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Edward Dawes 1710 – 1774 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Sep 1710

Birth Location: Of Wilmington

Death Date: Abt 6 Jun 1774

Death Location: Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE

Father: Edward Dawes

Mother: Sarah Cassell

Spouse(s): Mary Rumford, Unknown None

Children(s): Jonathan Dawes, Rumford Dawes, Sarah Dawes, Abijah Dawes, Cephas Dawes, Edward Dawes

Edward Dawes was born in 1710 in Of Wilmington, the child of Edward Dawes and Sarah Cassell. Edward Dawes married Mary Rumford, Unknown, and had children including Jonathan Dawes, Rumford Dawes, Sarah Dawes, Abijah Dawes, Cephas Dawes, Edward III Dawes. Edward Dawes passed away in 1774 in Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE.

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Biography

  • Edward Dawes was born in 1710 in Of Wilmington, the child of Edward Dawes and Sarah Cassell.
  • Edward Dawes married Mary Rumford, Unknown, and had children including Jonathan Dawes, Rumford Dawes, Sarah Dawes, Abijah Dawes, Cephas Dawes, Edward III Dawes.
  • Edward Dawes passed away in 1774 in Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edward Dawes
1663 – 1714
Birth Location: Newthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England
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Sarah Cassell
– 1737
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Mary Rumford
1707 –
Birth Location: Middletown Meeting, PA
MR
Unknown None
– 1774
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Jonathan Dawes
1736 – 1801
Birth Location: Wilmington, Newcastle Co., Pennsylvania
JD
Rumford Dawes
1741 – 1819
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
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Sarah Dawes
1741 – 1793
Birth Location: Darby, Chester, Pennsylvania
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Abijah Dawes
1748 – 1816
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
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Cephas Dawes
1748 –
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
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Edward Dawes
– 1770
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
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Edward Dawes's Ancestors

Self
Edward Dawes
1710 – 1774
Birth Place: Of Wilmington
Parents
Edward Dawes
1663 – 1714
Newthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England
Sarah Cassell
– 1737
Grandparents
Adrian DAWES
Newthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England
Hannah
"Hans" (Johannes Peter) Cassel
1639 – 1691
Kriegsheim, Alzey-Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Edward Dawes
1593 – 1645
Mary Peacocke
1580 – 1636
Margery WARD
1614 – 1680
YELLES II
1589 – 1681
ANNA Meyer
1620 – 1681
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Dawes
1569 – 1671
Agnis Saunderson
1573 –
John Peacocke
1555 – 1618
Elizabeth Houlden
1554 – 1610
Francis Jackson
1575 – 1683
Francis Godward
1575 – 1673

Edward Dawes's Descendants

1.
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Edward Dawes (16 Sep 1710 – Abt 6 Jun 1774) m. Mary Rumford (Bet. 02 Dec 1707–02 Dec 1708 – ) m. Unknown ( – Aft. 1774)
  1. 1. Jonathan Dawes (1736 – Bet. 22–26 Apr 1801) m. Hannah Woodward ( – Bet. 1762–1775) m. Ann Miller (Bet. 25 Feb 1742–25 Apr 1743 – 27 Dec 1825)
    1. 1. Edward Dawes (1762 – )
  2. 2. Rumford Dawes (1741 – Oct 1819) m. Martha Crozer (1752 – ) m. Mary Whitlock (1746 – 1812)
    1. 1. Abraham Dawes (Bef. 1777 – )
    2. 2. Ann Dawes (Nov 1782 – Apr 1783)
    3. 3. Martha Dawes ( – 08 Oct 1847)
    4. 4. Mary (Whitlock) Dawes m. Samuel Howell
    5. 5. Jonathan Dawes
    6. 6. Elizabeth Dawes m. Thomas Massey
  3. 3. Sarah Dawes (1 January 1741 – 10 Apr 1793) m. Job Harvey (09 Apr 1738 – 18 Oct 1816)
    1. 1. Jonathan Harvey (30 Nov 1761 – )
    2. 2. Benjamin Harvey (4 Mar 1764 – 18 Jun 1803)
    3. 3. Abner Harvey (1766 – 29 November 1813)
    4. 4. Mary Harvey (1 March 1769 – 3 December 1840)
    5. 5. Isaac Harvey (01 Jul 1771 – 17 Feb 1861) m. Agnes (S.) Lawndes (18 Nov 1786 – )
      1. 1. Joseph (Lownes) Harvey (07 Nov 1815 – )
      2. 2. William (Job) HARVEY (12 Oct 1817 – )
      3. 3. Esther (Lowndes) Harvey (28 Oct 1819 – Aft. 1880) m. Frances (Higgins) Tiers
        1. 1. Cornelius Tiers
        2. 2. Alexander (Harvey) Tiers
        3. 3. Edward (W.) Tier
        4. 4. Clara Tiers
        5. 5. Francis (H.) Tiers
        6. 6. Catherine Tiers
      4. 4. Josiah (Lowndes) Harvey (09 Feb 1822 – Aft. 1880) m. Caroline (Elizabeth Fitz) RANDOLPH (26 Apr 1823 – 08 Mar 1903)
        1. 1. Isaac Harvey (20 Dec 1849 – 07 Nov 1888) m. Sarah (Ann) Beck
        2. 2. Alexia (Elmalie) Harvey (27 Mar 1854 – 25 Feb 1914)
        3. 3. John (Randolph) Harvey (23 Nov 1855 – 21 Apr 1909)
        4. 4. Henry (Dawes) Harvey (28 Nov 1857 – 28 Nov 1887)
        5. 5. Virginia Harvey (04 Apr 1860 – 04 Apr 1860)
        6. 6. Howard Harvey (12 Jul 1861 – )
        7. 7. Julia (H) Harvey (Abt. 1862 – ) m. Jennings
        8. 8. Charles (Stanley) Harvey (23 Aug 1863 – 11 Mar 1937) m. Lydia (Burr) Allen
        9. 9. Alexander Harvey m. Frances (Lathrop) Hopkins
      5. 5. Alexander (Emslie) HARVEY (04 May 1824 – )
    6. 6. Samuel (Dawes) Harvey (19 Sep 1773 – 04 Jan 1845) m. Elizabeth Chapman (02 Mar 1787 – 11 Nov 1858)
      1. 1. Carroll Harvey (ABT 1730 – BEF 1890)
      2. 2. Thomas (Chapman) Harvey (14 Mar 1818 – 2 Feb 1873) m. Elizabeth GIBBES (24 May 1805 – 25 Aug 1871)
        1. 1. Thomas (Gibbes) Harvey (13 Dec 1847 – Mar 1854)
        2. 2. George (Samuel) Harvey (20 Jun 1849 – 25 Jan 1873)
        3. 3. Francis (Heneage) Harvey (07 Dec 1850 – Oct 1853)
        4. 4. Louisa (Harriette Elizabeth) Harvey (19 Sep 1852 – 26 April 1921) m. Samuel (James) Miller (26 Apr 1861 – 7 May 1905)
      3. 3. Louisa (Chapman) Harvey (22 Dec 1819 – 20 Apr 1896) m. George (Noble) Morison (20 Oct 1814 – 08 Aug 1886)
        1. 1. John (Pleasance) Morison (16 Jun 1850 – 17 Jul 1850)
        2. 2. Samuel (Harvey) Morison (16 Jun 1850 – Jul 1850)
        3. 3. George (Noble) Morison (13 Jul 1852 – 15 Jan 1912) m. Mary (Error) Howard
        4. 4. Louisa (Chapman) Morison (13 Jul 1852 – 23 Oct 1906) m. Frank FENNER (14 Jan 1848 – 05 Jun 1932)
        5. 5. Elizabeth (Harvey) Morison (06 Sep 1854 – 28 Jan 1917)
        6. 6. Harriet (Ogden) Morison (14 May 1858 – 17 Nov 1926)
        7. 7. Sarah (Agnes) Morison (02 Jul 1862 – )
        8. 8. Nance Morison
      4. 4. John (James Chapman) Harvey (07 Mar 1822 – 16 Sep 1893) m. Ann (Elizabeth) Steele (1824 – Aft. 1880)
        1. 1. Daniel (Carroll) HARVEY (19 Sep 1846 – 21 Aug 1847)
        2. 2. George (W.) Harvey (1857 – )
        3. 3. Laura Harvey (1860 – )
      5. 5. Samuel (Dawes) Harvey (Abt. 1837 – 30 Sep 1886) m. Rebecca (Tyson) Scholfield (1 Aug 1830 – 28 Aug 1858) m. Mary (Beatty) STEEL (30 December 1839 – 12 Dec 1915) m. Blanche HEWETT (Abt. 1829 – )
        1. 1. William (Schofield) Harvey (16 June 1853 – 17 November 1922) m. Mary (Blanche) Hewett (19 Jul 1856 – 15 Dec 1923)
        2. 2. Harriet (Ogden) Harvey (29 November 1854 – 18 August 1855)
        3. 3. John (James Chapman) Harvey (25 February 1857 – )
        4. 4. Charles (Polhemus) Harvey (20 August 1860 – 7 January 1861)
        5. 5. Daniel (Carroll) Harvey (25 Sep 1867 – 06 May 1939) m. Elizabeth (Vanderpoel) Duer (21 Aug 1874 – 28 Jan 1952)
        6. 6. Mary Harvey ( – 1864)
      6. 6. Charles (Frederic) Harvey (11 Jul 1825 – 11 Jul 1828)
      7. 7. George (Smith Gibbes) Harvey (12 March 1827 – 30 August 1888) m. Clara (Frances) Boardman (abt 1828 – 10 Nov 1907)
      8. 8. Mary Harvey
    7. 7. Joseph Harvey (1776 – )
    8. 8. Charles Harvey (1 Jan 1783 – 24 Aug 1831)
  4. 4. Abijah Dawes (1748 – 08 Jul 1816) m. Sarah Fisher (01 Aug 1759 – 17 Jan 1789)
    1. 1. Samuel (Fisher) Dawes (11 Apr 1786 – 03 Feb 1831) m. Martha (E.) Crawford
      1. 1. Edward Dawes
    2. 2. Edward Dawes
  5. 5. Cephas Dawes (Bef. 1748 – )
  6. 6. Edward (III) Dawes ( – Bet. 1770–1774) m. Mercy Warner ( – Aft. 1774)

Edward Dawes's Timeline

5 Records

1710
16 Sep 1710
Birth of Edward Dawes in Gywnedd, PA
Gywnedd, PA
1710
2 February 1710
Birth of Edward Dawes in Gywnedd, PA
Gywnedd, PA
1710
16 Sep 1710
Birth of Edward Dawes in Of Wilmington
Of Wilmington
1774
23 May 1774
Age 64
Death of Edward Dawes in Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE
Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE
1774
Abt 6 Jun 1774
Age 64
Death of Edward Dawes in Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE
Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Sep 1710
    Event Place: Gywnedd, PA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 February 1710
    Event Place: Gywnedd, PA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Sep 1710
    Event Place: Of Wilmington

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 May 1774
    Event Place: Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Abt 6 Jun 1774
    Event Place: Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE
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