Ancestry of
Thomas Edison

Inventor

Abner Matthews

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• • Great-grandfather of Thomas Edison — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
  • Father:
  • Caleb Matthews 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Hotchkiss   
  • Birth Date:
  • 22 Jul 1712 
  • Birth Location:
  • Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1777 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Lois Hotchkiss
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Jul 1735 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Ebenezer Matthews alias Elliott (Ahnentafel No:6 )

• Sources for Abner Matthews

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Farmington, p. 107, Birth record for son Ebenezer Matthews.
  • ² Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Wallingford, p. 216, Birth record for Abner Matthews.
  • ³ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Wallingford, p. 216, Marriage record for Abner Matthews and Lois Hotchkiss.
  • ⁴ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1912, Vol. 66, p. 332.
  • ⁵ New Haven, CT: Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. 5, pp. 1151, 1153.
  • ⁶ New Haven, CT: Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. 4, p. 797.
  • ⁷ Thomas A. Edison Papers Project, Edison, Miller, and Affiliated Families: Thomas Alva Edison and His Family Tree, 166.