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Name James Edwards 3rd
Birth abt 1808
Death No Burial information
Father James Edwards 2nd (1770-1817)
Mother Sophia Ridgway (1769-1844)
Spouses
1 Serena Cranmer
Birth 1812
Death 6 Jun 1867
Father Isaiah W. Cranmer (1768-1855)
Mother Hannah White (1781-1866)
Children Charlotte (1836-1843)
Henry C (~1837-)
Hannah J. (1840-)
Rodolphus Lanthrop (1845-1846)
Rufus C. (1850-)
Job
Notes for James Edwards 3rd
1840 Census, New Jersey, Monmouth Co., Stafford Township
Page 149, line 26, Males, 0-5 age=1, 40-50 age, 1; Females, 0-5 age=1, 5-10 age=1, Females, 0-5 age=1, 5-10 age=1, 30-40 age=1, Total Family Members 5

1850 NJ Census, Ocean Co., Stafford township, page 45, #152
James Edwards, age 43, 500, born NJ
Serena Edwards, 38, , born NJ
Henry C., age 13, born NJ
Hannah J, age 10 , born NJ
Rufus C.m,age 3/12, born NJ
Mahala Brown, age 15, born NJ
Adelia Willets, age 18, born NJ

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~batsto/Cemeteries/OldManahawkin.html
Old Manahawkin Cemetery Listing
EDWARDS Serena C. 0/0/1812 June 6, 1867 aged 55 years . wife of James Edwards    
EDWARDS Rodolphus Lanthrop April 20, 1845 November 19, 1846 aged 1 year 6 mos. 28 days   James & Serena C. Edwards  
EDWARDS Charlotte   October 10, 1836 April 19, 1843 aged 6 years 6 mos. 9 days   James & Serena C.
James, 3rd, spent his life as a merchant at Barnegat and Waretown, serving many years as postmaster in the latter place1

Source No 1 states the children of James, 3rd, Edwards to be Henry, Hannah Jane and Rufus.
Additional children taken from Cemetery Records.

1870 Census, Ocean Co., Union township, Post office Barnegat
185/182
James Edwards, age 63, Ret Merchant, 1500/1500, Born New Jersey
Rufus, age 20, clerk in Store, Born New Jersey
Armenia?, age 21, Housekeepe,r Born New Jersey
Last Modified 17 Nov 2002 Created 29 Jan 2003 by Reunion for Macintosh

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