Zachariah Eddy
BORN: July 23, 1720
DIED: on or after June 6, 1780 and before August 7, 1781
MARRIED: Marcy Burch
CHILDREN:
other children skipped
Abner Eddy
199 Zachariah Eddy b. July 23, 1720, in Swansea, Mass.; d. before Aug. 7, 1781, when his will, dated June 6, 1780, was proved; m. Marcy Burch of Stonington, Conn., on May 9, 1741, according to Stonington Rec., but May 9, 1743, according to Arnold's V.R. of Smithfield where name is spelled Burik. She was b. Aug. 18, 1717 at Stonington; dau. of Jonathan and Mary (Rathbun) Burch (Stonington Rec.).
From Swansea Zachariah went to R. I. with his father, Joshua, and settled in Glocester. About the time of his marriage his father, Joshua, bought some land in the northwestern part of Connecticut, and Zachariah left Rhode Island and settled in Salisbury, upon a portion of this land.
(Salisbury Land Records, Vol. I, p. 356) Joshua Eddy of Providence, R. I., sold to "my well-beloved son Zachariah Eddy of Salisbury, Conn. . . . two parcels of land containing 200 acres in the first lot of land which was laid out in the 4th Division of land granted, to be laid out in Salisbury, to Sharon bounds." Dated Sept. 23, 1745.
(Salisbury Land Rec., Vol. II, p. 42) Joshua Eddy of Glocester, R. I., yeoman, sold to "Zachariah Eddy of Salisbury, Conn., Husbandman, . . . about 100 acres in a place called the Great Hollow, being the ninth lot in the third division of the town and on the Sharon boundary." Dated Sept. 24, 1746.
(Salisbury Land Rec., Vol. II, p. 127) Joshua Eddy sold "to my loving son, Zachariah Eddy of Salisbury, 1/3 of one right in undivided land of the proprietary of Salisbury." Dated Oct. 11, 1748.
Whether Zachariah Eddy did not find success attending his endeavors is not known, but for some reason he returned to R. I. in 1749.
(Glocester Rec.) John and Obadiah Brown sold to Zachariah Eddy of Salisbury in the County of New Haven in Conn., on Oct. 10, 1749, 200 acres in Glocester, besides meadow. The bounds mention Richard Waterman, Benjamin Waterman, Samuel Winsor and Resolved Waterman and heirs of John Tracy.
Sometime before 1759 Zachariah received from his father a portion of his estate which was in the town of Johnston, probably its northernmost part, adjacent to Glocester. Here he lived for a while but on Sept. 3, 1759, he sold to William Hawkins a part of this farm, namely the land opposite Job Waterman's farm, "an estate of inheritance and is the farm where I now Dwell." (Johnston Deeds, Book 1, 21.)
(Note. When Mary, the wife, signed off her dower rights, sometimes she spelled her name Mary and at others Marcy.)
In 1763 Zachariah Eddy of Johnston, Yeoman, bought for 1000 pounds from Benjamin Waterman, Jr., 175 acres in Johnston west of Gideon Waterman's and is the farm left to Benjamin by his grandfather Benjamin Waterman. (Johnston Deeds.)
On the Military Lists of R. I. Zachariah Eddy of Johnston appears as a Lieutenant in 1761-1762 and as Captain in 1763-1765.
Two years later, Zachariah Eddy, now called Capt. Zachariah, bought another piece in Johnston south of Zachariah Eddy's sawmill, and this same year 1765, Zachariah Eddy of Johnston, gentleman, sold to Benjamin Waterman of Conn. some of his land in Johnston. Richard Eddy witnessed this deed. During this period Zachariah Eddy's name appears on the deed of John Brown to Aaron Dor, and the deed of Joseph Field to Daniel Eddy.
About 1766 Zachariah Eddy left Rhode Island again and this time found a home in northern Massachusetts at Belchertown. He was established there by Jan. 15, 1767, when he bought 257 acres in Wilbraham (Springfield Deeds, 8, 83). The following year, Zachariah Eddy of Belchertown bought land in Springfield on the east side of the Connecticut River, "land originally granted to Mr. Holyoke." Dated Nov. 7, 1768. (Springfield Rec. 8, 384.) This piece of land he sold the following year, to G. Williston of Brookfield (Springfield Rec., 8, 462) and he also parted with the land in Wilbraham the same year. From this time on he confined his purchases of land to Belchertown. In 1776 he bought a piece on the south west of a hill called Turkey Hill, which on Aug. 7, 1777 he sold "unto my son Abner Eddy of Belchertown" about 100 acreas and the bounds mention Silvanus How.; Capt. Stacy; Martin Bardwell; Phinehas Smith and Joseph Bardwell.
He was too old for active service in the Revolutionary War, but he served on the Committee of Safety in 1776 (Historical Address at the Centennial Celebration of East Hampton, Mass. given by Payson W. Lyman on July 4, 1876 and printed at Springfield 1877: p. 89). Moreover on the twelfth day of the 12th month "The town (Belchertown) voted 10 sh. 8d. for Capt. Zachariah Eddy for his horse's journey to Providence to fetch powder for the town's use."
He died in Belchertown, Mass. His will mentions Mercy Eddy, my wife; son, Danield; son Newbury; dau. Rhoda, dau. Anna; son Asaph who is made the sole executor. In the latter part of the will the wife is called Mary Eddy. The witnesses of the will were Isaac Stacy and Elizabeth Stacy and Amasa Scott. It was probated Aug. 7, 1781 (Probate of Hampshire Co., 13-418).
Children (Will of Zachariah):
+439 Daniel Eddy, b. Feb. 28, 1741/1742 in Salisbury, Conn.
+440 Newbury Eddy, b. Jan. 2, 1743/44, "ye second son."
+441 Asaph Eddy (also called Asa Eddy), b. about 1745 or 1746.
+442 Abner Eddy, b. Feb. 20, 1747
443 Rhoda Eddy, Query, - Did she marry David Shumway, who d. 1818, aged 75 years and were her children Eddy Shumway and Zebulon Shumway?
444 Mercy Eddy.
445 Anna Eddy.
Marcy Burch Link 2 (traces genealogy back to 1000's)
Marcy Burch Link 3 (just a mention)