Individual Details

Samuel Eddye

(Bef 15 May 1608 - 12 Nov 1687)

Samuel was born in England in 1608, the son of a non-conformist minister. He and his brother John came to America in 1630, sailing from Buxted, England, on the "Handmaiden." They landed at Plymouth that fall after 12 weeks at sea. Samuel settled at the Plymouth Colony. He was a taxpayer of Plymouth from 1632 until his death. His name occurs frequently in colony transaction until about the year 1662. He possessed several hundred acres in the eastern part of the town, extended over a portion of Halifax, and including all of the land now known as Eddyville. In 1685 he was described as of Plymouth, living in Swansea. Part of the time before his death in 1688 he lived with his son Obadiah who inherited his estate in Middleboro and Halifax (Weston 342-3).

Events

BirthBef 15 May 1608Cranbrook, Kent, England
Christen15 May 1608Cranbrook, Kent, England
Death12 Nov 1687Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British America
MarriageElizabeth Savory
BurialEddy Cemetery, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, British North America

Families

SpouseElizabeth Savory (1606 - 1689)
ChildJohn Eddy (1637 - 1715)
ChildZachariah Eddy (1639 - 1718)
ChildCaleb Eddy (1644 - 1713)
ChildObadiah Eddy (1645 - 1726)
ChildHanna Eddy (1647 - )
FatherRev. William Eddye (1567 - 1616)
MotherMary Fosten (1570 - 1611)
SiblingMaria "Mary" Eddye (1591 - )
SiblingPhinehas Eddye (1593 - )
SiblingJohn Eddye (1597 - 1684)
SiblingElinore "Ellen" Eddye (1599 - )
SiblingAbigail Eddye (1601 - 1687)
SiblingAnna Eddye (1603 - )
SiblingElizabeth Eddye (1606 - )
SiblingZacharias Eddye (1610 - )
SiblingNathaniel Eddye (1611 - 1611)

Endnotes

1. Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and family history of western New York : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation (New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1912, 1708 pgs. ), p. 21.

2. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 20 May 2018), Will Eddye in entry for Samuell Eddye, ); citing Cranbrook, Kent, England.

3. Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and family history of western New York : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation (New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1912, 1708 pgs. ), p. 22.

4. Thomas Weston, History of the town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1906), 588; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 3 December 2009.

5. "Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 20 May 2018), Samuel Eddy, 1687; Burial, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States of America, Eddy Cemetery.

6. "Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 20 May 2018), Samuel Eddy, 1687; Burial, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States of America, Eddy Cemetery.