Individual Details

Obediah Eddy

(10 Mar 1751 - 24 May 1826)

Obadiah Jr was 5 years old when his father was killed by Indians at Crown Point, Lake George, NY on 19 Sep 1756 In the French and Indian War. Only one soldier survived that day (William Merry) who, after being held prisoner for 5 years, escaped and told what had happened.

Obediah Eddy was an early settler of Woodford, Vermont. He was one of a group that took the freemen's oath at a town meeting held March 10, 1792. He took part in town proceedings, serving as a lister in 1797 and treasurer in 1799. Obediah was a prominent man in the town's affairs, but refused to serve when he was elected as the first representative in the township (History of Bennington County, Vt. Aldrich, Lewis Cass ed. Syracuse, NY: Mason & Co. Pub. 1889)

Events

Birth10 Mar 1751Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Military1775
Census (family)1820Woodford, Bennington, Vermont, United States - Phebe Prouty
Death24 May 1826Woodford, Bennington, Vermont, United States
MarriagePhebe Prouty
BurialWaters Hill Cemetery, Woodford, Bennington, Vermont, United States

Families

SpousePhebe Prouty (1746 - 1821)
ChildReuel Eddy ( - )
ChildJames Eddy ( - )
ChildWilliam Eddy ( - )
ChildPhebe Eddy ( - )
ChildOtis Eddy (1771 - 1794)
ChildObadiah Eddy (1772 - 1862)
FatherObadiah Eddy (1722 - 1756)
MotherLois Hicks (1722 - )
SiblingEphraim Eddy (1744 - )
SiblingJames Eddy (1746 - 1815)
SiblingConsiderate "Consider" Eddy (1753 - )
SiblingRachel Eddy (1754 - 1833)

Notes

Military

Obadiah served as a private under Capt John King's Co, Col Timothy Walker's Regt; muster roll dated Aug 1, 1775. After the Revolution, he and many of his neighbors from the Norton-Taunton, Ma area relocated to Woodford Vt. to work the iron mines.

Death

His tombstone reads May 4th 1826

Marriage

Eddy, Obadiah b1751 w Phebe Prouty, MA geneal BG 3:3:30
Genealogical Periodical Annual Index: Key to the Genealogical Literature
 By Karen T Ackermann

had 8 children

Burial

Inscription:
ae 75 yr

Endnotes

1. Charles Eddy, M. D., Genealogy of the Eddy family (Brooklyn, NY: Nolan Brothers, , 1881), 19; digital images, American Libraries Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/genealogyofeddyf00eddy : accessed 20 December 2014.

2. "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 16 January 2015), Obediah Eddy, 10 Mar 1751; citing NORTON,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS.

3. "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-2008," index and images, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 16 January 2015), Obediah Eddy, 24 May 1826, Death; State Capitol Building, Montpelier.

4. "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-2008," index and images, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 16 January 2015), Obediah Eddy in entry for Phebe Eddy, 27 Nov 1821, Death; State Capitol Building, Montpelier.