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Chapter Origin
Benjamin Franklin Chapter, established in Mexico City in 1905, was the
first chapter organized in Mexico. This chapter existed until the
unstable political situation in Mexico following the downfall of the government in
1911 led to the disbandment of the chapter on April 5, 1916.
The DAR returned to Mexico when John Edwards Chapter was organized in Mexico City in April 1953. It was named for the Revolutionary
ancestor of
the Founding Regent, Edna Hammond Tatspaugh (Mrs. Melville).
John Edwards, born in Easthampton, Long Island, NY on November 12, 1738, served as a private in Suffolk County's Minuteman
Militia. He married his wife Sarah on September 20, 1761.
After the war, they built their home in Sayville, Long Island, NY where he died
August 30, 1826. He is buried in the family plot and his grave has been marked by the DAR.