Richard Edwards

1647 - 1718  (~ 70 years)

• Name	Richard Edwards  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	May 1647	Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Apr 1718	Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut   [6, 7, 8, 9]
  Person ID	I14866	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of JTS
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	William Edwards,   b. Bef 1 Nov 1618   d. Aft 1680, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut (Age > 63 years)
  Mother	Agnes Harris,   b. Bef 6 Apr 1604   d. Aft 1680, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut (Age > 77 years)
  Marriage	11 Dec 1645	Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut   [10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  Family ID	F9376	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Tuttle,   b. Bef 9 Nov 1645
  Marriage	19 Nov 1667	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut   [6, 7, 9]
  Divorce	Oct 1691  [6, 7, 16]
  Children	+ 1. Rev. Timothy Edwards,   b. 14 May 1669, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut d. 27 Jan 1758, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 88 years) + 2. Ann Edwards,   b. Abt 1678, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut d. May 1764, Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut (Age ~ 86 years)
  Family ID	F9370	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2024

  
  

• Notes

  He sought and was granted a divorce from Elizabeth Tuttle on the grounds that she was pregnant before he married her, that she was frequently adulterous after their marriage, and that she frequently threatened to murder him in his sleep. It has been speculated that reports of his grandmother Elizabeth's behavior and demeanor were an influence on the severe Puritanism of her grandson the Rev. Jonathan Edwards, author of the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

  
  

• Sources

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