Col Jonathan Eddy Sr.

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Col Jonathan Eddy Sr. Veteran

Birth
Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
4 May 1804 (aged 77–78)
Eddington, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
Burial
Eddington, Penobscot County, Maine, USA GPS-Latitude: 44.8275083, Longitude: -68.6929583
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JONATHAN EDDY (Eleazar, John of T), b. about 1726, as he came of age in 1747 (Bristol Co. Prob., 11.513); d. in Eddington, Me., in Aug. 1804, aged 78 years; m. May 4, 1749, at Norton, Mass., MARY WARE; d. at Eddington, Me., in 1814; dau. of Dr. William and Mary (Maxcey) Ware.

Founder of Eddington, Maine.

Children, b. in Norton (V.R.):

i. JONATHAN EDDY, b. Jan 28, 1750; bapt. May 15, 1763, Norton.

ii. WILLIAM EDDY, b. Aug 16, 1752: bapt. May 15, 1763, at Norton, Mass (V.R.); d. May 1778, killed by a shot from a British Man-o-war (Eddy Gen. of 1881). The Memoir of Colonel Jonathan Eddy states that he was a Lieutenant in the Continental Army, and was killed by a shot from a British frigate while in an open boat near Eastport, Maine, on May 3, 1778. He married OLIVE MORSE; b. 1752. She married (2) Hezekiah King. She lived in Nova Scotia with George King, her son by her second husband.

iii. IBROOK EDDY, b. 9 Jan 1754, at Mansfield, Mass; bp. 15 May 1763; d. 6 Jan 1833 or 1834, at Eddington, Me.; m. Nov 2, 1780, LONA PRATT; daughter of Samuel PRATT an Experience (WHITE)PRATT of Mansfield, Mass. She was born 6 May 6, 1761, at Norton, Mass, and Died at Eddington, Maine, in 1802. He married (2) CELIA (WILDE)COGGESHALL of Taunton on Apr 17, 1806. She died 23 May 1842.

iv. ELIAS EDDY, b. Nov. 30, 1757; bapt. May 15, 1763, Norton.
JONATHAN EDDY (Eleazar, John of T), b. about 1726, as he came of age in 1747 (Bristol Co. Prob., 11.513); d. in Eddington, Me., in Aug. 1804, aged 78 years; m. May 4, 1749, at Norton, Mass., MARY WARE; d. at Eddington, Me., in 1814; dau. of Dr. William and Mary (Maxcey) Ware.

Founder of Eddington, Maine.

Children, b. in Norton (V.R.):

i. JONATHAN EDDY, b. Jan 28, 1750; bapt. May 15, 1763, Norton.

ii. WILLIAM EDDY, b. Aug 16, 1752: bapt. May 15, 1763, at Norton, Mass (V.R.); d. May 1778, killed by a shot from a British Man-o-war (Eddy Gen. of 1881). The Memoir of Colonel Jonathan Eddy states that he was a Lieutenant in the Continental Army, and was killed by a shot from a British frigate while in an open boat near Eastport, Maine, on May 3, 1778. He married OLIVE MORSE; b. 1752. She married (2) Hezekiah King. She lived in Nova Scotia with George King, her son by her second husband.

iii. IBROOK EDDY, b. 9 Jan 1754, at Mansfield, Mass; bp. 15 May 1763; d. 6 Jan 1833 or 1834, at Eddington, Me.; m. Nov 2, 1780, LONA PRATT; daughter of Samuel PRATT an Experience (WHITE)PRATT of Mansfield, Mass. She was born 6 May 6, 1761, at Norton, Mass, and Died at Eddington, Maine, in 1802. He married (2) CELIA (WILDE)COGGESHALL of Taunton on Apr 17, 1806. She died 23 May 1842.

iv. ELIAS EDDY, b. Nov. 30, 1757; bapt. May 15, 1763, Norton.