the Journey
1700s
Living on the west coast of Wales; engaged in the maritime trade
1750s
Migrate to Baltimore, MD
1770s
Migrate to the Holston Settlement of Tennessee
1790s
Migrate to area around Barren County, Kentucky
In-Laws
The following families married into the family along the way:
Noblett Family
Gordon Family
Stories about the family….
Cader Edwards | Battle of Kings Mountain
Cader Edwards, b 1705 in Wales, was a sea captain who settled on the Tennessee/North Carolina frontier in the 1770s. Despite his frontier residence, he “kept in touch with the outside world to some extent, and was generally well posted in regard to the various political developments, both in the colonies and the mother country,…
Cader Edwards | Shifting Lines
Cader Edwards journey along the Great Indian Warpath to his final home in the Holston Settlement was impacted by changing beliefs of who had access to the land.
Cader Edwards | Baltimore Beginnings
Cader Edwards (1705-1782) was a Welsh maritime captain who followed the sea for thirty-three years. He claimed his home in Wales for many years as he sailed to “most parts of the known and civilized world”, until in 1750, he switched his home to Baltimore. He had a married sister living there and his parents…
Finding the Yellow Bricks 