Ebenezer Eddy1
M, (9 January 1704/5 - 15 December 1768)
| Father-Biological* | Samuel Eddy1 b. 4 Jun 1668, d. 6 Aug 1746 |
| Mother-Biological* | Elizabeth Woodward1 b. 8 May 1664, d. 7 Aug 1753 |
Last Edited=28 Mar 2024
Ebenezer Eddy was born on 9 January 1704/5 at Watertown, Massachusetts.1,2,3,4,5 He was the son of Samuel Eddy and Elizabeth Woodward.1 Ebenezer Eddy was Ebenezer Eddy was listed as having a side gallery pew in the meetinghouse in the East Precinct of Watertown, Massachusetts on 24 April 1732.1
Ebenezer Eddy, age 32, married Ruth Ward, age 26 , daughter of Eleazer Ward and Deliverance Throwbridge, on 4 April 1737 at Oxford, Massachusetts.6,1,4,7,8
In 1748 he was appointed a Constable in Oxford, Massachusetts. He served again in 1753 and 1763.6 On 11 November 1756 he joined in the Crown Point Expedition and served for seven weeks.1 He was as a member of Captain Edward Davis' Company, Col. John Chandler Jr.'s Regiment, which marched to the relief of Fort William Henry in August 1757. He was mustered out at Worcester, Massachusetts on 5 January 1759.1 Upon his father's death in 1762, Levi Eddy, then 16 years of age, chose his uncle, Ebenezer as a guardian.1 Ebenezer Eddy died on 15 December 1768 at Oxford, Massachusetts, at age 63.6,1,4,8
Ebenezer Eddy, age 32, married Ruth Ward, age 26 , daughter of Eleazer Ward and Deliverance Throwbridge, on 4 April 1737 at Oxford, Massachusetts.6,1,4,7,8
In 1748 he was appointed a Constable in Oxford, Massachusetts. He served again in 1753 and 1763.6 On 11 November 1756 he joined in the Crown Point Expedition and served for seven weeks.1 He was as a member of Captain Edward Davis' Company, Col. John Chandler Jr.'s Regiment, which marched to the relief of Fort William Henry in August 1757. He was mustered out at Worcester, Massachusetts on 5 January 1759.1 Upon his father's death in 1762, Levi Eddy, then 16 years of age, chose his uncle, Ebenezer as a guardian.1 Ebenezer Eddy died on 15 December 1768 at Oxford, Massachusetts, at age 63.6,1,4,8Citations
- Eddy, Ruth Story Devereux. The Eddy Family in America. Boston: The Eddy Family Association, 1930.
- Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts including Waltham and Weston. Boston: ittle, Brown and Company, 1860.
- Eddy, Charles. Genealogy of the Eddy Family. Brooklyn, New York: Nolan Brothers, 1881.
- Martyn, Charles. The William Ward Genealogy - The History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass. 1638-1925. New York: Artemas Ward, 1925.
- Woodward, Norma Slater. Descendants of Richard Woodward New England 1589-1982. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1982.
- Daniels, George F. History of the Town of Oxford, Massachusetts, with Genealogies. Oxford, Massachusetts: by the author, 1892.
- Holbrook Research Institute. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2011.
- Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Oxford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1905.