John EDDY
SETTLED IN WATERTOWN, MASS. 29 OCT 1630. JOHN EDDY, SON OF REV. WM. EDDY OF CRAINBROOK , KENT, ENG. ARRIVED AT PLYMOUTH, MASS. IN THE "HANDMAID", CAPT. GRANT , MASTER, 29 OCT 1630. HE LEFT PLYMOUTH PRIOR TO 6 FEB 1631-2 AND SETTLED IN WATERTOWN. WAS ADMITTED FREEMAN 3 SEPT. 1634, SELECTMAN 1635/36/37. HE APPLIED IN THE COURTS 15 DEC 1673, AGE 77, TO BE EXCUSED FROM TRAINING. SOME OF HIS CHILDREN BORN BEFORE HE CAME TO WATERTOWN. HIS WILL, DATED 11 JAN. 1677/78. PROVED 16 DEC 1684, MENTIONS TWO SONS, SAMUEL AND JOHN AND FOUR DAUGHTERS , MARY ORTON, SARAH MARIAN, PILGRIM STEADMAN AND RUTH GARDINER.
SAMUEL EDDY WAS A CORDWAINER. ADMITTED FREEMAN 22 MAR. 1689/90. WILL DATED 6 AUG 1702, PROVED 30 DEC 1711. GENEALOGY AND HISTORY OF WATERTOWN, MASS. VOL. 1 p 203.
PROBABLY DIED YOUNG.
He married Amy Dogget 22 May 1619 . Amy Dogget was born at of Crainbrook, Kent, Eng. Abt 1598 daughter of John Dogget and Mrs. Dorothy (Dogget) .
They were the parents of 12
children:
Mary Eddy
born Abt 1625.
Sarah Eddy
born 29 Oct 1630/32.
Pilgrim Eddy
born 25 Aug 1634.
John Eddy
born 16 Feb 1636/37.
Benjamin Eddy
born Abt 1638.
Samuel Eddy
born 30 Sep 1640.
Ruth Eddy
born Abt 1642.
Abigail Eddy
born Abt 1645.
John Eddy
born Sep 1622.
John Eddy
born 29 Mar 1624.
Pilgrim Eddy
born Abt 1636.
Abigail Eddy
born 11 Oct 1643.