Anne (Wood) Eddy (abt. 1745 - 1837)

Born about 28 Jan 1745 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Zephaniah Eddy — married 16 Sep 1770 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 21 May 1837 at about age 92 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Anne was a Friend (Quaker)

Anne was born January 28, 1745.^[1] She was the daughter of William Wood and Deborah Rogers.^[2][3]

There is a year of birth discrepancy, where the Friends record says 1746 and the town records say 1745.

Anne married Zephaniah Eddy (1745-1817) September 16, 1770.^[4] Intentions were filed previously on September 1, 1770.^[5]

She passed away May 21, 1837 in the 92nd year of age.^[1]

Children

Children of Zephaniah and Anna Eddy:

• Mary Eddy, born 28d 11m 1770.^[1]
• John Eddy, born 2d 8m 1772.^[1]
• Sarah Eddy, born 19d 6m 1774.^[1]
• Nancy Eddy, born 8d 2m 1777;^[1] died 14d 10m 1777.^[1]
• Job Eddy, born 7d 11m 1778.^[1]
• Zephaniah Eddy, born 14d 6m 1781;^[1] died 14d 2m 1784.^[1]

Transcript of Friends record:

(VI) Zephaniah Eddy, born Nov. 17, 1745, lived in Dartmouth, Mass. He died Oct. 8, 1817.

His wife, Anna Wood, was born Jan. 28, 1745, and died May 22, 1837, at the advanced#age of ninety-two years. Their children were: Mary, born Nov. 28, 1770, married George Morton, and died April 22, 1855; John, born Aug. 2, 1772, married Lydia Cory, and died Aug. 21, 1815; Sarah was born June 19, 1774; Nancy, born Aug. 2, 1777, died the following October; Job, born Nov. 7, 1778, is mentioned below; Zephaniah, born Nov. 7, 1783, died Feb. 14, 1784.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} Monthly meeting records, Births - Marriages - Deaths 1699 - 1880, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, Mass.), p 738.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-TP4J : 10 November 2020), Anne Wood, 28 Jan 1745; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010711.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-HST9 : 10 November 2020), Anne Wood, 28 Jan 1745; citing Birth, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009325.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHPF-H4Z : 10 November 2020), Ann Wood, 16 Sep 1770; citing Marriage, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010711.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHNR-6J9 : 10 November 2020), Anne Wood in entry for Zepheniah Eddy, 1 Sep 1770; citing Marriage, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004279436.

• Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts (http://books.google.com/books?id=DGgjAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA414&dq=lydia+Cory,+john+eddy&hl=en&sa=X&ei=yNLsU7jmFcbjoAT3_ILoAQ&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=lydia%20Cory%2C%20john%20eddy&f=false)