Individual Details
Andrew Edwards
(1725 - 1788)
Events
| Birth | 1725 |  | |||
| Marriage | 19 Jan 1758 | Virginia - Elizabeth Cave |  | | |
| Death | 1788 | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Cave ( - ) |
| Child | Andrew Neale Monkister Edwards ( - ) |
Notes
Marriage
Andrew Edwards was probably trice married:... (3) in 1758 to Elizabeth (Cave) Withers, daughter of William Cave who died testate in Stafford County in 1742 and widow of Keene Withers (1728-1756) by whom she had five children. Andrew and Elizabeth (Cave) Edwards on only child, Andrew Neale Monister Edwards who married on October 13, 1803 in King George County, Sally Mason. Elizabeth (Cave) Withers Edwards, widow, married thirdly Thomas Walker. The will of Andrew Edwards was dated July 4, 1788 and proved July 14, 1788; he mentions his wife Elizabeth and h;er son Andree N M Edwards, son Travers Edwards; and daughters Margaret wife of Robert Lowry, Mary wife of Alvin Mountjoy, Sarah and anna Edwards.Virginia Genealogist: p 107
1745
February 16 - To Capt Fowke's funeral and James Waugh's of Mercer on Potomac Creek. He was a grandson of the Rev John Waugh (1630-1706) and consequently a first cousin of Mercer's wife Catherine Mason. He married, 1740, Betty (Brittingham) French, daughter of Nathaniel Brittingham of Accomac County and widow of Hugh French, Jr. She married second, 1751, Andrew Edwards (died 1788) who married in 1758 Elizabeth (Cave) Withers
Endnotes
1. George Harrison Sanford King, compiler, The Register of Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia 1723-1758 and ... (Fredericksburg, VA: self published, 1961), page 32. Hereinafter cited as The Register of Overwharton Parish.
2. George Harrison Sanford King, compiler, The Register of Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia 1723-1758 and ... (Fredericksburg, VA: self published, 1961), page 32. Hereinafter cited as The Register of Overwharton Parish.
3. John Frederick Dorman, The Virginia Genealogist, (Washington, DC: John Frederick Dorman), Volume 4, 1960, Notes from the Journal of John Mercer, page 107. Hereinafter cited as Virginia Genealogist.
4. George Harrison Sanford King, compiler, The Register of Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia 1723-1758 and ... (Fredericksburg, VA: self published, 1961), page 32. Hereinafter cited as The Register of Overwharton Parish.