EDWARDS, Bryan (1743-1800), of The Polygon, Southampton.

b. 21 May 1743,He stated this in the autobiographical sketch which prefaced his History (1801 edition), though his daughter had the notion that he was 61 when he died (N. and Q. (ser. 4), i. 139). s. of Bryan Edwards, yeoman and maltster, of Westbury, Wilts. by Elizabeth, da. of Zacchary Bayly of Bowlish, Shepton Mallet Som., sis. of Zacchary Bayly of Nonsuch and Unity Jamaica. educ. Rev. Wm. Foot’s sch. Bristol to 1756; French boarding sch. Bristol 1756-9. m. c. Nov. 1774,The date of his marriage settlement, PCC 593 Adderley. His eldest son Bryan died 9 Mar. 1794, aged 17. Martha, da. of Thomas Phipps of Brook House, Westbury, 1s. surv. 1da. suc. uncle Zacchary Bayly to six plantationsOliver, Antigua, i. 235; PCC 241 Trevor. Edwards also inherited the estates of Hume, a Jamaica planter, in 1773, whence his son’s name Zacchary Hume Edwards. in Jamaica 1769.