Benjamin Eddy

1707 - 1799  (91 years)

• Name	Benjamin Eddy
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	30 Nov 1707	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Occupation	1731 (Age 24)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3, 5]
  He was a tailor.
  Married	17 Nov 1733 (Age 26)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6]
  Elizabeth Truesdale, the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Hammond) She was born on 12 March 1709 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She and Benjamin Eddy filed marriage intentions on 13 November 1733 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth died 15 November 1751 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Tabitha Eddy (1734-1736) 2. Elizabeth Eddy (1736-1737) 3. Tabitha Eddy (1738-____) 4. Benjamin Eddy (1739____) 5. Hannah Eddy (1741-1742) 6. Samuel Eddy (1744-____) 7. John Eddy (1745-1786) 8. Ward Eddy (1748-____)
  Offices Held	1735 (Age 28)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [5]
  He served as a Tithingman.
  Offices Held	1739 (Age 32)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [5]
  He served as the Hogreeve. He served as Hogreeve again in 1745.
  Offices Held	1744 (Age 37)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [5]
  He was the Hayward.
  Offices Held	1747 (Age 40)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [5]
  He was a Constable.
  Offices Held	1752 to 1753 (Age 45)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [5]
  He was the Sealer of Weights and Measures. He served as the Sealer again in 1756 and 1758.
  Married	12 Apr 1753 (Age 46)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6]
  Hannah Day. She was born about 1714 and she died 24 February 1794 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  Offices Held	1757 (Age 50)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [5]
  He was a member of the School Committee.
  Offices Held	1758 (Age 51)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [5]
  He was the Surveyor of Highways, which office he served again in 1764.
  Offices Held	1763 (Age 56)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [5]
  He was a Warden.
  Offices Held	1764 (Age 57)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [5]
  He was the Surveyor of Wheat and Flour.
  Offices Held	1766 (Age 59)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [5]
  He was the Overseer of the Workhouse.
  Military	19 Apr 1775 (Age 68)  [3]
  He marched to the alarm (Lexington and Concord) though he was then 68 years old. He was a private in Capt. Amariah Fuller's Company. Between 9 December 1776 and 18 December 1776, he served with Lt. Joseph Craft's Company in the siege of Boston.
  History	1777	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [3, 5]
  	Benjamin Eddy lent the town of Newton £56 so that soldiers could be paid.
  Moved To	After 1794 (Age 88)	Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [2]
  He moved after the death of his second wife, Hannah Day.
  Death	2 May 1799	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [3, 6]
  	Bond (1860), Woodward (1982), and Daniels (1892) give his birth as 1798 in Royalston, Massachusetts.
  Siblings	7 Siblings
  1. John Eddy,   b. 6 May 1696, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 1762, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 65 years)   2. Elizabeth Eddy,   b. 28 Jul 1697, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   3. Sarah Eddy,   b. 21 May 1700, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 14 Oct 1779, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 79 years) + 4. Samuel Eddy,   b. 14 Aug 1701, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 4 Aug 1762, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 60 years) ▻ Elizabeth Bellows,  m. 30 Jan 1727   5. Elizabeth Eddy,   b. 29 Jul 1703, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   6. Ebenezer Eddy,   b. 9 Jan 1704/5, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 15 Dec 1768, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 63 years) ▻ Ruth Ward,  m. 4 Apr 1737   7. Benjamin Eddy,   b. 30 Nov 1707, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 2 May 1799, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 91 years)   8. Ruth Eddy
  Person ID	I12712
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Samuel Eddy,   b. 4 Jun 1668, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 6 Aug 1746, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Woodward,   b. 8 May 1664, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 7 Aug 1753 (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	7 Dec 1693	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Age at Marriage	He : 25 years and 6 months - She : 29 years and 7 months.
  Family ID	F1014	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 30 Nov 1707 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Occupation - 1731 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Married - 17 Nov 1733 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Offices Held - 1735 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Offices Held - 1739 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Offices Held - 1744 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Offices Held - 1747 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Offices Held - 1752 to 1753 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Married - 12 Apr 1753 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Offices Held - 1757 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Offices Held - 1758 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Offices Held - 1763 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Offices Held - 1764 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Offices Held - 1766 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts History - 1777 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Moved To - After 1794 - Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts Death - 2 May 1799 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S463] Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts including Waltham and Weston, (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860). [S452] Woodward, Norma Slater. Descendants of Richard Woodward New England 1589-1982, (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1982). [S218] Eddy, Ruth Story Devereux. The Eddy Family in America, (Boston: The Eddy Family Association, 1930). [S661] Daniels, George F. History of the Town of Oxford, Massachusetts, (Oxford, Massachusetts: by the author, 1892). [S666] Ritter, Priscilla R. and Thelma Fleishman. Newton, Massachusetts, 1679-1779 A Biographical Directory, (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1982). [S665] Woods, Henry Ernest. Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1905).