Abel EDWARDS^[1]

1739 - 1793  (54 years)

• Name	Abel EDWARDS
  Birth	1739	New Castle, DE
  Gender	Male
  _UID	6F6E108EB4E74386BF1B3EF97CAE973BEC92
  Death	12 Oct 1793	Cheraw Dist., South Carolina
  Person ID	I11696	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	9 Feb 1999

  
  

  Father	Reverend Joshua EDWARDS,   b. 11 Feb 1703, Pembrokeshire, Wales, England d. 22 Aug 1784, Cheraw Dist., South Carolina (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Catherine(1) STEPHENS
  Marriage	1724
  _UID	49ADB6C7BDB947C1ACA500848F216108DF00
  _UID	49ADB6C7BDB947C1ACA500848F216108DF00
  Family ID	F4178	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah HARRY,   b. 1740
  _UID	34866F38FA4A4CFC923234456FF086DCEBB1
  _UID	34866F38FA4A4CFC923234456FF086DCEBB1
  Children	1. Major Edward EDWARDS,   b. 11 Oct 1760, Society Hill, Darlington County, South Carolina d. 17 Mar 1829, Chesterfield District, South Carolina (Age 68 years)   2. Catherine EDWARDS,   b. 22 Sep 1771, Society Hill, Darlington County, South Carolina d. Wayne, MS   3. Sarah EDWARDS,   b. 1773
  Family ID	F4177	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah DOUTHEL
  _UID	A4A5120BA9474044B32A95E6A96A99AF8DD0
  _UID	A4A5120BA9474044B32A95E6A96A99AF8DD0
  Family ID	F4196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  He was a useful and prominent man in Society Hill in both civic and church affairs. He was deacon in the Welch Neck Church and a member of St. David's Society. He lived on the north side of Cedar Creek near the crossing of the Cheraw and Darilngton RR. He contributed to the poor in Boston and left 100 lbs. to the Welsh Neck Church at his death.(DAR Ancestor).

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Jenkins Gedcom File E-mail - tjjenkins4@juno.com.