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William Edwards 1687 – 1746 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1687

Birth Location: Westmoreland, Virginia, British Colonial America

Death Date: 1746

Death Location: Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: Meredith Edwards

Mother: Ann Harrison

Spouse(s): Mary Hayden, Anne Harrison

Children(s):

According to available records, William Edwards was born in 1687 in Westmoreland, Virginia, British Colonial America, the child of Meredith Edwards and Ann Mansfield Or Harrison. Following those early years, William Edwards married Mary Nicholson Hayden and Anne Harrison. In the later years of life, William Edwards died in 1746 in Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Parents

Meredith Edwards
1655 – 1712
Birth Location: England
ME
Ann Harrison
1670 – 1751
Birth Location: Westmoreland, Virginia, British Colonial America
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Spouses(s)

Mary Hayden
1694 – 1770
Birth Location: Wicomico Parish, Northumberland, Virginia, Colonial America
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Anne Harrison
1674 – 1707
Birth Location: Wakefield, Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America
AH

Children(s)

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: ABT 1687
    Event Place: Westmoreland, Virginia, British Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1746
    Event Place: Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, United States of America
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