1. Jedithen "Gideon" Canterbury was born 1740 in , Prince William, Virginia. He died before 1790 in , Wilkes Co, North Carolina.
Jedithen married (1) Mary Smythe.
Jedithen also married (2) Ann "Nancy" Franklin, daughter of Lawrence Franklin and Mary Payne, before 1774 in , Orange Co, Virginia. Ann was born 1736 in , Orange Co, Virginia. She died 1818 in , , Kentucky.
They had the following children:
+ 2 M i John C Canterbury + 3 M ii Reuben C Canterbury + 4 M iii Nimrod Charles Canterbury + 5 M iv Benjamin Franklin Canterbury