was not a given name used in this Edwards family I have wondered if he was named for Thomas Suit? On 1/2/13, C Greenwell <cgreenwell01@gmail.com> wrote: > Another interesting tidbit about the Edwards boys.... Capt. William > Henry Edwards from Chester County, SC, wrote a number of books/stories > which were published ca. 1908 and on. Most of his stories were about > the civil war and the Regiment he commanded. In one of his stories he > states: > > "John Edwards, Joseph Edwards and Stourton Edwards, three brothers, > came to Edgecomb Co, N.C.. John and Joseph settled in Chester Co., > S.C. Stourton, the other brother, settled on Taylor's Creek, in York > Co." > > I believe that these are the sons of Joseph (d. 1794). > > They started a Ferry service on the Roanoke River where in 1863 at > Edwards Ferry NC, the Ironclad CSS Albemarle was constructed durring > the Civil War. > > Randy > > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Linda Reno <lindareno@comcast.net> wrote: >> Joseph Edwards died 1794 in NC vs. 1783. >> >> I feel confident that he was the son of Joseph who died in 1746. This >> Joseph >> is the one who received the legacy from Robert Stourton, named a son >> Stourton and his son Joseph also named a son Stourton. >> >> 1762: Tax lists of SMC show that Mary, widow of Joseph Edwards, Sr., >> paid >> taxes on 110 ac. "Diamond's Venture" through 1761. On the 4/10/1762 >> list, >> the tax was paid by Benjamin Edwards, co-heir with his brother Joseph >> Edwards, Jr. to this tract of land. His brother Joseph paid his tax on >> two >> other tracts he owned in 1761 and does not appear in the lists after that >> year. Joseph Edwards, his wife, Maryan and their children may have >> arrived >> in NC as early as 1765. According to a deed registered in Edgecomb Co., >> NC >> a Joseph Edwards bought 100 ac. in that year. (More Marylanders to >> Carolina, Peden). >> >> ???Hal 311=17-19 Joseph Edwards and wf Mary (x) of Hal to Hercules >> Morriss >> same 11 Feb 1788, £23, 150a jng Horspen Branch, Green. wit Arthur >> Sheffield, >> Sterlin Edwards, Randal Daniel, recd May 1788. [Hercules Morris also had >> land on Beaverdam Swamp.] >> http://home.comcast.net/~p.a.miller/genealogy/docs/danieledgehalifnashwilson >> /index.htm >> >> Linda Reno >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mdstmary-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:mdstmary-bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On Behalf Of Karen Caldwell >> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 12:11 AM >> To: mdstmary@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] Joseph Edwards (1794 will)'s wives >> >> The Edwards family makes my head spin! >> >> How do you know for certain that Joseph Edwards who died at NC in 1783 >> was the son of Joseph Edwards who died at SMC in 1746? >> >> >> >> >> >> On 12/31/12, Daniel B. Troublefield <dantrouble@comporium.net> wrote: >>> Thanks, Randy, for your helpful response. >>> >>> I only just downloaded the recorded wills of Thomas Suit 1765 and Joseph >>> Edwards 1783 today. >>> Thomas Suit's recorded will >>> St. Mary's County Register of Wills >>> Wills 1733-1776 Vol TA1 >>> Filmed by Maryland Hall of Records >>> Images 662-663 of 794 >>> Volume TA#1 Pages 616-617 >>> >> https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-25106-46412-66?cc=1803986&wc=M >> M1X-SVM:n1259355819 >>> >>> Will of Joseph Edwards dated 8 Sep 1783, proved May Sessions 1794 >>> >> https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19462-368-65?cc=1867501&wc=109217 >> 57 >>> North Carolina, Probate Records 1735-1970, >>> Halifax, Wills, 1781-1824 vol. 3 >>> Vol. 3, Page 228 >>> Image 261 of 763 >>> >>> It appears to me that if Walter Brewster's estimates of the birth years >>> of >>> Joseph Edwards' children are at least somewhat accurate, then a Mary Ann >>> Higgs born about 1749 could not be the mother of the first five >>> children: >>> Sarah, Jarrott, Joseph, John, and Peter. But she could possibly be the >>> mother of Mary, my Stourton, Jonathan, Ann, and Jesse. >>> Possibly, but I do not know. But was Maryan, Joseph's wife, the same >> person >>> >>> as Mary Ann Higgs born about 1749? If not, then whoever Maryan Edwards >> was, >>> >>> she might be the mother of more of the younger children, but not of >>> Sarah >>> Edwards Daniel, the eldest, who was a granddaughter of Thomas Suit. >>> >>> Will have to check for information on Richard Suit and whether he could >>> be >>> Maryan's/MaryAnn's father, as you men-tioned that some have suggested. >>> >>> Also, need to find someone to explain how to access the digital images >>> on >>> the Maryland State Archives site. That worked fine for me a few years >>> ago, >>> but now find it impossible to search (successfully). >>> >>> Regards, Dan >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "C Greenwell" <cgreenwell01@gmail.com> wrote: >>> December 31, 2012 10:10 AM >>>> Hi Dan, >>>> This is what I have for Joseph Edwards (d. 1794), Halifax County, NC: >>>> >>>> Joseph Edwards married first, the daughter, Sarah (?), of Thomas >>>> Suit, Sr. and Christian Dent before 1765 and they had a daughter named >>>> Sarah Edwards (b. 1755). >>>> >>>> Will of Thomas Suite, SMC 10/16/1765-11/4/1771. Children: Dent, >>>> Thomas, Ann Noe. Grandson: Dent Suite of Thomas. Granddaughter: Sarah >>>> Edwards of Joseph Edwards. Exec: Daughter-in-law, Mary Bright. Wit: >>>> Hezekiah Turner,Nathaniel Suite, Samuel Cooksey Barron. (Maryland >>>> Calendar of Wills). >>>> >>>> Joseph's first wife was likely deceased before his father in law wrote >>>> his will on 16 Oct 1765. >>>> >>>> Joseph married second, Maryan. I suspect that they were married about >>>> 1758 based on the birth dates of their children: Jarrot, Joseph, John, >>>> Peter, Mary, Stourton, Jonathan, Ann, and Jesse. >>>> >>>> Writing in 1994 (two issues of the Chester Co. Genealogical Society >>>> "Bulletin"), Walter Whatley Brewster states: >>>> >>>> "Joseph, Jr. and Maryan (Suit) Edwards had the following children: >>>> Sarah Edwards, b. ca. 1755, m. Ambrose Daniel ca. 1773; Jarrott >>>> Edwards, b. ca. 1757, m. 1) Susannah Porter, and 2) Rebecca Bell; >>>> Joseph Edwards, III, ca. 1759, m. Elizabeth (Turner); John Edwards, b. >>>> ca. 1761, d. 1820, m. Olive Exum; Peter Edwards, b. ca. 1763; Mary >>>> Edwards, b. ca. 1765, d. 1861, m. Iles Cooper; Stourton Edwards, b. >>>> ca. 1768, d 15 Nov 1838, m. Sarah _____: Jonathan Edwards b. ca. 1770, >>>> m. Mary _____; Ann Edwards, b. ca. 1772; and Jesse Edwards, b. ca. >>>> 1774." >>>> >>>> Also, notice in Joseph's will that he mentions his daughter Sarah >>>> separately from his and Maryan's children. >>>> >>>> Will of Joseph Edwards (my transcription), >>>> Halifax Co.. NC will book 1781-1825 vol. 3. p.228; 8 Sep 1783; >>>> proved May Session 1794 >>>> To: Son Jarrot Edwards 150 A of land laying on the north side of the >>>> Horse Pin Branch. >>>> To: beloved Maryan all the land whereon I now live and all my househod >>>> furniture and all of my personal effects for her natural life or >>>> widowhood. >>>> To: at my widows death or marriage, I give to my daughter Sarah Daniel >>>> one feather bed, cow, and calf. >>>> To; my children Joseph, John, Peter, Mary, Stourton, Jonathan, Ann, >>>> Jesse. each a feather bed, cow, and calf. >>>> At the death of my widow all of my land to be sold and the money >>>> distributed to each of my children equally, except Jarrot. And the >>>> rest of my estate to be devided between all my children equally. >>>> Exec: Wife Maryan and son Jarrot equally >>>> Wit: Malicka Butt, Richard Suit, James Neal, Thomas Hall >>>> >>>> Now, who is Maryan? There are some reseachers who say that she is the >>>> daughter of Samuel Higgs and his wife Elizabeth. I have also seen some >>>> who believe that she is the daughter of Richard Suit. I am not sure >>>> and have not found any proof either way. >>>> >>>> Randy >>>> On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Daniel B. Troublefield wrote:>> >>>>> A revision of part of my previous posting seems in order. >>>>> I'm still curious whether there is a record of Joseph Edwards's first >>>>> wife's >>>>> given name as Sarah. >>>>> >>>>> But I can see why it seems unlikely that Thomas Suite had a daughter >>>>> named >>>>> Mary Ann or Maryan who was not named in his will and the naming of >>>>> Sarah >>>>> >>>>> Edwards as daughter of >>>>> Joseph Edwards does seem to imply that Sarah Edwards' mother (whatever >>>>> her name might have >>>>> been) was deceased. >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Daniel B. Troublefield" <dantrouble@comporium.net> >>>>> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 7:59 PM >>>>> > My Stourton/Strutton was a son of Joseph Edwards, died 1794; and >>>>> > grandson >>>>> > of Joseph Edwards, died 1746. >>>>> > >>>>> > Am aware that Thomas Suit(e) (of 1765 will) had a daughter (name >>>>> > unknown) >>>>> > who married Joseph Edwards and had a daughter Sarah Edwards. >>>>> > >>>>> > Is there any record that Stourton's father Joseph (1794 will) had a >>>>> > wife >>>>> > named Sarah? >>>>> > >>>>> > Or that Thomas Suit(e) (of 1765 will) had a daughter named Sarah? >>>>> > >>>>> > A direct, contemporary record from their lifetimes? >>>>> > >>>>> > I understand that there is no proof of my Stourton's mother's >>>>> > identity. >>>>> > >>>>> > Some think that his mother was Mary Ann Suit. That is the view >>>>> > that I learned from Walter W. Brewster's articles on our Edwards >>>>> > families for The Bulletin (Chester District Genealogical Society, >>>>> > Richburg, South Carolina). >>>>> > >>>>> > Linda Reno believes that she was Mary Ann Higgs. >>>>> > >>>>> > Joseph Edwards (1794 will) had a wife named Maryan or Mary Ann. >>>>> > Perhaps she was a Higgs, but is there any direct proof? Deeds >>>>> > perhaps? >>>>> > >>>>> > My questions, above, are based on a posting by Linda Reno on 9 Aug >>>>> > 2009. >>>>> > >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MDSTMARY/2009-08/1249842252 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> MDSTMARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MDSTMARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MDSTMARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDSTMARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >