Surname Saturday - EDDY (England to colonial New England)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  

I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2117 who is Abigail EDDY (1601-1687). [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 9th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through two generations in this EDDY family line is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

66.  Nathan Gates (1767-1830)
67.  Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855)

132.  Simon Gates (1739-1803)
133.  Susanna Reed (1745-1833)

264.  Amos Gates (1706-1783)
265.  Mary Hubbard (1712-1754)

528.  Simon Gates (1667-1752)
529.  Hannah Benjamin (1669-1754)

1058.  Joseph Benjamin (1633-1704)
1059.  Sarah Clarke (1639-1716)

2116.  John Benjamin, born before 12 March 1585 in Chalvington, Sussex, England; died 14 June 1645 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4232. John Benjamin.  He married about 1619 in probably Cranbrook, Kent, England.
2117.  Abigail Eddy, born before 06 October 1601 in Cranbrook, Kent, England; died 20 May 1687 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Benjamin and Abigail Eddy are:

*  John Benjamin (1620-1706), married 1649 Lydia allen (1629-1709).
*  Abigail Benjamin (1624-1704), married (1) 1640 Joshua Stubbs (1622-1654); (2) 1656 John Woodward (1621-1696).
*  Mary Benjamin (1626-1646).
*  Samuel Benjamin (1628-1669), married 1652 Mary LNU (1631-1670)
*  Joseph Benjamin (1633-1704), married (1) 1661 Jemima Lombard (1631-1666); (2) 1668 Sarah Clarke (1639-1716).
*  Joshua Benjamin (1642-1684), married 1682 Thankful Stow (1659-1691).
*  Caleb Benjamin (1643-1684), married 1670 Mary Hale (1649-1700).
*  Abel Benjamin (1646-1713), married 1671 Amity Merrick (1654-1713).

4234.  William Eddy, born about 1568 in Bristol, Somerset, England; died before 23 November 1616 in Cranbrook, Kent, England.  He married 20 November 1587 in Cranbrook, Kent, England.
4235.  Mary Fosten, born before 19 September 1568 in Cranbrook, Kent, England; died before 18 July 1611 in Cranbrook, Kent, England.  She was the daughter of 8470. John Fosten and 8471. Ellen Munn.

Children of William Eddy and Mary Fosten are:
*  Nathaniel Eddy (1589-1590).
*  Mary Eddy (1591-1671), married 1616 Simeon Everden (1588-1664).
*  Phineas Eddy (1593-1641), married 1616 Catherine Courthopp (1594-1639).
*  John Eddy (1597-1684), married (1) 1620 Anne Doggett (1597-1666); (2) 1666 Joanna Bates (1603-1683).
*  Eleanor Eddy (1599-1610).
*  Abigail Eddy (1601-1687), married 1619 John Benjamin (1585-1645).
*  Anna Eddy (1603-1675), married 1632 Benjamin Wines (1601-1679)
*  Elizabeth Eddy (1607-????).
*  Samuel Eddy (1608-1687), married 16230 Elizabeth Savery (1606-1689).
*  Zachariah Eddy (1610-????).
*  Nathaniel Eddy (1611-1611).

Information about this Eddy family was obtained from:

*  Gloria Wall Bicha and Helen Benjamin Brown, "The Benjamin Family in America," typescript, Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah), on FHL microfiche 6,101,593.  

I have done no original research on this Eddy line.  

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