Sixth Generation

1411. Asahel EDDY Jr.¹⁵³³ was born on 7 October 1785 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.¹⁵³⁴ He died on 8 August 1863 at the age of 77 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. He was a farmer in Taunton. They had 14 children. He also spelled his name Asel. He had a good sized farm on which he lived all his life.

Asahel Eddy, Jr., of Taunton, laborer, and Rhobe, his wife, quitclaim to Artemas Field and Amos Lincoln all rights in the estate of Job Leonard, late of Raynham, dec'd, father of Rhobe Eddy, dated April 1825, witnessed by Ichabod Leonard and Asahel Eddy. Asahel and Rhobe signed, the latter with a mark. (The Eddy Family in America, p. 950).

Asahel EDDY Jr. and Rhobe LEONARD were married about 1807. Rhobe LEONARD¹⁵³⁵, daughter of Job LEONARD and Susannah WILBUR, was born on 16 December 1788 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.²²⁰ She died on 22 December 1863 at the age of 75 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.¹⁵³⁴ Also spelled Roby.