Benjamin Edwards (Maryland politician)

Benjamin Edwards (August 12, 1753 – November 13, 1829) was an American merchant and political leader from Montgomery County, Maryland.

For about twenty-five years, he lived at Mount Pleasant farm, which was nine miles from the Montgomery County court house.

[2] Late in life, Edwards migrated westward to the new settlement of Elkton in Todd County, Kentucky.

"[1] She was a daughter of Col. Ninian Beall, an immigrant from Scotland who started his life in America as an indentured servant and ended up as a major landowner and merchant who owned Woodley Mansion.

[6] Together, they were the parents of thirteen children, including:[1] Edwards died on November 13, 1829, in Elkton, Kentucky.