Individual Details

John Eddye

(Mar 1597 - 12 Oct 1684)

John and his brother Samuel came to America in 1630. He left Boxted, Sufflolk Co., England for London to sail on the "Handmaid" captained by John Grant. They landing at Plymouth Oct 29, 1630. After a year, John moved to Newton/Watertown, MA, where he became a freeman in 1633.

Events

BirthMar 1597Cranbrook, Kent, England
Christen27 Mar 1597Cranbrook, Kent, England
MarriageBef 1618England, United Kingdom - Amy Doggett
MarriageAft 12 May 1666Joanna Bates
Death12 Oct 1684Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America

Families

SpouseAmy Doggett (1597 - )
ChildJohn Eddy (1622 - 1622)
ChildSarah Eddy (1624 - 1709)
ChildJohn Eddy (1624 - )
ChildMary Eddy (1625 - 1683)
ChildPilgrim Eddy (1634 - )
ChildJohn Eddy (1636 - )
ChildBenjamin Eddy ( - 1639)
ChildPilgrim Eddy (1640 - )
ChildSamuel Eddy (1640 - 1711)
ChildAbigail Eddy (1643 - )
ChildRuth Eddy (1645 - )
SpouseJoanna Bates (1603 - 1683)
FatherRev. William Eddye (1567 - 1616)
MotherMary Fosten (1570 - 1611)
SiblingMaria "Mary" Eddye (1591 - )
SiblingPhinehas Eddye (1593 - )
SiblingElinore "Ellen" Eddye (1599 - )
SiblingAbigail Eddye (1601 - 1687)
SiblingAnna Eddye (1603 - )
SiblingElizabeth Eddye (1606 - )
SiblingSamuel Eddye (1608 - 1687)
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), Willimi Eddy in entry for John Eddye, ); citing Cranbrook, Kent, England.

3. Eddy, Charles, Genealogy of the Eddy family (Brooklyn, N.Y.?: unknown, 1881, 180 pgs.), p. 6.

4. Eddy, Charles, Genealogy of the Eddy family (Brooklyn, N.Y.?: unknown, 1881, 180 pgs.), p. 6.

5. 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.

6. Eddy, Charles, Genealogy of the Eddy family (Brooklyn, N.Y.?: unknown, 1881, 180 pgs.), p. 6.

7. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 20 May 2018), John Eddy, 12 Oct 1684; citing Death, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.