Well, things sure have changed since v2.0. Indeed, things have changed from when the 2018 Family Tree was created from what was then lifted from Ancestry.com and uploaded.
While the following is a brief update on Harold, new information on the Edeson family tree has also been included here.
After John Glasson completed his 2016 documentary, “The Peppercorn Tree – a lost family” a film that concentrated on his own branch of the Edeson tree onwards from Harold and Comfort, one of the biggest mysteries was still Comfort, even though she and I were not related.
As it happened, she was buried at the Preston Cemetery, where her surname was spelt as EDERSON, instead of EDESON. John eventually tracked down her final resting place* which I was fortunate enough to visit soon after, and today has a memorial plaque to commemorate her life thanks to both John and another relation, Bill Marwick. Of course, we are unable to discover what happened from when Harold left her to when she died. Maybe one day.
*Grave location 9326 L: Church of England.
While Harold has been pretty much covered, we now have photos of the residences and townships where Harold and Alice raised their children, along with photos of gravesites and with a bit of info on some reasonably clever people who were related to Harold, again thanks to John Glasson.
After taking the plunge and buying into Ancestory.com for a month of ‘get what you can and get out’ rabbit hole surfing, I have been able to extend the Edeson name backwards in time. I certainly cannot take all the credit here as the following must also take a share (of any possible blame ;-) ):
- John Glasson;
- Simon Harding, a UK resident who provided extra info on the Edeson connection to the York UK area; and
- Ken Shields, an NZ resident who passed along the info on the name change from EDESON to ETESON along with a hint that the Edesons may have originated from Denmark – there’s another Viking link if ever I’ve seen one! (And just to also confirm, there is no Edison – as in Thomas.)
So, after all that, the Jones Family Tree (Edeson Chapter) from Project Harold v1.1 has certainly changed, with some very interesting twists and turns. The Jones Chapter has also had a review, with a couple of inclusions as well, more about that later (*John Patching, 1549 trial and conviction to be drawn hung and quartered is a good example). I’ll revise the chart of the Family Tree in the near future.
*Not confirmed and likely to be an Ancestry.com red herring.
In the meantime, the following is what is known today, from John Edeson, born 1485, and will include (where possible) birth details, places of residence, occupation, wife details and other points of interest, all the way down to myself.
An interesting sidebar here will be the story of Harold’s mother, Eleanor Peachey, which can be seen in a separate document… trust me, this is a good one and blows the theory of there being no convicts on the Edeson side of the family well and truly out of the water.
As many of the Edeson male line kept the same first name, I’ve named those in the direct Paternal line with the same first name as for example – “John Edeson I”. So without further ado, starting from earliest known Edeson:
John Edeson I b 1485 d?
m Margaret b 1488 d?
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John Edeson II b 1508, Ripley, Yorkshire, d 1584
m Margaret b 1510 d?
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John Edeson III b 1530, Ripley, Yorkshire, d 1617, Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire England
m Maria b 1534 d?
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Thomas Edeson I b 1550, Ripley, Yorkshire, d 1607, Ripley, Yorkshire
m Anne Bruist (b 1550 d 1631), 18 October 1574 at All Saints, Ripley, Yorkshire, UK
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Thomas Edeson II b Sep 1578, Ripley Yorkshire, Baptised 30 Sep 1578, d1633 Whipley Moor, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England
m Ann Horner (b 1580 d 1631), 31 May 1605, Snaith, York UK
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Thomas Edeson III b 29 October 1611 d May 1685
m Margaret Simpson (b 1610 d 1668), Fewston, York England, 5 Aug 1638
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Phillip Edeson b1651 Ripley, Yorkshire England
baptised 15 May 1651, d1705 Ripley, Yorkshire England
m Frances b 1650 d 1704
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Jacob Edeson b1694, Ripley Yorkshire UK, d1750, Knaresborough Yorkshire, England
m Elizabeth Johnson (b 1695 d 1744), 11 Nov 1719 Ripley York, England
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Francis Edeson I b 1730 died, 18 June 1829, at Angram (near Long Marston), Yorkshire, England (christened 14 Mar 1730, Ripley, York, England - father Jacob Edeson)
m Hannah Waddington (b 1732 d 1809), 24 Aug 1763, Long Marston, York UK
*note - the only hint of a change to the Edeson surname has been found here. While there is no known UK link to a Edeson/Edison connection, which may concern some family members, John Edeson, the great grandfather of the famed inventor, Thomas Alva Edison, signed his name, "John Edeson," but was also known by his Dutch patronymic name, "John Marceles Edah." More info here and here.
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Francis Edeson II b 1776 d 1851, St Pancras, Middlesex London - Burial Place St. Martin, Middlesex, England - date of burial 23 March 1851
(living at Chapel Street, Marylebone*, London UK - 1841)
*Today "Marylebone is a chic residential area with a village feel, centred on the indie boutiques and smart restaurants of Marylebone High Street.
Tourists queue for the Madame Tussauds waxwork museum and the Sherlock Holmes Museum, the latter in the fictional sleuth’s home at 221b Baker Street."
Residence - York 1790 (apprentice Joiner for the City of York)
m Elizabeth Lister (b 1774 - died before 1841), at Saint Martin and Saint Gregory, York, England on 12 Sep 1797
Residence - Township of Hutton & Angram 25 March 1799, Yorkshire (City of York and Hull), England
Residence - 1802-6, Cumberland Street, Camden, St Pancras, London
Residence - 1841 - Chapel Street, St Pancras, Middlesex London, England (trade - Cabinet Maker)
*point of interest - one of Francis and Elizabeth's children became a professor of music, John Robert Edeson and one of his daughter's, Emily Geraldine, became the first Headmistress if the Methodist Ladies College, Adelaide.
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Francis Edeson III b 1806 – baptised January 20, 1806 at St George, Hanover Square, Middlesex England
d 1856 - near Maldon (likely Jones Creek), Loddon, (a Shire near Bendigo) Victoria Australia
m Elizabeth Morgan, 14 Nov 1831, Hobart Town, Tasmania
*note - Tried and convicted at the Old Bailey on 26 October 1826 for Highway Robbery, sentenced to death but sentence was respited on 16 December 1826, to transportation for 21 years.
*see - the examination of Francis Edeson's Old Bailey trial here.
Living at Jones Creek, 36°48'50.8"S 143°47'44.2"E, Loddon Shire, Victoria Australia (via Australian Electoral Roll 1856), occupation - Miner
Francis Edeson III - Licensee Blue Bells of Scotland - Hotel - Murray Street Hobart, 1845, 1846
Francis Edeson III - Licensee Kings Arms - Hotel - Murray St, Hobart, 1842 - 1843
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Joseph Edeson b 1841 Hobart Town, Van Dieman’s Land d 1903
m Eleanor Peachey* (b 1854 d 1913)
*see “Joseph & Matilda” for parent’s story.
Harold Edeson (aka Wade) b 1876 Bendigo Victoria, d 1943 Ballarat Victoria
Alice Olensen (b 1887 Adelaide South Australia, d 1951 Ballarat Victoria)
Nancy Wade b 1925 Ballarat Victoria, d 2006 Melbourne Victoria
m Ivan Jones (b 1923 Waterloo Victoria, d 2003 Melbourne Victoria)
Wayne Jones b 1957 Footscray Victoria
Wayne Jones
4 September 2021
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