Benjamin Eddy

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1731, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was a tailor.
• Married: 17 Nov 1733, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; 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, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He served as a Tithingman.
• Offices Held: 1739, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He served as the Hogreeve. He served as Hogreeve again in 1745.
• Offices Held: 1744, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was the Hayward.
• Offices Held: 1747, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was a Constable.
• Offices Held: 1752 to 1753, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was the Sealer of Weights and Measures. He served as the Sealer again in 1756 and 1758.
• Married: 12 Apr 1753, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Hannah Day. She was born about 1714 and she died 24 February 1794 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
• Offices Held: 1757, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was a member of the School Committee.
• Offices Held: 1758, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was the Surveyor of Highways, which office he served again in 1764.
• Offices Held: 1763, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was a Warden.
• Offices Held: 1764, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was the Surveyor of Wheat and Flour.
• Offices Held: 1766, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was the Overseer of the Workhouse.
• Military: 19 Apr 1775; 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; Benjamin Eddy lent the town of Newton £56 so that soldiers could be paid.
• Moved To: After 1794, Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts

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Moved To:
He moved after the death of his second wife, Hannah Day.

Died:
Bond (1860), Woodward (1982), and Daniels (1892) give his birth as 1798 in Royalston, Massachusetts.