Ophir Edson

1790 - 1879  (88 years)

• Name	Ophir Edson  [1]
  Birth	21 Apr 1790	Tomlinson, Vermont   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Feb 1879	Chester, Windsor, Vermont   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I43744	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Ezra Edson,   b. 13 Jan 1759, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 27 Feb 1840, Rutland County, Vermont (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Asenath "Sena" Perkins,   b. 23 Sep 1766, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 15 Mar 1844, Rutland County, Vermont (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	19 Sep 1782	Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [2]
  Family ID	F25559	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Soviah Williams,   b. 17 Apr 1792, Chester, Windsor, Vermont d. 19 Apr 1875, Chester, Windsor, Vermont (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	26 Dec 1816	Chester, Windsor, Vermont   [2, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Cyrus Edson,   b. 14 Oct 1820, Chester, Windsor, Vermont d. 15 May 1856, Albany, Albany, New York (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F25558	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  He was a farmer, and died from a broken hip incurred in a fall.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5287] The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower by Gary Boyd Roberts. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2020. [S8684] Edson Family History and Genealogy by Carroll Andrew Edson. 2 volumes. Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1969. [S8686] Descendants of Roger Williams, Book IV: Through His Son Joseph Williams by Elsie Bushnell Williams. Roger Williams Family Association, 2009., year only. [S8686] Descendants of Roger Williams, Book IV: Through His Son Joseph Williams by Elsie Bushnell Williams. Roger Williams Family Association, 2009., date only.