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1669 - 1758 (88 years)
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Name |
Timothy EDWARDS [1, 2, 3, 4] |
Prefix |
Rev |
Birth |
14 May 1669 [1, 2, 4] |
Gender |
Male |
Fact |
1st Pastor of East Windsor, Connecticut [3] |
Death |
27 Jan 1758 [1, 2] |
Notes |
- Excerpts from Amos Richardson of Boston and Stonington: Timothy married Esther Stoddard, daughter of Rev. Solomon. He graduated at Harvard in 1691 and was the pastor of the Church in East Windsor. He had ten daughters and one son, Jonathan, the distinguished divine. The Rev. Jonathan Edwards, born 1703, married Sarah, daughter of Rev. James Pierpont, and died at Princeton, NJ, March 28, 1758, about six weeks after his installation as President of the College, where he succeeded his son-in-law.
Described as "the most distinguished metaphysician and divine of America."
He had eleven children. One daughter, Esther, was the wife of Rev. Aaron Burr, President of Princeton College and mother of Vice-President Burr, and his son Jonathan was President of Union College.
Pierpont, the younges child of Rev. Jonathan, resided in New Haven, married Frances Ogden, and their daughter Henrietta Frances was the wife of the celebrated inventor, Eli Whitney.
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Person ID |
I20590 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
29 May 2022 |
Father |
Richard EDWARDS, b. 16 May 1647, Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut d. 20 Apr 1718, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 70 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Elizabeth TUTTLE, c. 9 Nov 1645, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut d. Aft 1691 (Age ~ 47 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Marriage |
19 Nov 1667 |
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA [4, 5, 6] |
Divorced |
1691 |
Due to insanity [1] |
Divorce |
Oct 1691 |
By Act of the Connecticut General Assembly [5] |
Family ID |
F06684 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Esther STODDARD, b. 02 Jun 1672, Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts d. 19 Jan 1770/1, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut (Age 98 years) |
Marriage |
06 Nov 1694 |
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA [2] |
Children |
| 1. Ann EDWARDS, b. 28 Apr 1699, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 11 Apr 1790 (Age 90 years) [Natural] |
| 2. Rev Jonathan EDWARDS, b. 5 Oct 1703 d. 22 Mar 1758, Princeton, New York (Age 54 years) [Birth] |
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Family ID |
F16966 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
9 Aug 2021 |
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Sources |
- [S01670] Amos Richardson of Boston and Stonington by Rosell L. Richardson.
- [S03455] Benjamin W.Dwight, The History of the Descendants of John Dwight of Dedham, Massachusetts, (Name: Name: A Heritage Classic - Heritage Books;;).
- [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking.
- [S9777] Nathaniel Goodwin, Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, (New England Historic Genealogical Society).
- [S4920] Connecticut Ancestry 2008 August Vol. 51 No. 1 .
- [S4953] George Frederick Tuttle, "The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle" , (Tuttle & Company, Official State Printers, Rutland, VT. - 1883).
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