Obadiah EDDY

1751 - 1826  (75 years)

• Name	Obadiah EDDY  [1]
  	When he was seven years old, he was apprenticed to learn a trade. He became a worker in iron. When the Revolutionary War broke out he enlisted. His service which began with a march to Boston when the first call came, was as follows: Obadiah Eddy, Tauton, Private, Capt. John King's co., Col. Timothy Walker's regt.' muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 3, 1775; service, 3 mos. 5 days; also company return dated Oct 6, 1775; also order for bounty cont or it's equivalent in money dated Roxbury, Nov 27, 1775. Obadiah Eddy, Tauton, Private, Capt. Ichabod Leonard's 6th (Taunton) co. Col. George William's regt; service, 7 days; com; any marched to Warren, R.I., via Rehoboth, on the alarm manded by Lieut. Col. James Williams, Brig. Gen. Godfrey's (Bristol Co.) brigade; service 3 days; company marched from Taunton to Tiverton, R.I., on the alarm of Aug. 1, 1780. Soon after the war he went to southern Vermont. "The first inhabitants of Woodford to take the freeman's oath were --Caleb More, Obed Eddy, Zadok Pierce, etc., a;so; the first representive chosen was Obed Eddy who utterly refused to serve, in consequence of which no suffrages were given for Governor", etc. (Hemingway's Gazetteer of Vermont History in Vol. I, p. 248). When the census of 1790 was taken Obadiah Edee was in Bennington, Vt., with a household consisting of three males over 16, five under 16, and a male over 45, one girl under 10, and a female over 45. When his estate was settled Oct. 5, 1825, Phebe, "daughter and heir of Obadiah, late of Woodford, Vt., was made administrator with Joseph Hollister as surety." Ebenezer Temple and John Knapp were the appraisers (Bennington, Vt. Probate Rec.). [1]
  Birth	10 Mar 1751	Norton, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 May 1826	Woodford, Vermont   [1]
  Person ID	I77006	Main Tree
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	Obadiah EDDY,   b. Abt 1722   d. 19 Sep 1756, Lake George - In the French and Indian War (Age 34 years)
  Mother	Lois HIX
  Family ID	F31097	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Phebe PROUTY,   b. abt. 1746   d. 27 Nov 1821, Woodford, Vermont (Age 75 years)
  Children	+ 1. Obadiah EDDY,   b. Abt 1772, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. Sep 1862, Marquette, Michigan (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F31096	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2015

  
  

• Sources

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