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The Edgerton Database |
Joshua Edgerton, son of Richard and Rebecca (Wells) Edgerton.
Joshua Edgerton was born in Lebanon, Connecticut
circa 1754. He was the only known son of
Richard Edgerton III and his second wife, Rebecca Wells. Joshua was baptized at the Goshen Church in
Lebanon on January 20, 1754. When
Joshua was about six years old, his parents removed from Lebanon to West
Simsbury, in Hartford County, Connecticut. Joshua Edgerton spent most of his short life in
West Simsbury. On March 27, 1777,
having contracted smallpox, Joshua wrote a Last Will and Testament, in which he left his entire
estate to his “Honoured father and mother (as Richard Edgerton and wife
Rebecca)”. He named his father as
executor. The will was dated “at
Chatham” (in Middlesex County, Connecticut), however Joshua referred to
himself as “of Simsbury”. No record has been found of Joshua’s death, either
in Simsbury or Chatham. He had died by
June 2, 1777, when his will was entered in probate at Simsbury, Connecticut. |