Book Description

Edward Colver emigrated from the southeastern part of England and settled at Dedham, Massachusetts, in 1635. He married Ann Ellis at Dedham in 1638. They had eight children, 1640-1685, born at Dedham and Roxbury, Massachusetts, and New London, Connecticut. He died at New London in 1685. His great great great grandson, Jacob Colver (1769-1828), of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, was the son of Charles Colver (1741-1817), a Revolutionary War soldier. He and his wife, Susanna Miller, had eleven children, 1803-1821. Descendants listed lived in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, and elsewhere.