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Edward Edwards

Edward Edwards

Male Abt 1785 -


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Edward Edwards was born about 1785 in Probably Orange Co., NC (son of Young Edwards, Sr. and Lucy Cates).

    Family/Spouse: Susannah Cox. Susannah (daughter of James Cox and Elizabeth Robertson) was born on 1 Dec 1785 in Grayson Co., VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Young Edwards, Sr. was born about 1760 in Orange Co., NC? (son of John Edwards, Jr. and Mary Stokes); died in 1843 in Ashe Co., NC.

    Young + Lucy Cates. Lucy (daughter of Thomas Cates and Rebecca Sykes) was born in 1755 in Orange, North Carolina, United States; died in Sep 1860 in Ashe, North Carolina, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Lucy Cates was born in 1755 in Orange, North Carolina, United States (daughter of Thomas Cates and Rebecca Sykes); died in Sep 1860 in Ashe, North Carolina, United States.
    Children:
    1. Nancy Edwards?
    2. Edwards
    3. John Edwards
    4. Young Edwards, Jr. was born on 28 May 1781 in Orange Co., NC; died on 22 Jan 1864 in Alleghany Co., NC; was buried in Isom Edwards Cemetery, Alleghany Co., NC.
    5. 1. Edward Edwards was born about 1785 in Probably Orange Co., NC.
    6. Allen Edwards was born on 13 Apr 1796 in Wilkes Co., NC.
    7. Richard Edwards was born on 20 Oct 1798 in Wilkes Co., NC.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Edwards, Jr. was born about 1739 in Brunswick Co., VA (son of John Edwards, Sr. and Mary Campbell); died on 1 Jan 1817 in Orange Co., NC?.

    John married Mary Stokes in 1759 in Probably NC. Mary (daughter of (Sherard) Young Stokes and Elizabeth) was born about 1738 in Probably VA; died in 1763 in Probably NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Stokes was born about 1738 in Probably VA (daughter of (Sherard) Young Stokes and Elizabeth); died in 1763 in Probably NC.
    Children:
    1. Stokes Edwards was born on 30 Nov 1759 in Probably NC.
    2. 2. Young Edwards, Sr. was born about 1760 in Orange Co., NC?; died in 1843 in Ashe Co., NC.
    3. John Edwards, III was born about 1762 in Probably NC.
    4. Mary Edwards was born after 1763 in Probably NC.

  3. 6.  Thomas Cates was born in 1702 in Prince George, Prince George, Virginia, USA (son of Robert Ezra Cates and Mary Ann Randall); died in 1770 in Orange, North Carolina, USA.

    Thomas married Rebecca Sykes in 1730 in Virginia, USA. Rebecca (daughter of Bernard Sykes and Frances Wyatt) was born in 1715 in Virginia, USA; died in 1770 in Alamance, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Rebecca Sykes was born in 1715 in Virginia, USA (daughter of Bernard Sykes and Frances Wyatt); died in 1770 in Alamance, North Carolina, USA.
    Children:
    1. Barnard Cates was born in 1735; died in Oct 1828 in Orange, North Carolina, USA.
    2. Lucy E Cates was born in 1741 in Orange, North Carolina, USA; died in 1768 in Orange, North Carolina, USA.
    3. John Cate was born in 1746 in Orange, North Carolina, USA; died in Oct 1828 in Orange, North Carolina, USA.
    4. REVEREND Thomas Cates was born in 1749 in Orange, North Carolina, USA; died in Aug 1816 in Orange, North Carolina, USA.
    5. 3. Lucy Cates was born in 1755 in Orange, North Carolina, United States; died in Sep 1860 in Ashe, North Carolina, United States.
    6. Sylvia Cates was born in 1756 in Orange, North Carolina, USA; died in 1840 in Orange, North Carolina, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Edwards, Sr. was born about 1716 in Isle of Wright Co., VA (son of John Edwards and Mary Phillips); died before 1801 in Orange Co., NC?.

    John + Mary Campbell. Mary was born about 1720 in Orange Co., NC; died after 1801 in Orange Co., NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary Campbell was born about 1720 in Orange Co., NC; died after 1801 in Orange Co., NC.
    Children:
    1. Susannah Edwards was born about 1735 in Probably NC.
    2. 4. John Edwards, Jr. was born about 1739 in Brunswick Co., VA; died on 1 Jan 1817 in Orange Co., NC?.
    3. Mary Edwards was born about 1741 in Brunswick Co., VA.
    4. Edward Edwards was born about 1743 in Brunswick Co., VA or Sussex Co., VA.
    5. David Edwards, Sr. was born about 1745 in Orange Co., NC; died about 1782.
    6. Nathaniel Edwards was born in 1749.
    7. Sylvanus (Sill) Edwards, Sr. was born in 1753 in Probably NC.
    8. Richard Edwards was born about 1754 in Brunswick Co., VA.
    9. William Edwards was born in 1757 in Orange Co., NC.
    10. Henry Edwards, Sr. was born in 1759 in Orange Co., NC.

  3. 10.  (Sherard) Young Stokes was born about 1699 in Lunnenburg Co., VA (son of Sylvanus Stokes, Jr.); died on 5 Dec 1770 in Lunnenburg Co., VA.

    (Sherard) married Elizabeth about 1723 in Lunnenburg Co., VA. Elizabeth was born about 1685; died after 1790 in Probably VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth was born about 1685; died after 1790 in Probably VA.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Stokes was born about 1725.
    2. Sylvanus Stokes was born about 1726.
    3. Susannah Stokes was born about 1728.
    4. Mary Ann Stokes was born about 1733.
    5. Charlotte Stokes was born about 1735.
    6. 5. Mary Stokes was born about 1738 in Probably VA; died in 1763 in Probably NC.
    7. William Stokes was born about 1740.
    8. Lucy Stokes was born about 1742.
    9. Cecilia Stokes was born about 1744.
    10. Allen Stokes was born about 1746.
    11. Henry Stokes was born about 1750.

  5. 12.  Robert Ezra Cates was born on 21 Aug 1667 in Devon, England (son of William Abraham Cate and Margaret Agnes Ingles); died on 18 Feb 1729 in Surry, Surry, Virginia, USA.

    Robert + Mary Ann Randall. Mary (daughter of John Randall and Catherine) was born in 1675 in England; died in 1767 in Orange, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Mary Ann Randall was born in 1675 in England (daughter of John Randall and Catherine); died in 1767 in Orange, North Carolina, USA.
    Children:
    1. 6. Thomas Cates was born in 1702 in Prince George, Prince George, Virginia, USA; died in 1770 in Orange, North Carolina, USA.

  7. 14.  Bernard Sykes was born in 1682 in Prince George, Prince George, Virginia, USA (son of Bernard Sykes, Sr. and Elizabeth); died in 1718 in Prince George, Prince George, Virginia, USA.

    Bernard + Frances Wyatt. Frances was born in 1690; died in 1759 in Prince George County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Frances Wyatt was born in 1690; died in 1759 in Prince George County, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. 7. Rebecca Sykes was born in 1715 in Virginia, USA; died in 1770 in Alamance, North Carolina, USA.
    2. Richard Sykes was born in 1718.
    3. John Sykes was born in 1718 in Misterton, Nottinghamshire, England.


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