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The first documented Edgerton in America was Richard Edgerton, who emigrated from England to Connecticut in the mid-1600’s.  He settled first in Saybrook and was later one of the original proprietors of Norwich.  Most of Richard’s children and grandchildren lived in Norwich.  Richard was the progenitor of most, if not all, of the Edgerton families that resided in Connecticut throughout the 1700’s and 1800’s.  It was largely during the fourth and fifth generations that the family began to spread out – first into the surrounding states of Vermont, New York and Massachusetts, and thence to points farther north, south and west.  Today, the descendants of Richard Edgerton number in the thousands and are found throughout the United States and abroad.

I.  The Richard Edgerton Database

Richard Edgerton of Norwich, CT

The Edgerton Index

Edgertons of Unknown Origin

The Edgerton Photo Album

II.  Norwich, Connecticut

History of Norwich

The Founders Monument

Norwich Families

III.  Edgertons in England

The Tentative Ancestry of Richard Edgerton

Edgerton Heraldry and Arms

English Edgerton Families

IV.  Other Edgerton Families in America

Thomas Edgerton – Haddonfield, New Jersey

Dennis Egerton – Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Edward Edgerton – Hanover, Pennsylvania

Otis Edgerton – Barnwell Co., South Carolina

Matthew Egerton – New Brunswick, New Jersey