William Edwards, son of Richard Edwards and Ann Munter, bapt. Nov. 1, 1618 at the parish of St. Botolph's without Aldgate, in east London, England. He emigrated to New England on an unknown date with the family of his mother and stepfather, James Cole.
William is called the son of Richard Edwards in the English will of his maternal grandfather, Henry Munter, dated Oct. 23, 1638 at East Smithfield, London, and as the son of Richard Edwards, deceased, in the English will of his maternal grandmother Julian Munter, dated Jan. 3, 1646/7. Thereafter on Dec. 11, 1647:
• Agnes the wife of Wm. Edwardes of Hartford uppon Connecticot by vertue of a procuration from her said husband dated 4 (9)[Nov.] 1647 signed Wm. Edwards & sealed, witnessed John Talcott & John Steele, ordained Timothie Prout of Boston mariner her lawfull Atturney, granting him power in her & her husbands name to aske &c: all such money plate househould goods or chattells of & from the Executors of the last will of Jeelian [Julian] late wife of Henry Mumter [Munter] of Buttalls Algate [St. Botolph without Aldgate] parish in London deceased, & to acquitt, sue &c: arrest: & power to substitute one Attur. or more...[Aspinwall Notarial Recs., 1644-1651, p. 113-14.]
On Mar. 4, 1656/7 William was fined at Hartford for smoking in the street, but was otherwise free of civil complications at Hartford. He was admitted a freeman of Hartford and of the Conn. Colony May 20, 1658.
James Cole, William's stepfather, died testate at Hartford with his estate inventory taken in Nov. 1652. The widow Ann was named sole executrix and Cole's will includes "I give all my Coopers tooles equally to be divided between my well beloved sonne William Edwards and my Loving Coussin Henry Coale." (Manwaring: Hartford Prob. Dist., Vol. 1:108-9).
William's mother Ann (Munter)(Edwards) Cole died at Hartford Feb. 20, 1679/80. Before her death she made a verbal disposition of her estate:
• Mrs. Cole declaring that it was her minde, that after her decease, her home and lande should be to her son William Edwards, he only, to have the use & Improvement for himselfe & wife during their natural life, & then it should return to her grandson Richard Edwards & to his heires forever, and the like dispose she made of the other part of her estate, as appeares by the testimony of Mr. Samuel Willys, Mr. Jonathan Gilbert, and Wm. Edwards, which the Court approves of & confirmes, & this Court grants administration upon the estate to Richard Edwards, who accepted the same in Court. (Hartford Prob. Dist., vol. IV, Court Record, p. 23, Mar. 4, 1679/80.)
On Dec. 11, 1645 at Hartford, Conn., William m. Agnes Harris, the widow of William Spencer of Hartford, Conn. William was a cooper, his occupation mentioned as such in the records of the Town of Hartford (Hartford Town Votes). He was living on May 4, 1668 when he, "in behalf of his wife Agnis," sued Nathaniel Bearding regarding an illegal trespass of land on the east side of the Connecticut River. (Manwaring: Hartford Prob. Dist., Vol. I:194.) William was still residing at Hartford on Mar. 4, 1679/80 when he testified regarding his mother's verbal will.
William Edwards and Agnes Harris had only one known child:
• i. Richard Edwards, Esq., b. at Hartford May 1, 1647; d. testate at Hartford Apr. 20, 1718, Æ 71. He m. 1) Elizabeth Tuttle by whom he had six children, and 2) Mary Talcott by whom he had an additional six children.
There is no record of William Edwards' death, but he was living at Hartford on Mar. 4, 1679/80 when he testified regarding his mother's verbal will. He was most likely interred at Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground, the only cemetery that existed at Hartford at the time of his death. But, by 1853 he did not have a discernable gravestone, if he had one to begin with.
William is called the son of Richard Edwards in the English will of his maternal grandfather, Henry Munter, dated Oct. 23, 1638 at East Smithfield, London, and as the son of Richard Edwards, deceased, in the English will of his maternal grandmother Julian Munter, dated Jan. 3, 1646/7. Thereafter on Dec. 11, 1647:
• Agnes the wife of Wm. Edwardes of Hartford uppon Connecticot by vertue of a procuration from her said husband dated 4 (9)[Nov.] 1647 signed Wm. Edwards & sealed, witnessed John Talcott & John Steele, ordained Timothie Prout of Boston mariner her lawfull Atturney, granting him power in her & her husbands name to aske &c: all such money plate househould goods or chattells of & from the Executors of the last will of Jeelian [Julian] late wife of Henry Mumter [Munter] of Buttalls Algate [St. Botolph without Aldgate] parish in London deceased, & to acquitt, sue &c: arrest: & power to substitute one Attur. or more...[Aspinwall Notarial Recs., 1644-1651, p. 113-14.]
On Mar. 4, 1656/7 William was fined at Hartford for smoking in the street, but was otherwise free of civil complications at Hartford. He was admitted a freeman of Hartford and of the Conn. Colony May 20, 1658.
James Cole, William's stepfather, died testate at Hartford with his estate inventory taken in Nov. 1652. The widow Ann was named sole executrix and Cole's will includes "I give all my Coopers tooles equally to be divided between my well beloved sonne William Edwards and my Loving Coussin Henry Coale." (Manwaring: Hartford Prob. Dist., Vol. 1:108-9).
William's mother Ann (Munter)(Edwards) Cole died at Hartford Feb. 20, 1679/80. Before her death she made a verbal disposition of her estate:
• Mrs. Cole declaring that it was her minde, that after her decease, her home and lande should be to her son William Edwards, he only, to have the use & Improvement for himselfe & wife during their natural life, & then it should return to her grandson Richard Edwards & to his heires forever, and the like dispose she made of the other part of her estate, as appeares by the testimony of Mr. Samuel Willys, Mr. Jonathan Gilbert, and Wm. Edwards, which the Court approves of & confirmes, & this Court grants administration upon the estate to Richard Edwards, who accepted the same in Court. (Hartford Prob. Dist., vol. IV, Court Record, p. 23, Mar. 4, 1679/80.)
On Dec. 11, 1645 at Hartford, Conn., William m. Agnes Harris, the widow of William Spencer of Hartford, Conn. William was a cooper, his occupation mentioned as such in the records of the Town of Hartford (Hartford Town Votes). He was living on May 4, 1668 when he, "in behalf of his wife Agnis," sued Nathaniel Bearding regarding an illegal trespass of land on the east side of the Connecticut River. (Manwaring: Hartford Prob. Dist., Vol. I:194.) William was still residing at Hartford on Mar. 4, 1679/80 when he testified regarding his mother's verbal will.
William Edwards and Agnes Harris had only one known child:
• i. Richard Edwards, Esq., b. at Hartford May 1, 1647; d. testate at Hartford Apr. 20, 1718, Æ 71. He m. 1) Elizabeth Tuttle by whom he had six children, and 2) Mary Talcott by whom he had an additional six children.
There is no record of William Edwards' death, but he was living at Hartford on Mar. 4, 1679/80 when he testified regarding his mother's verbal will. He was most likely interred at Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground, the only cemetery that existed at Hartford at the time of his death. But, by 1853 he did not have a discernable gravestone, if he had one to begin with.
William Edwards, son of Richard Edwards and Ann Munter, bapt. Nov. 1, 1618 at the parish of St. Botolph's without Aldgate, in east London, England. He emigrated to New England on an unknown date with the family of his mother and stepfather, James Cole.
William is called the son of Richard Edwards in the English will of his maternal grandfather, Henry Munter, dated Oct. 23, 1638 at East Smithfield, London, and as the son of Richard Edwards, deceased, in the English will of his maternal grandmother Julian Munter, dated Jan. 3, 1646/7. Thereafter on Dec. 11, 1647:
• Agnes the wife of Wm. Edwardes of Hartford uppon Connecticot by vertue of a procuration from her said husband dated 4 (9)[Nov.] 1647 signed Wm. Edwards & sealed, witnessed John Talcott & John Steele, ordained Timothie Prout of Boston mariner her lawfull Atturney, granting him power in her & her husbands name to aske &c: all such money plate househould goods or chattells of & from the Executors of the last will of Jeelian [Julian] late wife of Henry Mumter [Munter] of Buttalls Algate [St. Botolph without Aldgate] parish in London deceased, & to acquitt, sue &c: arrest: & power to substitute one Attur. or more...[Aspinwall Notarial Recs., 1644-1651, p. 113-14.]
On Mar. 4, 1656/7 William was fined at Hartford for smoking in the street, but was otherwise free of civil complications at Hartford. He was admitted a freeman of Hartford and of the Conn. Colony May 20, 1658.
James Cole, William's stepfather, died testate at Hartford with his estate inventory taken in Nov. 1652. The widow Ann was named sole executrix and Cole's will includes "I give all my Coopers tooles equally to be divided between my well beloved sonne William Edwards and my Loving Coussin Henry Coale." (Manwaring: Hartford Prob. Dist., Vol. 1:108-9).
William's mother Ann (Munter)(Edwards) Cole died at Hartford Feb. 20, 1679/80. Before her death she made a verbal disposition of her estate:
• Mrs. Cole declaring that it was her minde, that after her decease, her home and lande should be to her son William Edwards, he only, to have the use & Improvement for himselfe & wife during their natural life, & then it should return to her grandson Richard Edwards & to his heires forever, and the like dispose she made of the other part of her estate, as appeares by the testimony of Mr. Samuel Willys, Mr. Jonathan Gilbert, and Wm. Edwards, which the Court approves of & confirmes, & this Court grants administration upon the estate to Richard Edwards, who accepted the same in Court. (Hartford Prob. Dist., vol. IV, Court Record, p. 23, Mar. 4, 1679/80.)
On Dec. 11, 1645 at Hartford, Conn., William m. Agnes Harris, the widow of William Spencer of Hartford, Conn. William was a cooper, his occupation mentioned as such in the records of the Town of Hartford (Hartford Town Votes). He was living on May 4, 1668 when he, "in behalf of his wife Agnis," sued Nathaniel Bearding regarding an illegal trespass of land on the east side of the Connecticut River. (Manwaring: Hartford Prob. Dist., Vol. I:194.) William was still residing at Hartford on Mar. 4, 1679/80 when he testified regarding his mother's verbal will.
William Edwards and Agnes Harris had only one known child:
• i. Richard Edwards, Esq., b. at Hartford May 1, 1647; d. testate at Hartford Apr. 20, 1718, Æ 71. He m. 1) Elizabeth Tuttle by whom he had six children, and 2) Mary Talcott by whom he had an additional six children.
There is no record of William Edwards' death, but he was living at Hartford on Mar. 4, 1679/80 when he testified regarding his mother's verbal will. He was most likely interred at Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground, the only cemetery that existed at Hartford at the time of his death. But, by 1853 he did not have a discernable gravestone, if he had one to begin with.
William is called the son of Richard Edwards in the English will of his maternal grandfather, Henry Munter, dated Oct. 23, 1638 at East Smithfield, London, and as the son of Richard Edwards, deceased, in the English will of his maternal grandmother Julian Munter, dated Jan. 3, 1646/7. Thereafter on Dec. 11, 1647:
• Agnes the wife of Wm. Edwardes of Hartford uppon Connecticot by vertue of a procuration from her said husband dated 4 (9)[Nov.] 1647 signed Wm. Edwards & sealed, witnessed John Talcott & John Steele, ordained Timothie Prout of Boston mariner her lawfull Atturney, granting him power in her & her husbands name to aske &c: all such money plate househould goods or chattells of & from the Executors of the last will of Jeelian [Julian] late wife of Henry Mumter [Munter] of Buttalls Algate [St. Botolph without Aldgate] parish in London deceased, & to acquitt, sue &c: arrest: & power to substitute one Attur. or more...[Aspinwall Notarial Recs., 1644-1651, p. 113-14.]
On Mar. 4, 1656/7 William was fined at Hartford for smoking in the street, but was otherwise free of civil complications at Hartford. He was admitted a freeman of Hartford and of the Conn. Colony May 20, 1658.
James Cole, William's stepfather, died testate at Hartford with his estate inventory taken in Nov. 1652. The widow Ann was named sole executrix and Cole's will includes "I give all my Coopers tooles equally to be divided between my well beloved sonne William Edwards and my Loving Coussin Henry Coale." (Manwaring: Hartford Prob. Dist., Vol. 1:108-9).
William's mother Ann (Munter)(Edwards) Cole died at Hartford Feb. 20, 1679/80. Before her death she made a verbal disposition of her estate:
• Mrs. Cole declaring that it was her minde, that after her decease, her home and lande should be to her son William Edwards, he only, to have the use & Improvement for himselfe & wife during their natural life, & then it should return to her grandson Richard Edwards & to his heires forever, and the like dispose she made of the other part of her estate, as appeares by the testimony of Mr. Samuel Willys, Mr. Jonathan Gilbert, and Wm. Edwards, which the Court approves of & confirmes, & this Court grants administration upon the estate to Richard Edwards, who accepted the same in Court. (Hartford Prob. Dist., vol. IV, Court Record, p. 23, Mar. 4, 1679/80.)
On Dec. 11, 1645 at Hartford, Conn., William m. Agnes Harris, the widow of William Spencer of Hartford, Conn. William was a cooper, his occupation mentioned as such in the records of the Town of Hartford (Hartford Town Votes). He was living on May 4, 1668 when he, "in behalf of his wife Agnis," sued Nathaniel Bearding regarding an illegal trespass of land on the east side of the Connecticut River. (Manwaring: Hartford Prob. Dist., Vol. I:194.) William was still residing at Hartford on Mar. 4, 1679/80 when he testified regarding his mother's verbal will.
William Edwards and Agnes Harris had only one known child:
• i. Richard Edwards, Esq., b. at Hartford May 1, 1647; d. testate at Hartford Apr. 20, 1718, Æ 71. He m. 1) Elizabeth Tuttle by whom he had six children, and 2) Mary Talcott by whom he had an additional six children.
There is no record of William Edwards' death, but he was living at Hartford on Mar. 4, 1679/80 when he testified regarding his mother's verbal will. He was most likely interred at Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground, the only cemetery that existed at Hartford at the time of his death. But, by 1853 he did not have a discernable gravestone, if he had one to begin with.
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