History of Swansea, Massachusetts, 1667-1917; - citizen hylbom blog

156 History of Swansea
(deceased) ; ElcanerT., (?) bom March 26, 1832, married Martin P. Standish.
The Coles in Swansea today are descendants of Daniel Cole, brother
of James Cole, the first Cole to come to America, who settled in Plymouth.
Daniel Cole came to America in 1633 and settled in Eastham.
WiUiam H. Cole moved to Swansea in 1866 where he lived until time
of death in 1913. During his life in Swansea he lived on a farm and taught
school in Swansea and neighboring towns for a period of about 25 years,
and served as school-committee for 12 years during that time. He died in
1913 leaving a widow and five sons and three daughters. Three of the sons,
Albert, Louis and Frank, now live in Swansea and conduct the grocery
business known as Cole Bros., established in 1903.
Eddy Family
(I) William Eddye, A. M., vicar of the Church of St. Dunstan in the
town of Cranbrook, County of Kent, England, is the English ancestor of
the Eddy family here recorded. He was a native of Bristol, educated in
Trinity College, Cambridge, England, and was vicar of Cranbrook, from
1589 to 1616. He married (first) Nov. 20, 1587, Mary Fosten, who died in
July, 1611, and he married (second), in 1614, Elizabeth Taylor, a widow.
He died Nov. 23, 1616. His children, all excepting the last one born to the
first marriage, were : Mary, born in 1591; Phineas, born in Sept. 1593; John,
born in March, 1597; Ellen, born in August, 1599; Abigail, born in Oct.
1601; Anna, born in May, 1603; Samuel, born in May, 1608; Elizabeth,
born in Dec. 1606; Zacharias, born in March, 1610; Nathaniel, born in
July, 1611; Priscilla, born in 1614.
(II) Samuel Eddy, son of William, bom in May, 1608, died in 1685.
With his brother John, he left London Aug. 10, 1630, in the ship "Handmaid,"
Capt. John Grant, master, and arrived at Plymouth, Mass., Oct.
29, 1630 (0. S.), or (N. S.), Nov. 8, 1630. Jan. 1, 1632, he was admitted to
the freedom of the society and took the oath. He shared in the division of
land in 1637, and again in 1641. May 9, 1631, he bought a house of
Experience Mitchell. He was one of the original purchasers of Middleboro,
Mass. He was a large land owner at other places, and in 1631 his assessment
was half as large as that of Captain Standish. In 1633 it was the
same. His wife, whose name was Elizabeth, died in 1689. Children: John,
born Dec. 25, 1637: Zachariah, born in 1639; Caleb, born in 1643;
Obediah, born in 1645; and Hannah, born June 23, 1647.
(III) Zachariah Eddy, born in 1639, died Sept. 4, 1718. He married
May 7, 1663, Alice Padduck, who was born March 7, 1640, and died Sept.
24, 1692. He married (second) Widow Abigail Smith. He was a farmer,
and resided in Plymouth, then Middleboro, from which place he moved to
Swansea. Children: Zachariah, born April 10, 1664; John, Oct. 10, 1666;
EUzabeth, Aug. 3, 1670; Samuel, June 4, 1673; Ebenezer, Feb. 5, 1675;
Caleb, Sept. 21, 1678; Joshua, Feb. 21, 1680; Obediah, Sept. 2, 1683; and
Alice, Nov. 28, 1684.
(IV) Obediah Eddy, born Sept. 2, 1683, married Dec. 9, 1709,
Abigail Devotion, and lived in Swansea. Children: Constant, born Sept.
7, 1710; Ichabod, born June 1, 1713; OHve or Alice, born Feb. 24, 1715;
Mary, born Nov. 10, 1716; Abigail, born Oct. 14, 1721; Hannah, born Jan.
23, 1733; Job, born July 23, 1726; Azariah, born June 16, 1742.
(IV) Job Eddy was born July 23, 1726. His children were Ann and
Preserved.
(V) Preserved Eddy was born July 1748; died in Somerset 1838.
Married Lydia Davis, Jan. 1771. His children were: IVeserved C, Wing E.,
Daniel, Lois, Eunice, Mary, Patience, Lydia, Hannah and Da\ad B.