Ebenezer EDDY

1705 - 1768  (63 years)

• Name	Ebenezer EDDY  [1, 2]
  	In the early part of his life he lived in Watertown where he was much interested in the church. The records state that on Apr. 24, 1732 Ebenezer Eddy had a side gallery pew in the meeting house in the East Precinct in Watertown. In the latter part of his life, he moved to Oxford where two of his brothers were already living. He settled at Elliott Mill Place. He was a soldier in the French and Indian War. From the Worcester Probate Records (18705) it is learned that Ebenezer left a wife Ruth, who refused to administer his estate and desired that her son Thomas Eddy be appointed in her place. The children mentioned are eldest son Thomas Eddy; son Abel and dau. Sarah Gleason, wife of Joseph Gleason; dau. Tabitha Towne, wife of Samuel Towne; dau. Eunice and two minor daughters Jemima and Ruth, who whose John Hart for their guardian. He was the husband of their cousin, Ruth Eddy. On Jan. 18, 1769, Thomas was made administrator and about a year later, on Feb. 1, 1770, he bought the rights to the property from all his brothers an sisters, thereby owning the property in common with his mother who still kept her thirds. Ebenezer Eddy settled the estate of his brother-in-law, Jonas Ward, on May 1748, at Oxford, Mass. He charged for a journey which he was obliged to make to "Exeter and Portsmouth to collect, wages due to Mr. War." From his father-in-law, Eleazer Ward, he received interest in a grist-mill in Oxford (Ward Gen.) [1]
  Birth	9 Jan 1704/05	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Dec 1768	Oxford, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I77048	Main Tree
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Samuel EDDY,   b. 4 Jun 1668, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. Prob. 6 Aug 1746, Oxford, Massachusetts (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth WOODWARD,   b. 8 May 1664, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. Aft 30 Nov 1707 (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	7 Dec 1693  [1, 3]
  Family ID	F31124	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth WARD,   b. 19 May 1710, Newton, Massachusetts
  Marriage	4 Apr 1737	Oxford, Massachusetts   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Abel EDDY,   b. 19 Apr 1741, Oxford, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F31119	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2015

  
  

• Sources

  [S5950] Ruth Story Devereux Eddy, A.E., A.M., "The Eddy Family in America" A Genealogy, (The Eddy Family Association, Inc.). [S12071] Andrew Henshaw Ward, A.M., Ward Family; Descendants of William Ward, Who settled in Sudbury, Mass., in 1639. [S8841] American Ancestor.org, Early New England Families, 1641 - 1700, Vol. 1.