Daniel Eddy

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Daniel EDDY /EDY was the last New Englander of the Eddy Line. He was born Abt 1740 at Salisbury, Conn., the eldest of the four sons and three daughters of Captain Zachariah EDDY The brothers of Daniel were, Newbury, Asa and Abner. Daniel lived in Salisbury, Conn. until he was about seven., then spent the next seventeen years in Gloucester, RI. He married Sarah Jones at Belchertown, MA in 1769. Between 1770 and 1776, Daniel and family left Mass for the new lands opening up in the Hampshire Grants in Vermont. According to family history, Newbury Eddy settled in Wethersfield, VT. on the west bank of the Connecticut River 43 miles North of the Mass border. It is possible that Daniel settled near by. Daniel Eddy's children were, Daniel, Joyce, Benjamin, Newbury and Omri. This family were British Loyalists. It was disturbing to them that the peace treaty between set the 45th parallel as the boundary between Quebec and Vermont. To be certain of living under the British flag, the family moved north. However when the official survey was done it showed them still within the USA border. This necessitated another move. This found them settling and farming in Clarenceville, Quebec. The Edy's of Canada are mainly the descendents of two of Daniel Eddy's children, Newbury and Omri.

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Facts:

- Resettled in St Jean (St Johns), Quebec. After his death in 1784 his wife remarried and settled in Clarenceville, Hawkesbury, Quebec

- Served with the King’s Royal Rangers, Captain Azariah Pritchard’s Company commanded by James Rogers Esq.

- Children were:

1)Omri Edy b. July 11,1780 Connecticut d. April 21,1853 Oakland, Brant County, Ontario. Buried in the Oakland Pioneer Cemetery, Oakland, Ontario m. Margaret (Polly) Glover

2) Newbury Edy

3) Daniel Edy

4)Joyce Edy

5) Benjamin Edy.

- Daniel Eady/Edy fought with King’s Royal Rangers. He settled during the Revolution in Vermont & Connecticut. After the Rangers disbanded in 1783, he settled in St Johns, Quebec, a few miles north of Clarenceville. Daniel was killed, by an Indian, on his way home. His wife Sarah Jones remarried George Starr.

- Fought with King’s Royal Rangers according to Rolls of the Provincial(Loyalist) Corp, Canadian Command American Revolutionary Period prepared by Mary Beacock Fryer and Lieutenant-Colonel William A. Smy C.D

- Family geneology: The William Eddye/Eady/Edy family originated in Cranbrook, Kent County in England .Two brothers and one sister emigrated to Plymouth, Mass on the “Handmaiden” in 1670. Several generations remained in the New England area. Captain Zachariah Eddye and Mercy Burch lived in Swansea, Mass. They had 4 children, one being Daniel Eady who fought in the American Revolution and remained Loyal to Britain. Daniel Edy’s son Omri petitioned for land as a SUE in the Hawkesbury area of Quebec then moved with his family to Oakland twp, Brant County, Ontario where he bought land. His son Andrew received a Quit Claim from his father and continued to farm in the area. Peter Holly Edy moved to Ancaster twp where he raised his 2 children.

Source: http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Info/detail.php?letter=e&line=0