Zachariah EDDY

1712 - 1777  (65 years)

• Name	Zachariah EDDY  [1]
  	Zachariah received from his father the old homestead; here he passed all the days of his life. This was the same land that the first Samuel had received as his share in "The 26 Men's Purchase" and it had come down through Obadiah and Samuel to Zachariah, for Samuel ten years before his death gave this land to Zachariah "in consideration of the love and good affection I have and do bare unto my son, Zachariah, " the right of use and occupation being reserved to the parents during their natural life. he and his wife were staunch members of the church. Zachariah eddy was among those who on Feb. 17, 1745 agreed to build a new meeting house. It is written of him that he was a well-informed man for his day. His general character was that of a mild, sedate and discreet man. he served the town n many ways. He was an ardent Whig, and several stories of his tilts with Judge Oliver, a staunch Tory, have been handed down in his family. He died of the small-pox in 1777. [1]
  Birth	1712	Middleboro, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Dec 1777	Middleboro, Massachusetts   [1]
  	Cause: small pox
  Person ID	I77044	Main Tree
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	Samuel EDDY,   b. 1675, Middleboro, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts d. 28 Apr 1751, Middleboro, Massachusetts (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Melatiah PRATT,   b. 11 Dec 1676, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 1768 or 1769, Middleboro, Massachusetts (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	3 Feb 1702/3  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F31122	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mercy MORTON,   b. Abt 1712   d. 25 Aug 1802, Middleboro, Massachusetts (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	18 Nov 1737  [1]
  Children	1. Mary EDDY,   b. 09 May 1740, Middleboro, Massachusetts d. Between 05 and 15 Oct 1796, Middleboro, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F31117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2015

  
  

• Sources

  [S5950] Ruth Story Devereux Eddy, A.E., A.M., "The Eddy Family in America" A Genealogy, (The Eddy Family Association, Inc.). [S2285] Gary Boyd Roberts, "Genealogies of Mayflower Families" From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. I, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1985).