1759 - 1809

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• Birth	4 Apr 1759	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Gender	Male
  BIRT	4 Apr 1759
  Died	1809	Danby Rutland, Vt
  Person ID	I4731	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2005 00:00:00
  Father	James EDMUNDS, II, b. 1731, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Mother	Abigail JENCKES, b. 1740
  Family ID	F1890	Group Sheet
  Married	1780	Danby, Rutland Co. Vt
  Family ID	F1892	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Obadiah served as a Private in Capt. Benjamin Hickok's Company in serviceof the now State of Vermont, under command of Capt. Gideon Brownson, June26, 1776. He served 23 days with commencement of pay July 1, 1776. Obadiah next entered the service on Oct 17, 1777 and dischargedOct-23,1777 serving Capt. Abraham Salisbury. Capt. Thomas Sawyer's Company in Col. Warren's Regiment of Militia undercommand of Levi Colvin. Obadiah entered service Nov. 7, 1778 and wasdischarged Nov. 15, 1778. In Col. Ira Allen's regiment he served fromMay 26 to May 30 1770. (1770n may be a typo) The above information wasgiven by Virginia Edmunds. ( Obadiah was a Private in the Vermont militia, 1778 - info from ConnieBates Lovitt) From Vermont Historical Gazateer: Edmunds, Obadiah, from Rhode Island in1775. Married Sarah Williams. He was a soldier of the Revolution andremarkably fitted to mitigate the hardships and smooth the asperitiesincident to settlement of the new Country. He was a man of uprightnessand sound judgement, of peaceable disposition and was held in high esteemby all who knew him. He died in 1809 and his wife in 1834. Theirchildren were Sarah, Reuben, Obadiah and Ira. A few years after the death of Obadiah, all his children were married andhad moved to Chautauqua Co. New York with the exception of Ira, whoremained in Vermont.