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About Edward DeWolf
Date of death March 24, 1711/12. Second date is the "new" Gregorian calendar currently in use, first date agrees with the year he was born, giving his accurate age at death.
He is buried in the Buck River burying grounds. Edwards tombstone is the oldest Dewolf monument known to exist. He was a prominent and influential citizen. He is frequently mentioned in the Lyme records.
Edward's tombstone is the oldest DeWolf monument known to exist. He was a prominent and influential citizen, and is frequently mentioned in the Lyme records.. He was also connected to many private enterprises. He was a Man of property, & highly respected by his fellows. His high standing, integrity & good judgement were well known. Because of difficulties between the people of New London and their contractors for building a new church, Edward DeWOLF (of Lyme, CT) & John Frank (of Stonington, CT) were called upon to go to New London and arbitrate between the builders and the people. It is recorded in the Lyme records that in May 1666, the Town of Lyme laid out 22 acres of land on account of his work for the town in the matter of the new meeting house. There is further record that in 1682 he was one of two arbitrators to whom was submitted certain disputes between the people of New London and the builders of their new church In 1688, Edward set up on the Eight Mile River. In the same year, liberty was granted to him to build a grist mill. He subsequently bought a second saw mill near his home on the Eight Mile River. This location is now called Laysville, CT in the Town of Lyme ... about 2 1/2 miles from the village of Lyme. Thus we see he was a carpenter, builder, mill wright, and owner/operator of two saw mills and a grist mill. He lived near one of his mill sites near the present village of Laysville. In July 1696, Edward signed a deed of gift to his son Charles held during his lifetime & in turn left to his children in 1731. He was also a member of the local militia. Edward and his brother Stephen were of the Connecticut Volunteers of King Philip's War who, December 1675, surrounded the Indians in the Swamp Fort and to whom Connecticut granted as reward for their services, a township of Narragansett, now Voluntown, CT. (Another ancestor, Captain Isaac Johnson also fought and died in this battle)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8175492/edward_nathan_dewolf#ad...
"Here Lieth the body of M. Edward Dewolf Who died March the 24 1712, in the 66 year of his Age", which would make his approximate year of birth 1646. The gravestone is legible if you click on the photo. The surname is a very old one in the Lyme area, and has been spelled in various ways. Kathleen Peck Probasco emailed the following information to me: "'Family-Histories and Genealogies' by Edward Elbridge Salisbury, 1892, says the author was sent the autographs of Balthasar DeWolf and his son Edward, written thus: 'Baltasar dewolf' and 'Edward dewolfe'. That same source and others, shows Edward 'born about 1646,' with Balthasar and wife Alice married in 1645." Thanks for the info, Kathy.
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LHJX-C4Z/edward-dewolf-1646-1712
When Edward DeWolf was born in 1646, in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Balthazar DeWolf, was 25 and his mother, Alice, was 21. He married Rebecca in 1670, in Lyme, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He registered for military service in 1675. He died on 24 March 1712, in Lyme, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 66, and was buried in Duck River Cemetery, Lyme, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
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Edward DeWolf's Timeline
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1646
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Guilford, New Haven Colony
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1670
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New London, Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, United States
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November 28, 1671
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Midleton Midlesex, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States
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September 18, 1673
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Lyme, New London County, Connecticut
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December 3, 1675
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Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, United States
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1676
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Lyme, New London County, Connecticut
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1678
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Lyme, New London County, Connecticut
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1680
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Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, (Present USA)
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1681
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Lyme, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
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1681
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Lyme, New London County, Connecticut
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