Edward COLVER

Abt 1610 - 1685  (75 years)

• Name	Edward COLVER  [1]
  	Edward was a Puritan, who came to North America during the Pilgrim Migration between 1620 and 1640, and is considered the founder of the Colver/Culver family in North America. He was a millwright and wheelwright and took up farming when he arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
  Birth	Abt 1610	Suffolk, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1685	Mystic, Town of Groton, New London Co., Connecticut
  Burial	Wightman Burying Ground, Groton, New London Co., Connecticut
  Person ID	I12680	Main Tree
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2017

  
  

  Family	Ann ELLIS,   b. 1 Jul 1619, England d. Abt 1685, New London, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 65 years)
  Children	+ 1. John COLVER,   b. 15 Apr 1640, Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts d. 1725, Groton, New London Co., Connecticut (Age 84 years)  [Birth]   2. Joshua COLVER,   b. 12 Jan 1642, Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts d. 23 Apr 1713, Wallingford, New Haven Co., Connecticut (Age 71 years)  [Birth]   3. Edward J. COLVER, Jr.,   b. 12 Dec 1653/4, New London, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 07 Apr 1732, Litchfield, Litchfield Co., Connecticut (Age 77 years)  [Birth]   4. Joseph COLVER,   c. 20 Sep 1646, Dedham, Massachusetts d. 1730, Mystic, New London Co., Connecticut (Age ~ 83 years)  [Birth] + 5. Hannah COLVER,   c. 11 Apr 1652, Roxbury, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts  [Birth]   6. Gershom COLVER,   c. 3 Dec 1648, Roxbury, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts d. 1717, Southampton, Long Island, Suffolk Co., New York (Age ~ 68 years)  [Birth]   7. Ephraim COLVER,   b. Abt 1656, New London, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 11 Mar 1709 (Age 53 years)  [Birth]   8. Samuel COLVER,   b. 09 Jan 1644, Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts  [Birth]
  Family ID	F10266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2022

  
  

• Headstones

  Edward Colver, Sr. and Ann Ellis headstone Edward Colver, Sr. and his wife Ann Ellis are buried in the Wightman Cemetery in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. This monument was erected in honor of Edward and Ann in 1982 by descendants at the Wightman Burying Ground near Groton Connecticut. The original tombstones are there, but they are nothing more than large stones with the…

  
  

• Sources

  [S8970] Northern New York American Canadian Genealogical Society: Lifelines, Vol. 33, Issues 1 and 2, Whole Nos. 63 and 64.