1. David1 EDWARDS, born 1743 of Cumberland, , New Jersey, son of Josiah
EDWARDS and Sarah PARSONS.  He married on 20 Jan 1772 in Cape May, Cape
May, New Jersey Deborah THOMPSON, born 1750 of Cumberland, , New Jersey.

Notes for David EDWARDS
        1993 IGI
Information from Samuel F. Hurlbut(1994)

Notes for Deborah THOMPSON
        1993 IGI

        Children of David EDWARDS and Deborah THOMPSON were as follows:
+       2       i       David2 EDWARDS.
        3       ii      Sarah2 EDWARDS, born 4 Dec 1772 in , of Cumberland, New Jersey;
died 30 Jan 1815 in Goshen, Cape May, New Jersey.  She married  William
TOMLIN.   Information on this line from descendant: Melissa Bruno
Ward     sarafina@kua.net     Mar 1999
        4       iii     Charles2 EDWARDS, born 4 Mar 1777 in , Cape May, New Jersey.
1993 IGI
        5       iv      Curtis2 EDWARDS, born 20 Apr 1779 in , of Cumberland, New
Jersey.   1993 IGI

Generation 2

2. David2 EDWARDS (David1), born 26 Nov 1774 of Cumberland, , New
Jersey; died 17 Nov 1858 in New Albany, Floyd, Indiana.  He married on
16 Jul 1801 in Cape May, Cape May, New Jersey Drucilla Tomlin JONES,
born 23 May 1789 in , Gloucester, New Jersey.

Notes for David EDWARDS
        1819  Feb 9 - appointed as a fence viewer for Greenville Twp, Floyd Co,
  Indiana.  "History of the Ohio Falls Cities" p 234, 278.

        1820 census Floyd County - (not including New Albany City):
   M over 45               David
   M under 5 (1815-1820)   M 16-26   (1794-1804)
   F under 5 (1815-1820)
   F under 5 (1815-1820)
   F 10-16   (1804-1810)   Sarah
   F 26-45   (1775-1794)   Drucilla - mother

        1828 Jul 7 - Appointed as inspector of elections of LaFayette Twp - was
later
(Jan) appointed assessor, probably the first one in the twp.  "History
of the
Ohio ......"

        1830 census Floyd County (not including New Albany City):
   M 50-60 (1770-1780)     David
   M 10-15 (1815-1820)
   M 20-30 (1800-1810)
   M 20-30 (1800-1810)
   F 15-20 (1810-1815)
   F 40-50 (1780-1790)     Drucilla

        1834-1850 Land Records in Floyd County.

        1840 census Lafayette Twp, Floyd County, Indiana
   M 60-70 (1770-1780)     David
   F 50-60 (1780-1790)     Drucilla
   M under 5 (1835-1840)   Thomas Sargent - grandson
   M 20-30 (1810-1820)
   F 10-15 (1825-1830)     Drucilla Sargent - grandaughter

        1850 census Lafayette Twp page 361
   M David Edwards, age 75, farmer, 1800 acres, born New Jersey
   F Drucilla Edwards, age 71, born New Jersey
   Living with son-in-law and daughter, Henry and Martha Stone and
children.

        1856, Apr 7 - Will written in Floyd County, Indiana
1858, 17 Nov - Death date from an old pedigree chart made by Mrs.
William F
   LeBaron.
1859, Jan 7 - Will probated in Floyd County, Indiana.
1990, 30 Oct SS/St George (IGI)
1994, information from Samuel F. Hurlbut

Notes for Drucilla Tomlin JONES
        1856 - named and given farm and property in the will of her husband,
David
 Edwards.  Will written in 1856, recorded January 7th, 1859.
Birth date in question

        Children of David EDWARDS and Drucilla Tomlin JONES were as follows:
        6       i       Deborah3 EDWARDS, born 6 Mar 1796 in , , New Jersey; died 17 Nov
1856 in New Albany, Floyd, Indiana.  She married (1) on 26 Oct 1815 in
New Albany, Floyd, Indiana William COCHRAN, born abt 1782 in Ireland;
died 3 Sep 1823 in , Floyd, Indiana; (2) on 31 Dec 1824 in , Floyd,
Indiana James HAND, born abt 1804 in , , New Jersey, son of Thomas HAND
and Sarah STITES.   Possibly daughter of a first wife of David
Edwards.(?) 1830 census New Albany, Floyd, Indiana - F 30-40 1840 census
New Albany, Floyd, Indiana - f 40-50 1850 census New Albany, Floyd,
Indiana - Deborah 34 (?) born in NJ  (I think that this age is mistaken
is probably and she was nearer 54 -         Census was read and reread
in spring of 1990) 1859 - named in her father's will as "my daughter
Debby Hand" ..... given one  hundred dollars. 1993 IGI Ancestral File
for birth and death date  Info from Robert Bickham
bick@a1webdesign.com      Mar 1999
+       7       ii      Stephen3 EDWARDS.
        8       iii     Mary3 EDWARDS, born 4 Jan 1804 in , , New Jersey; died 26 Oct
1863; buried  in Leyden Cemetery, Floyd, Indiana.  She married abt 1823
Patrick LEYDEN, born 15 Mar 1784 in , , Ireland; died 23 Jul 1855 in New
Albany, Floyd, Indiana; buried  in Leyden Cemetery, Floyd, Indiana.
1857 - $4000 Bond with John F Edwards for minors: Francis M, Isaac P
and   Theodore E Edwards. 1859 - named in her father's will as Mary
Leyden and given five dollars. 1860 census New Albany Twp, Floyd,
Indiana: age 56, no husband in census.   Included in this family were:
Sarah Ferrel age 19 born in Indiana
Joseph Idell age 30 born in Bavaria 1863 - cemetery record - death at
age 59 yrs 9 mos 22 days 1880 census - daughter Fanny M Depaw stated her
mother was born in New Jersey.
        9       iv      Sarah3 EDWARDS, born 29 Oct 1806 in , Floyd, Indiana, USA; died 7
Mar 1839 in , Floyd, Indiana.  She married on 25 Aug 1822 in , Floyd,
Indiana Abel Morgan SARGENT, born 27 Feb 1798 in Westernport, Allegany,
Maryland; died Nov 1847 in , Black Hills, Nebraska; buried  in , ,
Nebraska, son of Abel Morgan SARGENT and Sarah TUNIS.   1839 - Sarah
died at her parents' home in Floyde Co, Indiana.  She had a bad   fall
and gave birth to her 10th child, a boy, at which time she passed away.
1846, 3 Feb - Baptism for the Dead records, Nauvoo 1859 - named in her
father's will in Floyd County, Indiana - "....and the   daughter of my
daughter Sarah Sargent fifty dollars
+       10      v       Enos3 EDWARDS.
        11      vi      (---)3 EDWARDS, born abt 1815 in , of Floyd, Indiana.   1820
census Floyd County, Indiana: F under 5 (1815-1820) 1830 census Floyd
County, Indiana: F 15-20 (1810-1815) Not named in father's will in 1856.
        12      vii     (---)3 EDWARDS, born abt 1817 in , of Floyd, Indiana; died bef
1856.   1820 census Floyd County, Indiana: M under 5 (1815-1820) 1830
census Floyd County, Indiana: M 10-15 (1815-1820) 1840 census Floyd
County, Indiana: M 20-30 (1810-1820) Not named in father's will in 1856.
        13      viii    Martha3 EDWARDS, born abt 1818 in , , New Jersey.  She married
(1) on 11 Aug 1832 in , Floyd, Indiana Thomas WILKINSON, born abt 1815
in , of Floyd, Indiana; died bef 1850; (2) on 8 Mar 1849 in , Floyd,
Indiana Henry STONE, born abt 1822 in , , North Carolina.   1832 -
marriage record in Floyde County, Indiana, to Thomas Wilkinson. 1849 -
marriage to Henry Stone 1850 census New Albany Twp, Floyd County:    F
Martha Stone, age 31 (1819) born New Jersey    M Henry Stone, age 28
(1822) born North Carolina    M William Wilkinson, age 15 (1835) born
Indiana, son by 1st husband.    M David Wilkinson, age 13 (1837) born
Indiana, son by 1st husband.    F Mary A Stone, age 6 months, born
Indiana 1859 - named as Martha Stone in her father's will.  Also named
were two    grandsons, William and David Wilkinson. 1860 census
Lafayette Twp, Floyd County: age 43 1870 census Lafayette Twp, Floyd
County: age 54 1880 census Lafayette Twp, Floyd County: age 65. Parents
born in New Jersey

Generation 3

7. Stephen3 EDWARDS (David2, David1), born abt 1799 in , , New Jersey.
He married on 12 Jan 1826 in , Floyd, Indiana Elizabeth PENNY, born abt
1805 in , of Floyd, Indiana; died bef 1850.

Notes for Stephen EDWARDS
        Possibly a son of a first wife of David Edwards. (?)
1820 census Floyd County: M 16-26 (1794-1804)
1826 - marriage recorded in Floyd County, Indiana.
1827-1864 Land records in Floyd County.
1830 census Floyd County: M 20-30
1840 census Floyd County: M 40-50
1850 census Floyd county, Indiana, 51 years.  Farmer.
1859 - named in father's will, given farm land on "east of the creek"
and two
  hundred dollars.
1860 census New Albany Twp, Floyd, Indiana: age 61
1870 census New Albany Twp, Floyd, Indiana: age 72, an invalid in the
home of
   his daughter, Mary E Jones - a widow.

Notes for Elizabeth PENNY
        1830 census with Stephen Edwards: F 20-30
1840 census with Stephen Edwards: F 30-40
1850 - not with Stephen.

        1880 - son Charles stated his mother was born in Ohio, father in
NJersey

        Children of Stephen EDWARDS and Elizabeth PENNY were as follows:
        14      i       John4 EDWARDS, born abt 1831 in , Floyd, Indiana.   1830 census
Floyd, Indiana: M under 5 (with Stephen Edwards, father) 1840 census
Floyd, Indiana: M 10-15          """ 1850 census New Albany Twp, Floyd:
age 19     " 1859 and 1860 Land records in Floyd County. 1880 Soundex
Richland Twp, Green, Indiana: age 50.
        15      ii      Rebecca J4 EDWARDS, born abt 1833 in , Floyd, Indiana.   1840
census Floyd, Indiana: F 5-10 1850 census New Albany Twp, Floyd: age 17
        16      iii     (---)4 EDWARDS, born abt 1835 in , Floyd, Indiana.   1840 census
Floyd, Indiana: F 5-10 (1830-1835)
        17      iv      Curtis B4 EDWARDS, born abt 1837 in , Floyd, Indiana.   1840
census Floyd, Indiana: M under 5 1850 census New Albany Twp, Floyd: age
13 1880 Soundex Union Twp, Montgomery, Indiana: age 42 Not found on 1870
census Montgomery County, Indiana Not found on 1900 Indiana Soundex
        18      v       Charles4 EDWARDS, born 1839 in , Floyd, Indiana.   1840 census
Floyd, Indiana: M under 5 1850 census New Albany Twp, Floyd: age 11 1860
census New Albany Twp, Floyd: age 21 1861-1865 "History of the
Ohio......." p 114, Coporal Charles Edwards   Company K - all of Floyd
County 1880 Soundex Union Twp, Montgomery County, Indiana: age 41,
farming.
        19      vi      Mary E4 EDWARDS, born 1841 in Lafayette, Floyd, Indiana.   1850
census - Lafayette - could be Isabelle age 10 1860 census Lafayette: age
19, dau.  1850 census New Albany Twp, Floyd: age 9 (1841) 1860 census
New Albany Twp, Floyd: age 18 (1842) 1870 census New Albany Twp, Floyd:
widow,age 29, Mary E Jones, with daughter    Mary S Jones, age 5.
        20      vii     Martha D4 EDWARDS, born 1843 in , Floyd, Indiana.   1850 census
New Albany Twp, Floyd: age 7 1860 census New Albany Twp, Floyd: age 17
 

10. Enos3 EDWARDS (David2, David1), born abt 1808 in , , Indiana; died
bef 1880.  He married on 9 Feb 1832 in , Floyd, Indiana Sarah ATKINS,
born abt 1808 in , , Kentucky; died Apr 1881.

Notes for Enos EDWARDS
        1832 - Married in Floyd County, Indiana.
1831-1867 Land records in Floyd County.
1837, Nov 23 - Land Record in Floyd County.
1839, Oct 7 - Land Record in Floyd County with wife, Sarah.
1840 census Lafayette Twp, Floyd County, Indiana: 30-40 years old.
1850 census Lafayette Twp: age 47
1859 - named as son in his father's will.  Also named as executor of
will and
  given farm "on the west side of the creek" at the passing of his
mother.
1860 census Lafayette Twp: age 52 (called Enoch)
1860, 1864, 1867 - Land Records in Floyd County.

Notes for Sarah ATKINS
        1850 census Lafayette Twp, Floyd, Indiana: age 42
1860 census Lafayette Twp, Floyd, Indiana: age 50
1868 received into 3rd Presbyterian Church, New Albany (3 Nov). Death
date.
1875 Land records begin in Floyd County.
1880 census New Albany City, Floyd, Indiana: age 70, living with son
Hiram
    and his family.  Her father and mother were born in Maryland.
1993 IGI:  Sarah Atkins b abt 1809, of Clark Co., Indiana
                        b 9 Dec 1992 Az, e 23 Feb 1993 Az  no parents
listed
           Sarah Akin   b 1814 in Green Co., Kentucky
                        parents: John Akin, Betsy or Betsey McKinney
                        b 6 Nov 1954, e 17 Jan 1956 SL, s/p 6 May 1957
SL

        Children of Enos EDWARDS and Sarah ATKINS were as follows:
        21      i       Hiram4 EDWARDS, born abt 1832 in , Floyd, Indiana.   1850 census
Lafayette Twp, Floyd, Indiana: age 18 1860 census Lafayette Twp, Floyd,
Indiana: age 27 1880 census New Albany City, Floyd, Indiana: age 47 1881
Land record in Floyd County.
        22      ii      Caroline4 EDWARDS, born abt 1834 in , Floyd, Indiana.   1850
census Lafayette Twp, Floyd, Indiana: age 16 1860 census Lafayette Twp,
Floyd, Indiana: age 24 1863 married in Floyd Co, Indiana. Not on 1880
Soundex of Indiana.
        23      iii     Mary Isabell4 EDWARDS, born 1841 in Lafayette, Floyd, Indiana.
1850 census Lafayette Twp, Floyd, Indiana: age 10 (Isabelle) 1860 census
Lafayette Twp, Floyd, Indiana: age 19 (Mary) 1880-1882 Land records for
Mary I Edwards in Floyd County.
        24      iv      Harriet J4 EDWARDS, born 1843 in , Floyd, Indiana.   1850 census
Lafayette Twp, Floyd, Indiana: age 7 1860 census Lafayette Twp, Floyd,
Indiana: age 16
        25      v       Frances K4 EDWARDS, born 1845 in , Floyd, Indiana.   1850 census
Lafayette Twp, Floyd, Indiana: age 5 1860 census Lafayette Twp, Floyd,
Indiana: age 14 1880 census New Albany, Floyd, Indiana: Fanny, age 28
(wife) 1882 Land record in Floyd County for Fannie K Turner and husband.
Probably not the mother of 1st child, Annie.
        26      vi      William D4 EDWARDS, born 1847 in , Floyd, Indiana.   1850 census
Lafayette Twp, Floyd, Indiana: age 3 1860 census Lafayette Twp, Floyd,
Indiana: age 13  1880 Land record in Floyd County for Wm D Edwards and
wife.
        27      vii     John J4 EDWARDS, born Mar 1850 in Lafayette Twp, Floyd,
Indiana.   1850 census Lafayette Twp, Floyd, Indiana: age 6 months
(census taken 6 Sep) 1860 census Lafayette Twp, Floyd, Indiana: age 11
1875 Land deeded to him from his mother in Floyd County.
        28      viii    Emma Ellen4 EDWARDS, born 1856 in Lafayette Twp, Floyd,
Indiana.   1860 census Lafayette Twp, Floyd, Indiana: age 4 1881 Land
deed in Floyd County for Emma E Chittle and husband.