Caleb EDDY

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Son of Samuel & Elizabeth Eddy; husband of Elizabeth (Bullock) Eddy. Died at age 69 years. The Eddy Family in America states, "Caleb Eddy, the third son of Samuel of Plymouth, settled farther to the west in Swansea, near the Kickemuit river and he is buried in the cemetery on its west bank, in the town of Warren (formerly this spot was in Swansea). This cemetery is about half a mile north of the Kickemuit Water Works. Not far from the center of the plot is an evergreen tree (a cedar, if I recall correctly) and near this is the grave of Caleb Eddy with the inscription, 'Here lyeth the Body of Caleb Eddy aged 69 years Deceased March 23 in the year of our Lord 1713.' ....There are many stones without any inscriptions. Probably one of these belongs to Elizabeth Bullock, Caleb's wife, and others to his son Zachariah and his son Samuel, who married Sarah Estabrooks. Three of his daughters married into the Cole Family. At least two of these are buried here. Caleb's other two sons went to Boston, where they died."

"Caleb Edy of this Town and Elizabeth Bullock of Rehoboth were marryed on the 6th day of December 1671." Source: Vital Records of Swansea, MA, p. 22.

"Deacon Caleb Eddy Deceased this Life March the 23:1712/13 being 79 years of age." Source: Vital Records of Swansea, MA, p. 214.

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At the age of nine years on mar. 4, 1652, Caleb was apprenticed by his parents to Mr. John Browne of Rehoboth, who was "to bring him up in his employemt, of husbandry or any other business.". On Dec 29, 1661 Caleb was still in his household....

Caleb Eddy was buried in the old Kickimuit cemetery, now in the bounds of Warren, Rhode Island. His stone shows that he died in march 1713 at the age of 69 years. His will mentions wife Elizabeth, elder son Caleb; son Samuel who was to have full care of his mother; son Benjamin; daughters Elizabeth, Hannah and Hopestill, who are married; and daughter Mary, who is not yet of age or married.

Caleb married Elizabeth BULLOCK on 6 Dec 1671/2. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard BULLOCK and Elizabeth INGRAHAM) was born on 9 Oct 1650 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Samuel EDDY was born on 15 Jul 1675; died on 27 Mar 1744 in Swansea, Massachusetts.

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Soon after Samuel's death the records state that Samuel Eddy's share in the 26 Men's Purchase was then in the hands of Obadiah Eddy. In 1695 when a new survey was made Samuel's share is called the 9th lot, which consisted of a little more than 8 acres near Ravin Brook.

So far as is known Samuel Eddy held no public office. This was due probably to his youth and inexperience with conditions in a colony which had been established for ten years when he joined it, and as time went on the care of his family occupied his entire attention.

Just how many children Samuel and Elizabeth had is not known. Three times in deeds Samuel is called Samuel Eddy, Sen'r (July 21, 1660, Mar. 24, 1662, and Dec 1681). In 1681, Both Zachariah and Caleb had small boys named Samuel, but at the time of the first two deeds so far as is known, there was no other Samuel Eddy in Plymouth. It is therefore possible to suppose that Samuel had another son, who was named Samuel Eddy and of such an age in 1660 that; it was considered necessary to distinguish the father as Samuel Eddy, Sen'r. Likewise Elizabeth also appears on a record as Elizabeth Eddy, Sen'r so it is possible to adda a daughter Elizabeth to the list of the children. But since neither Samuel nor Elizabeth left a will, no way has been found, up to the present, to prove the truth of falsity of these suppositions.

As both Samuel and Elizabeth were elderly people at the time of their deaths and they both died in Swansea, it seems likely that they were living with either their son Zachariah or their son Caleb, both of whom resided in swansea. It was the custom in early New England to bury the dead on the day following the death and in a plot near the house, so it would be natural for Samuel and Elizabeth to be buried near the home of one of these Swansea sons. It happens that in December of 1696, just nine years after the death of Samuel and seven years after the death of Elizabeth, Zachariah Eddy sold to his son, Zachariah Eddy, twenty acres in Swansea, lying in a place "Commonly known by the name of Matapoysett, bounded northerly with the highway, easterly with the fence and Spring Brook to the Salt Water, southerly to the land of Ralph Chapman and bounded westerly with the highway which leade to the land of Ralph Chapman....excepting and reserving the Burying Place on the premises which is to lye and remain as a burying place for and to the families of the said Eddys & for such of their neighbors as the said Eddys shall admit of forever." Thus it is known that preious to 1696 Zachariah had already buried some members of his family near his home. Since the only Eddys who died besides his wife Alice were his father and mother, it seems almost certain that Samuel and Elizabeth lie in the Eddy Cemetery in Swansea Village, perhaps in two of those graves whose locations are marked by stones which bear no inscriptions. This cemetery lies on a hill-top, overlooking the cove of salt water, just south of the main road through the village. It adjoins the estate of Mrs. Frank Stevens and is east of the Swansea Dye Works. This plot was used by the descendants of Zachariah as a burial place for over a hundred years.

Samuel married Elizabeth SAVERY. Elizabeth was born about 1607; died on 24 May 1689. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]