Person:Samuel Eddy (9)

Samuel's father died when he was young, so his brother Phineas was given responsibility for his education. He was trained as a tailor before receiving his inheritance at the age of 22. As he traved to the colonies the same year, the £100 was probably used for his passage. Records as to where he lived before emigrating are lost, so it is unknown whether he married before or after.^[5]

On 10 Aug 1630, he left London with his brother John aboard the Handmaid. They put in at Plymouth on 29 October. ^[6] They tried to settle at Boston, but they had no papers allowing them to leave Plymouth. John eventually acquired his papers, but Samuel stayed in Plymouth. ^[7] He bought house and land from Experience Mitchell in Plymouth in 1631 for £20.^[8] He was admitted as a freeman in Plymouth on 1 Jan 1633/34, and appears on lists of freeman through 1670.^[9]

The Eddy Family genealogy notes that apparently work as a tailor wasn't available or profitable, as he was listed among the "poore of the towne" several times during the 1630s and 40s. ^[10] However, Great Migration does not list that reference, and instead notes that he regularly hired cows maintained for the town's poor.^[11] It also lists a number of land transactions up through the 1660s. On the other hand, Samuel and his wife sent their sons John, Zachary and Caleb to work and live with others when they were each 7-9 years old (in 1645, 1646/7 and 1652, respectively), in one case noting in the record that they could not afford to bring up the child the way they wanted.^[12]

His sons left for Swansea in 1669, but he didn't join them until late in life.

Deeds and Transactions

Mayflower Desc., Vol. II, Plymouth Colony Deeds, pg 30 Bradford: Govr

Memorand; the 4th of March 1652

That wheras Samuell Eeddy and Elizabethhis wife of the Town of Plymouth haveing many children and by Reason of manywants lying upon them soe as they are not able to bring them u as they Doe Desire and out of the good Respect they have to mr John Browne of Rehoboth they Did Desire that hee the said mr Browne wuold take Caleb theire sonne being of the age of nine yeares and bring him up in his Imployment of husbandry or any other busines hee shall see meet fr the good of their child till he come to the age of one and twenty yeares; wheruon Mr Browne did in the prsence of Mr Bradford Govnr and other of the maiestrates take into his service the said Caleb; and promiseth to provid for and allow him Dureing the said tearme all nessessaries Requisite for such a servant according to the condition and stae of the countrey; And Doth further of his owne will provide; that if incase he the said Mr Browne and his wife shall Depart this life before the said Caleb shall ataine the end of his time of service; that then his sonne that shall have the goverment of him Dureing the Resedue of the said time not attained unto; shall make sale of the said Resedue of time not attained unto nor any pte therof to any pson or psns whatsoever wherby hee shall or may bee wronged; And if it shall soe come to pase that those to whomsoever hee shalbee comitted unto after the Death of the said Mr. John Browne and his wife shall notDeale well with him as such a servant ought to be Dealt with; then upon the complaint of any of the frinds of the said Caleb; It shalbee Lawfull for the Deacons of the Church of Plymouth aforsaid with the Governor that then shalbee to take him wholy away and place him with whom they shall see meete provided that noe sale or merchandice bee made of the Remainder of his time by any;

FTM CD203, Mayflower Desc., Vol XIV, Plymouth Colony Deeds, pg [36] 235: [p. 36] 1660 Prence Govr:

The 21 of July 1660:

MemorandumThat Samuell Eedey senir: of the Towne of Plymouth in the Jurisdiction of Plymouth in New England Tayler Doth acknowlidge that for and Consideration of avalluable sume to him alreddy payed by Samuel Ryder Junir: of the Towne of Plymuoth aforsaid in the Jurisdiction aforsaid Planter wherwith hee the said Samuell Eedey is sufficiently satisfyed Contented and fully payed; he hath freely and absolutely bargained allianated and sold enfeofed and Cnofeiremed; and by these prsents Doth bargaine sell enfeofe and Confeirme unto the said Samuell Ryder all that his pcell of land lying att Manomett Ponds in the township of Plymouth aforsaid .....

FTM CD203, Mayflower Desc., Vol XVI, Plymouth Colony Deeds, pg [75] 205: [JOHN RICKARD TO SAMUEL EDDY]

[p. 75] 1661 Prence Govr:

The first of January 1661

Memorandum That John Rickard of the Towne of Plymouth in the Jurisdiction of Ne Plymouth in Ne England in America plantor Doth acknowlidge; that for and in Consideration of the sume offive pounds to him alreddy payed by Samuell Eedey of the Towne aforsaid in the Jurisdiction afordaid Tayler ; hee hath bargained and sould enfeofed and Confeirmed; and by these prsents Doth bargaine sell enfeofe and Confeirme untothe said Samuell Eedy all that his house and garden pltt at Wellingsley in the Township of Plymuoth aforsaid being next unto the house and garden plott of Samuell Dunham there; The said house and garden plott or mistead with alland singulare the boards shelves Dores and lockes belonging to the said house with all the ffence or fences on the said garden plott with all other appurtenances belonging unto the same with all the said John Rickard his right title and interest of and into the same to belong unto said Samuell Eedey to himand his heires for ever; To have and to hold

Estate and Estate Settlements

On 24 March 1662 "Samuell Eedey seni[o]r" of Plymouth, tailor, granted "unto his two sons viz: Zacariah Eedey and Obadiah Eedey all that his share lot and portion of land which he hath in the land granted and confirmed by the court in June last past before the date hereof, unto sundry persons, lying near unto Namassakett," to be equally divided between them, reserving "unto his own use six acres of the upland of the said lot of land," this six acres to belong to sons Zachariah and Obadiah at his death, and that they permit him to winter three cows on their share of the land; "it was mutually agreed before the ratification of the premises by and between the said Samuell Eedey and Zachariah Eedey that in case Caleb Eedey shall desire a quarter part of the abovesaid land he shall have it"; acknowledged 26 February 1672.^[13]

Agreement following Samuel’s death, recorded in Plymouth Co Registry of Deeds, Book 7:

Swansey, Octobr. ye 14th 1695 Be it knowne unto all Men by these presents that wee whose names are Under Written have joyntly Agreed And Concluded in And about some lands wch did appertaine unto our honored father Sami'l Eddy late of Swansey Deceased And are come to a Full Conclusion of ye Same in Amongst ourselves wch is as followeth viz. that Zachariah Eddy arid Obediah Eddy Shall have all ye land wch is in And upon the East side of Namasket Great River to them . . . wch said land is called and knowne by ye Name of Capt. Southworths purchase: And likewise John Eddy and Caleb Eddy shall have all ye land on ye west side of Namasket Great River, called and knowne by the name of the Sixteen shilling purchase . . . wee the sd Zachariah Eddy Obediah Eddy John Eddy & Caleb Eddy have hereunto Sett our hands and Seals this Twenty Ninth Day of October one thousand Seven Hundred & Six and in the fifth year of that Reigne of our Sovereigne lady Anne Queen of England. This deed was acknowledged on ye 11th day of … 1707 and recorded Dec. 1, 1707.

Also found in Book 9, p. 264: I John Eddy of ye towne of Tisbury in Duks County . . . for Ten pounds sell to Jacob Tomson of ye towne of Middleboro in ye county of Plymouth ... all that my one half share of land in that purchase of Land commonly called ye sixteen shilling purchase, both divided & undivided lying within ye township of Middleboro, aforsd; wch affore mentioned half share of Land is ye one half of that Share of Land, wch did originally belong unto my hon'd father Samuel Eddy deceased & hath since been in partnership between myself & my brother Caleb Eddy. In witness whereof I ye aforsd John Eddy have hereunto Sett my hand this 28th day of Sept. 1711.

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Eddy, Ruth S.D. Eddy Family in America (Supplement of 1940), Boston: Eddy Family Assoc., 1940.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).

   Profile of Samuel Eddy

3.   Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
   2:99.

   Eddy, SAMUEL, Plymouth, s. of Rev. William, it is said, of Cranbrook in Kent, but liv. at Boxted, Co. Suff. came in the Handmaid to Plymouth, Oct. 1630, is call. br. of the first John, by w. Elizabeth wh. d. 1682, aged 81, had John, b. 25 Dec. 1637; Zechariah, 1639; Caleb, 1643; Obadiah, 1645; and Hannah, 23 June 1647. He d. 1688 at Swanzey, aged a. 87. Caleb d. 23 Mar. 1713.

4. ↑ Eddy Family Association
   http://www.eddyfamily.com/gen1_5.htm#id152.

   Samuel 2 Eddy record

5. ↑ Eddy, Ruth S.D. Eddy Family in America (Supplement of 1940), Boston: Eddy Family Assoc., 1940.
6. ↑ Eddy, supra; History of Plymouth
7. ↑ Eddy, supra
8. ↑ Great Migration, Profile of Samuel Eddy
9. ↑ Great Migration, supra
10. ↑ Eddy, supra
11. ↑ Great Migration, citing Plymouth Town Records, 1:4,19,20,27,28
12. ↑ Great Migration, citing Plymouth Colony Records 2:82-83, 2:112-13, and Plymouth Deeds 2:1:39
13. ↑ Great Migration, citing Mayflower Descendant 8:34-35, transcribing Plymouth Deeds 2:2:116