Descendants of Richard Edwards

Descendants of Richard Edwards

This family came from Devon and was in Jersey for a generation before moving to Australia. The tree as submitted showed Richard, at generation 3, as Richard Passmore Edwards, the son of John Edwards, and married to Grace Passmore. Further research in Devon records suggest that it was Grace who introduced the Passmore name to the Edwards Family, and that her husband was simply Richard Edwards, son of Richard. Brothers Joseph and Thomas at generation 4 both lived in Jersey for some time, and had children there. Joseph had three children born in Guernsey, four in Jersey, and then moved back to Devon. His brother Thomas Passmore Edwards had nine children born in Jersey and then moved to Victoria, Australia, where he and his wife had two more children

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• 1 Richard Edwards (1719-1775) (Morchard Bishop, Devon) m Martha Brownston (1718-1797)
  • 2 John Edwards (1743-1819)
  • 2 Mary Edwards (1745-1788)
  • 2 Thomas Edwards (1748-1816)
  • 2 Richard Edwards (1751-1838) m (1774, Morchard Bishop) Frances Elston (1754-1792)
    • 3 Richard Edwards (1775-1819) m (1796, Morchard Bishop) Grace Passmore (1777-1818) d of William (1726-1780) and Ann Garlant (1735-1780)
      • 4 Frances Edwards (1797- )
      • 4 William Edwards (1797-1842)
      • 4 John Edwards (1799-1800)
      • 4 Ann Edwards (1810-1811)
      • 4 Joseph Edwards (1812-1855) m Frances Lynn (1819- )
        • 5 James Sampson Henry Passmore Edwards (1837- ) (St H)
        • 5 John Edwards (1838- ) (Gsy)
        • 5 Jessie Ann Edwards (1839-1910) (Gsy)
        • 5 William Symes Edwards (1841-1918) (Gsy)
        • 5 Richard Joseph Edwards (1842- ) (St H)
        • 5 Richard James Edwards (1843- ) (St H)
        • 5 Joseph Thomas Passmore Edwards (1844- ) (St H)
        • 5 Henry Edwards (1849- ) (Devon)
        • 5 Arthur Samuel Passmore Edwards (1851-1926) (Devon)
        • 5 Lavinia Lunn Edwards (1853- ) (Devon)
      • 4 Thomas Passmore Edwards (1814-1889) m Sarah Podbury (1816-1889) (Devon) d of William (1765-1819) and Sarah (1774-1819)
        • 5 Richard Tom Edwards (1839-1914) (Awliscombe, Honiton, Devon) m Elizabeth Ellen Bentley (1846-1920)
          • 6 Henry Alfred Passmore Edwards (1869-1962)
          • 6 James Alfred Edwards (1881-1946- )
        • 5 Mary Ann Edwards (1839-1927) (St H) m James Murdoch
        • 5 Asenath Passmore Edwards (1843-1916) (St H) m Alexander Askew Hodgson (1837-1906)
        • 5 Enoch Passmore Edwards (1844-1851) (St H)
        • 5 Elijah Henry Passmore Edwards (1846-1927) (St H) m Anne Main (1846-1927)
          • 6 Arthur Laurence Edwards (1869-1876)
          • 6 Isabella Edwards (1871-1946)
          • 6 Benjamin Edwards (1873-1873)
          • 6 Anna Main Edwards (1873-1910)
          • 6 Henry Ernest Edwards (1875- )
          • 6 Minnie Edwards (1877-1953)
          • 6 Albert Main Edwards (1879-1966)
          • 6 Laurence Edwards (1881-1971)
          • 6 Ormond Stanley Passmore Edwards (1890-1959)
        • 5 Sarah Passmore Edwards (1848-1933) (St H) m Colin Gordon McLennan (1841-1908)
        • 5 Alice Passmore Edwards (1851-1875) (St H)
        • 5 Amelia Passmore Edwards (1852-1896) (St H) m Artemus Martin (1851-1897)
        • 5 James Daniel Edwards (1854-1884) (St H)
        • 5 Moses David Passmore Edwards (1858-1860) (Aus)
        • 5 David William Passmore Edwards (1861-1930) (Aus) m Catherine Cockerell (1862-1953) d of John (1829-1906) and Catherine Primrose Grierson (1831-1900)
          • 6 John Thomas Passmore Edwards (1883-1950)
          • 6 Orlando David William Edwards (1885-1885)
          • 6 Rubina Podbury Edwards (1887-1962)
          • 6 Sarah Catherine Edwards (1889-1969)
          • 6 George Henry Edwards (1891-1951)
          • 6 Mary Hilda Edwards (1895-1958)
          • 6 David William Edwards (1898-1961) m (1922, Victoria) Mary Elsie Hughes (1901-1982)
            • 7 Robert Passmore Edwards 91927-1996)
            • 7 Alfred Neil Edwards (1929-1948)
          • 6 Violet May Edwards (1900-1970)
          • 6 Charles Grierson Edwards (1906-1951) m Willamina Bell (1904- )
            • 7 George Grierson Edwards (1930-1997)
      • 4 James Henry Edwards (1815-1864)
    • 3 Elizabeth Edwards
    • 3 Mary Edwards
  • 2 Martha Edwards (1756-1775)
  • 2 William Edwards (1759-1816)
  • 2 Betty Edwards (1761-1834)
  • 2 Edward Edwards (1762-1762)