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- Linda Wilbur - Member of Rootsweb List Eddy-L
I am still searching to make EDDY family connections for my 3rd
great-grandfather, Eli Eddy, born circa 1805 in NY. He married Lydia
LANE before 1824, probably in NY. Lydia was born on or about 4 June,
1801 in NY. My Eli seems to have just evaporated, as he cannot be found
in Michigan after his initial appearance in the 1850 census. The local
graveyards have been thoroughly searched with no results. Fortunately,
Eli's wife/widow and two of his daughters can be located in both the
1860 and 1870 censuses. Lydia Lane Eddy died 8 September, 1876 in Porter
Twp., VanBuren Co., MI at the age of 75.
Known children of Eli and Lydia are:
1. Timothy Eddy, born circa 1824/5 in NY
2. Betsey Ann Eddy, born on or about 3 December, 1827 in NY (m. Otis
FULLER, eight children)
3. Eliza Jane Eddy, born on or about 3 July, 1833 in NY (m. 1. William
B. Eddy, 2. Henry VanDerCook WEATHERWAX, 3. James Weatherwax)
4. Mary E. Eddy, born circa 1836 in NY
This family first appears in the 1850 Federal Census for Porter Twp.
Cass Co., MI. If this is indeed the same bunch enumerated in the 1840
Federal Census living next door to a Lane family in Clarkson Twp.,
Monroe Co., NY, there are two more sons in this family for whom I have
neither names nor vital data. (Based on the age categories given in the
1840 enumeration, one would probably have been born between Timothy and
Betsey Ann, the other between Betsey Ann and Eliza Jane.) An unusually
large number of Eddy family members settled in western St. Joseph and
eastern Cass Co., MI. Some are easily traceable to the main body of
Eddy family research and others are not. Descendants of the children of
my great-great grandmother, Eliza Jane Eddy, by her first husband,
William B. Eddy, can easily trace their father's Eddy lineage, but not
their mother's. Eliza Jane also had one son, Henry Andrew Weatherwax
(1865-1942, married Lena Thompson NELSON,) by her second husband and a
daughter, Ida Elizabeth Weatherwax (1869-1947, married ? BRUCE) by her
third husband. Ida Weatherwax Bruce died without issue, but Henry
Andrew Weatherwax fathered six children, of which four had issue.
An added note of interest here: Mary Etta WING (1822-1853), the first
wife of Henry VanDerCook Weatherwax, was the daughter of Josiah Wing and
Elizabeth Eddy. The couple were married 1 April, 1840 in Porter Twp.,
Cass Co., MI "by Edwin S. Ferriss, Justice of the Peace".
I have been working on solving this genealogical conundrum since early
1987 and admit to being thoroughly stonewalled. Several years ago, a
gentleman tried to solve it, but he only confused the issue even more.
Could my Eli possibly be the long lost son of Eliakim Eddy and Eunice
Farrand? Data available as to Eunice's year of birth would pretty much
render this impossible but for the fact that her other children are
shown to have been born in the late 1790s. Obviously, the jury is still
out...
Needless to say, I would greatly appreciate all the assistance I can get
with this extremely knotty genealogical problem!
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