First Generation 1. Mercy Ann EDSON was born on 2 Dec 1846 in Crittenden, Erie, New York.1 Second Generation 2. Pember EDSON was born on 8 Feb 1802 in Bethel, Windsor, Vermont.2 Edson Family History and Genealogy, Descendant of Samuel Edson of Salem and Bridgewater, Mass., by Carroll Andrew Edson, Lithographed by Edwards Bros., Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1969. p. 1276. he lived in Pembroke, Genesee Co., N.Y. and in 1850, in Alden, Erie Co., N.Y., where he was a store-keeper and Postmaster, and where he built a steam sawmill. He was 1864-1873, in Partnership with his cousin once removed, Henry Harrison Edson. Believed to have had six children who presumably died in infancy. Pember EDSON and Electa EDSON were married on 6 Nov 1831 in Brookfield, Orange, Vermont.1,3 3. Electa EDSON was born on 5 Nov 1808 in Brookfield, Orange, Vermont.4 Pember EDSON and Electa EDSON had the following children: 1 i. Mercy Ann EDSON. ii. Lucretia A. EDSON was born about Aug 1848 in Brookfield, Orange, Vermont.1 iii. Henry K. EDSON was born about 1859 in Warren, Washington, Vermont.5 Third Generation 4. Samuel Lillie EDSON was born before 3 May 1772 in Ashfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts.6 He was Baptized on 3 May 1772 in Congregational Church, Ashfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts.7,8 He died on 31 Jul 1803 in Bethel, Windsor, Vermont.9 He was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Bethel, Windsor, Vermont.10 Samuel Lillie EDSON and Meriam EDSON were married in 1794.11,12 5. Meriam EDSON was born on 19 Jan 1778 in Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut.13,14 She died on 24 Nov 1874.15 Edson Family History and Genealogy, Descendant of Samuel Edson of Salem and Bridgewater, Mass., by Carroll Andrew Edson, Lithographed by Edwards Bros., Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1969. p. 1274. Alternate death date listed as: Nov. 22, 1821. Samuel Lillie EDSON and Meriam EDSON had the following children: i. Jared (Jerrod) EDSON was born on 28 Feb 1796 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont.14 ii. Theodore EDSON was born on 27 Nov 1797 in Randolph, Orange, Vermont.14 iii. Samuel Lillie EDSON was born on 6 Jan 1800 in Bethel, Windsor, Vermont.14 2 iv. Pember EDSON. 6. Timothy EDSON was born in 1750 in Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut.16,17 He was Baptized on 17 Aug 1766 in Congregational Church, Ashfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts.7 He died on 30 Sep 1834 in Brookfield, Orange, Vermont.18 Genealogy of the Graves Family in America, Genealogy of the Family of Thomas Graves, of Hartford, Conn., and Hatfield, Mass., By John Card Graves, M.A. Member of the Buffalo Historical Society, Published at Buffalo, N.Y., By Baker, Jones & Co., 1896. p. 33. of Brookfield, Vt. Timothy EDSON and Mercy GRAVES were married on 24 Oct 1799 in Whately, Hampshire, Massachusetts.19,20 7. Mercy GRAVES was born on 27 Aug 1771 in Whately, Hampshire, Massachusetts.20,21 She died on 25 Mar 1841 in Brookfield, Orange, Vermont.18,20 Timothy EDSON and Mercy GRAVES had the following children: i. Linus EDSON was born. The History of the Town Whately, Mass. 1661 - 1899, by James M. Crafts, published by D.L. Crandall, Mann's Bloch, Orange, Mass. 1899. p. 458. Married in Western New York 3 ii. Electa EDSON. iii. Betsey EDSON was born. iv. Chester EDSON was born.