Individual Details
Abigail Eddy
(1 Oct 1601 - 20 May 1687)
From father, William Eddy will the some of one hundred poundes of lawfull money of England.
In 1632 Abigail (Eddy) Benjamin and her family sailed to America on the ship "Lion" from Bristol England, and landed at Boston.
Abigail Eddy was baptized at Cranbrook, Kent, October 1601, daughter of Rev. William Eddy of that parish; She married, by about 1620, John Benjamin (1595-1645). They came to Massachusetts Bay 16 September 1632 on the "Lyon." They first settled in Cambridge & moved to Watertown about 1643. She died at Charlestown 20 May 1687 (this date does not appear in the published Charlestown vital records, and may be from a tombstone)].
They had 8 children: John, Abigail Woodward, Mary, Joseph, Samuel, Caleb, Abel, & Joshua.
John's daughter Mary Benjamin refers in her will to "aunt Wines" and "cousin Anne Wines," indicating a connection with Barnabas Wines, whose wife Ann is also supposed to be a sister of John Eddy. This would also connect the Benjamins to SAMUEL EDDY.
In 1632 Abigail (Eddy) Benjamin and her family sailed to America on the ship "Lion" from Bristol England, and landed at Boston.
Abigail Eddy was baptized at Cranbrook, Kent, October 1601, daughter of Rev. William Eddy of that parish; She married, by about 1620, John Benjamin (1595-1645). They came to Massachusetts Bay 16 September 1632 on the "Lyon." They first settled in Cambridge & moved to Watertown about 1643. She died at Charlestown 20 May 1687 (this date does not appear in the published Charlestown vital records, and may be from a tombstone)].
They had 8 children: John, Abigail Woodward, Mary, Joseph, Samuel, Caleb, Abel, & Joshua.
John's daughter Mary Benjamin refers in her will to "aunt Wines" and "cousin Anne Wines," indicating a connection with Barnabas Wines, whose wife Ann is also supposed to be a sister of John Eddy. This would also connect the Benjamins to SAMUEL EDDY.
Events
| Birth | 1 Oct 1601 | Cranbrook, Kent, England | |||
| Christen | 25 Oct 1601 | Cranbrook, Kent, England |  |  | |
| Marriage | Abt 1619 | England - John Benjamin | |||
| Immigration | 16 Sep 1632 | Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | | ||
| Death | 20 May 1687 | Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | |
Families
| Spouse | John Benjamin ( - 1645) |
| Father | Vicar William Eddy (1560 - 1616) |
| Mother | Mary Munn Fosten ( - ) |
| Sibling | Nathaniel Eddy ( - 1611) |
| Sibling | Mary Eddy ( - 1671) |
| Sibling | Phineas Eddy ( - 1641) |
| Sibling | John Eddy ( - 1684) |
| Sibling | Eleanor Eddy ( - 1610) |
| Sibling | Anna Eddy ( - 1675) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Eddy ( - 1681) |
| Sibling | Samuel Fosten Eddy ( - 1687) |
| Sibling | Zachariahs Benjamin Eddy ( - 1687) |
| Sibling | Nathaniel Eddy ( - ) |
Notes
Christen
Abygaile EddyImmigration
with Benjamin on the "Lyon" they came to Massachusetts Bay 16 September 1632Death
or 20 May 1686. Burial unknown. Find A Grave Memorial 35998107Endnotes
1. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7RD-V61 : 11 February 2018, Abigaile Eddye, ); citing Cranbrook, Kent, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 2,228,373..