Ancestry of
Matt Damon

Movie Actor

Benjamin Edwards

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• • 9th Great-grandfather of Matt Damon — 12th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2650 
  • Father:
  • Alexander Edwards 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Baldwin   
  • Birth Date:
  • 24 Jun 1652 
  • Birth Location:
  • Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Thankful Sheldon
  • Marriage Date:
  • 23 Feb 1680/1681 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
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  Mary Edwards (Ahnentafel No:1325 )

  Mindwell Edwards

• Sources for Benjamin Edwards

  • ¹ American Ancestors Magazine, 2011, Vol. 12.2, p. 42.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Northampton, Vol. 1, p. 572, Vital records for family of Benj and Thankful Edwards.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Northampton, Vol. 1, p. 27, Birth record for daughter Mindwell Edwards.
  • ⁴ Holman, Mary Lovering, Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and his Wife Frances Helen Miller, Vol. 1, Concord, New Hampshire: Privately Printed at The Rumford Press (1948), 406.
  • ⁵ Phelps, Judge Oliver Seymour and Andrew T. Servin, The Phelps Family of America, and Their English Ancestors, with Copies of Wills, Deeds, Letters, and . . ., Vol. 1, Pittsfield, Massachusetts: Eagle Publishing Company (1899), 128.