Capt Jedediah EDGERTON

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EDGERTON, Capt. Jedediah, settled on the Silas Reed farm. Thence, in 1803, removed to Moriah, N.Y., and was deacon of the Congregational church in that place. He raised a numerous family, none of whom settled in this town. Losing his wife, he married the widow of Enos Clark, of Middletown, and lived in that town until her death. In extreme old age, he went to live with his son, Dr.Joshua Edgerton, in western New York, where he closed his exemplary life in 1848, aged 86. His son, John L. Edgerton, is well and widely known as a teacher and lecturer on natural science. One of his grandsons, William U., was a physician in Caldwell, NY, where he died in early life. Another grandson, Joseph R., was in the 38th congress from Indiana.