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- Samuel Edsall came to America on the ship, "Trial," landing in Boston in July of 1648. Samuel came to America from Reading, Berkshire, England.
Monmouth County, New Jersey records. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MISCELLANY, BY John Stillwell, M.D. Page 251 1672 Samuell Edsall's signature appears on a document as a member of the council for Gov. Phillip Carterett. Page 423 "1670 or 1676, Samuel Edsall had daughters, Anna and Judith. He conveyed land to his sons-in-law, Benjamin Blogg and William Lawrence."
From Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, New York, From Its First Settlement by Europeans to 1700; By Teunis G. Bergen, Author of Bergen, Van Brunt, and Lefferts Genealogies. Printed, 1881, New York, S. W. Greens's Son, Printer, Electrotyper and Binde
In 1657 he was admitted a small burgher in N. A., and in 1664 took the oath of allegiance in N. Y. to the English. In 1664 he owned and resided on a farm at Constable's Hoek, Bergen, N. J., as per p. 137 of Vol. 1of Raum's N. J., to which place he probably removed from Newtown. In 1668 he was a member of the Council of Gov. Carteret; in 1677 he was taxed in N.Y.,and in 1687 a justice of the peace in Queens Co. Oct. 1, 1690, he was commissioned a justice of the peace of Kings Co., as per. Col. Man. Issue:--Annetje, bp. July 12, 1656; Judith, bp. May 15, 1658; Johannes, bp. Sept. 12, 1660--all in N. A.; Ann; Julia; and Richard. (See p. 72of Winfield's Hudson Co.) Signed his name "Samuel Edsall.
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