Edmondson Family genealogy

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Comment by Kenneth Michael Edmondson on January 22, 2010 at 9:40am

Nice pictures and Thank you,

Comment by Terry Welch on January 22, 2010 at 9:18am

This is Nathaniel Marmaduke Edmondson Grave Marker located at rutledge Salem Cemetery

Comment by Terry Welch on January 22, 2010 at 9:13am

This is Robert Spilsby Edmondson's Grave Marker located at Rutledge Salem cemetery

Comment by Terry Welch on January 17, 2010 at 12:47am

THOMAS EDMUNDSON (169?-1750) AND DESCENDANTS
(Thomas-1)

Thomas is probably a younger son of Thomas Edmundson the Immigrant and his second wife Mary _____. He is named in his father’s undated will which was probated in Essex County in 1715, likely drafted about 1698. He was underage when the undated will was made as a negro slave is to be delivered to him “when he is 21”. He was to receive also “a horse, saddle and bridle, 2000 pounds of tobacco being one half of 4000 pounds due by bill from my son Samuel Edmundson”.

He appears to have been an innkeeper in Essex County as he gave bond in 1724 as an “ordinary”. He also owned land and engaged in other business. It was deduced from his being called “Glover Thomas” in a deposition by John Fargeson in 1766 that he made or sold gloves. However, this refers to his living on the old Glover property which he had acquired. His son William in his deposition in Wright vs. Edmondson in 1765 that his father worked as an overseer. We must be careful to distinguish him from his very prominent nephew, son of James and Judith Alleman Parr Edmondson.

He married Constance Parr, daughter of Phillip Parr and Judith Alleman Parr, about 1720 (estimate). She is named in her mother’s will as Constance Edmundson. Essex Deeds and Wills, Book 17, p. 323, shows May 2, 1724, the sale by Thomas and Constance Edmundson of 50 acres patented to James Webster “and now doth belong to Constance Edmondson and Mary Breedlove as heirs from Mary Webb, daughter of John Webster” (Tylers, Vol. 17, p. 105). Constance was a stepdaughter of James Edmondson, Thomas’ older brother who had married the widow Judith Allaman Parr.

Thomas Edmundson, husband of Constance, is thought to have died April 20, 1749. However, his son William in a deposition in 1765 gave the year of his death as 1750. He died before Oct. 16, 1750, as the Essex Order Book 16, p. 209, tells us: “Constantine Edmondson to appear at the next court to be held for the County and produce the last Will and Testament of her late husband Thomas Edmondson deceased if any be made by him. The same order book, p. 219, Dec. 18, 1750, says Constance Edmundson and Thomas Edmondson, Jr., pray administration of the estate and posted an Estate Bond, signed also by John Edmondson. Constance signed with a mark. An estate appraisal was ordered by the Justices: Thomas Waring, Simon Miller, John Clements, and James Jones, Gentlemen. The inventory and appraisement of the estate of “Thomas Edmondson, decd.,” dated January 19, 1750/51, was returned to the Essex Court, May 22, 1751, and was ordered to be rcorded. Will Book 9, p.67. It shows Thos. Edmondson and Const. Edmondson as administrators. A partial list (page 3) includes:
3 old trays, one spinning wheel, one ? ? table, one pair cotton and one pair wool cards, one parsol leather, one old Tubb & piggin, one cow hide, one old Cedar piggin, one pewter bason, one gridiron, one pair fire tongs, one iron spit, one frying pan, one old bag, one small old looking glass, one towel, two old towels, some table lining, 2 pillow cases, one negro man called Dick, one Negro woman called Dinah, one Negro girl called Frank, one Negro girl called Inez?, one Negro boy called Sam, eight geese and four ganders, one small grind stone, two Ducks & one Drake, a parsol of old pewter, one old pewter dish, one punch bole, 3 lambs, a parsol fodder, four barrols & three bushels of Indian corn. (Many items illegible).

Thomas Edmondson, Jr., and John Edmondson were both sons of James Edmondson and Judith Parr Edmondson, nephews of the deceased man. William Edmondson’s deposition in 1766 makes it clear that the administrator was Captain Thomas Edmondson and not Thomas the son of the deceased. (Abstracts of depositions provided by Lee Edmundson)

The Will of Judith Alleman Parr Edmundson, widow of James, March 6, 1763, named daughters Constance Edmundson, Mary Breedlove, Judith Faulkner.
As James and Judith had no daughter named Constance, it seems clear that Constance was an Edmundson by marriage and a child of Judith’s first marriage.

A Chancery Court suit was brought against William Edmondson in Essex in 1765 by Mr. George Wright. Wright tried to collect an old debt against Thomas Edmundson’s estate more than 15 years after Edmundson’s death . Constance Edmundson gave a deposition as the widow of Thomas. James Edmundson, a son, was deposed. He stated he was “aged about 43 years”, indicating his birth about 1723. William Edmondson in his deposition March 18, 1765, stated he courted his present wife in 1748. William in his reply to Wright stated that the administration of his father’s estate was taken over by Captain Thomas Edmondson (son of James Edmundson and step-brother of Constance Parr Edmundson).

Constance Edmondson probably did not marry again. The Vestry Book of South Farnham Parish states, p. 79, Dec. 3, 1755: “We the subscribers have peacefully & quietly processioned every persons land…..except the lines between Henry Purkins Tyler & Constantine Edmondson which said line cant be found without Phil Par Edmondson”. A few years later, Dec. 3, 1759, the Vestry Book, p. 103, mentions the processioning of “also the line of James Edmondson as Isaac Hayes lives on, also the line of Constant Edmondson”…The 1763 processioning, p. 119, reports Constant Edmondson’s lines are again walked, one being “The line between Constant Edmondson and James Edmondson”. As her stepfather, James Edmondson, died years earlier, this must refer to her son James. The 1771 processioning report notes, pp. 136-137, the lines between Philip Kidd, John Rodden, Robert Brooke and Constance Edmondson. The Vestry Book makes no further reference to her after 1771. (See THE VESTRY BOOK OF SOUTH FARNHAM PARISH, ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1739-1779, by Ann K. Blomquist, Heritage Books, 2006. Excerpts provided by Lee Edmundson).

Lucrecy Breedlove died in 1772. He will was proved Jan. 17, 1772 (Essex Co. Virginia Will Book 12, pp. 444-45 and 551-52). She named no children. Accounts were settled to a number of people including Nathan Breedlove and Constance Edmundson. It appears Constance Parr Edmundson was living at the time.

Thomas Edmundson and Constance Parr Edmundson had five known children:
1. Thomas Edmundson who appears to have moved to Frederick County, Virginia, probably before 1766, and was living there in 1779, 1781 and later. A deed for the sale of 98.5 acres in Essex, to William Roane, dated October, 1781, was made by heirs of William Edmondson: Philip Parr Edmondson of Charles City County, James Edmondson, Sr., and Priscilla his wife of Essex, Thomas Edmondson and Mary his wife of Frederick County, and John Mann and his wife Judith of Essex County. He sold his land in Frederick about 1792 and moved to Pendleton District, SC, where he died in 1809. He had several children of the first marriage who moved to SC and later to northeast Georgia. He married the widow Ann Campbell in Frederick County, March 16, 1786. See Frederick County, Virginia, and Pendleton District, SC, for more details.

2. William Edmundson, born before 1728, who married about 1748 and died in 1774. He married Leah Allen who was his wife when he died. His mother refers to Leah as his wife at the time a slave discussed in the Chancery suit was given to William before his father’s death. Though Susanna Allen in her deposition in 1766 mentions his “wives”, no other wife is known. William’s will named his loving wife and directed that “after my wifes decease the land I held upon Daingerfield’s Mill Swamp be sold and the money arising therefrom to be equally divided amongst my three Brothers Phill., James, Thomas, and my sister Judith Mann”. The will of Leah Edmondson, widow of William, named her brothers, nieces and nephews, surnamed Allen. She bequeathed to a niece, Ann Allen, “Six Silver Table Spoons that Thomas Edmondson of Winchester had Silver to get made”. No known children.

3. James Edmundson, born about 1723. Married Priscilla. Lived in Essex County in 1766 and in 1781. Possibly moved to Frederick County, Virginia, for a few years before settling in Pendleton District, SC, in the 1790’s. A chancery suit in 1797 indicates he had left Virginia and was thought to be in SC. Died after 1807. See deed to his grandson, Samuel, son of James, in Pendleton District. Some of his family settled in Gwinnett County and later in Forsyth County, Georgia. See fuller account following.

4. Judith Edmundson Mann who married John Mann. Still living in 1797 in Essex County, cited in another chancery suit. Appears to have remained in Virginia and to be the last of the siblings to die.
5. Philip Parr Edmondson who lived many years in Charles City County, Virginia. The Journals of the House of Burgesses, ed. By H.R. McIlwaine, 1752-1755, p. 132, refers to him, Nov. 23, 1753: “Two claims of William Rowntree, for taking up two Runaways therein mentioned. Also, a Claim of John Pond, for same service. Also a Claim of Needlis Hill, for the same service. Also, two Claims of Philemon Parr Edmondson, for the same services, were severally presented to the House, and received. Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee of Claims to allow the said Claims in the Book of Claims.” He married two sisters and left no known children. His first wife was Martha____ . His second wife was her sister, Elizabeth, widow of William Cole, whom he married in 1756. Order Book, Charles City County, Virginia: Nov. 5, 1755. Philip Edmonson was made guardian of William, Richard and Mary, orphans of William Cole, deceased (see Virginia Will Records. Volume II, The Coles Family, pp.82-83. This item provided by Beverly Brunelle)
Deed Book 7, p. 87, Charles City County. William Edloe, George Minge and Phil. Par Edmondson, Gentlemen, were directed to receive the relinquishment of right of dower of Anne , wife of Mordecai Debnam, who by an indenture Sept. 25, 1760, sold to Buchner Stith land on the south side of Sturgeion Creek, as she could not conveniently travel. Nov. 6, 1760. They were directed to attend to the same matter related to sale of 600 acres on the north side of Sturgeon Creek to John Sherman Gregory on the same date. See Deed Book 7, p. 89.
The County Committee for Charles City County, 1774-1775, chosen Dec. 17, 1774, chaired by Benjamin Harrison, included Philip Par Edmondson, with William Acrill, Francis Eppes, William Edloe, Rev. James Ogilvie, William Green Munford, William Rickman, Thomas Holt, Benjamin Harrison, jun., William Gregory, Samuel Harwood, David Minge, John Edloe, George Minge, John Tyler, Freeman Walker, Francis Dancy, William Christian, James Bray Johnson, Peter Royster, Henry Southall, Benjamin Dancy, James Eppes, John Brown, Stith Hardyman, William Edloe, jun., Henry Armistead, William Royall, Edward Stubblefield and Patrick Murdock, clerk. (List provided by Beverly Brunelle.

Could he be the Captain Philip Edmondson listed in HISTORICAL REGISTER OF VIRGINIANS IN THE REVOLUTION, by John H. Gwathmey?
He is listed in VIRGINIA TAXPAYERS, 1782-1787, by Fothergill and Naugle, 1940, living in Charles City County with five slaves. He died Oct. 22, 1784, insolvent according to a later suit in equity in 1797. No known children.
(His nephew John Edmondson, son of Thomas, married the widow of Dr. William Rickman. John lived in Charles City County for some years before he moved to Augusta County).
Was Benjamin Edmondson, Continental officer who lived in Charles City County after the Revolution, a son of Philip Parr Edmondson? If not, who were his parents?

Comment by Terry Welch on January 16, 2010 at 1:39am

This is a pictue of C.C.Edmondson's headstone Aug 17,1850-Aug 31,1924

Comment by Kenneth Michael Edmondson on January 11, 2010 at 10:38am

Thank you Terry, I needed those

Comment by Terry Welch on January 11, 2010 at 9:46am

Yes Beth that would be Richard Coleman

Comment by Beth Ann Cosselmon on January 11, 2010 at 8:28am

Thank you Terry, that would be Richard Coleman Edmondson 1740 VA-1810 VA? 200 years ago, wow, Nice to see.
Beth

Comment by Terry Welch on January 11, 2010 at 12:29am

I hope these help some of my cousins that are not able to come to Mississippi

Comment by Terry Welch on January 11, 2010 at 12:20am

This picture is of Alzira Farris the wife of R.C. Edmondson headstone. Also burried at Rutledge Salem Cemetery in Tishomingo Co. MS

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