Individual Details

Rev Jonathan EDWARDS

(5 Oct 1703 - 22 Mar 1758)

Events

Birth5 Oct 1703East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut
Education1716at Yale College - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
ReligionAft 1720preached in a Presbyterian pulpit - New York
Religion15 Feb 1727ordained a minister - Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Marriage1727Sarah PIERPONT
Religion1728succeeded his maternal grandfather as pastor - Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
GraduatedSep 1729Yale - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
Miscellaneous1747bought a slave
Religion1750was dismissed because of doctrinal differences - Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
ResidenceNov 1750Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
ResidenceNov 1750Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Miscellaneous29 Sep 1757elected president of Princeton - Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey
Miscellaneous29 Sep 1757elected president of Princeton - Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey
Death22 Mar 1758of fever following inoculation for smallpox - Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey
BurialAft 22 Mar 1758at Princeton Cemetery - Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey

Families

SpouseSarah PIERPONT (1710 - 1758)
ChildMary EDWARDS (1734 - 1807)
ChildHonorable Timothy EDWARDS (1738 - 1813)
ChildEsther EDWARDS ( - 1758)
FatherReverend Timothy EDWARDS (1668 - 1759)
MotherLiving
SiblingEsther EDWARDS ( - )
SiblingElizabeth EDWARDS ( - 1734)
SiblingJerusha EDWARDS ( - )