Edens Family

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Edens Family

Burden Brammer EdensThe first members of the Edens family to come to Kanahwa County WV arrivesometime inin the 1820's from Bedford and Botetourt Counties. They settled onTupper's Creek andKanawha Two Mile and began to buy land there in 1836. James and Elishathe eldest werethe first to appear in the 1830 Kanawha Co. census along with Joel andCornelius theirnephews, sons of Jessie who followed shortly afterwards.Jessie and Dorothy Wills Davis Edens followed them from Botetourt Co. toKanawha andtheir first record of obtaining land around the Poca waters and TupperCreek was theyears of 1837 to 1840. Jessie bought on Tuppers Creek and Joel first onTupper's Creekand then Kanawha Two Mile in 1837 and 1838. Today there are manydescendants of theearly Edens families and all of them could trace their heritage back tothe first few.There are many descendants also in the Elk Dist. their line also goesback to Jessie,through his son Cornelius. The earlier ancestors of Jessie, Elisha andJames are yet tobe proven. The mother we know was Mary Ann, by the fact the she signedher name to herdaughter's marriage to Jesse Hatcher. These children of Mary Ann wereBenjamin B. whomarried Catherine Page, Mildred H. married Jessie Hatcher, Jessie toDorothy Wills DavisElisha to Charlotte Arhur, Alexander to Sophia Hatcher a widow, and Jamesto Mary ( ?)All the marriages took place in Bedford Co. VA.

Submitted by Marieda DERRICK Edens (MDEROOTS@aol.com) on Mon Dec 209:46:15 1996