Edwards Genealogy of Colonial Virginia

Look around Edwards genealogy on the internet and you'll see this claim: John Edwards b. Feb. 8, 1683 Denbighshire, Wales d. Mar. 6, 1757 Rockingham County (or Spotsylvania County, etc.), Virginia Usually this person is said to be married to someone called "Jane Everington (Arrington)." He is sometimes associated with the Cherry Grove Plantation of King William County, Virginia, which according to Peyton Neale Clark was founded by Ambrose Edwards around 1745. Clark makes no mention of a John Edwards in this generation. Let me assure you, this John Edwards never existed. He is a confusion of at least two different historical men named John Edwards: 1. Dr. John Edwards (c.1685 - 1743) who owned land in Westmoreland, Spotsylvania and King George Counties in the early 18th century. He is believed to have been married to a Jane Arrington. His estate was probated by Anne Edwards and a possible relative of hers, Richard Tutt, on December 2, 1743 in King George County, Virginia.