Periodical for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Edson (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England, France, and Scandinavia. Some focus is on (but not limited to) the descendants of the Puritan Deacon Samuel Edson (ca. 1613-ca. 1692), who left Warwickshire, England, and was one of the original settlers of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts in the 1600s. Samuel and his wife, Susanna are buried in...

Marcus Lafayette Hasty was born in about 1790 in South Carolina. He married Nancy Barnett and they had two known sons. He married Nancy Arminda Jones 29 August 1830. They had five children. He died in 1862 in Jasper, Georgia. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Georgia.

Edward Eidson emigrated from England and settled in Virginia. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and California.

James McDormand was probably born in Pennsylvania. He married Anna Rice, daughter of Judah Rice, in about 1776. They had eleven children. The lived on Brier Island, Nova Scotia. They moved to Port Burwell, Ontario in 1829.

John Ogden was born in Bradley Plain, Hampshire, England, 19 Sept. 1609. He married Jane Bond, daughter of Jonathan Bond, 8 May 1637 in Bradley Plain. Their three oldest children were born in England. He and his family emigrated to America settling at Southampton, Long Island in 1640. In 1664, John Ogden, with other English settlers, saw greater possibilities in New Jersey. They received an Elizabeth Town Patent from Governor Richard Nicolls and settled...