Eleventh Generation

1536. 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.

1537. 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.
	iv.	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.
	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.
768	ix.	Samuel EDDY.
	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.