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Captain Josiah EDSON

Captain Josiah EDSON

Male 1682 - 1762  (80 years)

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  • Name Josiah EDSON  [1, 2] 
    Prefix Captain 
    Birth 1682  Bridgewater, , Plymouth, Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    _UID B3B05CD9448945BF89FB2C1263619A67F0DA 
    Death 16 Jan 1762  Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Burial Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I3340  Our Family Tree
    Last Modified 4 Oct 2023 

    Father Joseph EDSON,   b. Abt 1649, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Oct 1711, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Mother Experience HOLBROOK,   b. 23 May 1661, Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Nov 1686, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years) 
    Marriage 2 Nov 1678  Bridgewater, , Plymouth, Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2177  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah PACKARD,   b. 19 Aug 1682, Bridgewater, , Plymouth, Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1754, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 27 Jun 1704  Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Sarah EDSON,   b. 26 Feb 1704/05, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Abiah EDSON,   b. 6 Apr 1706, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1752 (Age 45 years)
    +3. Col. Josiah EDSON,   b. 24 Jan 1708/09, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1778, , , New York, Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     4. Huldah EDSON,   b. 3 May 1713, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jul 1800 (Age 87 years)
     5. Abiezer EDSON,   b. 10 Jun 1715, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 1791, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     6. Freelove EDSON,   b. 11 Oct 1718, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1806 (Age 87 years)
     7. Elijah EDSON,   b. 28 Oct 1720, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1762 (Age 41 years)
    Family ID F676  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Oct 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1682 - Bridgewater, , Plymouth, Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 27 Jun 1704 - Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 Jan 1762 - Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Reference  Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I3340&tree=tree1: accessed 5 April 2025), "Captain Josiah EDSON."

  • Sources 
    1. [S1602] Nahum Mitchell, History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family register, (Bridgewater, Mass. : Kidder & Wright, 1840; Edward Alden, 1897. Digital images: Internet Archive.https://archive.org: 2008), 153. accessed 27 Aug 2016.

    2. [S1603] Jarvis Bonesteel Edson, Edsons in England and America and Genealogy of the Edsons. Internet Archive. Digital images. (1903), (https://archive.org/: 2009), 452. accessed 31 Aug 2016.

    3. [S1603] Jarvis Bonesteel Edson, Edsons in England and America and Genealogy of the Edsons. Internet Archive. Digital images. (1903), (https://archive.org/: 2009), 455-456. accessed 31 Aug 2016.