EDEY, Joseph

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• Reference Number: 83915

Family/Spouse: LOUGH, Jane. Jane died in 1928. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. EDEY, Mary
2. EDEY, Elma
3. EDEY, Ernest
4. EDEY, Samuel was born in 1871; died in 1941.
5. EDEY, Elizabeth Jane was born in 1876; died in 1942.
6. EDEY, Nelson Joseph was born in 1878; died in 1972.
7. EDEY, Robert was born in 1881; died in 1912.

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• Reference Number: 84887

Richard married WYMAN, Mary. Mary was born in 1821; died in 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 83914

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• Reference Number: 84881

Notes:

[Edey.FTW]

From the Archives of Ontario, Microfilm N88 R7P, "The Christian Guardian",
May 7, 1856 - March 13, 1861

Dated April 22, 1857

Moses Edey of Aylmer Circuit

Died on the seventh day of February last, at his residence, near the
Village of Aylmer, in the seventy fourth year of his age, brother Moses
Edey, one of the oldest and most esteemed members of our church on this
Circuit. He was a native of Vermont in the United States. He emigrated
to Eastern Canada, and settled in the township of Hull, fifty-two years
ago where he continued to resided in the midst of a numerous and
respectable family, until the close of his life. During the early part of
his life, he manifested an entire indifference to the claims of the
Christian religion. A few years after locating in this country, he was
brought to feel His obligations to love and serve his Divine Redeemer,
while suffering from sickness, through the conversation and prayers of a
pious friend. It was not, however, until sometime after this event, that
he surrendered himself wholly to the service of God. In 1827, he sought
and obtained salvation, through faith in the atonement of Christ, and
connected himself with the Wesleyan Methodist Church. In which he held an
official position and in whose institutions he remained unswervingly
attached, until God removed him to the Church triumphant.

Brother Edey possessed an unblemished Christian character. To a
profession of piety, he added a general deportment that constrained all
who knew him to acknowledge the genuiness of his religious experience. The
joys of his piety were never ecstatic, but always earnest, never
enthusiastic, but always consistent. His advancement in holiness was not
the most rapid; but it was increasing. His course through the world was
as the path of the just, which shineth more and more unto the perfect
day." By brother Edey's death, the community has lost an influential and
valuable member; the church a wise councillor and liberal supporter; and a
family a tender husband and an affectionate parent.

Moses married Chamberlain, Senior Elizabeth (Sr.) in 1805. Elizabeth was born on 7 Jul 1790; died in 1829 in Aylmer, Quebec. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 84883

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• Reference Number: 13361

Notes:

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Received from J.H. Edey (the following)

Information on the EDEY family

......The name "Luther Edey" appears on a petition for a grant of land in
Tunbridge Gore. This petition, dated Feb. 5, 1780, is printed in Mary
Green Nye's "State Papers of Vermont Vol. V Petitions for Land" on pages
138-9, "Petitions of John Hutchinson et al for Tunbridge Gore". The State
of Vermont "Rolls of Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775 to 1785" has
the following:

page 191 Luther Ede in Capt. Joseph Parkhurst's Co., Aug. 9 - 12, 1780.
pages 384-5 Luther Edye in Capt. Abner Seelye's Co. "from the beginning of
the campaign 1781 to the 30th June in said year. pages 536-7 Luther Eddy
in Capt. Abner Seelye's Co. July 1 - Nov. 17, 1781. Page 590 Luther Eddy
in Capt. Beriah Green's Co. Nov. 30, 1781 to March 23, 1782. Pages 627-8
Luther Edy in Capt. Frye Bayley's Co. for 11 days some time between May,
1781 to the end of the war.


Received from J.H. Edey (Harry) copies of correspondence which he has
received from Angus Gilday. This first letter is dated 28 April, 1986.

JANE, MOSES & SAMUEL EDEY. WHO WHERE THEIR PARENTS? FACTS AND
SPECULATION. WERE THEY LUTHER AND MARY?

From family records, and early research recorded by P.M.O. Evans in "The
Wrights" - Moses Edey came to Hull in 1805 from Randolph, Vermont. Jane,
Samuel and their mother followed in 1806.

Jane married Edmund Chamberlin. Moses married Edmund's sister Elizabeth.
Samuel married Abigail Wright, daughter of Thomas and niece of Philemon.

Recent research by Harry Edey (JHE), Patrick M.O. Evans (PMOE) and Joan
and Angus Gilday (JEG & AMG) has uncovered much of their background.

PMOE found a gravestone in Bellevue Cemetery, Aylmer, Quebec, in 1982 -
MARY, wife of LUTHER EDEY died November 23, 1842 aged 86 Hence, she was
born c. 1756.

JHE reported in "Who Was Wd. Edey?" in late 1983 that Vital Records of
Vermont report the Edey births, and show the father as Wd. Edey. His
further research brought him to the original records in Randolph VT.

JEG & AMG visited Randolph in April, 1986, and located the same page 74 in
Vol A. of Virths, Deaths, Marriages 1766 - 1868 for the Town of Randolph.
The index listing of Edey - Widdow was also noted.

Comment - There can no longer be any question of the letters W. meaning
anything other than widow. JHE speculatd that the entries were made in
1800 to 1803, while AMG leans toward 1798 or slightly earlier. The main
advantage of establishing this date would be to narrow down the period
during which the father died. To father Samuel, he must have been alive
past mid - 1785. He presumably was dead when Moses became the ward of
Evans in March 1798.

JHE found an entry in the Accelerated Indexing System which mentioned
Edey, Luther, and Tunbridge Gore. JEG found the attached in the
Montpelier library. (Note - the footnote is in error - the burning of
Royalton was in 1780, not 1777).

AMG found the following items in the same library.

In the "Historical Souvenir of Randolph, Vermont", Nickerson & Cox, 1895 -
"Oct. 16, 1780...Col. Horton's raid from Canada and the Lake up the
Winooski, up the Jail Branch, down the first branch of the White River,
and the devastation of Caughnawaga Indians in warpaint...These Indians had
got seven Randolph settlers, - except Edward Evans, Mr. Eddy, Israel
Kibbee, the two Blodgetts, James & Hanry, who had gon to Dresden on
Sunday, and young Zadock Steele, who was asleep in the shanty of his
father's lot in the north part of the town, and Asa Edgerton, who was in
Bennington asking for a charter for the town.

On page 2 of the same book - "William Evans...came with his wife, and a
brother Edward Evans". John Evans is also mentioned in the book.

JHE reported finding the Probate Records of the District of Randolph (copy
from his letter attached). JEG & AMG found the same record in Chelsea,
VT, where the Probate Court is located.

Comment - it is interesting that Evans brothers were chosen, more than 4
years apart, as guardians of Moses & Samuel.

Back to the library - the following was found in the census of 1800. Heads
of Families - Vermont - Randolph, Orange County.

Polly Edy 1 female of 26 & under 45, 1 female under 10 (Note: Jane would
be 19 or 20 when this census was taken)

Edward Evans 1 male under 10, 1 male of 10, under 16, 1 male of 16,
under 26, 1 male of 45 & over. 1 female under 10, 1 female of 10, under
16, 1 female of 16, and under 26, 1 female of 45 & over.

John Evans 1 male under 10, 1 male 10, under 16, 2 males 16, under 25, 1
male 45 & over. 1 female under 10, 1 female 45 & over. (Comment in the
margin by JHE - I am not too sure of his conclusions here.

Comment - Polly is a very common nickname for Mary. It would appear that
Samuel was already living with John Evans, even though the adoption was
not official until 1802.

Still in the library - The Vermont Revolutionary Muster Rolls show a
Luther Edey (or Ede, Eddy) in several Randolph companies. One roll, for
1781, show him in Newbury. This is also recorded in the "History of
Newbury, Vermont", and a copy of the page is attached. Note he was in the
same company as Nathaniel Chamberlin and several of Nathaniel's brothers.

The library also contained a book called "The Eddy Family in America". At
first this did not seem to offer a good clue. (JHE referred to this book,
and the author's sugestion that the father may have been Othniel Eddey.)
AMG found in the Supplement October 1940 an interesting addition. The two
relevant pages are attached.

Comment - Luther Eddy, a son of Elkanah and Patience (Cole) Eddy, B. Mar.
7, 1754, would be of suitable age to marry Mary "Polly", b. c. 1756.

Mary entrusted her sons to Edward & John Evans. Could she be their
sister?

Conclusion - There can be little doubt that Jane, Moses & Samuel were the
children of Luther & Mary "Polly" Edey.

Research now should concentrate on the suggestions immediately above and
any other leads to the originas of Luther & Mary.

AMG

1986 04 28

JANE, MOSES & SAMUEL EDEY - WERE THEIR PARENTS LUTHER & MARY EDEY?

Research by Patrick M.O. Evans, John Henry Edey, Joan E.G. Gilday & Angus
M. Gilday points strongly to Luther & Mary as parents of the three Edeys
who came to Hull early in the 19th. century........

In the international Genealogical Index, Angus Gilday found the following,
all recorded in Plainfield Twp., Windham City, Connecticut:

William Evans Born 10 Oct. 1731 son of Edward Evans/Jannet Edward Evans
Born 03 Mar 1750 son of William Evens/Jannet William Evens Born 31 Jan
1752 son of William Evens/Jannet Mary Evens Born 12 April 1756 daughter of
William Evens/Jannet John Evens Born 17 Nov. 1754 son of Edward Evens/Mary

(There were other children of both William & Edward recorded)

At this point, it is hard to escape the conclusion that the mother of
Jane, Moses & Samuel was Mary Evens (Evans), wife of Luther Edey (Eddy),
daughter of William & Jannet Evens, and probably grand-daughter of William
& Jane Evans, and that she arranged for her brother Edward and cousin John
Evens to be guardians of her sons. (note by J.H. Edey - quite possible and
an interesting speculation. I wouldn't state it quite so strongly as he
has done.)

Angus Gilday found in the 1940 Supplement of "The Eddy Family in America",
by Ruth S.D. Eddey: - Luther Eddy, son of Elkanah & Patience (Cole) Eddy,
born March 7, 1754. (This family lived in Swansea and Warren, Rhode
Island.) The Eddy/Cole marriage was found recorded in the I.G.I. and the
birth of a daughter Amey, but no Luther, and no marriage of Luther & Mary.

Luther married Evens\Evans, Mary (Polly) in 1779. Mary was born on 12 Apr 1756 in Plainfield Twshp, Connecticut; died on 23 Nov 1842 in Aylmer, Quebec. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 84272

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WHO WAS WD. EDEY? BY J.H. Edey, AGS #1300

When I started searching my family background in the summer of 1980 all I
knew about the Edey family was the fact that my grandfather had come from
Carleton County, Ontario, and settled in Manitoba in the 1880's. On our
way to Eastern Canada my wife, Iris, and I visited aunts and uncles in
Manitoba and were given an address of their cousin in Carleton Place,
Ontario. When we visited this cousin later we found that much research
had been done by various members of the Edey family and others in the
Ottawa area. We were able to get the books: "What Men They Were!" by S.
Wyman MacKechnie and "The Wrights" by Patrick M.O. Evans. We learned that
my great great grandfather, Moses Edey, had come from Randolph, Vermont,
in 1805 and had settled in Aylmer, Quebec, about 8 miles upriver from
Hull. His widowed mother, his sister Jane, and his brother Samuel
followed the next year. This information gave us a wonderful start and I
began to do further research.

Through correspondence with relatives in Ontario who had visited Vermont
we learned that the births of the three Edeys mentioned were registered in
the Vital Records of Vermont as follows:

Jane Edey born in Randolph, June 11, 1780 Moses Edey born in Newbury,
September 18, 1781 Samuel Edey born in Randolph, May 18, 1786

The name of the father was given as Wd. Edey.

The problem now was to find who was Wd. Edey. What kind of a man was he
who had a child in Randolph one year, another in Newbury the next year and
a third in Randolph five years later? Why all the moving around? What did
Wd. stand for? The Ontario cousins suggested that Wd. could be an
abbreviation for Willard. I searched the microfiche at the LDS
Genealogical Library in Edmonton and sure enough, there were the three
names with birth dates and places as above and the father's name - WD
EDEY. I found several Willard Eddys on the microfiche and in the 1790
Census of the United States. There was also a Ward Eddey but none of them
seemed to be right.

In June, 1983, I sent to the LDS Genealogical Department in Salt Lake City
for photocopies of the three records. On all three copies the space for
Full Name of Father was written in as Wd. Edey. Spaces for Maiden Name of
Mother, Mother's Birthplace, Mother's Residence, Father's Birthplace, and
Father's Occupation had been left blank. Each of the photoduplicates had
a separate statement as follows: "Town of Randolph. I hereby certify that
the facts set forth on the reverse side of this card are matters of record
in this office." with the signature "E.F. Briggs, Town Clerk". No dates
for this signature were given. This indicated that E.F. Briggs had copied
from another source.

We were in Vermont in September, 1983. In the Vital Records Office in
Montpelier I found the cards and confirmed that the photocopies were exact
duplicates. In the Vermont Historical Library I searched for two days for
some record of a Wd. Edey without success but I did learn some history of
Randolph. There had been an Indian raid on Randolph on October 16, 1780.
One man was killed and the other men present were taken captive to Canada
where they were kept for two years. Some men escaped because they
happened to be absent at the time. Among these was a Mr. Eddy. The women
and children were left homeless and had to find shelter in other towns.
This could account for the fact that Moses Edey was born in Newbury. Since
he was born eleven months after the raid his father was not one of the
captives. The settlers of Randolph had applied for the incorporation of
the town a few months before the raid and one of the signatures on the
application is Thomas Eddy. However, because of the raid and the absence
of the settlers, incorporation was not completed and a council was not
elected until 1783.

I also discovered the E.F. Briggs had been Town Clerk of Randolph from
1910 to 1921. Evidently he had completed the cards during this period.
Then I found in the Randolph Town Office what I believe is the source
which E.F. Briggs had used. It is "Vol. A. of Births, Deaths, Marriages
1766 - 1868 for the Town of Randolph" - The Index listed the name "Edey -
Widdow" and referred to page 74. I had page 74 duplicated and the entries
are shown here. (J.H. Edey has shown copies of this information in his
article.)

When I asked a clerk in the Randolph Town Office what she thought Wd.
stood for she immediately said "Widow". I believe she is right and I am
continuing my research on that assumption. If this assumption is correct,
then E.F. Briggs (or someone in his office) made an error when he filled
in the Full Name of Father as Wd. Edey and any records copied from these
cards are in error.

We did not have time to continue our research in Vermont. I think that
the three entries were all made at the same time. Perhaps minutes of
Randolph Town Council would have some information about the time the
records were started. Evidently they were recorded before the Edey family
moved to Canada in 1805-6.

The question "Who Was Wd. Edey?" remains unanswered at present. I am
writing this article with the idea that someone else may find any record
of the first name or maiden name of the Widow Edey who came to Canada with
her three children. The book Vermont's First Settlers" by Jay M.Holbrook
(p. 31) shows a Thomas Eddy had a Land grant in Randolph on June 29, 1781.
I could find no record of the family in the 1790 Census of Randolph or
Vermont.

"The Vermont Historical Gazetter Volume 2" by Hemenway in considering who
was the first child born in Randolph suggests this may have been "Jane
Eddy, daughter of a certain widow Eddy who moved into town a short time
before the proprietors voted to give the first woman that settled in
Middlesex, 100 acres of land. The records show Mrs. Eddy had one child
previously, and one after, born elsewhere. It does not appear she
received the 100 acres." (p. 1042). This write quotes from older
manuscripts.

Ruth Story (Devereux) Eddy in her article "The Eddy Pioneers and Settlers
in Vermont" in The Eddy Family Association Bulletin Vol. VII, No. I, date
October 29, 1927, writes, "In 1780 in Randolph there was a widow Edey with
two sons, Moses and Samuel, and a daughter, Jane. She moved there just
before the proprietors voted to give the first woman who settled in
Middlesex Co. 100 acres of land. I could not find whether she ever
received the land. The children bear regular Eddy names. They must
belong somewhere on the Eddy tree, probably on the Obadiah of Middleboro
branch, but as yet I cannot connect them." The same author wrote a book
"The Eddy Family in America" which was published in 1930. On page 169 she
gives the name of Jane, Moses, and Samuel Edey and suggests their father
may have been Othniel Eddy, the son of Joel Eddy of Ashford, Connecticut.

Jonathon Carpenter lists the residents of Randolph near the end of his
diary. He usually gives both the first and last names but he has written
one surname without a first name. It appears that he wrote "Edy" and then
changed the "y" to a 'd' or and 'e' and added a 'y' at the end. This name
could be "Eddy", "Edey" or "Edgy". This list seems to have been completed
about 1783.

When Ontario relatives were in Vermont in September they found records of
the two brothers in the Probate Records. I obtained Microfilm No. 6888
Probate Records of the District of Randolph 1792 - 1850 from the LDS
Genealogical Department in Salt Lake City and found the following
information on pages 74 and 79:

Samuel Edey, A Minor -- At a Probate court holden at Williamstown in for
the District of Randolph in the first Day of December Anno Domini 1802
Jonathon Frist Esq. Judge -- Samuel Edey a Minor residing in Randolph in
said District personally appeared and made choice of John Eavens of said
Randolph to be his lawfull guardian. At the said Court the said John
appeared & accepted of said trust of Guardian to said Minor who together
with William Ramzey of said Randolph became bound in the sum of five
hundred dollars as surety for the faithfull discharge of said Trust --
whereupon a Letter of Guardianship issued to the said John Eavens. Attest
Jonathon Frist Judge of Probate.

Moses Edey, A Minor -- At a Court of Probate holden at Randolph in and for
the District of Randolph on the 21st day of March Anno Domini 1798. --
Personally appeared Moses Eddy a minor residing in Randolph & made choice
of Edward Evans of said Randolph for his lawful guardian. -- Likewise
appeared said Edward Evans and with Joseph Carpenter of said Randolph
became bound in the sum of four hundred Dollars as security for his
faithgul discharge of said trust -- whereupon a Letter of Guardianship was
granted to said edward Evan. Attest David Storrs Register.

I wonder if there is any significance to the fact that these choices of
guardians were made almost five years apart and at times when the brothers
were about seventeen and a half years old.

I hope others will find this information useful for further research. Here
are my suggestions for continuing research. Somewhere in the Ottawa area
there should be some information about the Widow Edey, the mother of Jane,
Moses and Samuel. This could be in a family Bible, other family papers,
church records, cemetery records, or other sources. In Vermont, there may
be clues in the Randolph Town Council minutes or other town records,
church records, land records or cemetery records. I spent an hour with
Wes and Miriam Herwig, curators of the Randolph Historical Society, and
they suggested extensive records in the Baker Library at Dartmouth College
in Hanover, New Hampshire, could be helpful. If they can be found, the
manuscripts quoted by Hemenway in the Vermont Historical Gazeteer may give
some leads. If the parents of the three Edeys who came to Canada with
their mother in 1805-6 can be identified, it may be possible to trace
their ancestry back for another two or three centuries.

Received from J.H. Edey (the following)

Information on the EDEY Family.

.......There is a gravestone in Bellevue Cemetery near Hull, Quebec, which
has the inscription "In Memory of Mary, Wife of Luther Edey, died 23 Nov.
1842, aged 86 years." I believe that this Mary could only be the mother
of the three Edeys who came to Hull from Randolph in 1805-6.