William Edwards

- Bef 1685

• Name	William Edwards  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate death	Between 1 Jan 1681 and 21 Oct 1685  [2]
  Alternate death	Aft 1 Feb 1681  [3]
  Death	Bef 21 Oct 1685	East Hampton, Suffolk, Long Island, New York   [4, 5, 6]
  Person ID	I28434	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family	Anne   d. Aft 1685
  Children	+ 1. John Edwards,   b. 1640   d. 1693 (Age 53 years) + 2. Thomas Edwards,   b. 28 Nov 1647, East Hampton, Suffolk, Long Island, New York d. 16 Apr 1698, East Hampton, Suffolk, Long Island, New York (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F16967	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2025

  
  

• Notes

  He was a cooper. First at Taunton, Massachusetts in 1643, then at Lynn; came to East Hampton on Long Island about 1651. He was a constable in East Hampton, so presumably respected by his fellow townsmen. His will was written at Southampton and proved at Southold. In 1676, he gave one John Squire certain tracts of land as his daughter Ann's marriage portion.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4057] Find a Grave page for Thomas Edwards. [S4056] Arthur Adams, "Some Descendants of William Edwards of East Hampton, Long Island." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 82:5, 1951. [S4058] Edward Doubleday Harris, "Ancient Burial-Grounds of Long Island, N.Y." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 55:200, 1901. [S4059] Ancestry and Descendants of Amaziah Hall and Betsey Baldwin by Edith Bartlett Sumner. Los Angeles, 1954., date only. [S4060] A History of the Town of East-Hampton, N.Y. by Henry P. Hedges. Sag Harbor, New York: J. H. Hunt, 1897., year only. [S8813] Records of the Town of East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk Co., N.Y., Volume V, by Henry Parsons Hedges. Sag Harbor, New York: John H. Hunt, 1905., year and place only.