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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.
Family Records 157 (VI) Wing Eddy was born November 1, 1781 and died March 13, 1832. He married Phebe Pierce, who was born Jan. 13, 1776 and died Dec. 16, 1853. His children were David P. born April 3, 1808; Jervis W. born July 6, 1810; Charles B. born Feb. 22, 1813; (Phebe); Henry C. bom November 29, 1817; Ehza Ann bom March 29, 1822; Willard. (VII) David P. was born April 3, 1808 and died April 2, 1875. He married Mary Sherman who was born June 14, 1809 and died April 12, 1902. His children were Ira Wing, bom July 11, 1830 and died Dec. 20, 1903; Sarah Ann, born Oclober 7, 1831 and died Sept. 21, 1886; Robert Sherman born October 24, 1833 and died September 29, 1901; Seth Wilbur born Jan. 22, 1836, and is still Hving, (1916); Comelius S., born Dec. 25, 1838 and died in California; Charles H. born April 5, 1842 and died during war in North Carohna, 1863 (His name appears on the tablet in the Town, Hall); Edwin Brightman born Sept, 15, 1844 (still hving near Hornbine Church); Elizabeth B. (married Frederick Richardson of Providence. She still is hving) David P. born September 8, 1849 (hving in Providence) and Mary Ellen born Aug. 27, 1853, married Jesse K. Chace and they reside in Hortonville. (VIII) Seth Wilbur Eddy was born January 22, 1836 in Swansea. He married Ruth Peck Bosworth November 6, 1859. His children were Lloyd Bosworth born March 15, 1860 (lives in East Providence) John Baker, born October 5, 1861, Carohne Eliza born Sept. 12, 1863, and Jesse born Jan. 9, 1868 and died a few days later. Mr. Eddy died Dec. 1, 1916. (IX) John Baker Eddy was born October 5, 1861. He married Ann Leavitt Place of Warren, R. I., who was born April 17, 1864. His children are Ruth Bosworth born May 3, 1885; Byron Everitt, born July 28, 1886, married Oct. 6, 1915, Cora McGowan, born May 14, 1891. Lloyd Place born August 22, 1899. Sarah Ann (sister to Seth) married Nathaniel Baker. Their children were Francis Baker and Nancy Baker. Francis married Silas Pierce and they reside in Hortonville. Nancy (dead) married Frank Baker. Their children Myron and Preston all reside in Hortonville. Carohne Eliza (daughter to Seth) married WiUiam I. Wilbur who Uves in Swansea. Their children are: Mary Eddy (Doe) born Nov. 21, 1886; and Ehzabeth Sherman (Frost) born July 14, 1890, and resides in Fall River. Mary resides in East Haddam, Conn. Family of George Gardner of Newport George Gardner of Newport married 1st, Herodius Hicks. Children were: 1. Benoni m Mary b 1645 d 16 Nov 1739 He d 1731 2. Henry b 1645 m 1st Joan d 1715 m 2d Abigail Remington 1656-1744 He d 1744 3. George d 1724 4. WiUiam m Elizabeth who d 1737 He d 1711 5. Nicholas 1654 m Hannah He d 1712 6. Dorcas m John Watson 7. Rebecca m John Watson as 2d wife. By 2d wife Lydia Ballou 1. Samuel b 1662 m Elizabeth (Carr) Brown wid. James Brown d 8 Dec. 1696 2. Joseph b 1669 m Catherine Holmes d 22 Aug. 1726 3. Lydia m 4th Apr. 1689 Joseph Smith
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HISTORY OF SWANSEA MASSACHUSETTS 16
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EDITOR'S PREFACE IT the annual Town
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Editor*s Preface Miss Ruth B. Eddy,
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CONTEISTS—Continued FAMILY RECORD
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SWANSEA LANDS
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