Benjamin edes biography

His great-grandfather was John Edes, who was born in England, March 31. 1651, son of Rev. John Edes, rector of Lanford, Essex, and a graduate of St. John's College. He relocated to Charlestown in 1674. John was a ship carpenter and lived in Charlestown; by wife Mary Tufts, the daughter of Peter Tufts, a prominent early citizen of Medford. He had the