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!NOTES:
The book by Hughes Spalding, THE SPALDING FAMILY IN AMERICA etc. ( seenotes
for Basil Spalding) asserts that Catherine Edelen could not have bee n the
daughter of Thomas and Comfort Edelin since Thomas' will does not mention any
children. However see the following indicating that the opposite i strue.
CLEMENTS-SPALDING AND ALLIED FAMILIES, by J. W. S. Clements; FHL 929.273 a1
No. 405 "His (John Spalding's) son Basil became a wealthy plante r inCharles
County, married Catharine Edelen, daughter of Thomas and Comfort Edel in,and
died testate in 1792"
The CHRONICLES OF ST. MARY'S, VOL. 6, pg. 196, FHL975.2b2S, "Basi lSpald-
ing and Catherine Edilin (sic) were the parents of Blanche Spalding m.
Matthew (Henry) Mudd (1730-1810)."
See THOMAS JENKINS OF MARYLAND, 1670 by Edward Felix Jenkins, O.S. A.at
page 63. The article is about Mary Aloysia Mahoney, daughter of Ann
Spalding Mahoney (1208), daughter of Thomas Spalding (1198) of Ann Jenkins
(100). It states "Mary Aloysia (Ally, Alusia) Mahoney, married about
1775, Henry Thomas Mudd, son of Henry (Matthew?) and Blanche (Spaldin g)Mudd of
Charles County." The article lists her 12 children.
Comment on Prodigy from Charmaine Welker, PRJF38C, Spalding expert :"This
is wrong. Thomas Edelen and Comfort Barnes had no children. This Catherine
is either a daughter or granddaughter of Comfort's by her 1st marriag e to
Patrick Dyer."

!MARRIAGE:
MARYLAND MARRIAGE RECORDS, Vol. 20, pg. 121, FHL 975.2V25b: Spaldi ng,
Bazil (sic) - Catherine Edelin - 1760. Remarks: Dau (daughter of) Th om-
as and Comfort Edelin, Prince Georges County. Reference: Wills Liber
31, Folio 55; Liber 27, Folio 35. Land Office, Annapolis, MD.

!WILL:
See FAMILY HISTORY PORTFOLIOS, SPALDING; FHL 985191. Summary of L ast
Will of Basil Spalding of Charles County, MD., "Sick and weak, Septem ber
12, 1791." Will names wife Catherine, daughters Ann, Christianne You ng,
Mary Elizabeth, Elizabeth Elder, Catherine Elder, sons Henry, John,
William, James, Basil, Edward and George Hillary. He died Septembe r 26,
1791. Excutors are spouse Catherine, Ann Christianne, Mary Elizabeth
and Hillary.
Probated March 5, 1792. Liber AK #11, Folio 64, Annapolis,
Maryland.
Catherine (Edelen) Spalding left a last will dated 11 May, 1801
leaving her estate to her son George H. Spalding, Mary Eliz-
abeth Spalding and Catherine Elder. Her executors were George H.
Spalding, Hillary Spalding. Charles County, MD., Wills, Liber HBBH, # 13,Folio 3, Annapolis, Maryland. Witnesses: Bennet & Elizabeth Ha m-
ilton. Sept 7, 1808 the will was proven.

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!NOTES:
See GARDINER, Vol II, Descendants of Richard Edelen, pps. 3-4:
"Edward Edelen, born 1676 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died 2 1 Mar,
1756 in Prince George's County, Maryland. He married in 1704 in St.
Mary's County, Elizabeth Jenkins, daughter of Thomas Jenkins and Ann
Spaulding. Edward Edelen, in a deposition made 19 Oct 1730 stated th athis
age was 54 years. Elizabeth was the widow of Moses Jones. Edward Ed elen
made a will dated 22 Feb, 1745 and proved 30 Mar 1756 in Prince Georg e's
County."

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!NOTES:
See GARDINER, Vol II, Descendants of Richard Edelen, pg 8:
"Edward Edelen, born 1717 in Askington, Charles County, Maryland;
died 1780 in Charles County, Maryland. He married 3 June 1748, in
Charles County, Maryland, Susannah Wathen. They had 13 children, all
of whom were named in the father's will dated 21 October, 1779 and pr oved
25 March 1780. There was no mention of his wife and she is presume d to
have died before his will was written. She was the sister of Clement
Wathen according to Harry Wright Newman, genealogist."

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!NOTES:
Died without issue.

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!NOTES:
Thomas Jenkins of Maryland, op.cit., p 15: Elizabeth m. Thomas De nt.

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!NOTES:
See GARDINER, Vol I, Descendants of Richard Edelen, pg. 9:
"James Edelen, born 14 Apr 1710 in Piscataway, Prince George's Cou nty,
Maryland; died 11 Jun 1768 in Piscataway, Prince George's County, Maryland.
He married in 1740 in Piscataway, Salome Noble. James Edelen lef t a will
dated 7 Mar 1768 which was proved 28 Jun 1768 in Prince George's Coun ty.
His wife and all his children were named in his will or in the administration
papers."

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!NOTES:
Died without issue.

.

!NOTES:
See GARDINER, Vol II, Descendants of Richard Edelen, pg. 21:
"John Edelen born 1753 in Askington, Newport, Charles County, Maryland;
died 6 October 1803 in Charles County. He married 1780 in Boarman Ma nor,
Bryantown, Charles County, Maryland, Monica Boarman. His will was da ted
19 July 1803 and was proved 18 October, 1803 and named his wife and e very
child."

.
!NOTES:
Married Catherine Alice Edelen.

.
!NOTES:
Married Richard Stonestreet

.
!NOTES:
Thomas Jenkins of Maryland, op.cit. p 15: Mary Noble m. Henry Stonestreet.

See the article THE EDELEN FAMILY, BRITISH ROOTS OF MARYLAND FAMILIES,Robert W. Barnes, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD., 1999, p.176.

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!NOTES:
See GARDINER Vol II, Decendants of Richard Edelen, pps. 8-9:
"Philip Edelen, born 1706 in Askington, Charles County, Maryland , died
1761 in Lanterman, Bryantown, Maryland. He married in 1734 in Piscataway,
Prince George's County, Maryland, Jane Gardiner, daughter of Luke Gardiner
and Ann Craycroft. Jane Gardiner was his step-sister, as her mother ,Ann,
the widow of Luke Gardiner, married (2) Philip Edelen's father, Richa rd
Edelen, from whom he inherited Lanterman."

See GARDINER, GENERATIONS AND RELATIONS, 1991 , B. M. Gardiner,Leonardtown, MD, Vol II, Descendants of Richard Edelen, pg 1:

"Richard Edelen, parents unknown, was born in 1637 in Middlesex,England. He died 24 July 1695 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. He marriedin 1663 in England, Elizabeth Barton (Banton).

"Richard Edelen and his wife, Elizabeth Barton (Banton) migrated tothe Maryland Province in 1664, but for some reason assigned their landrights to Daniel Jenifer. Their eldest son, Philip, was born in Englandwhen they returned there sometime between 1665 and 1668. In the earlyspring of 1669,
the parents returned to the Province with Philip and on 6 May, 1669 ,Richard Edelen proved rights to 100 acres of land for bringing his wifeElizabeth and his son Philip, in the common manner. In 1670 RichardEdelen was commissioned deputy surveyor for St. Mary's County by BakerBrooke acting on
behalf of Charles Calvert, the 3rd Lord Baltimore.

"In 1674 Richard Edelen and Justinian Funnis were appointed by thePrerogative Court in St. Mary's to appraise the estate of WilliamBoarman, "late of St. Mary's County." (Test. Pro. liber 6, folio 333).During the same year, he was requested by the court to attest to theverbal will of Thomas Matthews, Jr. "late of St. Mary's County." (Test.Pro. liber 6, folio 501.)"

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!NOTES:
See GARDINER, Vol. II, Descendants of Richard Edelen, pg. 2:
"Richard Edelen, born 1671 in St. Mary's County, Maryland, died 17 61in
Lanterman, Bryantown, Charles County, Maryland. He married (1) 1691 , in
Charles County, Maryland, Anna Maria Neale; he married (2) in 1694, in
Charles County, Maryland, Sarah Hagoe (Hagan)....Richard Edelen purch ased
and sold several large tracts of land during his lifetime but the purchase
of Lanterman from John Baptist Boarman on 12 Nov 1718 must have mad e the
greatest impact on his life as it remained in the Edelen family for several
generations. It also caused him to move from Prince George's Count ywhere
he owned several large tracts. Another tract in Charles County whic h he
owned by the name of "New York" lying on Back Creek on Cobb Neck in south-
ern Charles County also remained in the Edelen family for a number o fgener-
ations.
"His last dwelling plantation was "Askington" on the east side o f the
Zekiah Swamp near Newport, which was inherited by his grandson, Edwar d,son
of Edward, afterhis widow, Ann Craycroft, widow of Luke Gardiner, wa s de-
ceased. On this plantation the Edelen family had a chapel erected approx-
imately where St. Mary's Church at Newport now stands. This may be t he
location also of his internment, if he was not laid to rest at Lantermand,
also on the Zekiah near Bryantown. It is assumed that Ann Craycroft , his
widow, was interred with her first husband and the father of her children,
Luke Gardiner, in the family buriel plot at Warburton Manor."

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!NOTES:
Died without issue.

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!NOTES:
See GARDINER, Vol. 2, Descendantas of Richard Edelen, pg. 4:
"Sarah Edelen, born 18 Feb 1706 in Prince George's County, Marylan d;
died 23 July, 1773 in Charles County, Maryland. She married (1) 17 F eb1723
in Prince George's County, Maryland, Samuel Queen, son of Samuel Quee nand
Katherine Marsham; She married (2) 6 June 1734, in Charles County, Maryland,
Edward Pye who died in 1752. She had a large family by Samuel Queen .Sarah
made her will as Sarah Pye, dated 7 Jan 1773 and proved 29 July 1773."

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!NOTES:
Married Charles Pye.

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!NOTES:
See GARDINER, Vol II, Descendants of Richard Edelen, pps 1-2:
"Thomas Edelen, born 1672 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died 1 7November,
1749 in Edelenton, Piscataway, Maryland. In a deposition made on January 11,
1720, he stated that he was 48 years of age. That same year he marri ed
the widow, Comfort Dyer, by whom he had no children. Her maiden name
was Comfort Barnes. About 1700 she married (1) Patrick Dyer by who m shehad
eight children.
"Thomas Edelen acquired much land during his lifetime. On 10 Nov ,1715,
he purchased from the Edgerton brothers, Thomas, Randolph, and James , aportion
of Calvert Manor, containing 2400 acres. He named his stepson, Thoma sDyer,
executor of his will and left to him generous tracts of land known a s"Stone
Hill" - 300 acres, "Edelens Thickett" and "Edelens Hogpen", plus a nu mber
of slaves, who were on the land. His widow, Comfort received the dwelling
plantation "Edelenton" and also "Edelenton Addition" and slaves durin gthe
remainder of her life. This later tract to go to his Goddaughter Catherine
Spalding.
"His brothers, Richard, Edward and Christopher were devised 800 ac resof
Edgerton Manor. His widow, Comfort Edelen, died testate in 1760. He rwill
named the following children by her first marriage: Edward, Penelope ,Howard,
Thomas, Elizabeth Green, and Rebecca Sanders, and grandchildren Thoma sand
Ann Dyer of Edward, Elizabeth Dyer of Thomas, and Thomas Green Dyer o fJames,
and the children of her deceased son William Dyer; and great-grandchi ld,
Anne, the daughter of Basil and Catherine Spalding."

SQ p. 4571:

"Eli H. Edwards was born about 1836. He became a bookeeping teacher.When the Civil War broke out, he came home to join the Union Army, buttook sick and died befoe he could enlist."

!NOTES:
SQ 3855 (see Joseph 539).

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!NOTES:
SQ 3200: They had four children: Maud, Tyre G., Minnie, and Mack.

SQ p. 4572:

"William Henry Edwards, son of Henry and Milly (Sparks) Edwards, wasborn on February 15, 1840. He served for three years in Company E, 3rdRegiment Illinois Cavalry of the Union Army during the Civil War. Afterhe returned from the service, he was married to Sarah Elizabeth Ann DeJarnatt. She had been born on March 29, 1846, and was a daughter ofWilliam T. and Sarah Ann (Pemberton) DeJarnatt. She died on December 18,1923, and William died on December 6, 1926. They are believed to havehad a number of children, including sons named Edward, William, Otto, andWalter, but we have information only on Otto. A grandson of Otto, JosephE. Byers, has provided the photograph appearing below." (See p. 4572.)

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!NOTES:
Information on the family of Berniece (Pigott) Eischen and Freeman
Paul Eischen was obtained from Paul Pigott who advises that they had
five older children named Helen, Clarence, Katie, Carl and George
Sylvester Eischen. Birth information on Harry, Freeman and Aloyosious
Eischen was obtained by a search of the Birth Records of Cherokee County, IA.

.
!NOTES:
SQ 3317: They had one child, Georgeanne "Missy" English born on
May 19, 1952, in Fort Worth.

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!NOTES:
SQ 3317: They had two children: Henry Woddard English, Jr. was
born on Sept. 12 1950 and Carolyne Ryfle "Lyn" English was born on
November 13, 1954.