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Young Edwards, Sr.

Young Edwards, Sr.

Male Abt 1760 - 1843  (83 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  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.

    Family/Spouse: 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]

    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. 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: 2

  1. 2.  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. 3.  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. 1. 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.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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. 5.  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. 2. 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. 6.  (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. 7.  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. 3. 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.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Edwards was born in 1695 in VA (son of James Edwards, Jr. and Allinor Albridgeton); died in 1748 in Isle of Wright Co., VA.

    John + Mary Phillips. Mary was born in 1700 in Surry Co., VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary Phillips was born in 1700 in Surry Co., VA.
    Children:
    1. 4. John Edwards, Sr. was born about 1716 in Isle of Wright Co., VA; died before 1801 in Orange Co., NC?.
    2. Mary Edwards was born in 1720.

  3. 12.  Sylvanus Stokes, Jr. was born about 1670 in Charles City, VA (son of Sylvanius Stokes, Sr. and Mary Bishop); died before 6 Feb 1746/47 in VA.
    Children:
    1. 6. (Sherard) Young Stokes was born about 1699 in Lunnenburg Co., VA; died on 5 Dec 1770 in Lunnenburg Co., VA.


Generation: 5

  1. 16.  James Edwards, Jr. was born about 1668 in VA (son of James Edwards, Sr. and Ann); died in Apr 1743 in Isle of Wright Co., VA.

    James + Allinor Albridgeton. Allinor was born about 1670. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 17.  Allinor Albridgeton was born about 1670.
    Children:
    1. David Edwards
    2. James Edwards
    3. William Edwards
    4. Jonas Edwards
    5. Nathaniel Edwards
    6. 8. John Edwards was born in 1695 in VA; died in 1748 in Isle of Wright Co., VA.

  3. 24.  Sylvanius Stokes, Sr. was born in 1636 in Charles City Co., VA (son of William Stokes and Jane Scarsbrook); died in 1704 in Charles City Co., VA.

    Sylvanius married Mary Bishop on 29 Jul 1658 in Charles City Co., VA. Mary (daughter of John Bishop, Captain and Elizabeth Booker) was born about 1642 in Charles City Co., VA; died after 1704 in Charles City Co., VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 25.  Mary Bishop was born about 1642 in Charles City Co., VA (daughter of John Bishop, Captain and Elizabeth Booker); died after 1704 in Charles City Co., VA.
    Children:
    1. John Stokes
    2. Elizabeth Stokes was born in 1660 in Essex, Virginia, United States; died in 1718 in Essex, Virginia, United States.
    3. Elizabeth Stokes was born in 1667 in Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States; died in 1757 in Virginia, United States.
    4. 12. Sylvanus Stokes, Jr. was born about 1670 in Charles City, VA; died before 6 Feb 1746/47 in VA.
    5. Young Stokes was born in 1700 in VA, Virginia, United States; died on 5 Dec 1770 in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States.
    6. Phoebe Stokes was born in 1732 in Sussex, Sussex, Virginia, United States; died on 16 Jul 1778 in Albemarle, Sussex, Virginia, United States.


Generation: 6

  1. 32.  James Edwards, Sr. was born in 1644 in VA (son of Robert Edwards and Mary); died in Feb 1722/23 in Isle of Wright Co., VA.

    James + Ann. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 33.  Ann
    Children:
    1. Robert Edwards
    2. Joshua Edwards
    3. Sarah Edwards
    4. 16. James Edwards, Jr. was born about 1668 in VA; died in Apr 1743 in Isle of Wright Co., VA.

  3. 48.  William Stokes was born on 11 Dec 1618 in Chppenham, Co., Wiltshire, England; died before 13 Oct 1699 in York Co., VA?.

    William + Jane Scarsbrook. Jane was born in 1621 in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; died in Dec 1695 in Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 49.  Jane Scarsbrook was born in 1621 in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; died in Dec 1695 in Virginia, United States.
    Children:
    1. John Stokes
    2. 24. Sylvanius Stokes, Sr. was born in 1636 in Charles City Co., VA; died in 1704 in Charles City Co., VA.

  5. 50.  John Bishop, Captain was born in 1590 in London, England (son of Sir William Bishop, The Elder and Elizabeth Ramsay); died on 23 Sep 1658 in Charles City Co., VA.

    John married Elizabeth Booker about 1632. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir Thomas Booker and Judith Hillar) was born about 1602 in Surrey, England; died in 1656 in Charles City Co., VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 51.  Elizabeth Booker was born about 1602 in Surrey, England (daughter of Sir Thomas Booker and Judith Hillar); died in 1656 in Charles City Co., VA.
    Children:
    1. John Bishop, Jr. was born about 1635.
    2. William Bishop was born about 1638.
    3. Ann Bishop was born in 1638 in James City, Virginia, United States; died on 6 Jan 1675 in Doeg Susquehannock Indian, New Kent, Virginia, United States.
    4. Elizabeth Bishop was born about 1639.
    5. 25. Mary Bishop was born about 1642 in Charles City Co., VA; died after 1704 in Charles City Co., VA.
    6. Edmond Bishop was born about 1646.


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