Deacon Samuel Edson ^24,27,28

  General Notes:

Samuel Edson, Senior

[Plym. Co. Prob. I: 143] "Samuel Edson Senr Inhabitant of the Town foreign" made his will 15 January, 1688/9.

"Having already Disposed of moste of my Lands and a Great part of my Estate to my Children as By their Deeds Doth appear"

I "Bequeath to my Eldest son Samuel Edson my Fowling peece and to my other two sons Joseph Edson and Josiah Edson my musket Sword andante."

"to my three sons Samuel Edson Joseph Edson and Josiah Edson to each of them a Draught chaine and also a Logg chain and all my wearing deaths to be Divided among them."

"to my Loving Wife Susanna Edson all the Rest of my Estate Both Personal land Reall housing Lands Chattels and Cash all within Doors and without whatsoever I have not Otherwise Disposed of to be without whatsoever at her Dispose During her naturall Life and what is Left at her decease and mine Either Housing lands Chattels or Cash: all without Doores to be Equally Divided among my three sons Samuel Edson Joseph Edson and Josiah Edson there're and Asigns And all within Doores all my household Goods and Cash to be Equally Divided among my five Daughters Elizabeth, Susanna, Sarah, Mary, and Bethiah their heirs and assignes"

"my Loving Wife Susanna Edson to be my Executrix and my son Samuel Edson and my son Josiah Edson to be Joyned with her as Executors"

"And I Doe .... desire Mr James Kieth John Kingman Senr and Thomas Snell of Bridgewater to be overseers of this my Last Will"

The witnesses were John Field, John Ames and Samuel Kinsley. "John Amesand Samuel Kinsley two of The Witnesses" made oath to the will, at Plymouth, 20 September, 1692.


[p. 144] "The Inventory of Samuel Edson Senr who deceased the 19th Day of July 1692" was taken, 29 July, 1692, by Samuel Allen, Sr., and William Brett, and was sworn to by "Samuel Edson and Josiah Edson the Sons of said Deceased" on 20 September, 1692. The total was £148, 14s., 8d. The real estate was: "house and Land" *£50, and there was £30 in "Silver money". [There are no original papers in the files.] Abstracts of Plymouth County Probate Records

Samuel Edson's wife and all his children were living when he made his will, on January 15, 1688-9. He was a deacon in the church. He represented Bridgewater, Mass., in the Plymouth Court, in 1676 - Book 1

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: Residing in Salem, 1639, Salem, Colony Of Massachusetts Bay, New England. ²⁷

• Granted Land: Bridgewater, MA land grant, 1645, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA. ²⁹ Granted a competent proportion of lands about Saughtuchquett (Satucket), toward the west..To these fifty-four shares the proprietors afterwards added two more, and granted one to the Rev. James Keith, of Scotland, their first minister, and the other to Deacon Samuel Edson, of Salen, who erected the first mill in the town, making in all fifty-six shares.

Samuel married Susanna Orcutt or Bickley about 1638 in Fillongley, Warwickshire, England.²⁷ (Susanna Orcutt or Bickley was born in 1618 in Fillongley, Warwickshire, England ²⁷ and died on 20 Feb 1699 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA ^24,27.)