Edmund J. Fitzgerald, Sr.

1745 - 1848  (103 years)

• Name	Edmund J. Fitzgerald  [1]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	18 Mar 1745	, , , , Atlantic Ocean voyage from Ireland to New York   [1]
  Appointment	Dec 1801  [2]
  	Edmond Fitzgerald was appointed trustee of Banister Academy
  Land Purchase	1817	, , Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA
  	lands on the Banister River from Haynes Morgan, Jr.
  Census: Federal	1820	, , Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  	male >45: Edmond Fitzgerald Sr. [at 75] female >45 [Millicent at abt 68] male 16-26
  Military: Revolutionary War	1st Lieutenant, Virginia
  	FITZGERALD, Edmond Birth: 15 May 1745 Rank: 1Lt, PS Service: VA Death: VA 6 Jun 1848 Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No Spouse: (1) Mildred Payne DAR ID# 121669 Susan Womack Lewis, Vol. 122, page 215
  Death	6 Jun 1848	, , Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I2604	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2011

  
  

  Father	James Fitzgerald,   b. Est 1725   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F910	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Millicent "Mildred" Payne,   b. Abt 1752, , Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia, USA d. 12 Mar 1837, , , Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA (Age ~ 85 years)
  Marriage	1774	, , Campbell County (was Pittsylvania), Virginia, USA
  Children	1. Reuben Fitzgerald,   b. 21 Nov 1777, , , Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   2. Nancy Fitzgerald,   b. 16 Jun 1780, , , Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   3. James Fitzgerald,   b. 18 Dec 1782, , , Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA d. 25 Mar 1871, , , Terrell County, Georgia, USA (Age 88 years) + 4. Elizabeth J. Fitzgerald,   b. 21 Jun 1785, , , Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA d. 10 Oct 1865, , , Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA (Age 80 years)   5. Edmund Fitzgerald, Jr.,   b. 1 May 1788, , , Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   6. William Fitzgerald,   b. 21 May 1791, , , Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA d. 1868 (Age 76 years)   7. Samuel Fitzgerald,   b. 5 Aug 1794, , , Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA d. 1862 (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F908	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2011

  
  

• Notes

  From "History of Pittsylvania County" page 172: "There is a tradition in the family that Edmund Fitzgerald was born upon the high seas, his parents being emigrants to America.  He first appears in Pittsylvania records in 1778, when he purchased 100 acres on the north side of Banister River.  In 1814 he and his wife Mellicent (Payne) made a deed of gift of 300 acres on Banister River, which he had purchased from Haynes Morgan, to their son Edmund Fitzgerald, Jr.  Here Edmund, Jr. built his home, which is standing today in a fine state of preservation, owned by his grandson, Samuel Stone.  The will of Edmund Fitzgerald, Sr. was proven January, 1848, in which he made sons Reuben, Samuel, Edmund Jr. James and William Fitzgerald; daughters, Nancy, wife of Hardin Wilson, and Elizabeth, the wife of James H. Stone.  The latter settled the fine old place, "Oak Grove" with its boxwood gardens." page 229:  "Among those early Pittsylvania homes whose memories are fragrant of a gracious hospitality and cultured living may be mentioned....the Edmond Fitzgerald home of White Falls...."

  
  

• Reference

  Gail Rich Nestor. "Edmund J. Fitzgerald, Sr.". A Family Tree from Roots to Buds. https://roots2buds.net/getperson.php?personID=I2604&tree=nestortree (accessed September 21, 2023).