Oliver Edwards

  • Born December 1, 1790 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  • Parents were OLIVER EDWARDS and RACHEL PARSONS.
  • Married LAURA STARKWEATHER on June 15, 1815 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  • Died February 24, 1874 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.





CHILDREN

  1. SARAH STARKWEATHER EDWARDS, born June 16, 1816 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died January 17, 1880 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Married JOHN HUGH WILSON on December 13, 1842 in Chester, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  2. FRANKLIN EDWARDS, born March 30, 1819 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died March 23, 1841 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  3. OSCAR EDWARDS, born June 6, 1821 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  4. OLIVE EDWARDS, born August 26, 1823 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died May 9, 1892 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  5. ALONZO EDWARDS, born September 5, 1825 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died January 19, 1827 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  6. LAURA EDWARDS, born November 22, 1827 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died December 25, 1897. Married JENNISON EAGER on October 1, 1857 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  7. ELIZA EDWARDS, born November 11, 1829 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died December 30, 1900 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Married WILLIAM GOODRICH FULTON.
  8. ELLEN A. EDWARDS, born June 24, 1833 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

SOURCES:

  • Clarence Etienne Leonard, The Fulton-Hayden-Warner Ancestry in America (New York: T.A. Wright, 1923), Page 107
  • Carlton Lee Starkweather, A Brief Genealogical history of Robert Starkweather of Roxbury and Ipswich, Massachusetts : who was the original American ancestor of all those bearing the name of Starkweather, and of his sons John Starkweather of Ipswich, Mass., and Preston, Conn. (unknown: unknown, 1904), Pages 172 & 173