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John Edwards and Deborah Penny Edwards, father and mother of Joseph Alfred Edwards, grandparents of William Henry Edwards, great grandparents of Francis Marion (Edwards) Ferris. John Edwards was born Nov 9, 1791 in Southampton, Suffolk County, NY according to the cemetery records at Oakland Cemetery. According to one of the pension documents the year was 1790. He died Dec 22, 1858, Sag Harbor, Suffolk, NY and was buried Dec 1858 at Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, NY. He married Deborah Penny January 21, 1814 at Sag Harbor. The photograph of John Edwards was taken ca.1855. He lived in Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, New York. John Edwards was in the war of 1812. Click here to see his military records from the National Archives. Click here to see the pension documents from the National Archives. Deborah Penny was born Dec 21, 1791 in Bridgehampton, Suffolk, NY according to the cemetery records at Oakland cemetery. Her birth date is given as 1790 in the book "Foster-Penny-Squires Families"by Alonzo Foster. Deborah Penny Edwards died Jan 8, 1877 at Sag Harbor, Suffolk, NY, and also was buried at Oakland Cemetery. The book by Alonzo Foster, page 69, lists the children of John Edwards and Deborah Penny as follows. Names and some dates are also in "East Hampton History" by Jeannette Edwards Rattray, 1953. Some dates are in "Oakland Cemetery" from the Suffolk County Historical Society:
1. Deborah Carolina Edwards b. 1814, m. 1st Henry Snook Jul 10, 1835, 2nd Rensselear Topping (1796-1881)
2. Joseph Alfred Edwards b. 1819, m. 1st Caroline Snook, 2nd Lydia Frazer, (r. Hays, Kansas) (There was a 3rd marriage not listed in the above references) (Different references have Joseph born 1816.)
3. Mary Jane Edwards b. 1819, d. 1894, m. Henry B. Tuthill 1838
4. Lodowick Herman Edwards b. Mar 10, 1821, d. Sep 3, 1849
5. Frances Sage Edwards b. 1823, d. 1892 m. Atwater Hale 1842
6. Hannah Edwards b. Apr 12, 1825, d. Feb 8, 1900, m. William White (June 21, 1821-Aug 23, 1905)
7. Charlotte Marie Edwards b. 1827, d. 1913, m. Samuel Polley
8. John Penny Edwards 1830, m. Sarah Hayes (r. Colorado)
9. Austin Edwards b. Mar 1, 1832, d. Mar 16, 1832
10. Henrietta Edwards b. Jul 16, 1833, d. May 31, 1904, m. Charles Douglas (May 8, 1826-June 1884)
Sally Hale sent us copies of pages 65 through 69 of the book by Alonzo Foster on the Foster, Squires, and Penny families.
There is a drawing of the home of Joseph and Deborah Penny on page 65 of the book by Alonzo Foster.
Pages 66 through 69 of the book by Alonzo Foster contain information about the Penny family.
Click here to read pages 66-69.
For information about the ancestors of John Edwards and Deborah Penny, return to the previous page and click on the gray button labeled Long Island Ancestors.
Suffolk County has a web site that you might enjoy visiting: http://www.genexchange.com/nygenweb/suffolk/
