Polly EDMUNDS

Father: Eliphalet EDMUNDS
Mother: Betsey ROBINSON

Family 1: Joshua PRIEST

(1) Portrait and Biographical Album of Branch County, Mich., Chapman Bros., Chicago, 1888. Pages 323-324.

  1. Polly PRIEST
  2. Lewis PRIEST
  3. George W. PRIEST
  4. Electa PRIEST
  5. Ansel PRIEST (b. Abt 1819; d. Ingham County, Michigan)
  6. Joshua PRIEST (b. Abt 1821, d. Abt 1835)
  7. Lucina PRIEST
  8. Loren PRIEST (b. Abt. 1828)
  9. Alzina PRIEST
                                         _James EDMUNDS______
                     _James EDMUNDS_____|
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 _Eliphalet EDMUNDS_|
|                   |                    ____________________
|                   |_Abigail JENCKES___|
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|--Polly EDMUNDS
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|                                        _Nathaniel ROBINSON_
|                    _Amos ROBINSON_____|
|                   |                   |_Zilpah DAGGET______
|_Betsey ROBINSON___|
                    |                    ____________________
                    |_Hepsibah WILMARTH_|
                                        |____________________

Notes

Updated October 8, 2022. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records via Ancestry.com; Will of Eliphalet EDMUNDS; 23 May 1841.

"... I Eliphalet EDMONDS of Brighton, Monroe County, New York being weak in body but of sound and perfect memory, blessed be almighty God for the same do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following... I also give and bequeath to my daughter Polly PRIEST the sum of one hundred dollars."

(2) 1850 United States Census for Michigan, Shiawassee Co., Town of Venice: Page 50; August 10, 1850.

Polly [EDMUNDS] PRIEST resides with her son and daughter-in-law, George W. and Judith A. PRIEST, and their five children. Polly is 62 years old and born in Vermont.

(3) 1860 United States Census for Michigan, Ionia Co., Orange Twp. (Orange Post Office): Page 361; September 22, 1860.

Polly [EDMUNDS] PRIEST resides with her son and daughter-in-law, Lewis and Marianan PRIEST, and their four children. Polly is 70 years old and born in Vermont.

(4) 1865 New York State Census, Jefferson Co., Second Election District of the Town of Orleans: Page 6, June 8, 1865.

Polly [EDMUNDS] PRIEST resides with her son-in-law and daughter, Simeon and Lecta SMITH, and their nine children. Polly is 76 years old and born in Vermont.

(5) Find a Grave

- Name Polly [EDMUNDS] PRIEST
- Birth: Oct 1788
- Death: 15 Mar 1872 (aged 83)
- Burial: Beech Ridge Cemetery; Jefferson County, New York, USA
- Memorial ID: 154823482

(6) Portrait and Biographical Album of Branch County, Mich., Chapman Bros., Chicago, 1888. Pages 323-324.

"Mrs. CULVER was born in Jefferson County, N.Y., July 19, 1826, and is the daughter of Joshua and Polly (EDMUNDS) PRIEST, the father a native of Vermont, and the mother of New York State. They were married in the latter State in 1837, the wedding taking place at the home of the bride in Jefferson County. Soon afterward, migrating to Michigan, they settled in Bridgewater, Washtenaw County, where the father purchased forty acres of land, upon which he operated three years, then removed to Clinton County, where he only lived about six years, his death taking place in August, 1846. The mother survived her husband a period of twenty six years, remaining a widow, and died while on a visit to her old home in Jefferson County, N.Y. in 1872."

"The parents of Mrs. CULVER had a family of fourteen children, eleven of whom grew to mature years. Polly became the wife of Asher SQUIRES, and died in Wisconsin; Lewis died in Ionia County, this State; Electa is the wife of Simon SMITH, of Jefferson County; George is a resident of Shiawassee County, this State; Ansel died in Ingham County; Joshua died in Jefferson County, N.Y. when about fourteen years of age; Lucinda married Jacob LEWIS, and died in Clinton County; Lucina, Mrs. CULVER was next to the youngest; Loren went to California in 1849, and has not since been heard from; Elzina is the wife of Squires CHURCH, of Kalkaska County, this State."

(7) Portrait and Biographical Album of Clinton and Shiawassee, Counties, Mich., Chapman Bros., Chicago, 1891. Pages 755-756.

"... Polly EDMUNDS, a Vermonter and a relative of Senator EDMUNDS, was born in 1788"

"The parents of our subject [i.e., Joshua PRIEST and Polly EDMUNDS] entered the marriage state in Jefferson County, N.Y. and resided there until 1836, when they removed to Michigan, settling upon a farm in Washtenaw County, but afterward removed to Clinton County, where they died, he in 1846, and she in 1872. Of their large family of fourteen children, four only are living, namely; our subject; Electa, Mrs. SMITH; Lucina, Mrs. CULVER; and Alzina, Mrs. CHURCH. The father was a Democrat in his political views."