Eleventh Generation

1682. John EDDY was born on 27 March 1597 in Cranbrook, Kent, England. He died on 12 October 1684 at the age of 87 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA. He's #5 in The Eddys in America, 1930. He and Samuel Eddy came over on the vessel "Handmaid." After 12 weeks at sea, the vessel reached Plymouth harbor in MA on October 29, 1630.

"In the latter part of the reign of Elizabeth I (1558-1600), a desire for a simpler form of religious worship grew and spread among some of the Protestants in England. These dissenters were called Puritans. They increased rapidly in numbers among the best elements of the middle class, especially in the counties of Essex and Suffolk.

"During the reigns of James I and Charles I, the persecution of these Puritans became so severe that a great migration to the shores of New England began in 1630 and lasted until 1643. Over 25,000 came in those 13 years and of these probably 15,000 were from Suffolk and Essex Counties. This great migration started under the leadership of John Winthrop of Groton in the spring of 1630. Previous to June of that year, fourteen emigrant ships had said from England. Among the passengers on these vessels were the new governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, John Winthrop, the deputy governor, and many of the assistants, and others who were to aid in the civil affairs of the new settlement. John Doggett, a cousin of Amy Doggett Eddy, was among the number.

"The Winthrops, Doggetts, and Eddys were known to each other in England, for John Winthrop had married for his second wife Thomasine Clopton of Groton; Thomas Doggett, a cousin of Amy, had married her sister Margery Clopton of Grotton, and John Eddy had married Amy Doggett of Groton. This is doubtless the reason why John and Samuel Eddy within two weeks of landing at Plymouth left for the Bay Colony. They wished to settle near their friends and acquaintances. At this time there was an agreement between the two colonies that a man must carry letters of dismissal from one colony before he could be received as an inhabitant of the other. John and Samuel did not carry thos letters with them and so were obliged to return to Plymouth with John Grant and Capt. Standish. Sometime prior to February 26, 1631/32, John Eddy procured the necessary letter of dismissal and was received into the Bay Colony..." The Eddy Family in America, pp. 15-16. Amy DOGGETT and John EDDY were married after 22 May 1619.

1683. Amy DOGGETT was born before 16 July 1597 in Groton, Suffolk, England. She was born on 16 July 1597 in Groton, Suffolk, England. She died on 20 August 1683 at the age of 86 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA. Amy was also known as Amie Doget.

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