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Pierpont Edwards (April 8, 1750 – April 5, 1826) was a delegate to the Congress of the Confederation and was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Pierpont Edwards. The first Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut was the youngest son of that famous New England preacher and philosopher Jonathan Edwards and Sarah Pierpont, daughter of James Pierpont, a founder of Yale College. He was born in Northampton, Mass., April 8, 1750.
The Pierpont Edwards Papers are most significant for the information they contain on the extensive land speculations of Edwards. They also help document his legal career and his work on loyalist claims under terms of the Jay Treaty.
The Pierpont Edwards Papers are most significant for the information they contain on the extensive land speculations of Edwards. They also help document his legal career and his work on loyalist claims under
Edwards Pierrepont (March 4, 1817 – March 6, 1892) was an American attorney, reformer, jurist, traveler, New York U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Minister to England, and orator. Having graduated from Yale in 1837, Pierrepont studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1840.
In politics, Pierpont Edwards was the founder of Connecticut’s Toleration Party, and played a leading part in the adoption of the Connecticut Constitution of 1818, a masterpiece of democracy, which served this state until 1965.
Jan 26, 2023 · Compare DNA and explore genealogy for Pierrepont Edwards born 1750 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts died 1826 Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States including ancestors + descendants + 1 photos + DNA connections + more in the free family tree community.
