He had the following children: John, Edward, Mary, Peter (Benjamin's father), Jonathan and Sarah Edes.

Edes, as a member of the Loyal Nine, the directing group behind the Sons of Liberty, filled the columns of the Gazette with numerous articles criticizing the Stamp Act.

She was a poet and writer, and one of the earliest American female literary figures as well as the first American-born woman to publish under her own name.

[15] Edes, relied on the advice and encouragement of Samuel Adams, Warren, Otis, Quincy inasmuch as his contentious spirit often lacked the intellectual capacity to articulate his outspoken and revolutionary ideas in a manner suited for publication.

[16] On February 29, 1768, the Gazette printed an article written by Joseph Warren, but signed "A True Patriot" Though it referred to an unnamed official, it was an obvious and acrimonious attack on Governor Bernard.

Bernard, already the subject of numerous insults, immediately sent a message to the Council and to the House of Representatives stating that the Gazette had now endangered "the existence of the Government".

The Council unanimously agreed with the Bernard and called the attack "insolent," "licentious," and "subversive of all order and decorum."

By a vote of 39 to 30, it informed the Governor that his apprehension of danger was an unfounded conclusion, as no actual person was named in the article.

[15] During the Siege of Boston, Edes escaped to Watertown, Massachusetts, where he continued to publish the Gazette until 1798, 43 years after he started.