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View Tree for William EdwardsWilliam Edwards (d. 1685)

William Edwards died 1685. He married Ann Cole.

 Includes NotesNotes for William Edwards:
According to Pelletreau's "American Families of Historic Lineage", the surname Edwards is of Welsh origin, and was found there as early as 1350. From there, they apparently made their way to England whence the first American Edwardses came in the early 1600's. Most of the descendants of William Edwards who came to East Hampton from Maidstone in England settled down as farmers or fishermen, and the Amagansett branch contributed several of the last generation of off-shore whalers in the town.

Settled in Taunton, Mass. as early as 1643 and moved from there to Lynn, and settled in East Hampton 1649 or 1650.

Children of William Edwards and Ann Cole are:
  1. +John Edwards, b. 1640, d. 1693.
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