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John COLLVER
(1576 – )
wife UNK
(Abt 1581– )
John ELLES
(Abt 1580 – )
wife UNK
(Abt 1585 – )
Edward COLLVER
(1600 –1685)
Ann ELLES
(Abt 1610 –1682)
Edward COLVER
(1654 –1732)

 

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1. Sarah BACKUS

Edward COLVER 1 2
  • Born: 12 December 1654, New London Settlement, Connecticut Colony 2
  • Marriage (1): Sarah BACKUS on 15 January 1681 in Norwich Settlement, Connecticut Colony 1
  • Died: 7 April 1732, Litchfield Village, Connecticut Colony at age 77

bullet   Another name for Edward was Edward CULVER Jr..3

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bullet  General Notes

In 1675, when father Edward Collver was 75 years old, Edward Jr., his father and 3 of his brothers (Ephraim, Joseph, and Samuel) took part in the "swamp fight" which occurred near Triverton, Rhode Island, on December 19, 1675.  (Our Colonial Lines, p. 87)

a "founder of Lebanon, Connecticutt" per Pioneer Families of New Jersey

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bullet  Birth Notes

now New London, New London County, Connecticut, USA
previously known as Pequot Plantations, Connecticut Colony (before it was New London Setlement)

bullet  Death Notes

now Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
(need to verify date since same death date as for spouse. kmh.)

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • He has conflicting birth information of 1653 and prob Connecticut, USA. 3
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Edward married Sarah BACKUS, daughter of William BACKUS and Elizabeth PRATT, on 15 January 1681 in Norwich Settlement, Connecticut Colony.1 (Sarah BACKUS was born on 14 June 1663 in Norwich Settlement, Connecticut Colony 3 and died on 7 April 1732 in Litchfield Village, Connecticut Colony.)


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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Kirsty M. Haining.
  2. Gertrude Brown Smith and Beulah M. Springstead, Our Colonial Lines: Powell, Eaton, Rice, Pettengill, Collver, White (c) 1992, p. 87. This is the 3rd edition of a family-published book on genealogy.
  3. William C. Armstrong, Pioneer Families of Northwestern New Jersey (1979).


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