Capt Jedediah EDGERTON

1759 - 1848  (88 years)

• Name	Jedediah EDGERTON  [1, 2]
  	EDGERTON, Capt. Jedediah, settled on the Silas Reed farm. Thence, in 1803, removed to Moriah, N.Y., and was deacon of the Congregational church in that place. He raised a numerous family, none of whom settled in this town. Losing his wife, he married the widow of Enos Clark, of Middletown, and lived in that town until her death. In extreme old age, he went to live with his son, Dr.Joshua Edgerton, in western New York, where he closed his exemplary life in 1848, aged 86. His son, John L. Edgerton, is well and widely known as a teacher and lecturer on natural science. One of his grandsons, William U., was a physician in Caldwell, NY, where he died in early life. Another grandson, Joseph R., was in the 38th congress from Indiana. [1]
  Prefix	Capt
  Birth	28 Aug 1759	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1848  [1]
  Person ID	I20516	Main Tree
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Simeon EDGERTON,   b. 09 Mar 1732, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 27 Aug 1809, Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Abiah HOUGH,   b. 11 Feb 1737, Connecticut d. 17 Oct 1821, Pawlett, Rutland Co., Vermont (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	23 Nov 1758	Bozrah Congregational Church, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F04516	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S3052] Hiel Hollister, PAWLET For One Hundred Years. [S5004] Reuben Hyde Walworth, "Hyde Genealogy, or, The Descendants, in the Female as well as in the Male Lines, From William Hyde, of Norwich" Vols. I & II, (Albany: J. Munsell, 78 State Street - 1864). [S02361] Genealogical Records: Pilgrim Genealogies and Histories, 1600s-1900s, Sons & Daughters of Pilgrims, Vol III. [S00012] E. Glenn Denison, "Denison Genealogy" Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison, (Name: Name: Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore 1993;;), 63-13712. [S02797] The New England Historical and Genealogical Society: Records of the First Church of Norwich (Bozrah), Connecticut, 1739-1824. [S8840] Charles E. Benton, Ezra Reed and Esther Edgerton, Their Life and Ancestry.