John Edgecomb

1648 - 1721  (73 years)

• Name	John Edgecomb
  Birth	1648	Plymouth, Devon, England
  Christening	Plymouth, Devon, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Apr 1721	New London, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
  Person ID	I312684223743	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Larrabee,   b. Saybrook, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 04 Dec 1727, New London, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
  Marriage	1692	New London, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F1881	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

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  Savage: m 9 Feb 1674 Non-standard gedcom Savage: m 9 Feb 1674 Non-standard gedcom data: 1 REFN NJH9-JB 2 SOUR LDS Ancestral File, Version 416F JOHN EDGECOMB AND SARAH STALLION just some research EDGECOMB, JOHN, New London 1670, m. 9 Feb. 1673, Sarah, d. of Edward Stallion, the rec. calls him " s. of Nicholas E. of Plymouth, old Eng." had Margaret, b. 1674; John, 14 Nov. 1675; Sarah, 29 July1678; Joanna, 3 Mar. 1680; Nicholas; Samuel, 1690; and Thomas; d. Apr. 1721, at gr. age. NICHOLAS, Scarborough 1640, took o. of submis. to Mass. 13 July 1658; but as I find his subscript, by a mark, lie was not, prob. (as Farmer thot.) of the fam. of Sir Richard E. of Mount Edgcombe in Devon. Yet he may have been a depend, of that ho. He rem. a. 1660 to Saco. In Southgate, p. 25, we learn that his d. Mary m. George Page of Saco ; and next, John Ashton of Scar borough ; and that his other d. Joanna m. a Pynchon of Boston. Christopher, John, Michael, and Robert, soldiers at Blackpoint, Scar borough, 1676, were, we may well imagine, his s. John was one of the selectmen of Saco 1676; Robert m. Rachel, d. of James Gibbins of Saco, and there d. 1730, aged 74. GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY. VOLUME II. page 100 GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND, SHOWING THREE GENERATIONS THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE MAY, 1693, BASIS OF FARMER S REGISTER, FORTES CREANTUR FORTIBUS BY JAMES SAVAGE, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND EDITOR OF WINTHROP S HISTORY OP NEW ENGLAND. IN FOUR VOLUMES VOL. II. BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY 1860. (AND some more) John, chr 12 Mch 1647/8 Plymouth St. Andrew. He trained as a tanner but decided that his future lay not in Plymouth but in America. Around 1673 he settled at New London, Connecticut, where he married and raised a family. Numerous descendants including E.F.G.H. members Pauline Albers and Constance, wife of Ted Barraclough, are known. Lieutenant John Edgcombe of New Hartford, the ancestor of many more E.F.G.H. members -see E.F.G.H.16, pp. 402-412 - may have been his grandson. (AND some more stuff) John Edgecombe aka Edgecomb Born about 1647 in Plymouth, Devon, England [uncertain]Son of Nicholas Edgecombe and Joan (Unknown) Edgecombe[sibling(s) unknown]Husband of Sarah (Stallyon) Edgecombe — married February 9, 1672 in New London, Connecticut Husband of Elizabeth (Larrabee) Edgecombe — married about 1699 in New London, Connecticut Father of John Edgecombe, Sarah (Edgecombe) Bolles and Thomas EdgecombDied April 11, 1721 in New London, ConnecticutProfile manager: Chase Ashley [send private message]Last modified 9 September 2015.This page has been accessed 233 times. Biography John Edgecombe of New London, Connecticut was the the son of Nicholas Edgecombe of Plymouth, England and Joan (Unknown) Edgecombe.[1][2][3] Although Caulkins suggests,[4] and many family trees state, that John Edgecombe of New London was the same John Edgecombe who was the son of Nicholas Edgecombe and Wilmot (Randell) Edgecombe of Saco, Maine, research subsequent to Caulkins has disproven that relationship.[1][2][3] John Edgecombe himself testified that he was the son of Nicholas Edgecombe of Plymouth, Old England.[3] (For a discussion of all the Edgecombes in America prior to the Revolutionary War, see Alan Taylor's article Edgecombes of Early Colonial America.) John was probably born in early 1647/8 and was baptized in St. Andrews church in Plymouth, England on March 12, 1647/8.[1][3] John's father, Nicholas, died in 1649, when John was only one or two years old.[1][5] John's mother, Joan, headed the household and continued to manage Nicholas's brewery business until 1666, when John's older brother, Nicholas Jr., took over as head of the business.[1] Since it was intended that Nicholas Jr. was to inherit the brewing business, John was trained as a tanner.[1] John came to America and settled in New London, Connecticut about 1673.[1][6] He married Sarah Stallyon in New London on February 9th or November 9th of that year or the following year.[7][8] John and Sarah had the following children: 1. John, b. November 14, 1675, m. Hannah Hempstead 2. Sarah, b. July 29, 1678, m. John Bolles 3. Joanna, b. March 3, 1679/80, m. Henry Delamore 4. Nicholas, b. January 23, 1681/2 5. Samuel, b. 1690 6. Thomas[3][4] After Sarah died, perhaps about 1694,[9] John married Elizabeth (Larrabee) Hempstead, the widow of Joshua Hempstead and the mother-in-law of his son, John,[4] perhaps in 1699.[9] In October 1704, John Edgecombe was among 77 New London men named in a colony grant extending the town’s boundaries northward to include the Mohegan reservation, which had long been claimed by the town but had not been within its legal borders.[10] Converse speculated that John Edgecombe came to New England to look out for the family's interests in the region. In 1637, Sir Richard Edgecombe had been granted land in Maine (a large portion of the current town of Bowdoinham) by Sir Ferninando Gorges. Because of conflicting claims, the Edgecombe's rights to these lands were disputed for many years. In 1713, John Edgecombe appeared before a commission in Massachusetts on behalf of Sir Richard Edgecombe's heirs to assert their rights to the lands. The issue was not finally resolved, however, until 1769, almost 50 years after John Edgecombe's death, when a court in Portland, Maine found in favor of the conflicting claim of James Bowdoin who had acquired his rights from the Kennebec Company.[3] John Edgecombe's claim on behalf of the heirs of Sir Richard Edgecombe can be seen in the Book of Eastern Claims.[11] John Edgecombe died in New London on April 11, 1721.[3][4] His estate was valued at £681 and consisted of his home in the town plot and two large farms.[4] Sources [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [12] [9] [10] [11] ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Alan Taylor, "Some Merchants at Plymouth"↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Edgecombe DNA Family Tree↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Charles Allend Converse, "Edgecombe of Devonshire, England and Connecticut, New England" 1907↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Francis Manwaring Caulkins, "History of New London, Connecticut," H.D. Utley, 1895, p 366↑ 5.0 5.1 Ancestry.com. UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.↑ 6.0 6.1 Francis Manwaring Caulkins, "History of New London, Connecticut," H.D. Utley, 1895, p 264↑ 7.0 7.1 White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.↑ 8.0 8.1 Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926.↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Date cited in unsourced family trees on ancestry.com.↑ 10.0 10.1 Frances Manwaring Caulkins, "History of New London, Connecticut," H.D. Utley, 1895, pp 259-262↑ 11.0 11.1 "Book of Eastern Claims," pp 30, reprinted from Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder, v. 4-8, S.M. Watson, 1887-1895, pp 200-201↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. See also: * Alan J C Taylor, "Edgecombes at New London," Edgecombe Family History Genealogy and History, edited by Alan Taylor, 30 October 1997, pp 799-817 1649 1649 Mrs. Elizabeth/Hempstead #2 Mrs. Elizabeth/Hempstead #2 THE ROGERENES, by John R. Bolles & Anna THE ROGERENES, by John R. Bolles & Anna B. Williams, 1904, pg. 213: The wife of John Bolles is dau. of Mr. John Edgecomb, another prominent planter of New London, also of gentle blood of Old England. (Edgecombs of Mount Edgecomb.) As his father's sole heir and by right of his wife in her father's estate, as well as through his own prudence and enterprise, this young man is destined to be one of the richest men in New London. On account of a remarkable escape from death while an infant in arms, John Bolles was led, while still a youth, to pledge himself to the service of God. Now, arfter careful examination into the doctrines of John Rogers, he devotes himself, in abedience to his youthfuf pledge, reverently and enthusiastically to that cause. (See Pat I., Chapter VI.). English "Saco Valley Settlements and Families," "Saco Valley Settlements and Families," by G.T. Ridlon, Sr., 1895. Removed to Saco, and was selectman there in 1686. No record of a family. !Parkhurst Manuscript, Early Families of !Parkhurst Manuscript, Early Families of New London and Vicinity;