Person:William Eddy (9)

Matriculated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and received his BA in 1583. He is listed as a sizar - one who worked to pay off his school expenses. He first muved to Thurston, a small parish in Suffolk, where he served as curate from 1583 to 1586. In 1586, he received his masters from Cambridge and moved to Cranbrook, where he served as assistant to the parish of St. Dunstan's Church and wrote the parish records. He succeeded the vicar upon his death in August 1591 and held the office until his own death in 1616.^S7

"He was a very methodical gentleman, a strict Episcopalian, judicious in his counsels, humane in his advice, and a reprover of immorality. Every way he appears to have been a diligent pastor over his flock, and has left a folio volume with eighty of its pages engrossed and illuminated, bearing evidence of his skill and taste, as well as care, in preserving the parish registers."^S2

1.   Cutter, William Richard. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of the Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation. (New York, New York, United States: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913-14)
   pg 2076.
2.   Eddy, Charles. Genealogy of the Eddy family. (Brooklyn, N.Y.?: unknown, 1986)
   Page 5.
3.   .

   WILL:
   Dated Aug. 20, 1616; pvd Dec. 4, 1616. Named wife Sara; sons: John, Samuel, Zacharias & Phineas; daughters: Abigail, Anne, Elizabeth, Priscilla & Marie wife of Simeon Evernden & their 3 children: Simeon, Katherine & Robert; brother Stephen Ruck. [Eddy Genealogy]

4. ↑ Eddy Family Association
   332. Samuel Eddy http://www.eddyfamily.com/gen6_7.htm#id662.

   332. Samuel6 Eddy (Samuel5, Samuel4, Obadiah3, Samuel2, William1Eddye) EFA 1930 p 162 EFA 1980 p 12 was born on 12 Jan 1742/43 at Middleboro, Massachusetts, USA. He married Anna Morton on 10 Mar 1763 at Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 29 Nov 1821 at Wayne, New York, USA, at age 78. Children of Samuel6 Eddy and Anna Morton all b. at Middleboro, Massachusetts, USA, were as follows: * i. Samuel7; b. 21 Jun 1764; m. Esther; d. 7 Jan 1855 at Colerain, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA, at age 90. * ii. William EFA 1930 p 258 EFA 1980 p 20; b. circa 12 Jan 1769; m. Sally (--?--); d. 30 Nov 1824; bur. at Eddy Ridge Cemetery, Marion, New York, USA. * iii. Susannah; b. * 730. iv. David, b. 3 Mar 1774; m. Margaret Patterson; m. Deborah Shaw. * v. Lydia; b. * 731. vi. Rebecca, m. Joseph Morrison. * 732. vii. Seth, b. circa 26 Apr 1784; m. Millicent Huggins. * viii. Martha; b; m. Elisha Hutchinson.

5. ↑ Eddy, Ruth Story Devereux, and Massachusetts) Eddy Family Association (Middleboro. The Eddy family in America, a Genealogy (1930): in commemoration of the three hundredth anniversary of the landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, October 29, 1630. (Boston, Mass.: Published under the direction of the Eddy Family Association, Inc. by T.O. Metcalf Company, Will Currier Eddy, associate, 1930)
   http://www.eddyfamily.com/william_eddye.htm.

   William Eddye, b. at Bristol, England; d. at Cranbrook, Co. Kent, England, Nov. 23, 1616; m. (i) at Cranbrook, Nov. 20, 1587, Mary Fosten; dau. of John and Ellen (Munn) Fosten. Mary died in July 1611 and William m. (2) Feb. 22, 1613/4, at Cranbrook, Sarah Tayler, a widow. She d. before Feb. 5, 1639/40 when her will was proved.

6.   Church of St. Dunstan, Parish Register. (Location: Cranbrook, England;)
   http://www.eddyfamily.com/william_eddye.htm.

   Upon the first page of the Parish Register at the Church of St. Dunstan in Cranbrook, it is written by the hand of William himself, since his signature is at the foot of the page, that he was "borne in the cittie of Bristoll."

7. ↑ Eddy, Ruth S.D.; Ruth Story Devereux Eddy; and Massachusetts) Eddy Family Association (Middleboro. The Eddy Family in America (Supplement of 1940). (Boston, Massachusetts: Boston: Eddy Family Assoc. (1940), 1940).
8.   m(2) Feb. 22, 1613/4 Mrs. Sarah Tayler.