Eddy, Benjamin

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• Reference Number: 76

Benjamin married Hannah on 22 Jun 1710 in Boston, MA. died in in USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 33

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On Apr. 3, 1645, John was apprenticed by Samuel and Elizabeth Eddy to Francis Goulder and his wife Katherine of Hobbes Hole, Plymouth, or as it was sometimes called, Wellingsley. They were near neighbors. John must have finished this apprenticeship in which he learned the trade of a blacksmith in 1658. In the records of Edgartown, Marthas Vineyard, under date of Dec. 28, 1659 is the following record.

The Town (then called Great Harbour) voted to pay the charge of the Smiths Transportation hither if he desires, this is John Edy of Plymouth. (Edgartown Records, I, 133.) On Oct. 22, 1660, he was the owner of one of the shares of land which was given him by the town (Edgartown Rec. I, p. 147). On May 1, 1663 it was voted that John Edy, having remained three years in town should have a lot of 10 acres and a commonage with two acres of meadow - the meadow lies about the pond at Miles Brook (Dukes Co. Deeds, VI, 115).

From these records it would seem that John went to Great Harbour in the spring or summer of 1660, and remained there from the time of his arrival. In the Plymouth Colony Rec. (Vol. 11, p. 37) is a deed dated August 27, 1660, in which

"Aron Knapp of Taunton within the government of New Plymouth, husbandman sold to John Eedey of Hymn, blacksmith, ten acres of land, bee it more or less Scittuate and lying Neare unto the land of Nicholas White in the plantation of Taunton aforsaid hounded by the land of John Eddway, Carpenter on the Northwest side: by the Comons on the southeast side and the Mill River on the end of it. At the end of this deed after the signature and the names of the witnesses is the statement "I John Eedey doe by these presents make over this my deed to Daniell Makenny of Taunton."

Thus it is probable that soon after the date of this deed Aug. 1660 and before Oct. 22, 1660 John went to Marthas Vineyard and became the blacksmith of this new settlement. John Doggett, his wife's father, had purchased land in Martha's Vineyard, and one of her brothers was there. It seems likely that this was another inducement for the young man to go to the Island. The records of Edgartown show that he became one of its prominent men and took an active part in its life.

He bought of John Dogget a plot of six acres for a homestead lot. The exact location of this has not been ascertained, but it is supposed to have been on the "Line" (Sup. Judicial Court Files 4974 also Edgartown Rec., 1, 4, 7). In 1662 he was chosen constable and became a member of the train band. During the period of dissatisfaction with the government of Mayhew, he, together with Thomas Dogget and a few others would not sign the paper showing disapproval (Banks Hist. of Marthas Vineyard, Vol. I).

On Jan. 29, 1663, the neck or land called Quanomica was divided and John Eddy, the following year, came into possession of one of the twenty-five shares.

The following account is taken from "The History of Marthas Vineyard" by Col. Charles E. Banks. He has made an exhaustive study of all the early families on the Island, and is an authority on all matters pertaining to the early history of the place.

This lot was one of the five and twenty, just south of the cemetery on Tower Hill, having a frontage of 142 rods on the harbor. As proprietor he participated in all the divisions of land during his residence in Edgartown, and in 1667 was granted one sixth of the West Chop Neck by Governor Mayhew (Dukes Co. Deeds 1, 239). At this time the project for the purchase of Takemmy was under consideration, and he entered into negotiations with the three partners for admission as a proprietor in the proposed new settlement. Accordingly he offered his lands at Holmes Hole as an exchange for this right, as is shown by the following document:

John married Doggett, Hepzibah in USA. Hepzibah (daughter of Doggett, John and Bathsheba Fay) was born about 1643; died on 3 May 1726 in Tisbury, Marthas Vineyard, MA; was buried in Old Tisbury Cemetery, Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 29775

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• Reference Number: 10
• Baptism: 15 May 1608, Church of St. Dunstan, Cranbrook, Kent, England

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SAMUEL EDDY

ORIGIN: Cranbrook, Kent
MIGRATION: 1630
FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth
REMOVES: Swansea by 1681
OCCUPATION: Tailor. On 26 June 1678 the town of Plymouth allowed five shillings to "Goodman Edey viz: Samuell Edey for work done by him in time of the war in making clothes for soldiers" [ PTR 1:157].
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Samuel Eddy and his wife were both members of the Plymouth church, as evidenced by the inclusion of their death dates in the records of that church.
FREEMAN: Admitted 1 January 1633/4 [ PCR 1:5]. In "1633" and 7 March 1636/7 Plymouth lists of freemen, and in Plymouth portion of 1639, 1658 and 1670 lists of freemen [ PCR 1:4, 53; 5:274; 8:174, 197].
OFFICES: In Plymouth portion of 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms [ PCR 8:188].
ESTATE: On 9 May 1631 Experience Mitchell sold to Samuel Eddy for

Samuel married Savery, Elizabeth in 1630 in England. Elizabeth (daughter of Savery, Thomas and Woodrorke, Margaret) was born in 1606 in Plymouth, MA, MA; died on 24 May 1689 in Swansea, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 29720

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• Reference Number: 29776

John married Bathsheba Fay. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 29777

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• Reference Number: 1

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Kent: - Canterbury Licences (Teaching and Medical) 1568-1646
Volume 17
Appendix 3 Metropolitical Visitation Book 1615 Z.8.3 (V/V 25) August 7-10 1615
Preachers' Licences
County: Kent
Country: England
27a, Cranbrook, Wm Eddye vic.

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Kent: - Canterbury Licences (Teaching and Medical) 1568-1646
Volume 17
Appendix 2 Metropolitical Visitation Book 1607 Z.8.2 (V/V 13) September 9-17 1607
Preachers' Licences
County: Kent
Country: England
Cranbrook, Wm Eddye vic.

William married Fosten, Mary on 20 Nov 1587 in Cranbrook, Kent, England. Mary (daughter of Fosten, John and Munn, E., daughter of Fosten, John and Munn, Ellen, daughter of Munn, Elizabeth) was born on 19 Sep 1568 in Cranbrook, Kent, England; died on 18 Jul 1611 in Cranbrook, Kent, England; was buried on 18 Jul 1611. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 32448
• Baptism: 9 Apr 1570

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• Reference Number: 61774

Thomas married Woodrorke, Margaret. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 61775

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of Hannington, Wiltshire, England.