Taken from old clippings dealing with Kentucky family history, newspaper unknown. These clippings are about 100 years old (1997). Reprinted in Kentucky Explorer, Volume 10, Number 5 - October, 1995. p. 96. Woodford County. THE EDWARDS FAMILY Ambrose Edwards, the son of an English clergyman, settled in King William Co., Va., about 1740 and died in 1811. He married Wealthean Butler. They had nine children: Susannah married James Quarles and moved to Ky. (Woodford Co); Nancy married Micajah Vaiden; Mary married George Butler Pollard; Wealthen married Thomas Pemberton; and Butler married Elizabeth Ellett. Among the descendants are Walers, Thorntons, Hills, Merediths, Lynes, Terrys, Carrs, Kings, Croxtons, Warburtons, Neales, Robins, Gregory, Slaughter and many other well-known Virginia families. Edwards Butler Quarles Vaiden Pollard Pemberton Ellett Waler Thornton Hill Meredith Lyne Terry Carr King Croxton Warburton Neale Robin Gregory Slaughter = King-William-VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/woodford/edwards.a.txt