THE EDDY Falvfil Y in AMERICA Sljpplement of 1950
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THE EDDY FAlvfIL Y IN AMERICA SlJPPLEMENT OF 1950 compiled by RUTH STORY DEVEREUX EDDY, A. B., A. M. Published by THE EDDY FAMILY ASSOCIATION, INC. October 29, 1950 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 1950 THE EDDY FAMILY ASSOCIATION, Inc. FOR HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAP. JOHN SHA0E FRANKLIN, PRESIDENT Brooklyn 5, N. Y. and Wellfleet, Mass. CLIFFORD ROBERT EDDY, VICE PRESIDENT West Newton and Brewster, Mass. LUELLA (EDDY) EDDY, SECRETARY 5 Concord Street, Natick, Mass. JOHN HARDENBERGH EDDY, TREASURER 5 5 Batterymarch Street, Boston 10, Mass. RUTH STORY DEVEREUX EDDY, GENEALOGIST 666 Angell Street, Providence 6, R. I. PELEG WILLIAM EDDY RoriERT DEVEREUX EnoY RUTH BOSWORTH EDDY HON. THOl\fAS WESTON Publishers of "THE EDDY FAMILY IN AMERICA" "THE EDDY FAMILY IN AMERICA, SUPPLEMENT 1940" "THE EDDY FAMILY IN AMERICA, SUPPLEMENT 1950'' Plymouth: October 29, 1630 Organized: September 15, 1920 Tercentennial: October 29, 1930 Incorporated: October 29, 1923 PREFACE This Second Supplement co "The Eddy Family in America," which was pub lished Ocrober 29, 1930, has been compiled by our own Genealogisc, Mrs. Ruch Scory Devereux Eddy, with the assistance of ocher officers of your Association and helpful friends throughout che world. le includes all vital scaciscics supplied con cerning members of che EFA not previously published in che 1930 and 1940 books. A few new lines have been discovered. Several branches previously unconnected have been placed on the Family Tree. A special effort has been made co honor members of che family who served in World War II by including their records. Unforcunacely, detailed records were not provided for many veterans. We hope chac missing information will be senc in for the permanent file. Throughout chis volume the numeral in che left margin refers co the page in the 1930 Genealogy and the second numeral, which is in parenthesis, refers co the number assigned co che individual to be found on char page, and co whose record chis new informacion should be added. If che firsc number is preceded by che leccer "S," che page will be found in che Supplement of 1940. The lase Individual Num ber found in che Firsc Supplement was 15415, so che first new number in this Second Supplement is 15416. The compiler has obtained most of the records in this Sup plement through correspondence with members of the various branches repre sented. le has not been possible to verify the daca by consulting any Vital Records nr Family Bibles. Of1.1,;u. 1.wu "-u1.1c;:,pvudc=uL:) du 11uL agree: in rhe daca given and daces may vary by a day or a year. Doubtless some have depended on memory, feel ing sure chat chat has not failed! It has not been possible co check in every inscance. Through the generosity of Ray Laforest Eddy of Chicago your Associacion has been able co compile an Index of Persons including all individuals mentioned in chis volume and, in addition, an Index of Books, Events and Places, which we hope will add greatly co che usefulness of the 1950 Supplemenc. For your convenience a lisc of war-time and other special abbreviacions used in this volume is printed before the indices, also a list of the libraries where the 1930 Genealogy is available. In using the 1950 Supplement please be sure to look under page references for both the 1930 and 1940 Books in the Appendix as well as in the main body. Augusc 29th of chis year Mrs. Ruth S. D. Eddy, compiler of chis volume, celebrates her 75ch birthday. For over thirty years she has given an amazing amount of energy and rime to the service of this Association with the most brilliant results. The publications of the EF A and the glorious record of its ocher genealogical achievements speak effectively of her labors, as chey do of the great work done by Dr. D. Brewer Eddy, Will C. Eddy, James Williamson Eddy and other founding stalwarts of the Association who have gone to their Heavenly Home during the past decade. To Mrs. Ruch Eddy, to our devoced secretary, our faithful treasurer and our conscientious vice president you have said, "Thank you," by your letters, your at tendance at the Reunions and your purchase of this volume. We can best express our further appreciation both co the living and to the dead by giving our continued co operation in preserving and strengthening the Eddy Family Association. An excel lent first seep is to send us as soon as possible information needed to complete or correct the data contained herein. JOHN SHADE FRANKLIN, President. SUPPLEMENT 1950 Special Index For the Owner of This Volume Genealogical Name of My Ancestor Number Page I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV xv XVI Tl-IE EDDY FAMILY IN .AMERICA SUPPLEMENT 1950 16 ( 15) In the summer of 1945, there came from the press a book from the pen of Mr. George F. Willison of Washington, D. C., called "Saints and Strangers", "Being the Lives of the Pilgrim Fathers & Their Families with Their Friends & Foes," etc. Mr. Willison distinguishes between the Puritans and the Pilgrims. The Puritans were in general the followers of Winthrop, who had come to the shores of New England in the early spring and summer of 1630. The Pilgrims were those who had come to Plymouth first in 1620 on the MAYFLOWER and in the ten years following on the FORTUNE, on the shallop from the SPARROW, on the ANNE and on the LiTTLE JAMES, on the TALBOT and on the second MAYFLOWER. The last of the Pilgrim ships was the HANDMAID which reached Plymouth on Oct. 29, 1630. Of the HANDMAID, Willison says,-"There were 60 pas sengers, chiefly from Leyden-nor can any of this group be identi fied". Since the Eddy Family Association considers that John and Samuel Eddy came on the HANDMAID and landed at Plymouth on 0cc. 29, 1630, it became necessary to prove to Mr. Willison that he had erred in stating that the name of no passenger on the HANDMAID was known. This was done and Mr. Willison agreed to show that he was wrong in his assumptions, when he printed another edition of "Saints and Strangers". It seems wise to print again the statements upon which the Eddy Family Association base their claims that John and Samuel Eddy were passengers on the HANDMAID and landed at Ply mouth on Oct. 29, 1630. John Winthrop, the leader of the Boston group, kept a "Journal". In this he made an entry as follows, "Oct. 29, 1630. The "Handmaid" arrived at Plimouth, having been twelve weeks at sea, and spent all her masts, -John Grant, master, -about sixty passengers," and later he made this entry, -"Nov. 11, 1630. The master came to Boston with Captain Standish and two gentlemen passengers, who came to plant here, but having no testi mony we would not receive them". John Winthrop also wrote a "History of New England". The Edition of 1825 contained an Appendix, which included copies of some of the letters which John Winthrop wrote to his wife, Dorothy, who was still in England. 2 The Eddy Family In America One letter is dated "Boston, Nov. 29, 1630", and John \'v'inthrop writes, -"There is a ship arrived in Plymouth, some thirty miles from here, which came from London the 10th of August, am1 was twelve weeks at sea in such tempests as she spent all her masts; yet ot sixty passengers she lost but one. Edy of Boxted, who came in her, told me, a fortnight since, that he had many letters in rhc ship for me". That John Eddy of Boxted should bring lccters for Winthrop was ·not strange for Eddy's wife was a distant relative, and moreover Winthrop's home in England, was not far from Eddy's home. Winthrop's birthplace was about five miles from Nayland, Suffolk, and Boxted was about two miles from Nayland, in whose church the records of the baptisms of the children of John Eddy are found. From these entries it is clear that John Eddy and Samuel Eddy were the "two gentlemen passengers", who came to Boston with the Master and Captain Standish, but could not stay in Boston be cause they had not papers from Plymouth, which gave them per mission to leave Plymouth and sett~'c! in Boston. So they went back to Plvmouth and in the snrinl! onlv John Rddv ioined the Roston ,I - - - -... 0 -----,, .,----- ----- ✓ ,- ----- - - group and settled at Watertown. Samuel Eddy for some reason or other decided to stay in Plymouth, and he bought a house lot there. According to the criteria which Mr. Willison sets up for a Pilgrim father, John Eddy does not qualify, but Samuel Eddy, since he came on the HANDMAID and threw in his lot with the Ply mouth people and remained with them, though he came as a Winthrop follower, becomes a Pilgrim father, one of those "Strang ers", which became such a large part of the Plymouth group. 20 ( 19) PILGRIM EDDY was born at \Y/atertown on the 25th day of the 6th month, in 1634. 31 (53) DELIVERANCE (EDDY) WEBB died probably on Dec. 20, 1758 at North Egremont, Mass. 32 (33) From the Proprietors' Books of Middleboro the following is copied, -"Six lotts lying on the North-West side of the Elders' Pond or near it being 160 poles in length and run from the Pond, northwest by north, 1st lot John Eddy 4th lot John Soule 2nd Lot John Thomson 5th lot Francis Combes 3rd lot Ephraim Morton 6th lot George Dawson 38 (35) The Memorandum of the apprenticeship of CALEB EDDY by Samuel and Elizabeth is found on page 30 of the II Volume of the Mayflower Descendant.