Benjamin Eddy

1707 - 1799  (91 years)

• Name	Benjamin Eddy
  Birth	30 Nov 1707	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Occupation	1731 (23 years)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 5]
  He was a tailor.
  Married	17 Nov 1733 (25 years)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6]
  Elizabeth Truesdale, the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Hammond) She was born on 12 March 1709 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She and Benjamin Eddy filed marriage intentions on 13 November 1733 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth died 15 November 1751 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Tabitha Eddy (1734-1736) 2. Elizabeth Eddy (1736-1737) 3. Tabitha Eddy (1738-____) 4. Benjamin Eddy (1739____) 5. Hannah Eddy (1741-1742) 6. Samuel Eddy (1744-____) 7. John Eddy (1745-1786) 8. Ward Eddy (1748-____)
  Offices Held	1735 (27 years)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5]
  He served as a Tithingman.
  Offices Held	1739 (31 years)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5]
  He served as the Hogreeve. He served as Hogreeve again in 1745.
  Offices Held	1744 (36 years)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5]
  He was the Hayward.
  Offices Held	1747 (39 years)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5]
  He was a Constable.
  Offices Held	1752 to 1753 (44 years)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5]
  He was the Sealer of Weights and Measures. He served as the Sealer again in 1756 and 1758.
  Married	12 Apr 1753 (45 years)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6]
  Hannah Day. She was born about 1714 and she died 24 February 1794 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  Offices Held	1757 (49 years)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5]
  He was a member of the School Committee.
  Offices Held	1758 (50 years)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5]
  He was the Surveyor of Highways, which office he served again in 1764.
  Offices Held	1763 (55 years)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5]
  He was a Warden.
  Offices Held	1764 (56 years)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5]
  He was the Surveyor of Wheat and Flour.
  Offices Held	1766 (58 years)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5]
  He was the Overseer of the Workhouse.
  Military	19 Apr 1775 (67 years)  [3]
  He marched to the alarm (Lexington and Concord) though he was then 68 years old. He was a private in Capt. Amariah Fuller's Company. Between 9 December 1776 and 18 December 1776, he served with Lt. Joseph Craft's Company in the siege of Boston.
  History	1777 (69 years)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [3, 5]
  Benjamin Eddy lent the town of Newton £56 so that soldiers could be paid.
  Moved To	After 1794 (87 years)	Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  He moved after the death of his second wife, Hannah Day.
  Death	2 May 1799	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [3, 6]
  Bond (1860), Woodward (1982), and Daniels (1892) give his birth as 1798 in Royalston, Massachusetts.
  Siblings	3 brothers and 4 sisters
  1. John Eddy,   b. 6 May 1696, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1762, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 65 years)   2. Elizabeth Eddy,   b. 28 Jul 1697, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   3. Sarah Eddy,   b. 21 May 1700, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 14 Oct 1779, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 79 years) + 4. Samuel Eddy,   b. 14 Aug 1701, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 4 Aug 1762, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 60 years) ▻ Elizabeth Bellows,  m. 30 Jan 1727   5. Elizabeth Eddy,   b. 29 Jul 1703, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. > 6. Ebenezer Eddy,   b. 9 Jan 1704/5, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 15 Dec 1768, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 63 years) ▻ Ruth Ward,  m. 4 Apr 1737   7. Benjamin Eddy,   b. 30 Nov 1707, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 2 May 1799, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 91 years)   8. Ruth Eddy
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Rev. William Eddy,   b. 1558 to 1564, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England d. 23 Nov 1616, Cranbrook, Kent, England  (Age 58 years)  (2 x Great Grandfather)  Elizabeth Carson  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I12712
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Samuel Eddy,   b. 4 Jun 1668, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 6 Aug 1746, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth Woodward,   b. 8 May 1664, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 7 Aug 1753 (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F1014	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Benjamin Eddy(1707 – 1799) 2Samuel Eddy(1668 – 1746) 4Samuel Eddy(1640 – 1711) 8John Eddy(1597 – 1684) 16Rev. William Eddy(1564 – 1616) 17Mary Fosten(Abt 1563 – 1611) 9Amie Doggett(1597 – ) 18John Doggett 19Dorothy 5Sarah Meade(1643 – 1711) 10Gabriel Meade(Abt 1589 – 1666) 20 21 11Joanna(Abt 1603 – 1683) 22 23 3Elizabeth Woodward(1664 – 1753) 6George Woodward(Abt 1619 – 1676) 12Richard Woodward(20 Jan 1585/86 – 16 Feb 1664/65) 24William Woodward(1569 – ) 25Elizabeth 13Rose Stewart(Abt 1584 – 1662) 26 27 7Elizabeth Hammond(Abt 1633/34 – Before 2 Mar 1695/96) 14Thomas Hammond(9 Jan 1586/87 – 1675) 28 29 15Elizabeth Carson 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 30 Nov 1707 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Occupation - 1731 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 17 Nov 1733 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 1735 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 1739 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 1744 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 1747 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 1752 to 1753 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 12 Apr 1753 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 1757 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 1758 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 1763 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 1764 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 1766 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. History - 1777 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Moved To - After 1794 - Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 2 May 1799 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S463] Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts including Waltham and Weston, (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860). [S452] Woodward, Norma Slater. Descendants of Richard Woodward New England 1589-1982, (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1982). [S218] Eddy, Ruth Story Devereux. The Eddy Family in America, (Boston: The Eddy Family Association, 1930). [S661] Daniels, George F. History of the Town of Oxford, Massachusetts, (Oxford, Massachusetts: by the author, 1892). [S666] Ritter, Priscilla R. and Thelma Fleishman. Newton, Massachusetts, 1679-1779 A Biographical Directory, (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1982). [S665] Woods, Henry Ernest. Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1905).