Twelfth Generation

3364. William EDDYE was born in 1559 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. He died on 23 November 1616 at the age of 57 in Cranbrook, Co., Kent, England. He was also known as William Eddye. William was educated in B.A. University of Cambridge, 1583. He was a Clergyman. "The Eddy Family in America" devotes many pages to William Eddy.

He received his B.A. from the University of Cambridge in 1583. He then went to Thurston, Suffolk, as a curate from 1583 to 1586. In 1586 he received his M.A. from Trinity College at the University of Cambridge. He went to Cranbrook as assistant to Robert Roades. He succeeded Robert Rhoads at Cranbrook in 1589. Mary FOSTEN and William EDDYE were married on 20 November 1587 in Cranbrook, Co., Kent, England.

3365. Mary FOSTEN was born on 19 September 1568 in Cranbrook, Kent, England. She was born on 19 September 1568. She died in July 1611 at the age of 42 in Cranbrook, Kent, England.

Children were:

	i.	Nathaniel EDDY was born on 30 March 1589 in Cranbrook, Kent, England. He died young.
	ii.	Mary EDDY was born on 29 September 1591 in Cranbrook, Kent, England.
	iii.	Phineas EDDY was born on 23 September 1593 in Cranbrook, Kent, England. He died before 7 June 1641 at the age of 47 in Nayland, Suffolk, England. He may have taken care of Samuel when his father died. He later removed from Cranbrook to Portsmouth.
1682	iv.	John EDDY.
	v.	Eleanor EDDY was born on 5 August 1599 in Cranbrook, Kent, England. He died in October 1610 at the age of 11 in Cranbrook, Kent, England.
	vi.	Abigail EDDY was born on 1 October 1601 in Cranbrook, Kent, England. She died on 20 March 1687 at the age of 85 in Charlestown, MA. They arrived on the ship "Lion."
	vii.	Anna EDDY was born in May 1603 in Cranbrook, Kent, England.
	viii.	Elizabeth EDDY was born on 7 December 1606 in Cranbrook, Kent, England.
	ix.	Samuel EDDY was born before 15 May 1608 in Cranbrook, Kent, England. He died on 12 November 1687 at the age of 79 in Swansea, Bristol Co., MA. "The Eddy Family in America" devotes several pages to Samuel Eddy and his various land purchases in Swansea and Tiverton, RI. At his father's death, he was put in the guardianship of his brother Phineas Eddy, who was to provide for his education and apprenticeship in a trade. He became a tailor. At the age of 22 he received an inheritence of 100 pounds from his father's estate. He and his brother, John, purchased passage on the "Handmaid", leaving the port of London on August 10, 1630, and arriving in Plymouth harbor on October 29th after a very stormy 12 weeks at sea. He and John wanted to settle in Boston, but were rejected by the Massachusetts Bay Colony for lack of proper documentation. John finally succeeded and settled in Watertown in 1631. Samuel remained in Plymouth and purchased a dwelling on what is now 34 and 36 Market Street in Plymouth from Experience Mitchell. He was among the poor of the Colony during these early years. In the late 1670's, their sons Caleb and Zachariah convinced them to sell their house in Plymouth and move to Swansea, where they died. Samuel Eddy was one of the original purchasers of Middleborough, MA. He owned several hundred acres extending into Halifax and owned all of what was later known as Eddyville. According to Weston (History of the Town of Middleborough, 1906), he lived part of the time with his son, Obadiah, who inherited his land. For more, see "The Eddy family in America," 1930, pp. 5ff.
	x.	Zachariah EDDY was born in March 1610 in Cranbrook, Kent, England. Also known as Zacharias Benjamin Eddye.
	xi.	Nathaniel EDDY was born on 18 July 1611 in Cranbrook, Kent, England. He died on 27 July 1611 at the age of 0 in Cranbrook, Kent, England.