The origins of John Eddy of Taunton are unknown. (Eddy Genealogy, 1930; Ancestors of American Presidents, 1995, shows UNKNOWN parents for John.)

There were two Eddy immigrant brothers, John Eddy of Watertown and Samuel Eddy of Plymouth and Swansea, whose lives and ancestry back to England are very well documented. They were old enough to be father or uncle to John of Taunton. There has been no relationship found between John Eddy of Taunton and these two Eddy brothers, although John Eddy of Taunton married Susanna Padduck, whose sister married one of the sons of Samuel Eddy of Plymouth and Swansea. It is virtually a certainty he is not a son of either of the Eddy brothers, but a kinship of some type may have existed between them. (See Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, 1995, Eddy sketches)

Born: Est 1640 - Based on ages of children, born 1667-1696.

Spouses:
 

1) Susanna Paddock/Paddock, November 12, 1665, daughter of William and Mary (____) Paddock of Duxbury, Plymouth Co, Mass. (Savage, Torrey). She was 26 when they married. She had Mary and John, and then died at age 31, on March 14, 1671, probably from complications from the birth of John two months earlier. (Savage)
 
From East Bridgewater Vital Records, genealogylibrary.com: "EDDY, John of T[aunton] and Susanna Paddock of Dart[mou]th, Nov. 12, 1665,(*) P.R.5. "


2) Deliverance Owen, May 01, 1672, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Davis) Owen, of Braintree, Norfolk Co, Mass. She had eight children with John. He died in 1695, leaving her a widow with at least ten children, including her step-children, aged from one to 29. She married, second, Nathaniel Smith of Weymouth, and died May 03, 1726, in Norton, Bristol Co, Mass.
 

From East Bridgewater Vital Records, genealogylibrary.com: "EDDY, John and Deliverance Owen of Braintree, May 1, 1672,(*) P.R.5. "
 
See the William Owen Home Page


Immigration: Unknown. First appears as an adult in Taunton, Mass. May have been an immigrant, or the son, of an earlier, unidentified, immigrant. If he was a stand-alone immigrant, he likely arrived single and after the Great Migration of 1630-1650. It is interesting to note that there was a Scottish Eddy early in New Jersey. The Scots came over after the Great Migration, as prisoners from the English wars. (See Forbush and Bruce pages at this site.)

Residence: The Eddy Genealogy identifies some records of a John Eddy, which cannot be for John of Martha's Vineyard and thought to be for John of Taunton. So, he was probably in Plymouth first, then moved to Taunton, Mass, where he lived and died.

Death: November 27, 1695, (AAP), aged approximately 55.

Estate: Inventory of his Estate sworn to by widow Deliverance, Dec. 14, 1695. Aug. 12, 1696. Estate divided, "To Deliverance Eddy, wife, and her son Jonathan and two of her daughters, Susanna and Patience, to Ebenezer, eldest son, Eleazer, second son, Joseph, Mary Reed, [sic: Rood/Ruud per Torrey?] eldest daughter, Mercy Fisher, second daughter, and Hannah." Jonathan Eddy Genealogy, Pg 32

Children Notes: Note that Savage lists four children not in the will: John, Benjamin, Abigail, and Patience (born posthumously). John may have died young. Benjamin and Abigail are names of children of John2, son of Samuel1, of Martha's Vineyard and I think Savage mixed them up. Patience was posthumous, which explains her not being in the will.

Since she was born seven months after her father died, he may not even have known his wife was pregnant. See a list of children below.

Notable Eddy kin include:
 
President Millard Fillmore
 
 
 1   John Eddy 1640 - 1695
  *2nd Wife of John Eddy:
..  +Deliverance Owen 1655 - 1726
.... 2   Eleazer Eddy 1681 - 1739
........  +Elizabeth Randall 1673 -
........... 3   Hannah Eddy 1704 -
...............  +Robert Millard 1702 - 1784
.................. 4   Abiathar Millard 1744 - 1811
......................  +Tabitha Hopkins 1745 -
........................ 5   Phoebe Millard 1781 - 1831
............................  +Nathaniel Fillmore, Jr. 1771 - 1863
............................... 6   Millard Fillmore, President 1800 - 1874

See the list of items at the Eddy Family Association Resources Page

The Eddy Brothers - the "other guys"
 

It is often informative, and, at times, critical, to be aware of others with the name you are researching, particularly if they are in the same general geographical area as your ancestor. If you are interested in following the Eddy siblings:
 
The best treatment of them, thus far, is in The Great Migration Begins, Robert Charles Anderson, 1995. Not only are the lives and virtually all known documentation regarding the Eddy brothers is presented, but those of their brother-in-law, (sister Abigail married) John Benjamin, and John2 (Samuel1)'s father-in-law, John Doggett. (Note, another sister came to the New World as well, Ann, md Barnabas Wines, of Southold, Long Island.)

The Eddy Genealogy, 1930, is a respected work on this family:
 

A chapter on the father of the four Eddy siblings is on-line here:

A chapter on John2 (Samuel1) is on-line.
 

 The Doggett English Ancestry Page presents some interesting information on the Doggets.

How Has John Eddy of Taunton Been Ruled Out as Son of the Eddy Brothers?
 
See this GenForum posting relative to this question.


Errors in Earlier Genealogies
 

The genealogy world exploded after the Centennial of America, in 1876, through, and into the 1930's, with published genealogies. Many of them took their seminal information from the Dictionary of New England Settlers, by Savage. His work was monumental and generally accurate. (I use it today.). But, when he made a mistake, it seemed to multiply because so many refer to it, then and now. Thus was the case with the Eddy's. Savage melted John Eddy of Martha's Vineyard, the son of Samuel Eddy, and John Eddy of Taunton into one person. He then gave this person the wives of both men, but seems to have listed John of Taunton's children. This error is rampant in Ancestral File, as their kids seemingly all get mixed up there, too.

John Eddy of Taunton, Mass was a separate man from John Eddy, son of Samuel, who lived and died in Martha's Vineyard, Mass. (See TGMB, Eddy Genealogy, Banks work on Martha's Vineyard.)

See the Fisher Home Page (coming) for our line. (Eliezer Fisher md Hannah Eddy).

I have not found an "authoritative" list for the children of John Eddy, other than the eight named in his will. (See above). The others are from Savage and may have died young.

 

 Descendants of John Eddy

 1   John Eddy 1640 - 1695
..  +Susannah Paddock 1649 - 1671
........... 2   Mary Eddy 1667 -
...............  +John Rude 1658 - 1705
........... 2   John Eddy 1671 - 1690
  *2nd Wife of John Eddy:
..  +Deliverance Owen 1655 - 1726
........... 2   Mercy Eddy 1673 -
...............  +Daniel Fisher 1663 - 1761
........... 2   Hannah Eddy 1676 - 1750
...............  +Eliezer Fisher 1673 - 1750
........... 2   Ebenezer Eddy 1679 - 1756
...............  +Mary Fisher 1679 - 1720
...........  *2nd Wife of Ebenezer Eddy:
...............  +Sarah Leonard 1680 -
........... 2   Eleazer Eddy 1681 - 1739
...............  +Elizabeth Randall 1673 -
...........  *2nd Wife of Eleazer Eddy:
...............  +Elizabeth Cobb 1681 -
........... 2   Joseph Eddy 1683 - 1759
...............  +Abigail Haskins 1683 -
...........  *2nd Wife of Joseph Eddy:
...............  +Sarah Leonard 1683 -
........... 2   Jonathan Eddy 1689 - 1745
...............  +Deborah Farley 1689 -
........... 2   Susannah Eddy 1692 -
...............  +John Durfee 1691 -
........... 2   Patience Eddy 1696 -
...............  +William White 1692 -
 

 
 1   John Eddy 1640 - 1695 b: Abt. 1640 in England or Mass?
  *2nd Wife of John Eddy:
..  +Deliverance Owen 1655 - 1726 b: February 15, 1655 in Braintree, Norfolk Co, Mass
. 2   Hannah Eddy 1676 - 1750 b: December 06, 1676 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Mass
.....  +Eliezer Fisher 1673 - 1750 b: May 12, 1673 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Mass
.... 3   Nehemiah Fisher 1703 - b: September 03, 1703 in Norton, Bristol Co, Mass
........  +Sarah Morse 1706 - 1744 b: Abt. 1706 in Mass
........ 4   Edmund Fisher 1733 - b: August 21, 1733 in Norton, Bristol Co, Mass
............  +Ruth Willis 1735 - b: Abt. 1735 in Prob Taunton, Bristol Co, Mass ?
........... 5   Nehemiah Fisher, Deacon 1764 - 1846 b: April 23, 1764 in Norton, Bristol Co, Mass
...............  +Lucretia Marsh 1764 - 1851 b: October 23, 1764 in Thompson, Killingly, Windham Co, Conn
.............. 6   Nehemiah Willis Fisher 1805 - 1859 b: June 23, 1805 in Marlboro, Windham Co,  Vermont
..................  +Abigail Whitney Bruce 1806 - 1884 b: April 02, 1806 in Marlboro, Windham Co,  Vermont

Gen 7 were Kansas Pioneers, after 200 years of living in New England. See the diary of their trip to Kansas.

................ 7   Eleanor Serepta Fisher 1843 - 1924 b: October 30, 1843 in Marlboro, Windham Co,  Vermont
....................  +Henry Gilbert Baldwin 1836 - 1894 b: June 14, 1836 in Dover, Vermont
................ 8   Arthur Willis Baldwin 1876 - 1961 b: Near Ada, Fountain Twp, Ottawa Co, Kans
.......................  +Inez Evangeline Hallock 1886 - 1976 b: Near Milo, Lincoln Co, Kans

I have ancestries of all the spouses, except for Sarah Morse. I still have not been able to identify her parents. See pages at this site for spouses: Owen, Fisher, Willis, Marsh, Bruce, Baldwin, and Hallock.

Related Links:

Eddy Surname Page at Rootsweb

Eddy GenForum

The Eddy Family Association

Eddy Board at Familyhistory.com

William Eddye is not a (known) ancestor/kin of John of Taunton. I add a link to his biography in the Eddy Genealogy, provided by the Eddy Family Association, for whatever it's worth.

Bristol Co, Mass GenWeb Page

The William Owen Home Page

On-line Cuzzins Page - descendants of John Eddy, their lines and E-Mail addresses. Submit yours!
 

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