Jonathan Edwards (archdeacon)

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Jonathan Edwards (born 1615) was born in Stansty, Denbighshire, Wales. He was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, matriculating on 3 February 1633 and obtaining degrees of B.A. on 9 June 1634, M.A. on 24 April 1637 and D.D. in November 1642.[1] He was a Fellow of Jesus College from 1636 to 1648.[2] By 1679, he was Archdeacon of Derry.[1]

His sister, Margaret, married John Jones, one of the regicides of King Charles I.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c Dodd, Arthur Herbert. EDWARDS family, of Stansty, Denbs. Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
  2. ^ Hardy, Ernest George (1899). "Appendix III – List of Fellows", Jesus College. London: F. E. Robinson & Co.. 
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