Edward Shimer, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Shimer, was born at Shimertown, now Redington, Feb. 28, 1741, and died Feb. 16, I815. He learned the trade of a saddler, but it is not on record that he ever followed this occupation. He appears to have preferred the purchase of land and the intelligent management of the same, at the time of his death the assessed valuation of his property amounting to one thousand two hundred and seven pounds, this being one of the largest individual properties in the entire county. He married, 1765, Rosina (Seip) Shimer, widow of his brother, Jacob Shimer.