Samuel EDDY

1608 - 1687  (~ 79 years)

• Name	Samuel EDDY  [1]
  	Soon after Samuel's death the records state that Samuel Eddy's share in the 26 Men's Purchase was then in the hands of Obadiah Eddy. In 1695 when a new survey was made Samuel's share is called the 9th lot, which consisted of a little more than 8 acres near Ravin Brook. So far as is known Samuel Eddy held no public office. This was due probably to his youth and inexperience with conditions in a colony which had been established for ten years when he joined it, and as time went on the care of his family occupied his entire attention. Just how many children Samuel and Elizabeth had is not known. Three times in deeds Samuel is called Samuel Eddy, Sen'r (July 21, 1660, Mar. 24, 1662, and Dec 1681). In 1681, Both Zachariah and Caleb had small boys named Samuel, but at the time of the first two deeds so far as is known, there was no other Samuel Eddy in Plymouth. It is therefore possible to suppose that Samuel had another son, who was named Samuel Eddy and of such an age in 1660 that; it was considered necessary to distinguish the father as Samuel Eddy, Sen'r. Likewise Elizabeth also appears on a record as Elizabeth Eddy, Sen'r so it is possible to adda a daughter Elizabeth to the list of the children. But since neither Samuel nor Elizabeth left a will, no way has been found, up to the present, to prove the truth of falsity of these suppositions. As both Samuel and Elizabeth were elderly people at the time of their deaths and they both died in Swansea, it seems likely that they were living with either their son Zachariah or their son Caleb, both of whom resided in swansea. It was the custom in early New England to bury the dead on the day following the death and in a plot near the house, so it would be natural for Samuel and Elizabeth to be buried near the home of one of these Swansea sons. It happens that in December of 1696, just nine years after the death of Samuel and seven years after the death of Elizabeth, Zachariah Eddy sold to his son, Zachariah Eddy, twenty acres in Swansea, lying in a place "Commonly known by the name of Matapoysett, bounded northerly with the highway, easterly with the fence and Spring Brook to the Salt Water, southerly to the land of Ralph Chapman and bounded westerly with the highway which leade to the land of Ralph Chapman....excepting and reserving the Burying Place on the premises which is to lye and remain as a burying place for and to the families of the said Eddys & for such of their neighbors as the said Eddys shall admit of forever." Thus it is known that preious to 1696 Zachariah had already buried some members of his family near his home. Since the only Eddys who died besides his wife Alice were his father and mother, it seems almost certain that Samuel and Elizabeth lie in the Eddy Cemetery in Swansea Village, perhaps in two of those graves whose locations are marked by stones which bear no inscriptions. This cemetery lies on a hill-top, overlooking the cove of salt water, just south of the main road through the village. It adjoins the estate of Mrs. Frank Stevens and is east of the Swansea Dye Works. This plot was used by the descendants of Zachariah as a burial place for over a hundred years. [1]
  Christening	15 May 1608	Cranbrook, Co. Kent, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Nov 1687	Swansea, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I20485	Main Tree
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Rev. William EDDYE,   b. Bristol, Gloucesteshire, England d. 23 Nov 1616, Cranbrook,Co. Kent, England
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary FOSTEN,   b. 19 Sep 1568, Cranbrook, Kent, England d. 18 Jul 1611, Cranbrook, Kent, England (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	20 Nov 1587	Cranbrook, Kent, England   [1]
  Family ID	F04153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth SAVERY,   b. Abt 1607   d. 24 May 1689 (Age 82 years)
  Children	1. John EDDY,   b. 25 Dec 1637, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 27 Nov 1695 (Age 57 years)  [Birth]   2. Zachariah EDDY,   b. 1639   d. 4 Sep 1718, Swansea, Massachusetts (Age 79 years)  [Birth]   3. Caleb EDDY,   b. 1643, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 23 Mar 1712/13, Swansea, Massachusetts (Age 70 years)  [Birth] + 4. Obadiah EDDY,   b. Abt 1645, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 1727 (Age 82 years)  [Birth]   5. Hannah EDDY,   b. 23 or 27 June 1647  [Birth]
  Family ID	F30100	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2015

  
  

• Sources

  [S5950] Ruth Story Devereux Eddy, A.E., A.M., "The Eddy Family in America" A Genealogy, (The Eddy Family Association, Inc.).