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There were Three Edwards brothers, who came here from
England, Robert, John & Reuben. Robert Edwards was
among the largest land Proprietors in the whole state
of New York. He held the original grant from King
George of England for 86 acres in the heart of
New York city. Part of the property now traversed by
Broadway and probably now the most valuable ground
in the United States, in addition to this he owned
1,ooo acres along the Hudson river a great portion of Jersey
City, and almost the whole of Abezdeen, Ohio. All of the
property in New York was leased to New York by a nephew of Robert Edwards for a term of eighty years and at the expiration
of that time it was to revert to his heirs. Robert having died
childless this property rightly belongs to the descendants of his two brothers.
My father was Clyde Edwards, his father was John M. Edwards,
his father was John D. Edwards, son of Isaac P. Edwards, who
moved from virginia to North Carolina and later to Lowndes
County, Alabama. His father was David Edwards of Virginia and
a son of the orginial John Edwards, son of William who was a
brother of Robert Edwards of New York.
If anyone knows of any of my ancestors please contact me.
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