Begins with Thomas Edgerton of Colledine, Ireland. In 1733 he made application to the Monthly Meeting of Friends at Haddonfield, New Jersey for permission to marry Sarah Stephens of that meeting.
Continues with the son, Thomas Edgerton: Soon after the move to North Carolina (Thomas and his five children) 5-21-1778, Thomas was married to Sarah Cox, daughter of Thomas Cox and Phoebe Fellow. They were married at the home of Richard Cox. The name “Cox” was a common one in the North Carolina Quaker circles at that time and it is not strange that Thomas Edgerton’s second son, James, also married a Sarah Cox. Thomas and Sarah (Cox) Edgerton became the parents of five children, in addition to the five who had moved with their father from Haddonfield. All remained in North Carolina for several years. The older ones married and all were apprently well settled there. They were a family of Quakers and at that time Quaker communities in North Carolina were numerous and prosperous. Settlements in that area had become well enough established for the citizens to enjoy comfortable homes and many conveniences. Then, in the year 1794, three deaths occurred in the family of Thomas Edgerton. Thomas, himself, and two of his sons, died. John, a boy of nineteen and Richard, the youngest, four years old. . . .
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